Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-01

WAT 10 % tno pOllttcal teaCDerS anC
leaders of the negroes. Represent
ing themselves as the ohly friends Of
the recently emancipated race, the,
made dennnciation of former slay,
owners an apology ior their presence
and a part of he negro's education
That policy only complicated tn,
difficult problem. 1t poisoned tn,
spirit of one race and aroused tn,
fierce antagonism of the other. Hat,
was planted in hearts where the seed
of love should have been sown, anc
races that ought to dwell together
in unity Were separated by bite,
hostility. The times of such foil,
are gone, but their tragic results are
our mournful heritage.
THINGS THAT ARE SETTLED.
First--In the South there viii
never be any social mingling of the
races. Whether it be prejudice OF
pride of race, there is middle wal
Of partition which will not be broken
down.
Second--They will worship il
separate churches and be educated ir
separate schools. This alike is de-
sired by both races, and is for tn.
good of each.
Third-The political power of this
section will remain in present hands
Here, as elsewhere, intelligence and
wealth will and should control the
administration of government affairs
Fourth--The great body of negroes
are here to stay. Their coerced colo
nization would be crime, and their
deportation physical impossibility
And the white people are less apx.
ious for them to go than they are tc
leave. They are natives and not
fntruders.
THIS DEBT, OF DUTIES.
Now let US consider some of the
duties we owe these people, COM
mitted to us as trust.
First-They must be guaranteed
the equal projection of the law. To
do less would forfeit plighted faith
and disrupt tho very foundation OF
social disorder. All the resources
of government should be exhausted
in protecting innocence and punish
ing guilt. There should be no aris-
tocracy in crime. A white fiend il
as much to be feared as "black
brute" The racial line has. no place
in courts of justice. Offenders
against the peace and dignity of the
State should have the same fair trial
and the same just punishment, what.
ever their crime or color OF skin.
And the majesty of law must be
enthroned and sustained. When its
sanctions are iisregarded and its
mandates are not respected, the very
foundations of government become
insecure. If confidence is DESTROYED
in the decisions of courts there is nc
protection for life and property
We have reason for real alarm at
the phenomenal growth of the spirit
of lawlessness. And it is not con
fined to any one section of our great
country. | give it as my deliberate
Judgment that there is never an oc-
casion when the resort to lynch law
can be justified. However dark and
dreadful the crime, punishment
should be inflicted by due process of
law. Every lyncher becomes law
despiser, and every law w-despiser is a
betrayer Of his country. The lynch
ing spirit, unrestrained, increases in
geometrical progression.
DAWN OF A BETTER DAY.
But there are indications of bet
ter day. After our night of sorrow
there is promise of a more hopeful
morning. Our best citizens are be-
coming alarmed and public sentiment
is being aroused. A camp of Con-
federate Veterans in Mississippi,
composed of heroic men, who feared
not the wild shock of battle in con-
tending for what they believed to
be right, recently passed some vigor-
GUS resolutions against this spirit of
lawlessness, in which occur these
strong words
"Mob violence is antagonistic to
liberty, and ultimately leads to an
archy, desolation and ruin" And
in that ringing utterance they voice
at once the deep conviction and
profound humiliation of our best
citizenship. We have good people
in our State, loving justice, hating
wrong, and despising unfairness.
They are ready to uphold the ma
iosfy pf Tho louy q, hon Jo,,,o,I, o,o
made upon them.
ALSO A NECESSITY.
Second, the right education of the
negro is at once a duty and neces.
sity. All the resources of the school
should be exhausted in elevating his
character, improving his condition
and increasing his capacity as a citi.
zen. The policy of an enforced
ignorance is illogical, un. American
and un Christian. 1t is possible in q
despotism, but perilous in republic
1t is indefensible on any grounds ot
social or political wisdom, and is un.
supported by any standards of ethics
or justice. If one fact is more clearly
demonstrated by the logic of history
than another, it is that education il
an indispensable condition of wealth
and prosperity. This is universal
law, without exemption or exception
Ignorance is cure for nothing.
cit is strange, indeed" says Mr.
Murphy, "if education-a policy Of
God long before it was policy Of
man, policy of the universe long
before it was policy of society
were to find its first defeat at the
negro's hands.
"Of course, educational methods
may be unwise and inadequate, and
educational auspices may be unfor.
tunate and unwholesome. In sucf
event the proper course is not tt
close the school, but change the
methods-not stop teaching, but i'm
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