The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-05-10
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Quincy, Mass, who formerly held 30
the view that the negro was the ma
tural equal of the white man, there
being merely the difference of color:
and opportunity for Development. Mr.
Adams went to Africa to study the
negro on his native heath before he
would accept the truth about the ne.
gro problem. In the Leart o. the Dark
Continent he saw d new light, az d
the scales fell from bis eyes, and like
the honest man that he is, be makes
an honest confession. "Rot" is the
only word that he can fine to express
adequately the fallacy Of the "Afri-
can-and- -brot her doctrine" This is his
astonishing conclusion. He saws, in
summing up his views and conclusions:
"Left to himself, the tendency Of the
negro is distinctly to deterioration
he will insensibly but assuredly relapse
into his normal African conditions"
We quote further, from passage not
included in our selection printed on
another page:
The fur damental and everlasting
principles enunciated in the Declara-
tion many suffer, and even have to b.
subjected to revision and limitation;
but. none the less, facts are facts, and, ,
for his OVID good, and ultimate posi-
BILE development. the African has got
to be "restrained." But how? In this
respect:the Soudan is today most sug-
gestive field for study. Until subject
to British domination, the Soudan,
and Uganda also, were internal hells
and external nuisances; and as they
then were, time out of mind they had
been. One has but to read Bakers ac-
count Of the conditions which pr vail
ed in that region anterior to 1890 to
appreciate the utter fallacY Of the the.
oretical rigbts-ofman and philanthrop-
ical African-and-br cher doctrines. In
plain vernacular English, they are all
"rot";- ";-"rot" which I myself have in.
dulged in to considerable extent,
and, in face of cbservable facts which
would not down, have had to outgrow:
It is manifestly true, as MIR. Adams
says, that the people of the North
for he speaks of them-"have actually
wallowed in bog Of self.sufflcient ig-
norance especially we philanthropists
and theorists of New England. We dc
so still. Having. g.eyes, we will rot see."
In reference to the "African.and.
brother" doctrine Mr.. Adams says:
"For myself, after visiting the black
man in bis own house, leone back
with a decided impression that this Is
the sheerest Of delusions, due to pure
ignorance of rudimcntary facts; yet
we built upon it in reconstruction days
as upon a. foundation stone "a self-evi-
dent Truth! Let those who indulge in
such theories 60 to the Soudan, and
pass,a week at Omdurman. That place
marks in commerce in letters and in
art, in science and architecture, the
highest point of development yet
reached by any African race. AS al
ready suggested, the difference be-
tween Omdurman and London about
measures the difference between the
Black and White"
In, commenting on Mr.. Adams ar
ticie The State says "this astute OBJ
server came to the same conclusion,
after studying the negro in his own
home, where he has vegetated for
countless centuries, that most stu
dents of him in, the South, where he
has had the benefit Of the example and
influence Of higher civilization, and
long since arrived at-that there is no
future for the negro as q race. "Con'
tact with the, width man." he says.
lis necessary to keep the negro from
retrogression. He has never invented
anything-not letters, nor numbers,
nor tools, nor harmony, nor arts, nor
has he voluntarily adopted anything,
except rum and firearms. He taught
himself to handle implements and
weapons, both Of the rudest and most
elementary kind; and he can talk.
There his development stops.
There he stops; and, as M. Adams
sums up. "the instinct, as well as the
lesire for development is lacking" Al
together the article is one OF the most
remarkable contributions to the dis
,ussion of the negro problem. 1t is
notable as a confession Of previous
error, such q manly and frank admis-
lion as one would expect from the man
Who was broad enough to admit, after
. study of the questions involved, that
,he abstract principle Of secession was
justified by the Constitution. 1t ought
10 make the understanding Of the real
problem easier to those who have
viewed it purely from altruistic and
fantastic points Of view"
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