The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
RACE PROBLEM SEEN FROM
STANDPOINT OF THE CENSUS
The Conclusions Reached Without Race Prejudice by
Discussing the Criminality of the Negroes
are Simply Startling.
3 y REV I. A. STEELE.
By REV. S. A. STEELE.

1t ILsNIt lUkf4&t-ttab .44t. HN I4E f.
per cent. Of his c]rimiual,y In
HIM. III the sense IN which thu
meant when used in rcfcrcu.e .a
people. is TO unit hmm Ia D..
The Southern States Woull rs
ju%stilablc. On the strength OF tt..
clusions. not only to allow taa a
only the proportion or school u.a
rived from The taxes they pay. b.t
fusinc 10 educate them al alt T..
startling conclusion. but thire .
facts. Education up 10 tn ur,s.r.
as the census shows. increase l..
inality Of the negro race. Can
afford to support a system 81 ,L.
that produces this result
3. These conclusions prove taat ua
Washington is the most darEerog.
the negroes ever had he su.- ~
ard makes speeches., like his sa.a
New York on February eed. that Reeves
the dclusion. both among the white.
the North and the blacks at tho ~.
that education and property VIII
the problem by elevattng the Negro ..
be the equal OF the white farH. Em #...
not put il quite 50 p~l23aly. hut ,a#.
what he means underneath the aaa
ana fallacious philosophy h. su e'#.
dispcnses to credulous ear5- III JrE.a
' v ihNI a I3olIA ~ A8Nt ~ tH.#l.E
the census says il is desoneraIi"E tsa.
its character in slavery. lie say. el
cation Will elevate the negro, the ,ea.
says ii increases his criminalitE. ~.
says the possession OF property viii maxi.
the negro the equal OF the white u...
the census shows that the forces tM-.
lift UP the white man drag down sin.
negro. Booker Washington is leading ta.
negroes straight to a preelp'cr. The falls
IDEALS he incuIcatcs. the imposslhl, ho..
he c~Scites, the utterly misleading aEW.
pathy he cnlists in behalf Of thc naaEa.
only makes more certain and bring uear..
the inevitable issue.
Booker Washington makes much of
what he regards as evidence Of rn.
racial vitality of the negro THAT nm
Ike the Indians, and other races. ju#to."
OF dying out in the presence Of a superior
race. the negroes continue to iucgca...
and from four millions at the time 81.
Emancipation have multiplied to nearly
ten million now. But he overlooka th.
fact, in which the whole signiheanae ul
the problem lies, that the negro race lu
America has never really come ia ,"u-
nict with the superior race. Let taa.
conflict once begin, as everything point
to its beginning now, and the boa#t.'
increase Of the Africans viii be q thing
OF the past. As a slave. it was TO ta.
interests of the southern people for d..
negroes to increase. As a free man. 40.
the notions OF their ncighbors to tan
contrary Notwithstanding, the Southern
people have wished the negro well. The
have given him the protection Of the law
and n fair chancc to live and be happy.
They have spent over a hundred million
dollars on the experiment OF his educa-
ton. Instead of improving he grow
worse. Both morally and industriaIly h.
is below tho level of the position d..
held as a slave. After thirty years
trial, under the most favorable circum-
stances. tho statistics show that he b.
Incapable Of freedom. He is rapidly
arousing tho hostility of tho Anglo
Saxon people among whom he lives Iu
this country. Let that hostility become
the permanent attitude Of the dominant
race, and the doom Of the negro is aealf.
Therc is far loss danger In the in n
rawlings Of such black madmcn as Have
and Dewey than in the plausible policy
OF Booker Washington, which, under cover
Or the vague and popular phrase 'IaaH
trial education" inslnuatcs into th"
minds of the negroes dreams Of sor.#.
equality with tho whites. The Wjs.-t
educator among the negroes today is no.
Booker Washington, but w. ~. Council.
Of Huntsville. Alabama. Council Care
frlly avoids teaching his pupils the at-
surd doctrine that has drawn Northern
help so largely to TuskeEce, that t."
acquisition Of property win ohlJteraf-
the distinction OF blood and money, bug
the birthright Of the Caucasian race
+. These conclusions, 50 ably set forth
by Col. Bingham, sustain the policy ".
the British government for South Africa
as announced by MIR. ~Cbambcr.a.a
Equality for tho white man, j|ustien '"
the black man" That is virtually '.
policy the South has decided upon. ...
II IS likely that Mr.. Chamberlain a.t..
statesman that ne is, has proftte5 '
our experience. The negro deserve ja.
tice. 1t is self-cvident truth that lt
tice is a natural ard inalicnabln T.E.'
Of all men. The negro in the South
secured in the right to enjoy life. lh".-
ty. and the pursuit OF happincae ".'."
his sphere. But God Almighty made Dir"
inferior to the Caucasian; and an 49,
devices Of politics, and coustitu."
amendments, and Slater Funds,
Southern Education Boards, and h'.t
independents. and White House 6#Hr.
and double-distillod tom-foolcry of .r-
timental philanthropy. with its ure'..
nonsense about the brotherhood Of r
can't change the laws Of God. The r
tural and essential infcrioritv 81 '.
negro forever debars him from the
Of the white man. The "rano proh..
must be settled upon tho basis NJ ' .
fact. s. !. STEIt-
Lumbcrton. Miss.