The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16

from the man who sells it cheapest,
whether the corn be produced In In
diana or Alabama, and just so long as
the man I'M Indiana is able to do as
much work with his cuEtivator and one
workman in one day as four men and
a mule can do in three days or four
days in Alabama, just so long will he
continue to buy corn of the Indiana
producer.
eve must bring our education down
to the plain, practical, hard every day
facts. As race we are very emotional.
We are inclined to spend more of our
time in preparing to Live in heaven
than on earth. We like ito talk about
living in the white mansions in the
upper world, and at the same time live
i'm one-room log cabins here. We like to
preach about wearing golden slippers
and long white robes in the other
world. We Like to sing about living on
milk and honey in the next world, and
eat corn bread and peas here. l be-
heve that living right in this world is
the best preparation for happy ME
in heaven.
''We should never grow discouraged.
In due time every right now enjoyed
by every other citizen will be ours.
/ think that the most sensible cOlored
people in this country have settled
down to three things. That just in pro-
portion as we secure intelligence and
property, and learn to practice moral
ity and religion all of the rights now
enjoyed by every other citizen will be
ours.
when it comes to social equality, no
one but an ill-informed person gives
himself much concern regarding that.
1t will be with us as with all other
people. The matter of social recogni-
tion VII take care of itself. No power
can force any man to recognize another
as his social equal unless both agree.
On social matters the two races can
be as separate as the fingers, yet one
as the hand on all matters pertaining
to the welfare of our country. You
will find that friction between the two
races viii pass away just in proprtion
as the black man procures something
that the white man wants or respects.
Our present trouble is we are empty
handed, and nobody spends great deal
of his time with an empty-handed and
hungry man. And when you come to
analyze the question you will find that
one white man does not care a great
deal for another white man except
the one has something that the other
wants; he either has property, culture
or influence, something every time that
the other wants, and that brings the
two together and makes them friendly
in their business, social and business
relations, and the same is true as re-
CARDS races and nations.
81 sometimes fear that we are
too much inclined to lay
stress on our grievances rather
than our opportunities. While
many wrongs have been perpetrated
upon us in the South, still at che same
time it is fact now recognized by all
intelligent colored people that the
black man has far better opportunity
to rise in the South than he has in the
North While the black man is not per-
mitted to ride in the first-class car in
the South, YOU will find that in many
cases in the North he is not permitted
to help build that first-class car l have
always held that the colored man can
sooner conquer Southern prejudice
than Northern competition. There is
an absence of prejudice against the
black man in the South in business
that means more than we have hereto
fore realized. find that when il comes
to business. pure and simple, the black
man is put on the same footing with
the white man, and here it seems to
me is our great opportunity"