The Goodland republic., 1907-01-25
THE RACE oUEsTTON.

Few people appreciate the serious
ness OF the race question Negro sIav-
cry caused the civil war. It was the
race question, and the holocaust Of
dead, the hundreds Of thousands,
more or less, wounded and disabled.
the devastatiOns OF the war in the
south and the billions Of dollars ex-
pended during and since that fratri-
cidai strife emphasizes its awful seri-
business.
Even today the question is not set
tied, and the recent acrimonious de-
bate IN the senate, and the solid
south" bear witness to the fact. Many
staunch republicans and Old-time ab-
olitfOnfsts frankly admit that re
construction was too hastily accomp-
lished, and that the enfranchisement
Of the liberated slaves, unconditional
", was a great mistake. They agree,
almost unanimously, that both a prop
erty and an educational qualification
should have been required, both for
the welfare Of the black man and Of
the white man. The northern abOli-
ZIONIST was too sentimental and the
southern fre-eater too bitter.
''Carpet-bagging'' followed hasty re-
construction, and the southern col
Ored vote became a menace and a na-
cured nominations for the high office
OF chief executive, in national con-
ventiOns. through the votes Of the
eOlOred delegations from the south
cOrruptly purchased. This is an open
secret, not denied. seriously, by the
leaders OF the party in power. This
fostered political corruption in high
places and kept the dominant party
in control The cOlOred vote was pan
dered to, and demanded and received
recognition in federal appointments.
This condition still exists, and agra
Yates the situation on the race Ques-
ton, not only as to the African, but
unjustly to other peoples OF color.
The negro is unfit to rule. He has
never shown capacity for government
even back TO the remote ages and
prehistoric times. All modern attempts
10 grant or thrust upon him this pre-
rOgative have been signal failures. In
q mixed negro and European popula-
ton he Is always a serious drawback,
a handicap and a menace. These
facts should be more fully recognized
than they are. To surrender to the
negro governmental control would be
TO turn back the hand Of progress and
civilization on the dial Of time.
Robert Bennett Bean, II. D., in an
article on the Negro Brain" in the
September Century, says:
Men from within have labOred for
the uplifting OF their race, the philan-
throphy Of the north has been Hber-
ally directed toward the education Of
the negro, and conservative states
manship both north and south has
been sOreIy tried, time and again, in
the settlement Of acute questions ris-
ing out OF local conditions In the
ultimate settlement Of this fmminently
critical question the facts OF scienti-
nc investigation should not be fgnor-
ed"
In two elaborate and learned artI-
cles in the September and October
Century he discusses the negro, his
tOrically. ethnOlOgicalIy, socially and
physically; and all his conclusions are
against the capacity Of the negro for
discharging the duties and OppOrtuni-
ties Of government. He even declares
that the negro by nature is indolent, |
lustfUl. brutal and dishonest; and that
craniaI measurements show his intel !
lectual inferiOrity to the Anglo Saxon. /
While in some directions he shows /
capacity, and some remarkable men
have been OF this race, as a race, the /
negro has never shown capacity for /
and all such attempts /!
have been signal failures.
The conclusion is: The Anglo Saxon /
must dominate, and the negro must /
be dominated, justly, kindly, but firm
~. In shaping legislation this position
should rule. The separation OF white
and colored children in the schools is
sminently wise and just; and the pre-
feFment Of cOlored men to positions in
any department Of government should i
be emphatically discouraged They
only represent numerically about one
tenth Of our population, to make no
Of available talent in compar-
son with the balance OF the popula-
ton OF the United States.