The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-06

there is no inherent potentially for CIV
llization In the negro. The author Of
the 'Aryan Race" notes the fact that no
pure negro civilization has ever vet ap-
peared, and that no traveller or historian
records savage tribe of the Caucas-
ian race. He says THE aryan race are
driving the wedge Of invasion deep into
the domain Of mongolian and negroid
lie, until the Caucasians of today num-
Der one-third Of mankind, and bid fair
ere many centuries to reduce the other
races to mere fragments like the
Basques or North American Indians of
the present day This is sound predic-
ton, for the Caucasian race 200 years
| ago numbered only one-tenth of the
worlds population 1t is said by those
who have studied the negro as a world
nation that wherever civilization has
come he has fled, and it Is hard to avoid
the conclusion that the coarseness of his
noer' being unsuited to the refining proc
ess, has doomed him to gradual disap-
pearance all over the world
RECORD OF THIRTY YEARS.
But to come from generalities to the
particular branch Of the race with whom
we are acquainted. The negroes Of the
south have enjoyed thirty years of free
dom; what advances have they made
along the lines Of racial or character i'm
provement? Socially they have lost
ground, for the new issue negroes are
not treated with the same confidence and
consideration shown ito the family sery-
ants OF the old days. migrating as they
do from house to house they form no
lasting ties Of friendship with the whites
Whom they serve today and leave tomor-
row. In matters Of religion the negroes
nave made 9ne7 Eheadway' against the SUI
perstt1on which undernines all their
worship; they are today where they were
half century ago.
In politics the negro has made no ap-
prec1able progress. His sole idea in srch
matters is to vote according to the die
tates OF a narrow self-interest. 1t Is
not surprising that his vote is for sale
When he does not understand any of the
questions of the day which are focused
at the polls. The tariff is as a Greek
puzzle to him: the surplus as an unfa-
thomed sea; the civil service reform has
no more meaning than the Chinese let
ters on tea caddy. He generally votes
the Republican ticket because he &c toId
that the Republicans are his best friends
or -that protection will give him higher
wages. 7-.e'-s5o
Public schools are provided for them
out they have very little ambition along
this, paths After the novelty wears off
theyl are very willing to leave the school
room. Some of course stick. and tba
we'll educated. but these are not in the
majority by any means A genuine and
widespread desire for education would
De the life line Of the race for educa-
ton means so much besides the ability
to comprehend books -
In the domain of labor the negro is
every year becoming a restless element.
He seems to be almost incapable Of
steady application, and he may work at
dozen different things during the wear
ana Tor as many employers. Giving I'D
a pace does not always mean dissatis,
faction with his employer; 1t quite as
often means that he is tired and wants
change. 1t is the restlessness of the
rolling stone and verify they gather no
moss. The time is fast coming when tina
young white men of the South will
cease crowding the professions and coun-
tiers and will go into the shops and fac
tories and fields for a living. What
then Is to become of the negro for white
labor. being more reliable, will be pre-
ferred?