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THE NECRO PROBLEM. A great many Southern papers ad vocate the colonization of the negro, arguing that the two races can never live together in peaccgand the sooner the inferior is made to exodust, the better for the late slave-holding slates. We have no objection to the gradual thinning out of the negro,but It will never do to deprive the South ofits principal source of labor, for the counUy would be ruined and bankrupt before their places could be filled. Let us induce these old carpet-baggers, scallawags and negro leaders to emigrate, and the rank and file of this, race will quickly order adapt themselves ^to the order of things. The whites will always be the dominant class—the negro the peasantry of the country. With our thin soil and long, hot summers, and the peculiar temperament of the Southern people, we do not believe that they can find any class of labor to take the place of the negro. He understands our people and our peo. pie understand him. The latest design against the ne gro is to induce him to emigrate to Liberia. The poor creatures had as well be driven into a pen and slaugh tered at once as sent to this mias matic and savage country. Liberia Las proven a graveyard for thou sands of misguided American ne groes since the war, for it is a matter almost impossible for/a man from ibis climate to live.and enjoy health in that tropical country. Bev. E. W. Blyden, an educated negro of Liberia, delivered a lecture the other day iu Charleston. He gave first a most interesting account of the conditions and prospects of Liberia, and of the resources and development of Africa in general, and after reviewing the history of the “negro problem” in its first phase, the establishment, mainten ance and final overthrow of the in stitution of negro slavery, he added: “Then comes the second phaze of the_prob- lem—the educational one. The country is now passing through its phaze, therefore schools are multiplying ou every hand for the education of ing. In the face of his most solemn pledges he has trampled civil service underfoot, and with indecent haste proceeded to remove competent and acceptable white democrats from im portant, and responsible positions, and filled their places with ignorant Orleans on Thursday at ■ -mi ■ the negro. Millionaires are giving magnificent sums to promote this object. This is the pre paratory stage. To me the most interacting feature—and what is likely to be the most prol- itable feature of this phase—is the industrial element being now generally introduced into the institutions for colored youth. When the second phase is past—it may take many years —then will come the last and final phase of the problem, the emigration phase. The indica tions on evciy hand are that the third phase is approaching. These indications are seen in tnerestlessness of the negroes, thousands of whom in South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Flori da. are anxious to go. If the opportunity were presented to-morrow thousands would leave. These indications are seen also in the discus sions in which white thinkers are engaging in books and pamphlets and newspapers. Anoth er indication is what we see going on in Africa. The continent is being penetrated in every part: its possibilities are being exposed. Ev erybody is turning to Africa, and it is not to be supposed ihat the negro will not awake to a sense of bis privileges and rights and advan tages there, and to his disadvantage here. The time is not lar off when there will be such an exodus, not wnolesale, that will both for the negro aud while race effect a permanent a d satisfactory solution of this triple problem in be history'of all the states, which neither race ts responsible for creating. *ioil untrustworthy negroes. He has selected as his local advisers on Southern affairs the vilest old carpeU baggers and scallawags, who have for years assisted to rob and oppress the Southern people, and placed at their disposal the distribution of of fices. As a consequence, we find ne groes now filling offices' to which they never before dared to aspire; and before President Harrison’s term ends, we expect to see every position within the gift of the administration filled by negroes. Talk about President Harrison building up a respectable republican party in the South by such a policy! Why, he had as well attempt to or ganize an angelic choir in hades. We have no war to make upon the JEFFERSON DAVIS IS DEAD- A pall of gloom rests over the en tire South at the news of the death of her beloved chieftain Jefferson Davis, which took place iu mid night. Around this grand old man clustered the admiration and grati tude ol every true Southron, for Mr. Davis has entwined himself in the hearts of the people as no other man has ever done. He was the rep esentativeof the cause and convic tions of his country, and his name was baptized in the blood ot our he roic martyrs. Even his enemies have never dared to utter a word to detract from his fame as a patriot aud statesman, his alor as a soldier, or his character as an honorable and true man. Some day wlien the