The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
Ultimate Solution of the
Negro Problem Sug-
gested.
continued from Sixth Page

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diathesls Is concomItant with the smaies,
development OF the psychic element may
be accepted as a rule. The influence e
morality and intelligence dominate tAc
conduct OF the lighter races. and thtle
tore the dominion Is essentially Tshychtr
III the negro the psychic differentiation is
withheld. while the organic scN-dcYcioP-
mcnt continues.
The negro. by some demonstration I'll
the recent past. seems IL b. living over
the instincts and habits % hl> animal
~ub-human ancestors. ana IN his cNtrefa'-
tie, or moral dclinQuencic~ corresponds
with the point OF arrest OF dcHciopmeH'
Sense rcrletIou IS the earliest evidence -
6ecadence. and hnds II commonc~t graft
Hcatiou in beastlality and qualification
le condltiou> Of qualifications are SD
BY SIDE with primitive instinct coupled
with inferior intelligence. The results 80
pail u, and they are not mere accidents
They are the s~cquelac TO j dlatle>l> and
not mere chance.
A perycrsion from which most races are
exempt, prompts the negro's incllnatlonS
! towards the white woman. whereas ot0lr
races incline toward the females OF thcl.
own. IN comparison with the Indian. INC
differentiation emphasizes the negro ~cN
/ dldtleSt~. Inc IHdldl 4Q>j Was lbl u4oN"
the negroes for beauty. Some ~clf-constl-
tuted philosophers have threatened TO take
the negro by cross cut over the centuries
! which have been necessary to the eyoIu-
ton CT the white race. and place him III
power and position for which he Will not
be qualified III a thousand years. TINS IA
a wrong which cannot be condoned.
To make the negro the equal 81 the
white, a vast completely of interests ard
physical eliminations. inconceivably re
mote must visit him. Phsychic elimina-
ton has scarcely begun IN the negroes
Moreover. there IS a lamentable but rot
quite hopeless inertia IN the negro's Q
The native opposition OF inertia to vital
force is not counteracted by activity. The
lift must come through physical effort, II
at all. High potential range is attainablc
by pa%instaking effort. 1t must be impress
ed upon the negro there is a life history
belonging TO each through which he must
pass before he can reach the borderland
Of development. Intensity OF instinct
feeling must be reduced. The negro race
is an old one, and there must be vouch-
safed a heritage of organic and psychic
debris which will remain because OF crea-
tive equality to the task Of counteractlnG
the same.
With such an attitude OF physical, ment-
al and moral ldXIeSS before us, ana WIFI
many opportunities within US. and the
special publications. for observation and
study Of this problem. it behooves US t.
reason from a physicians point OF view
that we may ultimately suggest the rene
dy. Treatment must not be ignored. The
irritability OF physical structure may r.
spond to some therapeutic anodyne THAI
will tame the bestial impulse. 1t may be
! needful to call upon surgical AID fol
elimination. The honor of one Caucasian
woman secured against the assaults OF a
sexual beast belonging to al ahen race
must awaken suggestions from the great
medical heart of America which Will echo
from ocean to ocean. The study Of ea2f
negro, as he comes within the range OF
suspicion, should become the duty Of the
physician, and a committee. with legal au-
thority, should decide his fitness for liber
ty. Education is always a step full Of
promise III the elimination OF faults o.
mind. We look with hopefulness for it
results, but it, as such, viii never destroy
the sex-diathesis.
Another panacea for the condition Of tho
negro IS suggested by the moralist. It j.
religious oversight and direction, but il
will suffice to call attention to the history
sacred and p~rofane. attesting to the ali.
ances of religion and s%eXuaity.
J. W. p. SMITHWICK. N. u.
lagrange, n. G..