The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-19

lakes ana the luit OF mexico, 10 the
maximum feasible capacity is OF para
mount Importance to all the country be-
tween the Allegheny and Rocky noun
tains and the work should be fastened
with all diligence, and we urge upon our
representatives in congress TO give their
careful consideration TO the memorial
which has been presented to them in be-
half OF this measure.
Mr., Whitmore then read paper which
had been sent him by Lyman ], Cooley OF
Chicago and which dealt with the project
of waterway from Lake Michigan to
the Mississippi river.
Negro i'm the south.
Rev. Lucey of Arkansas then made an
address on the Industrial Development
of tho South as Affected by the Negro
Race" Before reaching his subject the
gentleman made few remarks, showing
the close relationship which exists be-
tween Arkansas and Texas, and then
said in part:
THE vast negro population OF the
South, vaguely estimated at 100000, is
too much OF a special element and too
Intimately intertwlned with ali our indus
trial work, to be ignored. We who are
natives of the South. who We're so dlers
Southern in sentiment to the core OF our
hearts, are the ones best fitted TO discuss
this subject. Too long have We allowed
the stranger and the alien TO direct the
negro in his relations with the white race.
The negro is here to stay. He is q
component part OF our body polite, and
must be taken into consideration when
ever the industrial problem is to be
discussed. The railroad magnate wants
to know whether the negro can be en-
ployed and to what extent? The saw mill,
cotton factory and every other CONNER
ctal industry, to say nothing specially OF
farm and cotton plantation, must calcu-
late profit and according to the employ
rnent Of the negro. His relation to all de-
partments OF labor In the South is one
OF the important factors OF the indus
trial problem and must be intelligelGy
considered.
The first thought that strikes a South
ern man in the discussion of this subject
is the negro as slave. The negro of the
South can not be dlsassociated from the
idea and times of recent slavery There is
no mistake about the relations OF white and
black in the period OF slavery Our prin-
cfple governed on all occasions the prin-
ciple OF might by virtue ,1f superiority OF
race and condition OF things. That the as
sertion OF this principle on those days
was necessary to the very existence OF
southern institutions goes without saying,
John Randolph Of Virginia gave vent 10
the universal feeling when, December 10,
1871, he said in the National house Of rep
| resentatlves, 1 speak from facts when
say that the night bell never tolls for
nre IN Richmond that the mother does not
hug her infant more closely to her bosom.
This feeling Of apprehension on the
part OF the minority OF whites in respect
to the overwhelming majority Of blacks
was the specter that drove back with
horror the tender feelings of the Southern
heart. But now in this last year OF the
nineteenth century, there is no thought OF
an uprising Of the negro race, nor even the
suspicion that the torch aud the dagger
would be borne through the South by the
hands of the blacks. Everywhere prevail
other and better sentiments. The South
ern soldier now recalls with gratitude the
| fidelity of the negro to the wives and
daughters whom the fortunes OF war left
unprotected The negro now shows a
Willingness to acknowledge that the South
ern white man is his friend. and he stands
ready to unite his energies with the brain
OF the white man and make the South the
happiest and most prosperous country in
the world. Let the Southern white man
now reach down O friendly hand to the
struggling negro, and the race troubles
are at an end.
The advancement OF the Southern negro
is in keeping with his American char
acter. Under all the disadvantages of the
past thirty-fye years he has made COM
mendable progress.
The facts show Wrllity, thrift and am
bition. Unlike the ordinary Indian, the
negro is soldier and citizen farmer and
mechanic, lawyer and doctor; he has en-
tered every trade and profession OF life
and is a substantial element in the indus
trial. commercial and political makeup Of
our great republic. Ten millions OF PEG
pie acclimated to the South distributed In
all the departments OF Industry are
worthy of consideration in foreeasting and
foreordaining the work OF the new era
now dawning upon US. We need the negro
Cotton Is still king, but cotton without ehe
negro is king without q crown. You are
now in hurry to adore new gods The
time VIII come in the sweet bye and bye
when you will return to do penance at the
shrine OF the ancient Southern divinity.
I'm respect TO the special measures
which should be adopted by this cunven-
ton in respect to the negro. I do not be-
leye that anything more than hearty
general resolution OF good will Is neces-
sary. The negro must work out his own
salvation as the white man had 10 DO.
Paternalism is not In harmony with the
idea OF our republican government, IL Is
men lHhl CONSTITUTE lut CkAlts mol WarQS
or children. But Just as a chain IS no
strong that its weakest link, SO a govern
ment is no stronger than its weakest ele-
ment. From the time that the Son OF God
was obliged to come down from heaven 20
help the white race and every race TO
achieve salvation. the superior must help
the Inferior. | respectfully ask the proper
committee to formulate a resolution ex-
pressing TO the negro race of the South
guarantee Of full protection OF life and
property under the laws of the land and
an assurance OF Southern sympathy and
guidancs in their perfection as citizens of
the United States"
At the close Of Mr.. Lucey's paper, Mead
OF Oklahoma introduced resolution favor
/ ing free homes In the government rescrva-
I tlon.
The Nicaragua Canal.
Mr.. Coleman Of New Orleans introduced
the following resolution:
1 Resolved, That the Transmississippi
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