The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30
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MITE Mans Burden. (1ss6-1soo). BY
Ii,nnias Dixon. Jr., Doubleday, Page
Il CD. New York. s1.50. Now on sale
a. Tie book stores.
Wish 10 Heaven that the whole world
ynigh, .a:.i this book As 1t is, 1t must
sxc,i, Il ,,so found influence toward bet
j ter ssi:s ttnding between the sections,
and q the solution Of the gloomy
nes,o zion. That most-hoped for end
would az .,astened Immediately II every
Eouti.r.ai snan or woman North ana
6c1.i.. ,,lao reads Tho LcopaId's Spots
unoai: ,.tnd It around. and insist that
ltjs ii,i-s.s.:s and his friends friends should
read II md take # to heart It should
Dc i,aSscd along particularly IN that
ots1p oil i.io North where books are made
ana NJ h,re the strongest intellectual in
2uese,.s reside. Mrs. Stoves crude little
3 book Sc: in motion the gathering North
J nm E;,E.;,1.. which dcso!ated the South; this
vigorous. fascinating work should arouse
fhe c:,largfng sympathy of our Northei'-t
ena Western countrymen. It must appeal
% tho great mind, and the great heai t,
ana the great conscience Of the nation.
s.T1se Leopold's Spots" is not the acme
= literary fineness; # Is not up to Mr..
&AEe's Red Rock IN points OF style;
( Sua It is we'll and vigorously written.
sDtAnsely dramatic story. instinct with a
2pth of feeling which more than counter
8 kalaaces any artistic incompleteness. It
. q every Southerner's patriotic duty to
read the book: and the reader will be
sNreatiy entertained as well as edited by
NAy of recompense for the little time 1t
a.1' take.
The moral Of Mr. D1xon's story is that
The negro can no more change his nature
than leopard can change his spots,
ana that IL this country Is to survive
~ an Anslo-Saxon power, the black In
rsous must be gotten rid of somehow.
kr. Dixon does not say how. but his
ene OF argument leads inevitably to the
eanolusion which believe every cool
1t11Adsd ypdte man will arrive at sooner
rf later. Saere will arise. as our indus
Z; HAL advancement heightens. the cry
& which came from our ldth and kin on
de Pacific Coast when Chinese cheap
ahor pulled at the standards which
Chinese Must COT. Shortly we will
4 hoar the echo Of that race-rallying cry
ard It will be-.-The Negro Must Cor
The negro must go. Go where? If he
i hae the shadow OF the manhood of the
An67o-Saxon, he would long ago have
smigrated and conquered for himself a
nationality In Mexico or Cuba. b. If we
should place our army transport fleet in
bsRvice TO carry them to the Philippines
hey would degenerate into San DOMINICAN
z Liherian semi-savaEery rs soon as the
sustaining influence Of the white man
eas removed. The divine tragedy will
- played out where the curtain rose upon
/: The competitive system will grind
:he negro down and out The fttest will
survive and we are the fittest by thou
/ Eands of years. The negro will go. like
The Indian. the victim of his own nature
The Indian persisted like bird in a
:age of inanition and strange diseases.
The negro will perish even as the OK
wagon of the prairie gave way to the
t:age-coach, and it disappeared before
the steam-engine, and it Will go before
electricity.
The negro cannot compete on equal
serms with the whites. One high-priced
KILLED white laborer is worth roomful
II cheap. ind fcrent negro hands. Our.
poor whites with their intelligence
Weakened, will crowd the negro to the
wall in both city and country lll-fed and
al-clothed. with his squalid habits Of liv-
4 ng and his undisciplined. incor1gible moral
4 nature, he will perish inevitably. Servile
occupations are his by natures law. 1t is
4 Euelty to the black to educate him above
Us station. It is treason to the race to
put weapons into the enemy's hands
I tA1sser-fafre.
The horrors of the Demonstrations bear
4 Upon all this very forcibly. In presenting
4 he race problem from Southern man S
4 toint of view, Mr.. Dixon has very natu-
ally harked back to the '.reconstruction.' p
a ae- is native of South Carolina. and
tnows what he is talking about. His story
extends from the dispersal at Appomat-
] tox to the final overthrow OF the Repu.-
lean party in North Carolina a year or
10 ago.. He gives a vivid picture of the
i lesolRtion OF the country, which will prob
ibly seem exaggerated to the present gen.
4 nation of readers; for It IS now almost
4 mDoas!ble to imagine any land SO laid
taste and SO deprived OF its effective
Al. ~ or
Following this description comes the mar
/ ativs q The control of the State Govern
nsnt by the worst element OF society.
lraWn from both sections OF the country.
The dObaunhery of public offices which
Dok place IN some of the Southern capl-
ais 10 almost Incredible. But the picture
Gr. Dixon makes IS taken from actual
4 0ce.ds. Following these stirring events
4 0meS the period CT cafinito conflict be-
4 Ween che two races, when the negro
i Who ~ slays had lived in intimate as
isolation with the whites. becomes es-
ranged and hostile. This IS tho era Of
BE Use Of the Ku-Klux. In fact, one
n evolution Followed another with such
HaTtling laDldity that this period Of our
4 history perhaps AFFORDS the most drs-
4 naSio setting for fiction that can be found.
"A bean1ffn love story runs through the
Il fao1o svonts. which keep the reader alert
y ho - kept by the most dramatic stories
10 Veto. Hugo. ]. NJ
4 me Battle-Ground. BY Ellen Glasgow.
DsuAieday. Page and CO.. New York.
s1.0o. Now on sale at the book stores.
aGss Glasgows latest effort has been
nosavod With enthusiasm BY her home
leopae and ''The BatueEround. is well
soTthy OF the praise that is being show
I red upon It. II Is a vigorous and delight
s hi story. much stronger and more ma
sre In finish than even her vcu success
hi "yodcs OF the People"
THE Battle-Ground" deals with vir-
;i.,!a home life irn1nseiatsly before and
i,n1ng the Confederate War. and the dra-
saeSc pictures Of fha1 bloody struggle
I infinK which this State was the debat-
die Erua,nd are heightened IN effect by
he fascsnseine background q old-fash-
uned eu3euN ana rennemenk which .sH-
stsd among our aute-bsilun gsntlefolk.
y Ths I've 0eses. Betty ana Virginia Am
aer. o1O . charming typeD 81 the South
IN s'bsll6' - hays svU beea portrayed
j. fution, ara Dan Xont5oy and Matsr
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