The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27
SEPARATION OF THE RACES.
ray JoHN TEMPLE GRAvEsJ

erets 20 Hon. rore Brown, ana 70 the ue"is'a |
state Agricultural society. Through some
Observation-Disclosures not through any
fault OF Mr.. Brovn--mv mind had been I'm
pressed with the idea that the convention At
ouitman was 10 b. held on the soth. and 10 |
accordance with this view l had closed an
nv lecture dates after the nth IN order 10
he nresent. NV surprise at the Associated |
Press announcement OF tho session whicn
had begun on the sth. Is only eauailed by my
disappointment over an enforced absence ''Sln
the roll call OF speakers
It Is no. often these days that care 70
make a spsech- :.
su, his was one occasion where really
sesg-.s N express myself. ! bad some
thing 20 say. and prspared 20 say il 10 'nis
audience above any other. The time, the
,on,s and the auditory were all 20 my hkins'
,pa feel sure that missed an opportunity
OF no small magnitude
welcome Hon. Pope Brown as po"es
ful and notable accession to the rsnAs
those who favor separation OF the races
For ten years have been preacnius tuis
propaeanda TO the masses OF The Noftn anu
South and West.
! remember tina, In the besinnins--sSen
so long as 1--WE years agc-ieadins MN N
Georgia sravelv assured the country tnat
there was no race question. fet sure 'na'
| lime would indicate the existence o; PROP
lem vital and tremendous
:. ,.s sons so sooner than thought; and
the skeptics OF few years back are now
quoted as anxious seekers for the way OF
solution.
| stand where have always s'ood-Naese
webster stood. and Henry Gay "neF.
. lincoln
l.Ienrx GRADY and Bishop Turner aud the
sest-where Ia time all men VIII s'ana WAC
see the light and dare to face H.
7bars IL NO other solution. You can re-
lsuce anv other protested solution 10 an ss-
surdity by fact and logic. This theory OF
ss,,r.,,on alone will stand the tElal OF
logic aud experiment
Education simply eompiicates the problem.
politics Is an irrltant Religion don't solve
lit. or at least can not be brought 20 pear
Ippon its ineradicable prejudtees The theosy
seems proyed by the "reductio sd absurd
lum- principle applied TO every other theory,
when all other investments have been tfled
we must come to this at last II i. sne
logical, the inevitable, the only way
Wa are wasting so much of time ana en-
during so much OF sorrow. because We ae1e'
the inevitable
1t is better for both races
7, is better for our race because tnere
"a, never be a complete National nn''y anu
= svnnatbv until this vexed issue is solved
y Retter for US because It hats our ma
terial DEVELOPMENT frightens away imnhsF a
ton and capital. makes standard Oh laoO'
that keeps all our poor from menial ou' noH'
sor,ble service: is paralyzing agriculture on
.ho farms and property IN the suouros' Suo
:, is driving all who can make the sAerln0e' -
.bc safety afforded by proximity and the po-
e lice in the cities.
BETTER FOR US. because It po'sons our eou-
certions O, the .acredness OF the ballot COZ
,unt. politi,s, throttles the freedom OF pon.'
l.. tc.i action. and forces Us, whether we VII
:, or no. into one party
pe,.er for us. because It voisons law anc
..mpts justice from the 3ury's boxes 10 INV
re Judges bench. 49,, ~,
"A p..,s- On. ux because 1. divides to'
.,,rch and acts men CT common creed u
A. serarate and sectional divisions here
a. Better for US. because as the other rae
ma increases In numbers, the magnitude an
l. d,.aeuItv o. the problem Is vastly mni'i
to piled.
"a II is also vastly better for the negro rsoe
a 7, T. better for him because he can he'el
~ North or South, be received INTO social per
scnal relation with the families OF the WHIT
" rfce and can never. therefore De soe''
euual.
=, IL better for the negro because he wi
a, never-North or Soluble permitted TO gov
n. iern In any state or county even wneFe
a, has a majority, and can never. therefore,
,es political equal.
- II he can have. then neither soc'a, ~
.1,.,c,l snual.ty-and all fact and all theor
rs and all instinct, and every uneroken p''
rpsent shows that he can not-what Is moi
,,srt ,n.n his inducement to go where b
nv raw have the social and political equali'
=, ,r3,bo,, which his citizenship is a perpetui
nd ,arce7 =.
c,nse n. can never. never compete with Al
,Io-s.xon civilization. History without
hrsak and precedent without variation pr
No claims this TO be true. There is not = III
,ss or rnv Of promise or hope for him IN eta
,rr th,storv or precedent He fronts an unequ
an and absolutely hopeless competition. II
~. remains IN this country he must remain TO
ND ever as an inferior with constantly d
An, crea.,nr influence Time will brtng,.'
.,s change and clamor no Improvement
-, For ths negro's highest interests and !
,on cur own, It Is meet and ripe that he shou
We 20. AA
think my distinguished friend. Pc
Brown. does an unwilling injustice TO :
people OF the North in calling them scout
haters" and 'sggrayators of this problem
est 1t is not the people OF the North who
are mi. hut their newspapers which misrepi
rev sent them. Neither newspapers nor poll
ing clans ever learn anything until the peol
heat Il INTO their heads. No really great
was former had the initial support OF eth
ied newspapers or politicians.
,cle In this matter OF Northern sentiment.
and have the best Of reasons for saying and
Of iieying that the masses of the people Nor
East and West are with US on the sr'
question
whatever the Northern newspapers may
clare know this to be true.
)hio I maize bold 10 saw that know the mas
by OF the Northern people as well or better n
be the newspapers which assume to renres
sms them. I have mingled for ten years
l, :