Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-29
The NEGRO PROBLEM
Governor Gamblers Emphatic
Views Expressed.
DATES FOR EMANCIPATION
The Chief Executive of Georgia Voices His
Opi"i"n Upon Request of Newspapers.
Discusses the Cause OF the Balm
u iie Series of Lyncllings.
(By Tclcyraph)

pN ll'NSl'apctS. IN various lGli1tS ol the
country. to give his opinion on the race
Question in the south and. in reply 10
| one uf them the governor has fully and
freely expressed his Views as To tbs.
cause "i the conflicts and the remedy
therefor The governor believes the
present day cause of the uprsnE> is
the ntcrlncddling with the relations
Of tho Whites ana Blacks of the South
by fools and fanatics who know moth
ing Of the situntion,' but thinks the
whole trouble dates from the day Of
cmancil.;,tion. Governor Gambler be-
licvcs Il restricted suffrage will remedy
| the evil; that the ballot should he given
only to the Intelligent negro. AS to til@
| disposition to be made IF the large per-
tcnt;tSc of illitcl,tc negroes the COVER
| nor makes no suggestion. The COVER
nor begins his paper by referring tn the
emancipation. contrasting the treat
| 'nent Of negroes by the white people of
| the South before the war TO that of the
| Garpct-E,Gye immediately after.
| He says:
| Before the ballot was thrust into the
| hands Of the negro unpreparcd for 1t
ana utterly Ignorant of it's sanctty, and
| responsibilities Of citizenship notwlth-
standing he was Il slave he was happy
ana Well contcEtcd To occupy that sub
ordinate place in society IL which his
| nature and his condition assigned him
But after his emancipation came his
|
| chisement came a horde of carpet-bag-'
| Seis, Iennlcss advcnturers without
| principles or patriotism, who took
charge OF MIN when his former master
ana protector with whom he had lived
Tor generations on the most friendly
! ana often even on effectOnate terms
was 4e-citizeniZed BY the partisan re-
| construction laws
These carpct bagScrs called them
selves Republicans. but really only a
! band OF marau!ers held together by
the cohesive power Of public plun,lcr
| sWar1c'l all over the South like tho 10
Gusts in Egypt Of old. and falsely
taught the negroes that the Southern
white men were solely responsible for
| their cnslavemcnt and We're their wnrss,
ana only enemies, and that therefore ii
Was their duty and their interest 10
Int" against them and their party, ana
oppose everything they were in favor oI
ana Iavo: everything they were opIos-
| cd to-ln 4 word to hate them
they taught them that freedom
meant Immunity from toll. that liberty
meant license ana that they were the
wards q The nation, ana would br p ,,.
iected by the general government:
whose baN0nctS Elistcnc,l III every ham
| let whether they We're right or vrunsr
hcse evil teachings had but little
| permanent effect upon the yrown-uD
negroes, but upon the children, the gen
''''.'-'A
slnce Thar Time. the effect has been
most bil"iul. These were The prime
| c;ltscs CT the alienation of the n.gru.
y more Immediate cause is the ,,tr-
| l'ctull intcrmcldling With the relations
| or the races in the South by fanatics
ana TOOLS who know nothing about th,.
| situation
neE call town meetings ana dis
| e'iss imaginary wrongs of ihc Southern
| negro which do not exist; ana danollrcn
| inc S"ut bern white people FOR crimes
!hcS nave not committed: they publish
III inc newspapers grossly exaggerated
accounts OF such crimes as are commits
| tcd against the negro in the South and
| oiillt any notice of the crime agains,
we White women which: provoked Tho
| relal!atlon: they write inccndary let
| e'Is 70 turbulent negroes, all over the
selves With Winchester rifles. ana ~
| eHcrE guilty lapist who pays the pen
| '.'iS Tor his crime to shoot down me
| iirst Two white men he meets
| thousands Of such letters have bsca
M.rlllGn IT, Georgia in the last three
i ir','' rs: ny such methods they cal
ITO existence the very state Of things
lhey pretend to dcplore. a cuud;tion 1.f
ahaifs that did not exist and never
would have existed but for them ana
Duct" ro''-
ding of the North does not r,nrcsn,,
a respectable minority and tha, the
"a "lcS& ana criminal negroes OF me
onl'ih constitute less. He continues:
y lew abandoned, reckless, criminal,
negroes are responsible for all the r;,;,rs
! ana lynchinSs that have occurred and
inelf influence on those around is de-
| pInfaDl| ba.l and far reaching.
sun, IT Is true that rape the crime
"h!ch nl'le times out of ten is the
ciiuSc immediate or remote, Of Iynch
ihS, is as much dcDlnrcd by the better
Cess OIL negroes rs by the better fiacS
u white men. But as because some ~
@i"cS commit rape tie whole race s,,f
ltiS. 50, because some white men lvu.!,
lavIsh"rs all the white people Of ~
south are abused
~ IS q singular fact. too. that tpn
ph2rlsalcal fana tics, who have most 10
sly about 'Apachcs, Southern barb.
fEtfS etc. always stress the atroci,,,
or nc lynchinS. but T have never vat
icalh OF one of them saying or doing
anything to discourse sc the crime whjri,
provoked it,
Indeed, in some cases instead of d.
fl"uncinS his crime they have assaiInd
ne character Of the victim of The
pfulc tust, which net only encourages
bad negroes, but cXnspcratcs the friends
OF southern wornalrhood
'hnothcr and u coniinuallv present
cause which contributes to race rric-
'ion is corrupt politics. AS is admitted
by all candid men. the ballot was pll
in the hand Of the Southern negro
when hc vas utterly unprcpurcd for
It. He regarded it as only an article Of
liau,liSt. IN bJIt,,,.b ~,