Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-29
THE RACE QUESTION,
Governor Gambler, Of Georgia.
on the Subject.
CAUSE OF RECENT CONFLICTS
The " IlteTmeddlin6 Fools and Rana-
tics" Of The North.
nruEDY ron EVIL CONDITIONS.
Restriction OF the Suffrage, Only
the Intelligent Among the Negroes
to lie Given the BaIIot-Crimc of
Negro Citizenship.


Negro Citizenship.
ATLANTA. GA. July Ex-Governor
Cuoier has. since the cambridge series
Of lyuchings occurred. been asked by
uowspapcrs I'm various parts Of the coun-
try To- give his opinion ON tho race qucs-
ton in the south and In reply TO one Oh
,lcm the Governor has fully and Freely
expressed his views as TO the cause OF
,1e conflicts and The remedy therefor.
r.o Governor believes that the principal
cause Of the uprsngs is the informed
.nr with the relations of the whites
and blacks iu the South by "fools and
.n.ucs." who know nothing about the
situation. but think the whole trouble
..,.- from the day of emancipation.
Governor sander believes a restricted
s.1raco will remedy the evil; that the
bs.ot should be given only the intcii-
mt negro AS TO the disposition 90 be
made of the large percentage of illitorate
negroes, the Governor makes DO sugscs-
ton.
The Governor begins bis paper by re-
forring 90 tho emancipation of the negro,
contrasting the treatment Of negroes by
the white people of the South before the
war with that The negroes received from
the "carpol-baegcrs" Immediately after
ward. Hc says.
"Bcforo the ballot was thrust into the
hands of the negro. unprepared for it and
utterly ignorant of it's sancuty, and of
the responsibilities of citizenship. not
outstanding DE was % slave, he was
happy and well contentcd 20 occupy that
subordinate place in society TO which his
nature and his condition assigned him.
REIGN or THE CARPET-BAGGER.
"But after his emancipation came his
acknowledgements and with his eniran-
Chisement came "a horde of c8rpet-oag-
l.rs. pcnuiie adventurcrs, without prin-
.II.s or patriotism. who took charge OF
Iu when his former master and pro-
f0r with whom he had lived for gene
Ius on the most friendly, and often
ta ou anCcuOuate terms, was ceC!u-
41l By the partisan reconstruction
la..
These carpet-baggers calling them
Republicans but really only
of marauders. held together by
cohesive power Of public plunder
s.armel all over the South like the
asts In Egypt of old, and falsely
t.-ht the negroes that the southern
White men were solely responsible Tor
t.ir euslayement, and were their worst
-L4 only enemies, and that therefore,
was their duty and their interest to
Vote against them and their party, and
oppose everything they were in favor OF,
and favor every Thing they were opposed
t1-in "a word. 90 hate them.
"Thcy taught them that freedom meant
immunity from toll; that liberty meant
license. and that they were the wards
off the nation and would Doe protected
ly the General Government, whose bayo-
nets eHstercd in every hamlet whether
they were right or WRONG.
"Iheso evil teachings had but little
permanent effect on the grown-up ne
E1es. but ON the children, the genera
ton which has grown 10 manhood since
tlat time. the effect has been most bale
ful. These We're the prime causes of the
alienation OF the negro.
INTERMEDDLING by FANATICS.
"a more immediate cause is the per-
pctual mtcrmoddlus with the relations
of the races Zoo the South by fanatics
and fools who know nothing about the
situation.
"Thcy cau town meetings and discuss
ima-luury wrongs of the southern negro,
which dO not exist and denounce The
southern white people for crimes they
have not committed; they publish I'm the
newspapers grossly exaggerated accounts
ot such crimes as are committed against
The negro iu thc South, and omit any
notice of the crime against the white
woman which prOvokes the retaliation;
they write iuccudiary letters 90 turbulent
negroes an over the South. advising them
Oh arm themselves with Winchester
lfce. and for every guilty assailalt Oh
Women who pays the penalty for his
Ome 60 shoot down the first two white
l.U Pa. meets.
Thousand. of such letters have been
written 90 Georgia n the last three
months. Ey such methods thcy call into
Dnce thc very state Of things they
I....ud 90 0eplorc, "a condition of affairs
f. DID not exist and never would have
0l. but for them and their scns-less,
.a.. ard nccndiary conduct"
Governor Gambler says the informed
..r OF the North DO not represent re-
s.....bIc minority. and that The laWiess
. criminal negroes of The south consu-
t. loss. Iie continues;
THE LAWLEss A MINORITY.
"A nw abandoned reckless. criminal
lu.s arc responsible for an the ass
Suits on women and lynchinss that have
occurred. and their influence ON those
.,ad them is deplorabiy bad and far
Teaching.
"sII. 10 is true that felonious assault
t. crime which mine times oui of ten ls
t oagse. immediate or remote. ot lynch
i- aa much dcplorcd by The better
10 negroes as by the better class OF
N.. mou But. ass because some negroes
commit assaults the whole race suffers,
s' because some white men lynch the ass
ters au The white people OF the
South arc abused
I - "a singular fact TOO. that the
l.-r a.cal fanatics who have most TO
about Apaches.' southern barba-
ias etc, always lay stress on the
tHo.Ity OF The lynching. but ] have never
l' heard OF one OF them saying or doing
tfinns 90 discourage the crime which
i"t0kcs 10. indeed, Doc some cases. I'M
'.l of denouncing his crime. they have
'.al'eJ the character OF the victim of
l. brute. This not only encourages bad
toos bat oXasperatcs the friends Of
southern womanhood
POLITICAL CORRUPTION.
Another and a continually present
cause which contributes TO race friction
F corrupt politics. As is admitted by an
ndid men, the ballot was put into the
hInQ Of the southern negro when he was
utterly unprepared for il. lie REGARDED 80