The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
COLONIZATION OF THE
NEGRO RACE. NO. s
THE ONLY RATION AL HOPE foR TIL


tion ana Settlement Of the Afro-Am~ri-
cans. Upon some Portion Of she Pabiie
Domain. Outside tin. Limit. of the rni-
ted states. Where They shall he Free to
rot ctorAte-
Editor CAUCASIAN
In former number of your ex-
celient paper, / quoted Henry Clay
as saying
II this promiscuous residence, If
WI ites and Blacks, is TO continue for
ever. who, without shudderinz with
horror, can imagine the wars, aud car
mage, and crimes which must be its
probable consequences
All of these things, which this
prophetic statesman foresaw as
probable consequences, this gener-
alton has seen as accomplished
facts, and we, having realized in
our own misfortunes even more
than he could have imagined. are
now in position to imagine even
more than we have realized. For
| ttt1 Jul So ohd aoStis
perience, the weakest o minds
| ought to be able to discern the mul
| tiplied horrors OF the past, projec-
ted, and magniiied upon the can
vass of the future. And this brings
me to consider, how perniciously,
| this promiscuous residence is affec
| ting our Social Condition.
And here | must beg the reader
to bear in mind, that there are some
things in this world, that are axio-
matte, and require no proof. And
one Of these things is that axiom
of Social Science which teaches,
that whenever two races of men,
even though less heterogeneous
than the Teuton and the African are
placed in juxtaposition, and kept
there loag enough, the inevitable
result is that the one retrogrades
faster than the other advances, un-
til the original inequality is lost.
For the history, of every mongrel
people upon the face of the earth
bears witness that the superior race
is more degraded, then it's inferior
is elevated, by the contact, and that
this process goes on, and on, until
a common level is reached. This in
fact is the law of Social Gravita-
ton. And if we are not fully con-
scious of the rapidity with which
we are moving upon this inclined
plane, it is only because we are not
gifted to see ourselves, as others
see us.
{ The operation of this law
/ of Social Gravitation is illus
trated in every way, but in
none more forcibly, at present
than in the increasing disre-
tgard of human life. 1t has come to
this, that one is rather surprised
in taking up a morning paper, not
to find it reeking with blood. And
this blood flows from conflict
that is not really political, but IA
cial. For Democrats, of intelii.
, gence, have come to have enough
respect for the freedom of opinion
, to be able to tolerate Republican,
ism in the abstract, if not Popu-
lism, and to see that a Republican
, vote is neither better nor worse
! and counts for no more, if counted
: at all, when cast by negro, than
; when cast by a white voter. But
? it is otherwise, with Democrats
, who are not Intelligent, and who
! knowing nothing of politics, care
2 as little. With them the antago
r nism is racial altogether, and re-
s suits from that closer contact with
their interiors, which has obscurec
their moral perceptions. These are
the Janizaries of their party and tt
make one of them it is only neces
sary to put Red Shirt upon him
3 to give him Winchester, noun
him on borrowed horsa, and i'll
him with mean whiskey, and tn,
procession is ready to move at any
hour Of the day or night. For hest
l are the men who can always bt
counted on to shoot, if shooting il
to be done, or to hang, if hanging
! is preferred, in which case it is tn,
fashion of our high-toned Press tt
speak of their performances, az
"Lynching Bees;" or "Neck-tie-P Par
! ties" with cold-blooded fippancy
, that is very close kin to the crimes
| themselves.
But turning from murder, and from
massacre, let us consider, another
way, in which this promiscuou.
residence, of White and Blacks, i:
weakening our social fabric. An(
| here approach subject l would
{ gladly avoid. Horace has told VI
3 how difficult it is to speak with
, propriety of things that are NEAR
3 and commOn-how much more
3 difficult then must it be speak of E
thing, so vile as to be unmention
t able? And in saying this l am moi
3 about to speak of the Ravishers
whose achievements are dali,
t spread by our Yellow Journals be
fore the reading public, in all theil
: loathsome particularity;fo for he finds
/ no cOuntenance anywhere But il
t is OF that lesser crlminality, that i.
3 founded, not upon force, but upoi
S consent that l must speak. Ant
S here, declining to speak in my owl
] person, shall invoke the friendly
) aid and assistance Of
9 HON. FRANCIS d. WINSTON
7 But first let me establish, if
: have not done so already, his title
i to the leadership of the Democrat,
lparty in this State, anC thus fix him
securely, upon that bad eminenc,
to which | have elevated him. Al
author and finisher of the "Whit,
Government Union," it was he, who
called the present Legislature into
being. And while serving in il
there was no one who rivaied him il
the quality. and quantity. of legis
: lation which he was able to accom-
lish. In looking through the Jour
nal of the House, l find him serv
ing upon it's most important Com.
mittees. 1t is true, that On it's Ju.
dietary Committee, he is set down