pall of hatred and prejudice is lifted from our land, and the wounds caused by that bloody war have healed, then will negro for accepting these offices. He would be a fool to decline jthem; and so long as he discharges*his duty iu a respectful and decorous manner toward the whites with whom he comes in contact, it would be wrong to mblesl him. It is against the cre ator,and not the creature, that public indignation should be levied. future writers give the great leader of the Southern Confederacy the place in history his life, his work and his character demand. Let the people now do honor to the memory of their beloved and illus^ trious dead. THE NEXT GOVERNOR- The judical ions are that the next Gubenatorial campaign will be one of the most exciting ever held in Georgia, a id at this early day it is imposible to surmise who will be the winner. Col. Livingston has un doubtedly weakened himself with the Alliance bj’ working for a union with the Knights of Labor. In speak ing of the Gubernatorial outlook, a leading Allianceman said to the At lanta correspondent of the Colum bus Enqurier Sun: “The report that Congressman Blount will be a candidate for Governor, must be, I think, premature. While it is one of the certainties now of'Georgiii politices that Colonel Blount has an aspiration of some growth in that direction, and hppes, perhaps, to end his political career in the executive office, he will not t>y fot it till he feels sure to win. If the Alliance was out of the way he would be a hard man to beat now. “I do not take any stock in what is called the Alliance split on this question. While Northen and Livingston are both apparently man iputating the Alliance for vantage ground in this fight, it all seems to be in the almost good feeling. When the proper time comes the Alliance will present an nnbroken front. "One of the strongest farmers in the State has not yet been mentioned in connection with this office, and perhaps may not be more than casually. It is Jim Siniih, of Oglethorpe coun ty, the biggest and most successful farmer in Georgia lie is undoubtedly the stro gest ma the farmers have. “A leading issue will be, of course, the rail road trusts, or combination. What will be the result of that fight cannot be predicted. “The Western and Atlantic railroad will also be an issue. There is little doubt on my tiiind that the road will not he leased under the pres ent act. Too much is asked for it The mini mum price ought to have been placed at §30,000 per month; the lessees should have been re quired to lake all the rolling stock at a valua tion, and the bond fixed at not higher than $190,000. “The temperance question may or may not The temperance people ought to ■TStf HARRISON'S SOUTHERN POLICY- The President’s earnest desire was to build up a respectable (?) repub- be an issae. come up to the convention and'demand ' >luuk be put in the platform against barrooms, bod. done, however. Let i.he people vote on that issuc^nd let every body abide the result. I don’t look to sec that lican party iu the South, and we certainly wished him God-speed in his work. We believe he was ear nest in this, and for a time tried to draw into his ranks representative and responsible Southerners who opposed the tariff reform measures ot the democrats. But it was like trying to engraft a living sprout ou a» dead trunk. The very name of republi can was nauseating to every decent white man iu the South—for to him it was synonymous of negro rule, so cial equality, official corruption and political prostitution. There w’as a small-sized convention of tariff re form democrats(?) held in Birming ham, Ala., shortly after President Harrison issued his amnesty procla mation, but nothing came of it. The proceedings of this little body ofpo- itical hermorphrodites had scarcely gained circulation than .the Presi dent’s acts contradicted his declara tions. He had fallen under the dom ination of his party leaders, who lashed him back into the old ruts- This, of course, drove off all the new recruits, for thej* saw that whatever may be President Harrison’s desire his advisers at Washington could The other day the country was told that Mr. Cleveland and Gov. Hill were at loggerheads, because, while Presi dent, Mr. Cleveland brought upon Hill a pecuniary lose by driving the cattle men from the lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. The Governor was said to have owned cattle there This story does not seem to have satis fied all of the republican organs, how ever, and one of them lias started another. It is that Gov. Hill was in terested to the extent of $5,000 in min ing pr iperty in the west, that a hill was passed by congress which would have increased the value of the governor interest to $17,000, and that when Mr Cleveland learned that Gov. Hill would be benefited, he vetoed the bill. This story is about as unlikely as the other frighten him into ad ipting any poli cy they saw fit to map out. Thus perished in its conception this ideal respectable Southern republican party. Since the war the South has been inflicted with many vile and dis gusting administrations, but none have as yet