The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-05-27
THE RACE PROBLEM
Elk Gov. Northen, of Georgia, 70 a
Massachusetts Audience.

BoSroS Mas May E2-Ex-siov " J. NoTfheu
Of Georgia. made an address tonight in Trgmou;
Temple before the Congregational club. His sub
jecs was The White Mans View 81 the Relations
Of the Negro in she south"
Amer reviewing the history of slavery and the re-
latio Of the negro and the white man before AMI
since the emancipation Of the saves he Referred To-
recent ouiragcs and iyuchiags in Georgia lie ssii
do you ask me bow these lyucaiugs can be stop
ped at the south answer pFomptly-Jasi a. they
can BE- stopped at the North. and ia no other aas
stop the outragcs and the lynchins viii cease Con
thine the outrzges ami the lyHchgngs vii sluAys
follow REGARDLESS 20 threats By the law. whether
in Georgia Minnesota Illinois ohio other states
rs 10 forgotten that the people 81 Massachusetts
themselves burned negro woman st the stake " no
had bccn simply suspected and not convicted u
poisoning a white man and his wlics We cau'l tell
what is going to happen even in the bet regulated
families
Let it Dc distinctly Understood that. personally
I am absolutely opposed 60 mob law for any AEi
all oienses shall NOT take your time here 10 give
you my reasons Personally aud oaicia3iy I have
done cverylhiug known 70 me 10 suppress 10 10 y
state Bus there Is unwrlttea .AW. uos peculiar
10 Georgia o. the south, but dominating conditions
in every state that demands the quickest exeeu-
ton, in the quickest way. Of tire aeHd who yOss
virtuous woman Of her honor gratiiy his he.lssh
diabolisln Human nature i the same throag hou;
the civilized world and say - hat you mzy, Mass
chuseits will not b hit behind Georgia . hen
you make Mrs CnRiord the wife Of farmer iu
your state and samuel Holt brutal aeud in Ea-
man shape, neighhor Near her home
Il repeat again mob law IS terrible You ku0w
is blood ane slaughter in your own state Georgia
can no more suppress il than Massachusetts, OF New
York Cnil Massachusetts,. New YORK. Illinois.
a.. L.
fury o. mob, let Us be done with denunciatlous
upon Georgia when she fails Georgia and .he
south ask nothing hut TO be given the same cons3a-
erlstions a. other states and other sections
when the government appoints minister 70
Austria and the cabiegrAm oomes-persoflA noa gFa-
ta-the name is recalled and another substituted
at once. Why Austria and not the south Way
dominate The south with aPpoingee who IS per
soma non grata when Austria get What she
wants. Why dominate = section whose people A.
a section, are more thoroughly American than aay
other section Of the continent . section more de-
voted American institutions than any other sec
tlou as ssch because Of its more American citizen
ship. section that defends the American Gag with
as loyal hearts, heroic, daring and patriotic
devotion as ever characterized i4bert, -levng ciu
zen Of the uatioae let the North answer me why
Vow. then. II the slave trade the promoter Of
slavery in America sin, Whose sin MAS il NOT
the sin Of the south, but the sin Of England. the
Dutch and New England.
III the comforting Of citizenship and the ballo,
upon four millions Of people. absolutely untaught
in the simplest elements Of government, wasa mis-
take whose mistake il. Not the mistake Of
the south but the mistake o. the North
III the avenues TO division and hate and blood
carnage. outrages and lynchings and violence and
mobs have been opened up at the South through
the ballot given TO the aegroand the politics taught
him 20 pursue in the destruction Of the white Hau
were sin, whose sin was it, Not the slu Of tue
South, but the sin Of the North.
III the people in the south sheltered the negro
in his absolute poverty. fed him when he was hun
CRY, furnished him means 10 accumulate property
and money educated his children to prepare them
for usefulness in life whose honor is it but for the
honor Of the men who have borne for generation
his burdens while he gave marked ingatitude in
return through his votes.
THE negro problem At the South will not be SET
tied in day. step by step, it marches into the
future Of the nation, il must be met by the condi-
tons best suited 10 the detail Of its solution. Il
will be settled by abuse Of the South and the
North had well understand that fact now as lat
er. What is needed is at least. liberation and
noninterference if the South is 10 become Tespou-
sibe for results.
Il heard a very admirable speech from Il very
intelligent negro, before southern Baptist con
veution, during its session at Birmingham, Ala.
The negro preacher was discussing the raee prob
lem, and when he reached this feature Of his sub
ject he remarked that many people seemed afraid
the negro would at no distant day demand social
equality. He then said there need be fear
this point, he knew any white men he would
not allow to sleep in his bed.
$50 we pretty well agreed on both sides down
South that social equality is not desired by either
race, and, in my candid Judgment, it will never
obtain. Social equality would beget amalgaina-
ton, and amagamation would result in miscegena-
ton, and miscegenation would be an open violation
of the law of God God made one a negro and the
other white man. 1t is the opinion of the people
of the South that He intended them TO remain
"MiscegenatiOn by law win never take place in
the South. That may be accepted as an established
factand settled beyond question Intermarriage
at the South need not be argued moment Unless
the South breaks the record of all history there is
only one alternative left and that is that the negro
must be dependent, in a measure at least, upon the
white man, as he cannot hope to dominate him."