Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
HAVEN'T WE ENOUGH NOws
The Race Ill Down SOuth-DO
We Want More.
Chirop o Chronicle

Chicago Chronicle.
Not alone In North Carolina, but In every
southern state containing a large negro pop
~ulation, the same menace exists. The whites
are determined that the African race shall
not exercise political domination over them
and upon that issue they will If necessary re-
sort to the arbitrament Of force-the> fif-
teenth amendment to the federal constitu-
ton Notwithstanding. 1t Is as certain as
anything can be that any attempt upon the
part OF the southern negroes to maintain
their political rights will result in every case
in race troubles and loss Of life.
These are facts. No amount Of preaching,
of moralizing, Of reference to the funda-
mental law of the land will alter them. Nor
can any recourse to legal remedies change
the situation unless 1t be determined to re.
| enact and put in operation a force bill, which
would simply mean the Inauguration Of an
| other civil war in a more or less acute form.
The ethical side Of the case need not be
considered, because ethics won't explain
| away facts. Right or wrong, the white peo-
| pie of the south mean to dominate the poll
| tics Of that section. II the negroes contest
| that determination there will be war between
the races.
That is the situation in the United States.
| The Caucasian deems himself to be OF a SUI
perior race to the negro. He deems himself.
in fact. superior to the people of any other
| race, and he has never for any length OF
! time submitted to the domination OF another
| race. 1t Is not likely that he will ever do SO.
Yet with this object lesson plainly In view
in our own country, It is proposed that we
shall incorporate into the republic either as
a state, a territory, a colony or mere de-
| tendency a territory inhabited by some TO-
900, 900 people not only OF a different race
from ourselves, but of a different language
| and different customs-a people as much in
ferior to the American negro as the negro Is
inferior to the Caucasian. With the race
question constituting a constantly growing
menace within our own borders we are asked
to grapple with a race problem ten times
more diHicult-a problem which Spain has
for 800 years vainly attempted to solve and
| which we have no better prospect of solving.
II we take the Philippines we take this
race problem along with them. 1t matters
not what form Of government we set up in
those islands we shall at once find our
| selves face to face with the issue, nor shall
we find the Filiplnos as easy to deal with
as are our negroes. The history of Spanish
dominion in the Philippine islands is merely
a record of native uprisings-of wars OF
tAteI "hiSh ~ SfNN oe'N
or asked quarter, and which only terminated
when one side or the other was exhausted.
Will anyone believe that We shall be
more fortunate? Will the Filipinos SUBJ
nit any more readily to the American yoke
than to the Spanish? Is 1t not idle to talk
of Substantial self government" for the
/ Philippines when a Caucasian is a factor in
the equation?
There will be a ruling race in the Philip
pines. II 1t is to be the Malay race then
our stay in those islands will be brief. II
it is TO be the Caucasian, then we may as
well make up our minds that we shall have
to fight for our supremacy, not once or
twice a year at elections, but every day OF
the year throughout the entire archipelago
The dominant race. II 1t be the weaker
numerically. must maintain its supremacy
by the sword.
The question for us TO decide Is whether
or not we want to undertake the Philip
pine contract. Is not the race question in
this country about all that we can COM
fortably attend 10 for some years to come!