The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-15

| the superior is degraded. If an lnfer4or
race in culture shall conquer "a superior
the superior will teach and elevate the
| inferior. When the Roman made the
Greek a slave. the Greek taught her
Caesars and Ciceroes No President
Mitchells Of Wilberforee University, or
Booker 7. Washingtons of Tnsgagee,
would he found among the Africans, had
not God overrrled the wrong of human
slavery to the elevation of the brother
in black by bringing him in contact with
n stronger and better race. The at
triton of the tide of time has worn off
the asperities of those unhappy days, the
| nation was never so strong, so good, so
progressive as it is to-day. The prompt
response of the brave and loyal South to
| the call OF our noble President Mckin-
| ley gave the nations of the world to I'M
derstand that patriotism was far above
sectionalism in America. There never
was time when the hearts of all the
people in the Southland beat so thor
oughly in unison to the music Of the
Union and constitution as now. The
North was right in fighting for the
Union. The South was right i'll fighting
for the constitution. Slavery was a mor-
al and economic error. There never
were drawer men than those who follow
ed Lee and Jackson. Not one of them
would restore it. If he could do so. by
the snapping of his finger.
II he Federal government has aban-
doned the colored race to the Southern
States There are hundreds of schools
established, thousands of teachers sent
out. and millions of dollars given by
generous individuals and religious So
cieties. They are doing a grand work
in a.s.ing the public schools of the South
If the wealthy people of the North only
understood the impoverished condition Of
many parts Of the South. and the good
they might accomplish for our common
country by giving more. they would
double their gifts for the purposes of
aiding all the people without regard TO
race, sex. or color. Let rs hope that it
may never again be regarded necessary
to camp outside Of the Union in order
to save the constitution; or. to camp out
side of the constitution in order to pre-
serve the union. Let the Union and
the constitution remain one forever.
blot ont the lines that would divide
And desecrate our sod:
Give us one flag. one Union,
On country and one God.
w men the people VINO drafted the de-
claration of Independence so far depart
cd from it. as TO celebrate the fugitive
slave law as righteousness. the dawn OF
a wider freedoms was at hand. 1t is a
very poor student of history who cannot
see that grinding trusts and legalizcd
monopoles for crushing the toiling mil
lions. however stable they may seem. will
soon become the shattered engines of OPP
preston. The cause of change and rcvo-
luton are ever ut hand. As Goethe says:
1T must 90 on creating. changing,
Through endless shapes forever rang
ing,
And rest we only seem to see:
The eternal lives through all revolving,
For all must ever keep dissolying,
Would If continue to be.
Until the present century, the higher
education of woman was almost entirely
neglected One hundred years ago girls
were not admitted III the public schools
of orr country. Men and women are
the complement of each other. This
complementary relation is the key to the
sociology of society. Science teaches us
that in point both of origin and import
ance in the history of organic life. the
female sex is primary. and as she is the
highest part of nature. and human life
the highest type Of life it follows that
the grandest fact in nature lis woman.
again, science teaches that heredity
is distinctively the attribute of the fe-
male, while variation is the characters