The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-27
Uhs NerIla ana alelps
SARGE PLUNKETT.
WHAT EFEECr WILL THE WAR WITH
SPAIN HAVE UPON THE SOUTH?
Wni We Have Negro Hcro,s?-.Ihc Negroes
Opportunity to LIT himself Higher
Than He Has E;ver Hccn.
Atlanta Constitution.


Clba, the return of peace--then
what?
None of us arc wise euungh to
penetrate the conditions that will be
after these things have occurred, but
rs it seems the decree of fate that
thee things shall occur-if there is
any truth in signs--it is the part OF
wisdom to lift the veil as nearly as
We can aud shut not our eyes to any
OF the truths, no matter how painful
they may appear.
Where Will tho negro stand then !?
Who're Will be tho traditions of the
south?
No matter how others may feel or
have felt, tho negro has been such a
surprise to me that l am slow to
say that he is "infcrior" and cannot
accomplish things just as other peo-
pie accomplish them. / take it that
If we have war the negroes will join il,
march under tho same flag, wear the
Same uniform, and are bound to Ec
accorded all tho honors their actions
deserve. There will be horocs
among them aud no doubt hcroincs
Of whom the poets will sing, and
when this is accomplished many
othor things will be theirs by right
and natural consequences.
A negro hero!
That sounds right funny, don't it,
boys-cspccially to the old-timors? 4?
There Is no u"o to shut yonr eyes
and grit Your teeth, that i what
they will he when thcy have formed
into regiments and bri4adrs, put on
the "blur" and rally arouud the flag
and endure the harlshirs of tho
climate around Cuba. Tho simple
thing Of climate will be in favor of
tho negro from the start. snv
slmplo-it is not sin,pl;,. It will he
tb" most Formidable thing against
tho United States. The climatic will
Kill more mon than the guns, and it
must be the southern white people
who go there. Tho yankees Will
hardly ho able 30 stand tho climate
OF our own sea coasts. They couldn't
stand Mexico.
mover was afraid Of tho laws
lifting tho negro to high scale of
social equality. lIo will huvc to lift
himself by the accumulation Of
wealth and the performance of acts
which shall entitlo him to consid.
Grafton. Up to this time he has done
nothing, but | have long since learn
cd that they can do things that we
never Thought Of their doing. A
war will giyo them the opportunity
that years Of peace could not afford,
and will create to them rights
which no country can overlook. AT
tor roal first class war, the ,,curo
performing his part We'll therein,
there Will DO mighty little odium at
tachcd to negro blood with tho Young
people who hear their praises sung
by tho poets aud disconrscd of by
tho historian. The truth is that the
negro IL "gctting there" mighty fus,
as it has bccn, but war will bounce
him right there at onco at great
stride.
L know that n great many people
will not believe this, but if You will
sit down and, without prejudice, con-
template them as they were and as
they arc now, you will have to nc.
knowledge that they arc not so Gin
ferior" rs you heard they wcrc. How
we'll can many now living remember
what a picture they made rushing
into the towns immediately after
Lees surrender Especially did they
rush for Atlanta, and many have
been the funny jokes got off at their
expense about Il at time. | submit
that l was fooled about their capac.
ity, and | know that thousands of
Others wore tho same. If [ had been
told then that there would have
been Turner, a Washington and
many others nowprornincnt, I should
have thought it foolish CAB. When
go out about tho negro colleges
and look upon the scholars there,
am bound to admit that they have
passed far beyond anything I ever
dreamed Of, and it makes mo mighty
cautious in my calculations on what
they cannot do. There is fu)lv