The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-08-31
NU MBER %.
EX-CHIEF JUSTICE CAMPBELL
ON TIE RACE QUESTION.

| trust Iile recent Tlcc lTouoIc III
New York CITY viii cause Miss Jewctt
To reconsider her itinerary announced
some time ago SAID exChef Justice
Campbell uf the State Supreme Court
recently to the Pines: Democrat cor
respondent Before coming down
South with her hndy guard Of negroes,
AS she has threatened TO do. she may
now deem it advisable to pay some
little attention to circumstances
little nearer home She and her body
guard should go at once to New York
and remedy affairs there. which seem
imucrativcly to demand her atten-
tion."
Judge Campbell continued >ubstan.
TALLY as follows:
"Thc riot in New York simply II.
Illustrates Il fact that has long been
natpnt to us down South. but which
does mob yet seem to be quite clear 10
those in other sections. and that Is,
that race antaguniSm is ii perfectly
natural instinct. and it is liable tn the
samc manifestations under similar
circumstances iti every part of the
country The particular section has
nothing whatever tn do with it Given
the same degree ut prOvOcatihn. ana
the same results will at once follow.
Wherever Il case arises which has the
effect Of aruusing the antagonlSm ot
race. whether it be in the North or
, the South. the results are Singularly
uniform The riot in New YORK
. shows that an outrage by negro on
7 white man rOuses as much Indignation
d on the part Of the whites AS 1t does
G anywhere in the country. Race an
o taronism is not confined to negroes:
e we see it in the case Of the MongolianS.
n Malays and other people who are gem
is orally and correctly regarded as in
1t ferinr races. 1t is a general human
le instinct, and it seldom fails To assert
y itself even under widelv-ditfercnt con-
'e ditions.
n There are two reasons for the con-
le stantly recurring difficulties OF TINS
Id kind. The one is that the negro Is
r. continually chafng at The difference
he between theory and practice. Nom.
s. inaliy he is entitled 10 equality IN
n political management. but in fact he
~ sees that he has nothing whatever TO
III do with affairs. This is IA constant
o. irritant. The eHew'generation which
ly is springing up has never learned to
I'd recognize the distinct superiority oI
h. the people of the white race. as their
., fathers. who were trained IN slavery.
IN had been taught to accept 1t. TheY
ly are continually wishing for that
ne equality which can never. he theirs,
SIS and as the years 90 by the half-edu'
or Gated Younger members Of the race
he are growing more and more dlScOn-
III tented. Practically the same condi-
'ir tions prevail as far as the negro is con-
cerned in the North, SO far as l am
informed. He has no recognized po'
G. sition and, in fact. is not in as good
position to obtain work as down
IN, South.
ms The other reason-and, in my
OIL opinion. the greatest bundcr whlcn
we have made in dealing with the
ln negro probcm-is the education whlch
on the uesru is receiving. He learns a
,or GOOD many things which unit him Tor
he his ordinary and necessary condition,
mi which makes him unhappy and I'LL
nd him with desires impossible of realiza'
nor tion. Education among the race is
mo- great proyocati0n of discontent 1t Is
no true the education does not amount tC
much, and this seems to be about the
ko. only result of it, He learns enough
to read ncendiary literature like the
his negro Charles in New Orleans, and
ra. then he is ripe for disturbance. The
ned negro should have been allowed TO re-
om main in ignorance. and the METHODS
zen. that are now being taken to solve the
race problem are such that the proc
.llem the people of the South Will oe
called upon to settle will be Il fcar'u'
'e9 one. The negroes are getting 1urthel
'''' and further away from the only OASIS
~" ON which they can continue to remain
p"y neaceabIy in this country; they are
',"' inclinng less, day by day, to distinct
Who ''0''..' ,,n,ol snnorioritv which
-" gives the only assurance OF harmon!
between the Two races.