Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-18

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 by the white folks,s and as hatred be-
 gets hatred they are taught to hate white folks" Hatred also begets re sentiment, and the young negro looks
 for an opportunity to show his resent ment toward any white person whom | he may meet This makes trouble, and the man who tres to stir up race prejulice is not good citizen and is deserving of the condemnation and the contempt of all good people. There are only about five per cent of crimin- als among the negroes. The remain ing nnety-five per cent are industri- ous, law-abiding people. There is however, among the negroes a few unpr ncipled agitators who are eXcit- ing a very bad influence over the younger negroes, which will be sure to bring trouble. We learn that there is a certain negro doctor who is indus triously sowing the seeds of hatred among the negroes We wish to warn him in time that the aw-abiding peo- pie. white and colored ill this com munity, do not propose to have the amcable and peaceful relations exist ing between the races interrupted and disturbed by a medd!esomeim importation from the north. Since the strife breed ing and theving carpetbag9er Was kicked out of the country, our people have lived in peace and harmony The negroes have shared ill the general prosperity. Many of them own their own homes, and are industrious, con tented and happy. They are thrown in daily contact with the whites, ther ill an industrial or business way, and there is perfect harmony between them until the negroes are tempered with by some corrupt, strife breeding meddler The white man has patient ly borne the white mans burden" He found the negro a naked savage, broth CT to the beast in the jungles of Asri- ca. He rescued the negro from cani- balism, taught him to eat cooked food 1 ing. He civilized him, Christianized him, taught him the English language, and is spending millions of dollars in educating him and fitting him for the varied duties of life. With this the negro should be content The white
 mans civilization is shown in the grand results of twenty centuries of ef- l fort of progress of achievement and of intellectual development On the other hand the negro in Africa stands l today just where he did twenty cen turies ago. He has made no step l forward. He is still a naked cannibal,
 a brother to the beast of the jungle.
 It is therefore unreasonable for the
 negro to ask or expect the white man
 to turn this government over to him.
 or to share domination with him. The
 experiment of negro governments has
 been tried in St. Domingo, and in
 some portions of Africa. There is but one result in every such attempt,
 dismal failure, and relapse back into
 barbarism. Then let the negro in the
 south rejoice that he is permitted to
 live in the white mans country and
 enjoy all the benefits of his grand
 civilization-privilege which are de
 nied to his unfortunate and benighted
 brother in Africa. There is no good
 to be derived by the negro from agi-
 tation. It makes him dissatisfied with
 lis lot and he entertains an unreasoning
 white race. and might lead to serious
 trouble, and in that event the negro
 always gets the worst of it. We hope
 the ministers and other leaders of
 the colored peopel will rebuke the
 agitators, and show them the trouble
 they are liable to make for the nc
 groes. Let the colored people obey
 the law. be industrious and sober live
 in harmony with their white neigh
 bOrs and help to develop our southland.
 the erandest and most beautiful cOun-
 try on earth.