Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-16
rae pspoRrArloN EollY

There is folly In that plan Of send
ina the negroes ont OF the United
States Tillmaa. Dixon and many of
the rest OF the negro haters have IA.
vorcd the purchase of territory In
some other country In which to stow
away The black men of tbs South.
The present Idea lK to buy a tract In
some pnrt Of aeTico large enough. as
the advocates of The project figure. 10
support 10000 600 or 2 600 600 of pco-
pie There Is a vast range Of nniihab'
tied country In some of the states Of
the Mexican republic nearest 10 the
United States liuo. nnd the colonizers
think that our gos ernmeut can be In
duced 10 buy tils ana send all the
southern black men la u. keeping out
all tho whites Then. with all the
uoRroos transported io Che other side
of The Rio Grandc, and with fences
erected around thein. preventing them
from getting over to this side Of the
river. and barring the whites from
crunsing 10 The other side, the negro
problem viii be- solved one Of the
ncgros own lenders. strangely enongh,
Bishop Turner, sutacrhes TO this no
tiun.
Many obslaeics are In the way of
the colonization scheme one of them
~ that not a dozen members OF either
branch of congress could be induced
va vote 10 hiy this Mexican territory
for this purpose Another is that
Mexico would not sell the territory for
This or any other purpose. SIN an
other ~ that the cost of the territory
providing II could he bought. and The
cost OF deportation. providing the nc
grues would consent to lt, would ex
haust the treasury surplus. One more
objection Is that the negroes would
not go there II the territory was pur-
chased And another objection is that
he southern people would not let the
negroes go, even II they wanted to-
Bishop Turner has probably heard
something about Liberia, even IL Till-
tho bishop Will
| take a.glance AT The 20 n,
for the past threo-quarters Of a cen.
tnry, ho viii se that the deportation
project is impossible AT the time the
Liberia colonization idea was started
slavery WAS IN existence. and this
seemed to AFFORD chance 10 got rid
OF the black poaccably one OF the
services which the Garrison abolition
is,s rendered tho country Is that they
discountcnanccd this deportation folly
from tho start.
If there should he any chance that
the Tillman Turner lunncy should be
adopted by the United States govern
mcnt. q howl of protest would go mp
from the southern status which would
astound the SOrth Carolina senator
'rhe south needs the negro So docs
the reHt Of the country The negro
being a citizen of the United States,
and a nailvc.born citizen at that. could
not ho legally sent ont OF the country
against his viii. and should not be.
He has the same rights OF domicilc In
tho United States md the same right
to protection by the laws OF the land
NJ have any other element OF the peo-
pie. lie Is AN American whose an
c"stors have boon here since the days
oi the dominance Of the Indian over
the greater part OF the continent. No
negroos figure In the immigration to
tails Their right OF occupancy based
up many generations of residence on
the soil, is something that cannot be
successfully assailed The black
mans title 10 the designation Of Amer
lean Is next TO that of the red man In
legtdmncy The Tillman.Dixon-Tu
ner colonization folly will make no
proselytes when the southern politi.
clans drop their Mysteries and their
petulance, they will fnd way In
which 10 solve the negro problem by
allowing lt to solve Itself Globe Dem
ocrnt.