The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29

swiftly. and within the knowledge OF every |
man who sees him and undeIstahu .lt ni, |
il rplapging into the savagery from Wnel.Se
he came This is no mere inquire 81 speecii'
il Is AN appalling fact that spears s ~ u
self wherever the African t torlP ~ tho |
found in the South The thinkers OF my
North have begun to understand dlmiy Inat |
the negro has not come up 70 me mi ,nt
demands Of citizenship, out id dos we w win
yet know the fearful TRUTH nor 90 W. 49,
whom he lives, appreciate tne lui AV''S
and significance Of II. ,,.,.....,., 90 yir. !
ginia. In a recent address when ougst eo
be read by every thoughtful citlHeh Oh 'ne
"'Thirtv.dye years have passed since the
negro changed from the condition OF
slave TO that of freedman, IN every
pnrt of the South 1t is the opinion OF every
man Of unbiased mind that tne se Nm,
ganerntion is Infinitely worse than the trst;
SO patent is this that wonld ne teInptt S,
10 doubt the sanity OF any man NUNS is
fair opportunities to judge wno Moulu ,' uv
clare lie reverse to he true. The young
negro of the South, except wheSs Hescetur
ed from parents of exceptional cna5Iatacy
and worth Is reyerting through hereuilalg
forces TO savagery. Fifty centuries OF saw saw
agery In the blood can not De helu uV 1r
by two centuries of forced good pen pen honi
II the controlling influences winch t ueau
down his savagery are Withdrawn as thes
have been in this case. Inc langunse, hlu
forms of civilization may ne haint;aiu ~
bat the savage nature remains IL 10 t tne
1qttre mat makes tho criminal ana nv
| perils civilization, not the language inc
| skin or the clothes ,,,,, ertaoo f
In another lecture upon The sacrlnce VI
a Race" Dr. Barrlnger said: An things
| point to the fact that the negro us
| race is reverting to DarbaIlsm M ltn 'n nf
| Inordinate Crimlnunty anu uesl"u"ti'n "
The remedy which DR.. Barrlnger pro.
poses for this lamentable conditlo IS , rrnn,
| the whites of the South shall taKe upon
| themselves the moral education OF the ne
| grc, and attempt to personally leAu mn,
| as they did in the days of slavery, away
| hal
African ancestors. The proposal appeals 10
| the humanity of Southern people ana may
| point duty for them. Ihcy can NOT
| mucn longer ignore the universal criminal
| lty of the negro race nor much longer en-
| dure the burdens put upon thein 10y orl is1
! attempt to reach a condition Oh uni'eiS"'
The question for each farmer in the
| South is whether he is willing 10 let his
| own problems wait upon a settlement OF
| the negro problem III so, he and his de-
| scendants may have to wait forever ~ Is
| possible that southern farmers by a Vlgor,
| Gus movement for their own pfotecuon
| may solve the negro problem by an IN
| dustrlal route ecu a.
The one thing lacking in the South n lis Is
| nm abundant supply of intelligent larm
| labor With that nj her command sue WOMB
| speedily advance to a vantage ground Oh
| prosperity greater than she mas ever IN,
| joyed before. The march of events ana
F., the general progress of the world nave
| created great opportunities for the SCUM,
but she is unable under presssht o. hor,di
| capped MS Cuba is handicapped ana as
| Mexico Is Handicapped, by a so.callcd work.
ing class that viii not work, ana lhass
stands as a. barrier to the Introduction OF
labor that is willing, to work,
What ayaieth rich soil and favorinS
climate, If the sold be not suitably tilled
and the climate he not Utilized
no less force than that which was ex-
erted during slavery will ever make an
Efficient reliable field toller of the negro
You may run him through all the schools
In chrstendom, and when he has received
his graduation papers the only honest et
fec;lve toll to which you can persuade
him is a hunt for hshbat. Cram MIN
with all the learning he can absorb, whet
his ambition as you viii, ana the only
ti1eEty relied on to follow the ploW SIN
DAYS in succession are when he is in
stripes with q convict guard It his back,
if the farms Of the South are to be
brought TO the highest state of production
they must IA e workers who VIII not ta'l
out Of the ranks whenever their stonachS
are filed. Are they to be hadf Yes DO
you want them! Then 20 after them.
1t Is strange indeed that the farm owners
of the South did not long ago substitute
for the inefficient labor of the black rnce,
which was grudgingly rendered, intelligent
white labor, which is amcnahle to reason,
subject to the stimulating influence Of self
Interest and capable of being brought into
active alliance with the owners of the soil.
It Is argued that such labor would he
'rbo peni,, is thai mario labor worthless
D.. o ~ i iiS tho cnstlios7 tbat * 70 he mad
# Is rcstiv 70 the individual farmer VINO
. ,r,niors ~ ara mon tho South MS n whole
Ii Imposes n burden far greater than tnr
Sps"rntihIe Of ronvinfipg nrooe tI,ot the ne
groos ~ mo South nra ne n race not self
naintoining th9t me cost Of Eeening Them
l.. mar TIN no yaIne Of thei,. service
J We have in Texas side by side, many
I evidences Of the romparntIye value 0t
labor III
l into onv cnr6innnity In southern roxa,
r where Gorn,nn inmtgration hns nIanfed
Itsnlf besidc The oid nInntotlons ON whicI
r ncyroeS vat nhtda and note how closely
] nrogress nnd norcrty ing each other sec
2 Tr,bet T.hita ldTo, nae donc ~. comol anf
sistor cn,,nties and Study tbe lethargic Of
a Se"t ~ nnt,,.o lohnr nnon the rIch ma far
q lie distric1s Of tho Rrnzos
Rut n 10 hardly necessary "a toll an a.
sanbIaSe Of Sonthern Farmers II &c not win
in tbc ron,o Of reasonnhin nrnbahiiitv thai
no nngrn n,,1i o,,sr do tbe r,orI they b9S,,
10 No Gan, trhot Won tnovv f,,i vol m,
question is can Won md n better worker II