Word: negro
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...policy of disfranchisement is forced on the South as a means of selfdefense: Public Opinion, Jan. 3, 1895.- (a) The negro's attempts at governing have always been failures: Forum, V, 383, May 1888; Nat. Quarterly Rev. XIV, 359; De Bow's Mag. XVIII, 710-11; Arena II, 670-71 (December 1890); North Am. Rev. CLIII, 649 (December 1891); CLIV, 405 (April 1892).- (b) He is today equally ignorant and unprogressive: Public Opin. Jan. 3, 1895; Feb. 21, 1895; Arena II, 670-71 (December...
Best general references: G. W. Cable, The Negro Question, The Silent South; A. W. Tourgee, An Appeal to Caesar; L. H. Blair, Prosperity of the South dependent on the Elevation of the Negro; J. T. Pomeroy, Constitutional Law, p. 213; North Am. Review, Vol. 153, pp. 641-660 (Dec. 1891); Contemporary Review, LXV., pp. 818-827 (June, 1894); Political Sci. Quarterly, IX. 671-701 (Dec., 1894); Popular Sci. Monthly, XXVIII. 24-37 (Nov., 1895); Nation. Vol. 53, pp. 208-209 (Sept. 17, 1891); Forum...
...disfranchisement of the negro would be an injustice.- (a) It is a discrimination on account of color.- (b) It is unjust to discriminate between an ignorant negro and an ignorant white man.- (c) It springs from prejudice: The Negro question, 3; The Silent South, 1.- (d) It would cause taxation without representation.- (e) It would make the government of some of the Southern States an obligarchy...
...negro has not proven himself unworthy of the franchise-(a) He has improved steadily though slowly: Pop. Sci. Monthly, XXVIII; Contemporary Rev. LXV, 820.- (b) He has furnished the industrial bone and sinew of the South: Nation, Vol. 53, p. 208.- (c) He has shown extraordinary abilities: Boston Advertiser, Oct. 4, 1895.- (d) He has always been loyal to the government...
...disfranchisement of the negro would have a disastrous effect: No. Am. Rev., Vol. 153, pp. 653, 654.- (a) On the character of the negro.- (1) He would lose his incentive to good citizenship.- (2) He would lose the educating influence of the ballot.- (b) On the peace of the south.- (1) It would increase race prejudice.- (2) It would make the negro rebellious.- (3) All attempts to juggle the law in the end have a bad effect upon the community.- (c) The prosperity of the South...