West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-08
ruE CIrYUF REFUGE.
How The Northern People DO Love
the Negro At Long Range.

Nv" me northern People DO Love
the Negro At Long Range.
Fr IN The Charleston Gazette.
\ short time ago few long
ranged phIlnnthropIsts in the
North, conceived the benevolent
idea OF founding, on Long Island,
"clty to be populated exclusively
by colored people from the South.
1t was, at the first, especially to
form CITY of Refuge" for the
negroes in the South who commit
helnous crimes and perpetrate out
RACES and stand In danger of being
lynchei. The scheme is fat
contradiction to the Northern idea
OF how the negro should be treated
by the whites, because they pro-
pose to bring HIM North and $50
late him from white people on an
island, instead Of giving him the
civilIzing and enlightening in
hnences. Of association with the
Christian spirit and benevolent
character of Northern phllan.
ihropy. 1t also proves the bad
faith Of the North in denouncing
9ynchings and demanding that the
laws of the country shall deal with
these offenders. Otherwise thew
would not suggest an avenue of es-
cape from the hands of the law.
and afford a CITY of Refuge" after
the escape has been made.
Now they are beginning to
"crawtish" on the whole scheme.
They concluded that they did not
want the outrage perpetrators in
such close proximity to white
society. They modified the quail
ficatlons for citizenship by restrict
ing it to colored people of good
moral character, industrious habits
and the head of each family should
possess at least S75 in money.
This would exclude all but the
very best OF the race and would
include only that class who are
living prosperously and peaceably
IN the South. The money quail
fication would also reduce the La
bllitiy Of any Of the people from
being charge on Northern charity
a feature that Northern charity Is !
always very careful to look into.
Now other objections to the
scheme are beng advanced, and
the whole matter goes to prove
what everybody already knows,
and that is the solicitude and con
Germ Of the North for The negro
only goes to the extent Of giving
him advice and counsel and is
based on his remaining in the |
South. The advice is limited to
voting the Republican ticket, and |
the counsel runs in the channel of
cultlVatIng IN his nature animosity |
toward the white people Of the |
South in order to keep him voting |
the Republican ticket. They now |
say that the Southern people will |
OBJECT TO the colOred people leaving |
the South because they want his /
LABOR. While the South will al |
ways treat this law abiding element !
OF the colorod people kindly, yet il |
the North c.n treat them better, it !
ls willing Tor them TO 20. A
Northern paper hns "let the cat I
out ~ 'he meal b,g." They do
no, want The colorel vislator Of
the L~ To mix no their society. nor
The coI0reI lrJor,r 20 come into
competition eifb lbrir dor. Th.r'
phli,u hropy wIll continue to be-
pre'leafcd on boo coIorrl people re-
naming 100 ths South auI CONSISTS
OF dem uding r1at the Southern
people 90 for fbcn what tbe
N,rhe.a poop'e wi.I uot DO.
a brute Of newspaper man
do~n 900 Missouri bis creased Oh
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