Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-04-20
BOOKER WAsHINGroN's ADVICE.

=. On our first page we publish letter
\ from Prof. Booker r. Washington, of
4 lTuskegee, Ala, written to prominent
negro In North Carolina. He is the most
prominent leader Of his race, as we'll as
! Q most sensible and practical man. Being
q close observer Of men and affairs he
B hssa learned tho lesson that his race has
Il been slow TO learn, viz: That tho best
& friends the negroes have arc tho white
men of Sho South.
Tho mistake the negroes havo boon
making B" long ia supposing that they
h were advancing their interests by antago-
aizing the white men in politics. 1t is
olearly to their interest to Ceaso tho op-
position which has boon manifested in
tho past. The negro's homo is in tho
South, and hero he finds steady employ
ment at the hands of his white neigh
bors. He is accorded the rights of FREQ
oitiaenship, and no can labor unmolestcd
In any cf tho lines of industrial pursuit.
Never has Southern State furnished
such an Instance of hostile opposition as
has been dono within tho past few
months in tho State Of Illinois, and that,
too, with tho sanction of tho Governor,
who is Republican. Thoro tho negro
has been driven from tho mines at tho
point Of the bayonot and forced to leave
the State. Bloody conflicts between tho
white and black miners have been frc-
quent, and mob violonco has boon mcted
out to tho negro because he wanted to
work.
Il n,
the mob has sometimes visited swift
punishment upon certain individual Of
fonders among the negroes in tho South.
There is one crime that always calls
forth,a speedy reckoning, but In these
instances the angor of tho wilito man is
stirred against tho individual offender,
and not against tho race. Should a
white man be guilty of similar offonso
he would meet with tho samo condign
punishment.
True, tho race problem is tho most
serious one demanding tho attention Of
both races. Thorc is, and will continue
to be, much need for the exercise of
patience and forboaranco. A question
of such farreaching consequences can
not be settled in tho course of few
years. 1t has boon thirtyfou Years
since the negro obtained his Freedom,
and ho has not yot learned his exact
status rs race. Ono generation has
almost passed away, and others will
doubtless do so before his station is
recognized and. established. In the
meantime he should learn to labor and
to wait. The decrees Of the God of
nature must be performed by both races,
and it is certain that tho Anglo-Saxon is
tho king among tho nations Of tho earth.
He is king of the Old World and king of
tho Now. Ho is such by tho divine right
of superior innate manhood. lie is tho
ruler among mon wherever found, but
his rule is that of justice, mercy and
truth. Tho highest phase of civilization
is attained under his sway, and its bono-
ticent results will be shared by the negro
as a race just in proportion to his sub
mission to the inevitable dccrccs of fate.
We have never felt any undue anxiety
over tho ultimate solution of tho race
problem along right lines, however dark
and foreboding the situation sometimes
appears. 1t is better to look on tho
bright side Of the picture and expect the
conservative sense of both races, under
Divine guidance, to achieve the highest
good of all.