The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-16

amendment VIII stand Ill the organic
law Of the nation.
Other methods have been suggested
which | might mention, among them
being the scattering of the negroes
through our entire country, or the
giving to them of certain territory all
to themselves. We are here again con-
fronted with the same impossible diff
liculties and thus are no nearer their
accomplishment or realization now
than we were forty years ago, and in
the meantime we are face to face
with condition and not theory.
The RACE War. Bugaboo.
That this condition, this so-called
antagonism between the races, is as
bad IT'S some say it is I do not believe.
That conditions are far from being
satisfactory I will freely admit, but
| do not believe that the Southern
people are standing on volcano; !;
that we are not far removed from the
verge Of race war The two races
have much in common; the relation
ship which has always existed be-
tween them has been too kindly, tho
associations too close, for me to fear
such rupture or to entertain such a
Thought. One race riot in The city of
Atlanta, condemned by the people
and the press Of Atlanta and the
South. does moi mean Il race war, any
moro than Il similar riot in Ohio is
Il rorrrunnrr of Il massacre through
out the North. will admit that dur
ing the past year, on account of num-
rrnuS AMI atrocious crimes commit
ted by Il certain class of negroes, fol-
lowed by swift and summary prnish-
mcnt by the whites; on account of the
unwisr and mistaken policy pursued
by the great majority Of the negro
rae" in not coudcmnin" these crimes;
the foolish and malicious attitude as
sumcd by certain Northern ncwspa-
pcrS. aided and abcttcd, I regret to
say. by u few sensational papers in
the South: and last V, as if these we're
moi enough within themselves to work
our nndoin~. the indiscrcct uttrranccs
"t those who should. and do, know
hrttrr--thesc have all conspired to
stir up strife and to make conditions
appear far worse than they really are.
The great danger in the present
situation is that, when people make
up their minds that trouble is brew
ing and go out to find it, they are
apt to get just what they are looking
for; but, on the other hand, if they
will keep their heads-see things as
they really are, and not give credence
t" every idle rumor, or be swept off
their feet into some ill-advised and
nrrripiiatc action. things arc apt TO
work nul all right in the long run. On
~ few days ago. shortly after. the
riot i'll Atlanta, | was Informed by a
sheriff in my State that in little
town in his county certain party
interested in negro school and ne
gro race. had gone North. and upon
his return hal received shipments of
The sheriff was positive there could
hr no doubt as To the truth Of the
report. and asked to be advised as
to what action he should take. 1 i'm
mcdiatrly had IL quiet and thorough
investigation made, and from the re-
ports submitted to me believed there
WAS little or no foundation for the
story. Now that very rumor had in
ii Just enough of cNa~gcration and
needless alarm to bring ON, if the
white people had acted hastily, riot,
in which several valuable lives might
have hc"n lost. and all would have
been absolutely without cause.
The Negro's Opportunities and his
Barriers.
Let is be remembered that any solu-
ti"n of our race problem in the South
lies as much with the negro as with
the white man. Under the law he has
all the rights of citizenship; his lib
cry Is protected by the same laws
and he has the same rights in our
courts that the white man has. He
has the opportunity to acquire pro-
prrty by industry. honesty and sob
ri"ty, idcntically the same means that
must be used by the white man; and
the privilege to educate himself and
his children, this very largely at the
expense of the white man.
One Of the grcatst barriers to any
advancement of the negro is his natu-