The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06

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better Can set tires cold without injury
to the 1ishtest wheel.
COME AND SEE IT WORK.
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tuition are still rveted around their necks
they are extremely DESTROYS of framing
their new State Constitution in such
manner as to rid themselves Of the odium
of constantly swinding a weak and help
less, though misguided race. Now, now
Is this to be done?
Humane and fair-minded men feel inc
profoundest pity for the negroes in this
country Once the happiest and most
contented laboring class that the "ori't
has ever known, they were suddenly i'lu
without any fault of their own sonEerttu
from wards and dependents into pollti-
cal. rivals of the proud and ruthless An
.lo- Saxon race. IN the days of slavery
self-interest was usually sufficient, even
in the case of those masters Who h2d no
personal affection for their slaves, 20 III
sure the latter an abundance Oh "h"'c
some food comfortable clothing, roo'
over their heads and medical attentioh IN
sickness Then, there was no need tor
negroes TO take thought for the morrow
CIV. all is changed. For, though the OLD
masters and their sons still feel an Al
lection for their former faithful servants,
and though a portion of this affection
goes out TO the whole race. the vast ma
iority of the whites who never owned any
slaves and whose fathers never owned
any, have no such sentimental emotions.
To them the negro is simply a rival in
both politics and irdtstry. and must no"
encounter AnElo-SaXon competition ana
Aneio-Saxon hate in the struggle Tor eX-
istence How effective this competition
can be is evident from the wonderful m
duStrial success of Americans and Eng
lishmen all over the world; a!lCl how ter
rible Anglo Saxon hate can be is clear
when we reflect that the same ferocisy
which led Pur!tans to eNtcIninate the
long suffering followers OF Philip and
Conanchet and Englishmen to tie Hin
docs to the muzz!es of cannon and blow
them to atoms. has led to the recent
burning of negroes at the stake IN Va
rious parts OF the United States Nor has
this hatred been displayed merely against
individual negro criminals. For the ne
groes Of. certain Missouri and Oklahoma
towns have very recently been forcibly
expelled in q body by the whites. Clearly
the race antagon!sm which formerly
fiickered up only in isolated spots, is
threatening to become devouring flame;
and in such a conflagration it is equally
clear which race will be consumed Since
Darwin wrote no man imagines that in
the struggle for existence the weak and
the unfit will survive
What. then. must be done to avert this
terrible struggle? What must be done
il We wish TO save the blacks from de-
struction and the whites from the horrible
EQUALIZATION that would accompany their
dreadful triumph? Evidently. if the con-
flict is to be avoided. the competition
leading toward it must be abated. The
actual concrete interests and welfare
OF both blacks and whites are Of more
Importance than the abstract rights"
Of either or Of both Life, liberty within
limits. and the pursuit of attainahe nan
piness are far more valuable to the ne
gro than purely theoretical equality
with the white man, or the abstract right
to illimitable freedom and Hypothetical
felicity
One of the most potent causes of the
establishment OF medieval serfdom was
the fact that during the Morse and HuE-
garian invasions great numbers of peas
ants voluntarily surrendered portion
of their liberty TO the neghboring lords
in return for the protection afforded Ivy
the castle walls. Had they been silly
dreamers and theorizers, they would have
refused to surrender any rights or TO
subordinate themselves to the only men
who could protect them, and would have
retained their abstract liberty" for
day or an hour till their skulls were split
by the hatte-axes of the Norsemen., But
the French German and English peas
artry considering liberty Without lie q
somewhat useless possession, We're wli!lnS
to call their protectors iordS ana 70 "orh
for them part Of the time ana give them
part Of their crops. in order to keep thelf
heads on their shoulders. II the negroes
+f,1,- 700 Il
nit that half I, loaf is better than no
preaG-that to live peacefully by honest
industry in an humble sphere is far let
TER than to die violently by the hands
of "a ia ging mob. There exists certain
number of brutal whites who would like
nothing better than the precipitation OF
race-war and the opportunity for deiug-
ing the South with African blood but
the true friends of the colored man must
if they wish to save him from the risins
tide OF hate, deprive him, for his own
good of the liberty to do anything that
may seriously swell that tide. 1t IS Who!-
" futile merely to inveigh against the
! wickedness, folly and unreasonao:eness
OF llegrophotia. For, while European I'M
migrants of all nationalitics may. De grad.
ua1ly assimlated and absorbed by inter-
marriage with Americans. the repusnanca
OF Anglo-SaXonS to intermarrlage with
negroes is So deep-rooted that the sepa-
ration of the races, with the is1novable
race-prejudice, must be dealt with as
abiding facts.
If this antipathy to the negroes phEsi-
ca, characteristics We're the only trouble,
no serious conflict would ever arise. The
real difficulty is his political. social and
industrial rivalry With the whites; and
there can be no doubt that for the good
of both races his privileges in these di-
rec,ions must be curtailed. In actual
nra ctice his right Of suffrage has long
been an empty farce. But it is better
that law. rather than fraud should set it
| aside. And it is also better that, Wn!le
| assured of a practical monopoly of do
nestle service and the simpler forms OF
| manual labor he should realize that COM
petition with white men IN the skilled
trades and learned professions will eth
er be a failure or, if successful, be &C
companied by a terrible risk. individual
negroes may. OF course. rise nv their own
exertions to higher spheres; but It is an
| unouestionable. If mournfnl. fact that the
| whites sill not tolerate great numbers
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