The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-28
toned to suppose only prevailed in the

toned to suppose only prevailed in ths
United yates.
! It's an interesting fso5 also that a!
rapidly IS the negro secures absolute
control in the ISLANDS be just as Ger
tainlY applies the thumb screw to tht
white, whom he hates in that hearty
spirit which finds it origin only in "a
cial antagonisms that neither constit
utiops nor laws can eradicate or sup
press.
Thus in that precious republic
Haiti, the white man is not permitted
to hold real estate, and number o1
i other privileges are denied him which
are permitted to the black citizen
Judging from the examples Of negro
rule in Haiti and Santo Domingo, a.
we'll as from the social and politica
conditions in other Of the West Indies
where they are in partial control, !
would seem that the negro is seen at
bis best where he is under the irfuence
and control OF a considerable body OF
white men.
By himself, it is nearly, or quite,
self-eyi6ent that he is not capable OF
administering Government for the gen
eral welfare OF the people over whom
he rules. The negro is an initator,
and with the influence and example OF
the white man absent racial instincts
beyond his control seem to draw him
back as by the call Of the wild" His
i6ea OF government in the republics in
the West ladies he rules over is t.
plumber the weak. Might make>
right is the rule Of the barbaric, and
this Is the rule OF those whence be
sprang and toward whom be is again
drifting.
II the negro is left to himself much
longer in Haiti and Santo Domingo
al government will ultimately dfsap.
pear except that OF tribal relation.
Nothing is more clear than that he is
cetrograding in that direction.
All this would be mere abstract spec
ulation for Americans if we were not
confronted with a racial problem OF
the same kind In our own land. AS it
Is, however, ne are facing it now. Many
people in the country, and they are
growing in number every Gay, think
grave mistakes have been made IN the
treatment Of the negro question since
the abolition Of slavery, and they would
gladly see undone some o. the things
which have been done.
Just as many persons, who are In
creasing just as fast in number; be
lieye that as the Southern people are
race to face with the problem and un-
derstand it better In all its phases than
The people OF any other portion OF the
country, they ought to be let alone to
settle it themselves in the way in
which it seems to them wisest under
the circumstances. Upon them, their
children and children's children must
rest the brunt OF the consequences,
whichever way the problem is settled.
Mask the problem as we will, the
fact remains that the people Ct the
South those people who have as lofty
ideas in religion, morals and honor as
any In the world-those people who
have produced some of our greatest
statesmen, soldiers and scholars, and
among whom the highest type OF the
pure American is found, are to-day en-
gagged in struggle for race supremacy
in their States.
Upon the issue OF that struggle
many there are, in the South as well
as in the North, who earnestly and
de7otedly believe depends the question
whether the Southern States shall be
come second edition OF the West In
dies or remain under the control OF
the owners OF the soil ard the build
ers OF their universities colleges,
schools, churches and civic institu
tiOnS.