The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-06
THE NEGRO, NORTH AND SOUTH
Reasons for the "GroWing Detesta-
tion'' of the Black Man Discus
sed From a Radical View
point.

Philadelphia Ledger.
To the Editor Of Public Ledger
Why is there such a strong feeling Of
detestation for the negro? There must
be some reason for it, for there is no
such feeling against the Jap, the Phil
ippine Island or the Indian, and thlr-
ty years ago the negro commanded
our profound sympathy in this part
of the country. The reasonable con-
clusion is that in some way we are
treating him wrong. The black man
is much more prosperous in the far
South than he is here, and | believe
we can learn a lesson from those
Southern planters, and probably dis
cover where we are at fault.
"In Southern Mississippi, where /
]ive.'' says S. S. Henry, Of Gulfport,
Miss, "there is no negro problem, and
whites and blacks get on pleasantly.
The blacks in this district are better
laborers than the white men-the
poor crackers class. Mind you, this
is in the southern part Of the State,
and entirely out Of the influence of
schools and normal Institutes. The
educated negro of the more northern
part of the. State disdains manual la
bor,- and is of the opinion that he is
as GOOD as the white man, if not a
little better.'
Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi,
is friend Of the negroes, and
claims to be the best friend they ever
had.
He says:
"In the solution of. this problem
we must recognize at the outset that
which Thomas jefferson recognized
100 years ago and which Abraham
Lincoln endorsed fifty years later
that the negro cannot live in the same
country with the white man on terms
Of social or political equality. 1t IS
one of the impossible things. One or
the other of the races will rule. They
will not mix. I am opposed to the
negro voting.
Several of my letters have recently
been published in the Public Ledger;
and they have brought out many re-
plies. Those in antagonism all breathe
a plea for further continuance OF
present conditions. and in this, [ be-
ieve, they are guilty Of direct act
that the black man cannot get justice
in our Courts? Don't they know that
the prejudice against him is overwhel-
ming and that it is increasing con-
tinually?
Take the case of that miserable
beast, Johnson, who killed Miss Allln-
son. How long would the community
permit such trial as he has had for
a white man? He was tried by mob
law under legal form. He's guilty
and deserves even more punishment
than he will get, but it certainly was
not legal to wiring a confession from
him by torture in the Baltimore jail,
as has been limited in the daily papers.
Do the negros' defenders think
there is any which result as this case
has resulted?
Christianity is the grandest bless
inc ever vouchsafed our people, but
you might as well try to control a
Bengal tiger by Christianity as to de-
pend on it for tanning these negro
fends who assault white women all
over our country in ever-increaslng
numbers. Far better would it be to
remove the conditions which make
those fends.
The question Of deporting the ne
groes is not worth consideration. 1t
is impossible to do it. They get along
we'll in the Southern States, are paid
good wages, and they are needed
more Of them than are there. Great
hordes Of them have drifted into the
cities lying between Washington and
Boston. and the interest Of the coun-
try demands that they should be for
ced back whence they came. Put
them on the same educational and pol
itical level that they are on in Mis-
sissippi and they will soon leave us.
Any close reader Of the daily papers
will see a steady growth Of anti-negro
feeling here, and it will continue to
grow while present conditions last.
The Northern white man is slow to