The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-11

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We know that Egypt for thousands o
years was an empire upon the banks
of the Nile. in that narrow belt Whici
was the glory Of the world The Egyp
tians had advanced their religious view
until they almost reached the height o-
the Christian religion: and for three o.
four thousand Years they held the su
memacy in the world Of literature oil
arms, and Of commerce; but finally they
reached Il point where there was ~
| more development. and for two Thousand
! wears they hAre stood as silent II,
their sphinx, unable to progress. unable
to recede: the individual disappeared
the type survived. Everything was
fixed, everything was conventional
they had reached the limit Of their ca
pacty for development.
The Chinese or yellow race developed
a civilization five thousand Years aute-
rior to the birth OF Christ. They madc
certain progress. They built cities they
/ built cauals: they invented the mariner
compass. writing paper. gunpowder. and
thousands of things which We're I'M
known Ton hundreds of years in the
West; and yet they, too, reached tho
| limit OF their capacity They got to
| that point beyond which there is no in
| itiatiye, no self suggestion. where il was
impossible for jhem to advance. They
| have stood fixed and conventional for
| thousands Of years.
We now have the African race. which
| has never made any progress, except III
| lire civilization and under the reflected
| light Of the white people and where
| they have white civilization surround
| ing them. When that is removed they
rTrogradc downward with Il velocity
| that j. amazing, as is shown in the ex-
ample Of Haiti since rhe year 1900.
when il was turned ever to them as a
gift by the French. Net. because they
are here. gentlemen will insist that this
| incapable mass shall become IL part of
the BODY polite; that they shall share.
with white men the responsibilities OF
government Who Will hold this gem
GRAFTON or The next responsible fol. civil
lization and literature and the refine
mentS of life? The black man? No;
Aut the white man. Yet this PROPOSE
ton to- share with them this RESPONSE
blity seems IN idea almost intolerabe
when we must feel. every one of US
that our own capacity. undiluted by such
al element, is being taxed to the ut
most. Some of them have become ora
tors. because oratcry springs from the
emotions and not from reason: but | de-
~ any gentleman to show me an ex-
ample where government has been shar-
ed with this inferior race and the re
suit has been good.
JAMAICA'S EXPERIENCE.
We all know that Great Britain freed
h., IL I,i
600 to their owners. ana that Jamaica,
one of the NEST beautiful islands in
the world-we ought to nave il. by the
bye, although | am not an cXpanSionist
that jamaica Was given what the
English call Il Irresponsible government"
that is to say. they had right to elect
ihcir own council, make THEM own tariff
laws and every other law. only receiy-
ing governor by appointment OF the
Crown. As soon az This was done. the
franchise was conferred upon the negro
Just as it WAS here after the civil war.
What WAS the result? The historian tells
us that the negro gentlemen who got a
few hundred dollars wanted 10 be mag
istrates because the English gentlemen
were all nagis tratcs and had power to
commit people tu jail and to punish
them for minor otfense> They were 10!
quite capable, hut they wanted that Of
nee. and then arose Il desire to have the
land without paying rent. Then came
an armed instruction and q bloody Of
fetal execution. until the sense OF Eng
land was outraged. and the white pp0-
PIE of jamaica said to the Crown, I'VE
surrender this responsible government.
II is Impossible to Share its duties with
Il ~, Il, 4 l. 4
this largess Of liberty, and Jamaica he
came what is called 4 Crown colony.
NATAL.
I'm Natal a responsible government
was proposed. The administration OF
Great Britain at that time-that has
been several years ago-said to the pee
pie of Natal: You can have a responsible
government whenever YOU are willing,
hut you must share it with the blacks
They met in convention and they sat
there six weeks The condition IN
cluded also the elective franchise in the
hands Of the Kaff.rS. The Kaffirs are
the most superior Africans of whom WI
have any knowledge These English
gentlemen. colonistS and farmers. con
Guided. after six weeks deIiberation.
that they would not have free govern
mcnt-reSpoDSibe government - with
even the right TO fix their own tariff
against the mother country and their
own fiscal laws, because they were un-
Wiling to share the government with
their black neighbors.
So with the most enlightened Of the
dark races--the brown man in Hindos-
tan. the negro i'll the West Indies the
negro III Africa the aborgineS of Aus
| tralia. Except only the fast perishing
Maoris of New Zealand, none are per
| mitted to share iii the government
Mr. President, / want to abide by
the Constitution of the United States.
| do not want State to pass any act
that inflinges that Constitution.
know the Supreme Court would declare
il unconstitutional if it did, and why
| should We Kick against the pricl;s?
say. however. that the people of the
South are justified, by every constitution
al measure in their power, to preserve
in their own hands the power of gov
eminent in their own States, they being
responsible for their welfare, their edu-
cation. their business interests, and the
interests Of civilization.
Ny friend the honorable Senator from
North Carolina says there is no danger