reached the depths to which President Harrison is descend* Some Northern newspapers criticise Gov. Richardson, of South Carolina quite severely for what he said in his recent message in favor of equal rail way accommodations for whites and blacks, and the separation of the races while traveling. These newspaper, very conveniently forget that the inter state r-ilway commission has taken the same position, and so lias the United States supreme court. They also neg lect to state that the white people of the North don’t get sandwiched between blacks to any considerable extent. The late Samuel Pettus, who was killed by Mrs. Southworth, left estate valued at about $G00,000. His lawyers have found a will made by him in 1881, in which he gives everythin to his wife. It contains no reference to Mrs. Southworth or Rosa Lloyd, the al leged victims of his designs. Gov. Gordon is said to be delighted with Chicago. This is more than tlie Southern people are, after the insults heaped by the press of that city on Mr Davis. Citrons, Currants, raisins, figs prunes, cod fish, Pickled Herring, bar rel pickles at Lowe & Elder’s. 5-3t THE NEGRO RACE IMPROVING. While a wide field is still open for reform in : our colored population, there is do doubt that a marked im provement has taken place in this ace sinc£ emancipation. We can remember, for the first few years af ter the wav, it was a matter almost impossible for a farmer to raise hogs> or in fact any kind of live stock, un less he kept them under lock and key and guarded at night with a shot**gun. The negro seemed to look upon the possessions of his fors mer master as his rightful and legit imate prey, and never let an oppor tunity escape to help himself when no one was watching. While petty larceny and other crimes are still of too frequent occurrence, there is no denying the fact that there has been most gratifying diminution in such offenses. The country is now well stocked with all manner of farm an imals, and it is rather an unusual oc currence for one to be stolen. Whether this reform is brought about by a strict enforcement, and fear of the law on-the part of our colored fellow citizens, or shows a better recognition on their part be tween the words meura and teum we cannot say; but it is only right to give the negro a "benefit of the doubt and lay it to the latter cause. A great deal has been said about’ the insolence and trifling ness of the rising generation of negroes.,. In a measure this is true, but we <lo not think that they are any worse than their fathers. A negro is like a child —a great deal depends upon the while man under whom he has grown to manhood. One thing is certain— if a white man will stay in his place the negro is pretty apt to remain in his. Most of the trouble between the races is brought about by low- down white men, who .will drink, ca- rouse and gamble with negroes, at tend their parties, and disregard all social lines. The negro joses respect for such characters and insults oce of his white chums, when the fellow at once falls back on his AnglcnSax- on blood and enlists others of his color to come to his defense. Ninety- nine negroes out of a hundred would as soon think of running a hand into the fire as insulting a whiteman who keeps in his proper sphere—and who holds only business communications with them, and deals squarely and honestly with his black hirelings. In every community there are more or les3 mean and insolent ne- s groes, who seek to gain notoriety and office by inflaming the passions of the more ignorant class. The negro is a creature of impulse,and is easily controlled either for good or evil. But the Southern people have learn ed to manage these turbulent char acters. They tolerate them until remedy to keep do.vn a race war, and will be resorted to as long as neces- sary to preserve the lives and prop erly oft lie whites and of misguided negroes. Politicians are more to blame for these race troubles than even the negroes themselves—and many so- called democrats cannot shrink their part of the responsibility. In their greed for office, they invade the ne gro ranks, and by appeals to his prejudices and the use of money, drag him from his retirement into the heat of a campaign. Until the election is over he is given every latitude; but when the contest is de cided, the very men who encouraged his importance and insolence are the first to call a halt when he presumes to continue it. The best check on the negro is for the whites to stick together and nominate officers, leaving the negro entirely out. This was proven in the late municipal contest in Athens, where less than 200 colored voters registered. If nominations are kept up, in a few years there won’t be fifty pegroes vot*ing in our city. It is better for them and better for the peace and order of the country. If white politicians will keep their hands off the negro, he is the best labor Lhe Soath can possibly have, and vvili work out a peaceful and happy solution of the race problem. r- ~ the great bulwark that stands tween him and Ids oppressors THE SILVER QUESTION. It is a matter of surprise to us to ee several staunch democratic