The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
BUTLER AND CALHOUN.
The Two Distinguished South Caro-.
linians Are Nearly Agreed as TO
the Proper Disposition Of the


COL VIM. P. Calhoun was In Abbeville last
week attending court and representative OF
the Press and Banner knowing that he had
given much study 10 the negro question In.
Ierviewed him as to his ideas about the mat
ter. The matter Is receiving much attention
and whether or not those who propose the
deportation Of the negro Ia right or wrong,
practical or impractical, 1t Is interesting TO
know what Is being said.
Mr.. Calhoun was asked II he still favored
Yes; more SO than ever. Not 80 much from
any personal feeling that have In the mat.
ter, but, because the events and facts devel-
oped within The past ten years since nrst
I am correct. Men who then did not agree
with me have come over TO my way OF think.
Ing and are now advocating the ideas then
expressed by me.
year by year, and the white man is determin-
ed to repress every effort Of the negro to push
himself to the front socially, politically, In.
dustrlally and In every other respect. The
stead Of decreasing. The white Iaborer will
not permit the negro laborer TO work by his
side on equal terms; and, OF course. socially,
there is no fellow feeling between the races
sert any social equality. The facts show that
Northern laborers will kill the negro before
he will work with him as was the case re-
Gently In Illinois. An attempt of negro to
q
and the manner Of lynching them Is yearly
becoming more barbarous and cruel.
"If the negro was content TO remain as
laborer, subject to the will OF the white man,
In the corn and cotton fields, there might not
be much danger, but this he will not consent
to. He is daily trying to push himself to the
front and the white man Is determined that
he shall not.
consideration that has not yet been brought
prominently forward. If true, there is no
Qustion as TO what course shouId De pursued
by the government OF the United States
Science within the past few years has devel.
oped the fact that the brain OF the negro is
not the same as that OF the white man, there
being such radical difference, that all hope
Of max Ing the two races mentally or morally
equal is destroyed. Scientists show by actual
experiment that some Of the brains OF the
negroes are as simple as those Of the Chin
panzee monkey, and they (the brains OF The
negro) contain more matter that constitutes
the brains OF animals than OF an Intelligent
race.
"The negro for his own good should ask for
q separation as he will never be able to rise
above what he is while he remains here, pro-
vided he could do so. he ls 100 oaaiy hano'
"fhe seems to be but two solutions Of the
race problem. One Is colonization, the other
is eX termination.
What about the manner OF deporting the
negro? Many plans have been suggested.
Some OF them are beyond our power 10 carry
them out. other look Impractical, but, IL can
be done II once II Is decided that II should be
done, Hevier tasks have been performed by
govern nents. The separation OF the r.ces
will take place at some time. That may be
put down as fact, but how or when 1s
question that ! cannot now answer except ~
have already DONE"
From the above 1t will be seen that Gen. NJ
c. Butler has an outspoken ally In Col. w. r
Calhoun. Their idea OF disposing. OF the
negro will materialize about the time the
stars fail to shine. Instead OF orowding ouI
the negro, be is more apt to crowd the white
man off the farm. White men In great mum
bers are seeking employment in factories ano
else where, leaving the farms 10 the negro.