The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-09

sisuasion By eeasing 10 sdaosts. But
willis osntinuing 70 urge education.
task thst IL before az. Tbs negro is not
the equal OF the white man; ssisuos end
history alike proclaim this truth. Bis
skull IL thicker and his hrain smaller
than the white mans and Prof. Cops
tsils Us that the ssturss Of the skull which
remote growth and expansion, usually
mans. at about the age OF IA years. The
negro has never civilized himsslf. His
hes always been savage In Africa. In
Hayti and san domingo during cen
tnry Of self-eovera ment he hes retrograd-
ed. In the British and Danish W set In
dies he has made little progress. The
pspiod IN the history Of .hs soutnsrn
negro. he had not been taught TO pro
vide for the merrew. Liberty brought
RESPONSE bilitiee for which 5e wes utterly
unequal; and false teachings, just now
might do him inoaloulabls injury. Ahra-
bsm Lincoln knew that the negro, who
rad never learned TO take care OF himself
was not competent to aid In taxing care
Of the state. And 90 Mr.. Lincoin's plan
OF reconstruction was to bring hack the
ssceoed states into the Union with only
such voters as were qualified under the
laws OF the ssverAl statss. Mr. Lincoln
bad prepared and read In his Cabinet the
proclamation for the rehabiliealion Of
North Carolina, which was the basis OF
PRECEDENT Johnson's Ian. This 10 testi-
fed to by Seer, tafy McCullcch end Gen.
vrnl Grant. IL Lincoln had lived, the
speaker thought he would rave beeu able
20 carry out his Plan. Johnson failed
because ne had no tact and no innuenoe.
Never was there such blunder ~ IN
the thsory that suffrage would help edu-
cate the negro Wmt the negro wanted
above all th.nes was to know how TO take
care Of himpe I so that he might develope.
he needed sympathy and tutelaee, and
this be would have had. especially from
his master, on terms thas would nave
teen advantageous to both; but he was
taught that he had no Iriends exceps
among those who wanted bis vote. 1t
was tie carpet dagger who drew the color
line, When we consider the feelings OF
the young negro Of the present genera
ton towards the v hits man, lei as re-
member the false teaching and the bitter
from which he has his ideas. IL 10 be-
cause OF this same hitter feeling that the
uresent general ion OF white men dislike
the negro. W. II. Council. an Alabama
negro, In an able Article 60 the Forum
said: -" When the veterans who folio we'd
Lee to Appomatox shall be gathered to
their graves, the negro will have lost his
best friends"
But there is a more encouraging Wow.
ana you will consider It Ii not the
negro distinctly and clearly improving
In yhe white COUNTIES where white men
,redominaI,s Il not negro .criminoloRy
largely due to pfoperty, want OF educa-
ton and Of home treinings Is not we
systeln Of industrial education as taught
at 1uskegse hy that remarkable man,
Booker Washington, q key 20 the titua-
tiJnf And are there not 80 many thous'
and Instances of negroes becoming faith
ful citizens as to lead us 70 the conclus-
ion that much Of the evil We now see is
the result OF misedrca sion. and that In
the estabIi shmsnt OF more harmonious
relations between the races and better
training for the negro we are to look for
the solution OF the probiemY
Another question relates 20 the purity
OF the ballot tox. Why IL neither lite
nor liberty safe In the little states Of
Csnsra, Amrieaf The answer IS beoause
there Ia no such thing known there as
pure eiections. Every Standardization
Is the creature OF revolution or Of an
election dominated ny force. No one has
any respsct for the title BY which any
officinl holds his place and so revolutions
come and 90 and there neither is nor can
be prosperity. II In the Southern states
We have departed from the teachings Of
our fathers In tits instance 10 was from
the necessity OF preserving our civiliza.
tion, But as We have found 1t 10 just
one step from defrauding the negro to
defrAuciug the white man and We know
that as long as matters remain ~ they
are now We never can havo % we wish 20
have two resi- e:tible PARTIES In ttess
southern states.
In conclusion my friends the problem
that IL set before rs 10 one In which not
only our bret hrsn IN the North are, but
all humanity Is Interested; but 10 10 pc
uuliarly ours, because nsgroes being
among us to stay, we alone have ut the
VI me time the opportunity and the IN :
duosment to solve II. We must work 1t
out or God only can tell what ia TO be-
come OF us. II ia a mighty task, hut 10
can he accom- plished, II We enter upon It
with courage and faith In ourfeises and
our people.