The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-21
COLONIZATION OF THE
NEGRO RACE. NO. g.
THE ONLY RATIONAL HOPE Fog rHf

THE ONLY RATIONAL HOPE Fog rHE
Political, Social. sna fs dusssiaf Remove
ss.m Fl North Carolina and sf the Sos sh.
VIII h~ Found In the Gradual D~psrt=-
tiou and Settlement Of the Afso-Am.rt-
csas. Upon some Portisn Of The Pahlie
Domain, Outside the Limits IF The Unt-
ted states, Where They Shall be Free so
Govern Themselves, Under the National
frots etor~se.
Editor CAUCASIAN!
After probing, as | have been try
ing to do, to the very bottom OF our
wretched Political, Social, and In
dustriai Condition, your readers
had right to expect that | should
locate for them the seat OF the ALL
pervading Malady. And this / be-
lieve | have done. For II I have
not made false diagnosis, the very
PLAGUE-sPoT, and true focal center
of the disease, is to be found In
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. To this
we have been sacrificing all our
natural advantages, and unexam-
Piled resources. But In saying this,
am bringing no accusation against
the Negro himself, for il | did he
would be acquitted on three sepa-
rate, and distinct grounds ! For in
the first place, he is not responsible
for being cheap, and is only cheap
because he cannot help it. Nor is he
responsible for being free, since he
was not made free on account OF
any merit Of his own, but had his
freedom thrust upon him. Neither
is he responsible for being Negro,
for | dare say he feels that he is
Negro, rather by accident than de-
sign, and would have preferred to
have been a white man, If he had
been consulted. In a word he is a
Cheap-Free Negro IN SPITE OF HIM
SELF. And yet because of his nat
ural incongruity, as we'll as his to-
tai want of harmony, with his pres
ent environment, he has become
altogether an obstruction, and very
much of a nuisance, partly in spite
Of himself, and partly also on &C
count of himself. AT any rate, the
lime has come. when in the opin-
ion of all political parties, some
disposition or other must be made
of him.
The Democratic party has been
the first to lead off in this direction,
but in try ing to ADJUST HIS POSI-
TION it has LOST IT'S OWN. Its atti-
| tude in respect to him is ludicrous-
ly untenable, and is nothing more
or less than an attempt to WORK A
| CONTRADICTION, and in such a way
as TO HAVE HIM, and NOT TO HAVE
HIM, at one and the same time. In
other words it desires him above
all earthly possessious-its attach
| ment for him indeed is but the old
story of Damon and Pythias mod
ernized-and yet it cannot get its
! full consent to take him JUST AS
He Is, unless he could see his way
clear to vote the Democratic ticket
That, indeed, would render him al.
together acceptable to the Demo
cratic party, while the Peoples
Party, it is hoped, does not desire
him on any terms either as pc.
litical equal Or a political serf-but
wishes to be rid Of him forever.
To fix his status, for all time to
come, the Democratic party, after
hard travail and protracted labor
has brought forth a S u # "a G {
Amendment, which it presents as
its ultimatum, subject of course tc
ratification by the people. This il
does out of the plenitude of its ON
Impotence, and the magnitude Of
it's benevolence AS such we must
accept it. And now, that | am al
last brought face-te-face with this
Amendments thing which have
longed to dol weigh we'll my
words, when say, that it is BILL
OF ABOMINATIONs, of which every
| part, by most skillful cOntrivance
reflects discredit upon every Other
part, and upon its authors. It's au
thors, with one Or two exceptions
are the Fify-Five Attorneys-orshal
| call them Lawyers-whO hole
seats in the pending General AS
semb]y, counselled and abetted by
many who have had themselves
incorporated under the name anC
style of "THE BAR ASSOCIATION Oh
NORTH CAROLINA" and Of whom
when all shall have been gotten into
one fold, little and big, there will
be about thousand, more or less
dispersed throughout the State, anC
the cry is still they come! But lei
me make a distinction here. Fol
in its advocacy of this Amendment
there are, | am happy to say, many
honorable exceptions in this once
honorable profession, and enough
of them, | trusts to rescue the pro
fession itself from the shame and
disgrace that are being brought
] upon it.
But returning to the Amendment
itself, my present purpose is tC
evicerate the thing, and spreading
its viscera upon table, so to speak
to invite the reader to take a GOOI
LOOK at them! He will find
CD That it is fragrant violation
of Article XIV of the q. s. Con.
stitution, which is written in the
following words, that are so few
and plain, that the wayfaring man
though a fool, need net err in con.
STRUNG them
| ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION 1, The right of citizens OF
the United States to vote, shall moi ht
denied, or abridged, by the United
States, or By any State, on sccount OF
race, color, Or previous condition OF
servltude.
SEC. 2, The Congress shall have pow
er to enforce this Article, by apprO.
pirate legislation.
| This is the whole of the Article