pa pers opposing the continued coinage f silver. These journals are simply lowing in the wake of John Sher man. and playing to the hand of the epublieau party. What does it mat ter if the government vaults are bursting with their hoarded wealth of silver, does not every dollar stored therein represent a certificate kept n circulation, tints swelling the cur enoy and making money more plen tiful? The best investment that Un cle Sam can possibly make is to build more depositories for silver, and establish as many mints as the mines can supply with metal. We are in favor of more money, and the best, safest and quickest way to get it is the coinage of silver. THE FARMERS* ALLIANCE- Never within the history of any country has an organization grown so rapidly, or has attained such a firm place in the confidence and es teem of the, people as the Farmers’ Alliance. A few years ago our ag.- vicultural element was a disorgan ized body—a ready prey to any one who saw fit to take advantage of their helpless condition. Today they pre sent an unbroken and impregnable front, and are in a position to dictate terms to the world. This is just as it should be. Every other class depends upon the farmer for support and revenue,and the men who feed the world and keep the wheels of commerce revolving,should certainly have a loud voice in con trolling the government and all of. fices that effqct their interests. . A great deal of gratuitous advice has been given Alliancetnen to steer clear of politics, lest they wreck the order. We say to our farmer friends, keep clear of professional politicians, and see that ambitious men do not use your honorable organization to ride into office. But it is right and proper that you not only take deep interest in the politics of the country, but use every fair and lion orable means in your power to elect to office men in full sympathy and accord with the Alliance, and who are pledged, to work for the interest of the farmer. You have just as much right to take an active inter est iu politics as is.the lawyer, the editor or any other class of people. We believe that the Farmers’ Al lianoe will not only work great re- foims in our government, but will control the uext Presidential elec tion. The recent democratic victo lies in Ohio and Indiana aie due to the determined attitude of this or ganization on the tariff issue, and the great work that they will accomplish has only just begun. Even President Harrison acknowledged the danger that this movement threatened hi party when he went square back on his campaign cry and recommended a tariff revision in his recent mes sage to congress. So it is saen that the Alliance has not only a stronghold in the South but is gaining strength daily in the West, and the day is not far distant when the grain growers of that sec tion will unite with the Southern cotton producers in their struggle against trusts, speculators and ex tortioners. aiinot possibly do him harm, b j:i and will protect and ad\un is interests. be It nt ance u PbolIdln g ° ftMr In tll(i name of t | 1( . r 10 Ulc name of onp h e ‘ JSt ( tyred tl p a( l—in tli e Dam ' e C ^ , the name oC ; erans and noble Southern hvi intheoameoftfe^^ daughters of u r 1 .; 1 aiul beloved dead, w| )0 15 bathing hi. cold brow iu’thrf we ask ever y Southern CHICAGO AND THE WORLD’S FAIR. For a time the Banner was favor able to Chicago as the place to hold the World’s Fair. We admired the pluck and enterprise of that mag nificent Western city, aDd felt that it deserved encouragement from our republic. New York had reached the goal of greatness, and a failure to get tue fair would eject it but little. But we have undergone a change. While our beloved chieftain was iying at death’s door, the papers of Chicago heaped upon that stricken and helpless, old man every vile epi thet and false accusation that bate could invent and slander generate. While with one hand Chicago was supplicating Southern congressmen for voles, with the other she was heaping upon the head of Mr. Davis —who was peacefully breathing his last in a distant Southern city— vilification and abuse that would have disgraced barbarians. And what has Mr. Davis done to deserve these stabs upon his death bed? He had stood by his people, his country and their cause with that same courageous and loyal devotion that he had shown to the Union on many a batlle-lield, in the halls of Congress, and in the Cabinet of the the President. He had never corns thei, hiikc the inauha tbu cm" heapea u,» 0 of.Mr.D.vi,';' 1- fore Urn blur *« 'MJ, J, his remains. J How would you f ee i „ lather in the throe, „ f have a vindictive enemy cover,ng from hi S(! „oeh. „ d erately proceed to insuit J late his quivering body? t tacks of the Chicago paper, „| Davis are as brutal and in fam would be such a desecration Jefferson Davis was the foth, Confederacy, and the whole So people looked upon him ti\ same love, tenderness anddeva a child would a parent. Not an unkind and ung word has appeared in a paper about Mr. Davis duri lale illness. Let every South gressman and senator cast hi give that city the great Worli certain bounds are passed, when a messenger rids the country of these incendiaries, when their misguided followers at once fall into their quiet and peaceful ways. The Northern papers can yell about these “South ern outrages” to their hearts content, but every gill of negro blood spilled in the South since the war has saved barrels of that life-giving fluid. The New York Herald estimates the stren gth of the Farmers Alliani e iu the South as follows: Members. Members. Louisiana . 