The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

men, the fighting men. were to the
front. Mr.. Hays. referring to the
changes that have come with the de-
adaptation of the negroes to climate
and surroundings, says:
mo where in the world are such op-
portunities afforded to both to labor
and prosper together, so lon as the
proper relations Of both are properly
understood and observed. But few Of
the negroes have realized this. The bal
lot thrust upon them by arbitrary
power and without discrimination, has
filled their heads with dreams of social
equality and craftsmanship, and has
made them the tools of degraded and
iciou politicians. Such education as
they have received has, as a rule, un-
fitted them for useful occupations.
With but little conception of h real
education means, they aspire to fill
the professions and offices of influence
n power, or failing in this they drift
into habits of dleness and crime.
These are serious words and true.
They state an appreciate fact. The
negroes have had ~thirty-ive years of
freedom, and schooling through nearly
all of these years, ard have been
voters, and yet what tremendous fail
ures they have pro The best, the
truest, the politest, Tie most trusted
negroes in the south today are not the
present generation, with their smatter-
ing of learning, but the men and wo-
men who were slaves and still LAG
superfiuous," as the young, smart
fellows may regard them.
People who observe, who study the
situation, are more and more impress
ed with the need of changing the sys-
tenn of teaching, for 1.-The wards of the
nation" as the northern fools called
the negroes the first years after peace.
The h~ead-teaching does not pan gu
we'll. 1t is apparent that they must be
taught to labor as we'll as to read and
write. They must nave practical. bust
ness-like education. They must have
their minds and hands and hearts all
taught and disciplined. 1t is a trinity
in education that is i~mperatively need
I'd. The A. and NJ. college at Green's
bore is doing excellent work in part
in his direction. Mr.. Hays, a n
able, discreet, thoughtful lawyer, who
is no politician or office 'seeker, says:
He should be educated to industry
and good morals. He should be taught
to respect his obligations and obey the
laws. He should learn that there are
places for him to fill in the many in
duStrial pursuits OF his country that
he can fill quite as we'll if not better
than any one else. He should learn
that by deporting himself as a good
- a nd a 0an6 oiti0nn he will how
the respect and confidence of the best
people of all classes and cOlors.
1.-THE best white men of the south are
not hostile to the negro. They know
hat he is here without any fault of
his own, and that he is here to stay.
They know that it is best hat they
should live together in peace, and con-
tribute as far a. possible to the pros
perity and happiness of each other.
But the white man who is true to the
traditions of his own race and who is
striving for the best interests of both
races, will never yield to the domina-
ton of the negro in politics n gov
eminent"
The negroes who can or will not take
this view, and properly estimate the
great advantages he really possesses
in the south, with the best element of
liiC law AiS AOIiO oIiU Iioo
any high notions of being the ruler
and associate of the white race, would
do we'll to HE himself to the north to
test the actual conditions there, and
the extent of that sympathy n gush
he has so often heard of at long range.
If he does not like the eastern states
New England, New York. Pennsyl-
vania, etc.-let him flee to the west
and see how he will fare out there. If
in despair he might venture into Mex
leo or take shipping for the Philip
pines or Hawaii or even him
There are great and crying evils no
doubt in the south that need correct
ing. 1t is the intent and purpose of the
amendment to help to remove or to
permanently mitigate these evils. Mr..
Hays is of the opinion hat the pro-
posed amendment will suit the case
and afford the relief needed. He says
that sit is to correct the evils that have
grown out of this attempted domina-
ton of the negro in North Carolina, to
correct them peacaby and lawfully,
that this amendment to the constitu-
ton Of the state is proposed. 1t is be-
lieved by those who have given it care
full examination hat it will. when
adopted, afford the best practicable
solution of the trouble with which our
state government is confronted"