The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-05-04

There are two things plainly indi-
Gated i'm this action Of the Massachu-
sets negroes and the white scalawags;
one is that they wish the Virginia
people TO receive all Massachusetts,
| visitors white and black-On terms
of social equality; and the other is that
the Massachusetts negroes and ne
grophiles wish TO show their bitter
hatred of the white people OF the
south The latter is more significant
/ than the former.
II goes without saying that the
white people Of Virginia will continue
To- manage Virginia affairs. They did
SO in their poverty and desolation,
after the abortive and disastrous at
tempts of carpet baggers and scala
ways To throttle and control them. In
their prosperity and strength they
will hardly yield, especially in view
of the fact that time is indicating the
South and the Southern position. II
/ the attempt Of the past, To set back the
clock of Time, was futile, how vain
and absurd is similar effort at this
/ late day. As for social equality, II the
/ North wishes il, that is her own affair.
/ She is giving good surface indications
that she is gagging at il already; and
when she has more Of il TO swallow
when she finds that she is dealing
with concrete immortality instead OF
an abstract generalizatiOn-she will
vomit the dose once and forever. The
South will have none Of it. The whites
don't wish 1t and will not have it; nor
will she allow any white man to come
here and attempt it. And the negro,
we are told by so great light as Book
er Washington, desires it as little az
the white man. Washington, by the
way, practices at the North what he
breaches against at the South.
But what Of the really significant
thing in the action Of the Massachu-
sets negroes, the exhibition Of bitter
hatred against the white people Of Vir-
ginia? One would suppose that the
enormous sums of money given by
the whites to build churches and
schools for the colored people of Vir-
ginia would merit some consideration
and gratitude. But it seems not. II
reports Of eyewitnesses are correct,
the speeches of the negroes before the
committee Of the Massachusetts legis-
lature were filled with hatred and
venom. What impression has this
continued hatred and Its continued
exhibition made upon the cOlOred peO-
pie Of the South? Is it not easy TO
foresee the deplOrable outcome?
1t is difficult under any circum-
stances for two races to live side by
side in peace. The Southern white
and the Southern negro have always
done so except when the latter has
imbibed the poisonous milk given
him from the North. The exhibitions
Of hatred at the North are bearing
fruit. There is a growing Discrimination
among the younger set Of cOlOred peO-
pie TO work for white people. They
'd0n't have to- is their expression.
They fail TO fOresee the inevitable re-
suit that after a while patience will
cease to be virtue and they won't be
allowed to. It's pity that this seems
TO be inevitable. And the attitude Of
race antagOnism is shown i'm other
ways also. 1t is the little straws that
show the direction Of the wind. How
many have noticed for example, the
attitude Of the negroes when outsiders
compete with the whites of the lOcali-
" i'm which the negroes reside? Did
you ever observe it? Take the game
of baseball in Richmond last week, as
an example. Every successful play
made by the visiting team against the
Richmond team was wildly applaud
ed 10y the Richmond negroes. And
when the Richmond team plays in
Lynchburg, no doubt the Lynchburg
negroes will applaud them against the
home team. This may seem very
trivial to many In reality, it is ser-
Gus, for beneath il lies a dangerous
fact-that the younger set Of negroes
will applaud and assist any man or
set Of men that brings discomfort TO
the whites Of the home community.
Many illustrations could be given.
One is enough. We all know the fate
of the self-constituted Ishmselite.
II is, then, the attitude Of the negro |
Of the North against the white man Of
the South that is the most significant /
thing in this attempted move in the
Massachusetts legislature. 1t is a
most serious thing. And if serious for
the white to consider, how serious in
deed will it be for the colored man !
For the north will drop him and spurn
him before the South will. And when
he loses the good will of the South,
what then?
For the Southern negro who is in
iustrious and law abiding the South
mas all good will and helping hand.
He has place here and can stay in
peace and prosperity as long as he de.
Tres. AS for the Massachusetts negro
we have a feeling Of contempt for
lin. Eaten up with envy he spends
his little day Tuning and fretting
gaiust the world. Nothing satisfies
i'm. "You may envy everybody, 8
,oilus nobody envies you. :
one Of the Life Insurance magnates !
as been arrested for giving a large :
um of money that should have been :