50.0i.i0 Virginia. 23,000 Texas 250,000 Tennessee 150,1*00 Mississippi l'.o,000 Kentucky 20,000 Alabama... So,000 Arkansas 80.000 Georgia..... 100.000 Indian Territory.4,0 o Florida.... 20,000 50.000 S. Carolina 43.000 Mi.-sonri. 80.000 N. Carolina 00,000 These “sanitary lessons”are the only The Alliance was born in the home of Evans Jones, in Dublin,Tex as, in 1875., It was then a local or ganization of small ranchmen. In 1887 the Farmers’ State Alliance, of Texas, and the Farmers’ Union, of Louisiana, formed a federation and other states came in. Every farmer should lose no time in uniting with the Alliance. It is milted a single act that would cast the slightest stain upon his honored name. His only oflense was that, he was the leader of a Lost Cause—the loyal and devoted head of a conquer ed nation, and that nation formed of the land that gave him birth and of his friends and countrymen. He accepted the results ot the war as a brave man and a loyal citizen should. While noblj 7 declining to apologize for a step, that he believed to be right, lie did not lift a hand or voice to interrupt the will of* his conquerors, lie retired to the pri vacy of his home, content to spend his declining years in the peaceful pursuits ot life, enshrined as he was in the love aud admiration of his people. While in the throes of death, it was the leading aud representative papers of Chicago that invaded his retreat and like foul vultures waiting and greedy for a feast, began their malignant and slanderous abuse ere the breath had left the body of their prey. These papers did not consid er the feelings of the loving and grief- stricken daughters and relatives, to whom the dying statesman was their hearts’ cove. They did not consider that the noble patriot they were villifying was the beloved leader of the Southern people, and every thrust aimed at the drooping head entered the hearts of his ever loyal countrymen. They did not consider that the old soldier they so vilely slandered had risked his life in def fense of the honor of that same Un ion they so loudly prate about All else was forgotten in their hate of ex-President Davis and the cause he represented. With a malice as brutal as it is vindictive, the Chi cago press—like the foul ghouls that they are—tried to.blacken by slander the character and motives of the dying Confederate chieftain, even before the winding-sheet enshrouded his body. A a d the people of Chica go—who read these b-utal and dis gusting utterances day after day after day without a word of rebuke are now asking Southern congress men to give their aid towards the LET THE SOUTH ADOPT Tl Ex President Davis his ] ( quest to the people whom b so well, in his dependent wi daughter. During the life Davis,he refused to accept pc aid from his thousands ot throughout the South, who cheerfully have divided tb dollar with him if neccssj now that be is no more, let zensof the late Confederate adopt his family as their make it their pride and miss they be kept beyond the want. It is a well known fa Mr. Davis has been in strai circumstances for years, simple use of his name he c< uy have amassed a princely but be most properly look* this as a part of thb heritage Lost Cause, and refrained fi gaging in .business lull hiies use any mistake or fi the enterprise to besmirch ti he held so dear. He when he decided to lead life of a private citizen; for ered precincts of hU home the basest natures wouldd: vade. But now that our chieftain has passed over and rests under the shade of let us not forget those who hear and dear to bins.- Mr and- her daughters are the li resentatives of the Sontheri eracyj and on the altarofw patriotism and ,chivalry of so freely poured forth its 1 Is there a heart in the Sum that will refuse to contribui noble a cause? We believd Han Away. }fy son Jno. Nixon, an way from his home in ty. all persons are warned nq contract with him under pen law. Heis about ging** medium height. ^ uou I Forced His Conf* Milwaukee, Wis.^cc- 4 ; -A man known as vm * has been for some time *“, the county poor-house thinking he was about to i the muraer of a wowtof ago. He was assist/“I The bones of a man were exact place described V stc a,l of dying Peck'! ■« way to recover. He > story. The son Jane is not term in Waupun K> r Married ox the novel marriage waS . • u j Athens yesterday, *b •. city of its surroundings, SSSBKSgS nue, by Rev. Mr. ,| xer wishes both happiness through Ladies call atJSfSodH fine display of la lC - 52 m SKT#*-** he sold. k-TTb Ho you want to mo,- iiC( ent?Thengototh 9 e! o getwhatyouwan*‘ tieS [..g The biggest ami P ^j in thecityattlieo“^<T Be sure to caJ J morning and the bargains , grand special &