The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

OF a Indy for Southern fnancicr oyer
4 & Northern, could scarcely involve the
4 question OF civilization, unless conserva-
4 tisrn4 is to bio denomln mated q heather OF
savage attribute. 3s{ II ".
The anlmndversion springs, doubtless.
/ from the vexed racial estion-the social
ostracism OF the negro In the South,
among other reasonable preroga tlYes,
i claimed by tho gentry OF tho soil. III 80.
l the writer OF "Freo Speech has touched
/ upon tho most dlHlcult and delicate OF MI
/ ,problems. and one that Is ans yet upsolved
1 by the North and the wv est, VI - by N
i South; but 1t is a problem moro diflcult
and delicate for tho South through the
millions shoi to deal with IN nor dis
ordinations. This subject Is not to be
discussed in brief sketch, for there IS
] too much OF an enlarged character be-,
i longing to 1t to admit OF It's delineAtion
1 in an abridged tn esls. Tho writer VIII
/ simply state that, In her travels forth
and West, she has always encountered
tho negro occupyinE tho platform q 90
nestle servlce;sbut while receiving q gner
wages, Il owhere has she found him treat
/ I'd with q kindlier consideration thar IN
| the South. In Virginia the negroes q re
specially devoted to 3 their homes, and
9thciraRnbit Is to go North for 2. q D. nce
/ make m onoy and return to buy Ei an ana
4 build houses, as they say, do not They
q
own white folks Their first service is
still given to their own white folks az
1.-The northerners who como anon s US = Q
| 1--we, soon discover. Several very sharn-
| ming northern families who bought es-i
tates near my own, 5 fter struggling
throgh a. year or SO with what they term
i the Impossible Virginia labor, have to
m,rg sincere regret-sold out and returned
Mort. They came with q allowing fore
| cast OF the freedm ana haste to serve.
i them. gathered from a most imperfect
mental. prospectiye-but, at close range,
| they the colored far from tho detestablo
crcnture their philan throplo distant View
had pictured. .s Il -...it
Iou Southorners understand them. We.
| do nj OF. They will not serve us as they
| do You, said my mex estate nelghbor. q
bright wealthy New York girl, who had
supposed life In Vnirglnia would be q
"doice Tar niente'f ok istence. with a plen-
ty OF darkes to do her bidding.
emo. you do not understand them"5l
admitted. you govern them MS you do
your Northern white labor by rule and
method. T1,py have to DO looked after
md treated like children. Great pa
tienoe is required in dealing with them,
| and reasonable indulgence will serve
| to bind them to you, far more than str1n-
gent rule
| y i.
| Them" she boldly declared. 7, 9s
"Oh, no. Isroplied. Two Yirginians are
Eglad slavery has pasted away, We arc
lsanxlous for tho negroes to have tho ad-S
l{yantnges OF education and to make an
)lnonornble thrifty race Of themselves
we only stipuate. and that imporiously.
that they shall never be taught the fnl-
lacy OF social equality With tho whites"
Social enuality2' 4 she cried. & Why.
|alf one of them were to dare enter my
front door should DO grossly insult !"
Z Truly the race prejudice exists IN the
hearts Of our Northern sisters MS fer-
vcntly as In ours In fact racial pre-
iudlce Is Unborn In all human beings.
era fled BY tho hand OF the Creator. who
ra s1ioned us. Nor can tho philanthropy
~ tho wise ones, beat down the barriers
4 TINT separate us from The Chinese tho
indian, aud, last of all the negro, IT
the North would regard the matter less
feryitlly, get 1t away from their emotions
and into their practical heads and brains,
they would ascertain the conditions bet
ter. To say the least, no representative
/ of the North would hentedly score his or
her fellow-cti2ens because OF the as
4 su,ned prerogatives Of those citizens to
ydetermlne their own social status ana
/ Ia choose their own associates
Above ALL let n man In his power and
his sublime faith In himself write With
| a pen dipped In scorcmng Ink, II he likes;
| but a wnmnns ptn should carry gentle
counsel to her felow-mortals; should
bind up broken hearts and heal wounds.
| Her writing should bear the beacon llGht
| oil n luminous benevolence, II she write
| M Mi, she should write nobly, and II
l{but onco In life sho does It, then truly
|Tmny George Elot's words apply to her,
rs lOur lives" she says, make n moral
tradition for ourselves, and to have once
l8acted or written nobly seems to make
4 reason why she should always ba
EAIMA HENRY FERGUSON,
Ctoochland, Va, March e.