ul whether a wholesale exodus was
for the best. He said:

While I concede the black man's right to go where he likes,
for he has the right of liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
yet I doubt the wisdom of such wholesale exodus from the
South. There are some things which the negro needs far more
than his wages, or some of the rights for which he contends.
He needs conservation of his moral life.

In the North a negro is brought face to face with new
problems; among the many is the problem of adjusting himself
to the abundance of freedom into which he comes so suddenly.
His new freedom brings him new changes, as well as new
opportunities, for among the roses there lies the thorn....
While the inducements of the North are very alluring, in the
end the negro problem must be wrought out in the South.

Concerning the _Journal and Guide's_ position, the Raleigh, North
Carolina, _Independent_[170] took issue and said:

Our disagreement with our estimable contemporary, the Norfolk
_Journal and Guide_, we are persuaded, is far less real than
seeming. Essentially we are in accord. We are certain that the
_Journal and Guide_ is not advocating the limitation of the
negro to any one section of the country. If the exigencies
of the present war have created a demand for his labor in the
North at better wages than he can secure in the South like
other people, he should take advantage of it and plant himself
firmly in the industrial life of the section.

There are two ways by which we may improve our condition in
this country. The one is segregation--voluntary segregation.
The other is "scatteration." If we can come together, build
up communities of our own, promote them into towns and even
cities, we shall do well. If, on the other hand, we shall
scatter all over the land and have nowhere a numerical
congestion, we strengthen our cause.

The _Dallas_ (Texas) _Express_[171] said:

The strangest thing, the real mystery about the exodus, is
that in all the Southland there has not been a single meeting
or promoter to start the migration. Just simultaneously all
over the South about a year ago, the negro began to cross the
Mason and Dixon line. Indeed, this is a most striking case
where the negro has been doing a great deal more thinking than
talking, knowing he is not given the freedom of