The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-02
BRYANONTHENE GROQ QUESTION
The Great Democratic Leader Discusses the
Roosevelt Washington Dinner Incident.
cwliam Jenninas Bryan in the commoner1

for themselves. while the subject under n
colonial government lives under laws made
by the voters, but not binding upon the
voters Both of these differences are i'm
portant. The temporary character Of the
obstacle to suffrage above referred to finds
It's parallel in the probationary term pre-
scrlbed for, and the conditions imposed
upon, those who seek to be noturalized.
AS to the second difference. every
thoughtful person knows that the danger
Of oppressive and unjust legislation is In.
! hnltely multiplied when the man who
makes the law not only avoids the pro-
| visions Of the law, but finds profit in
enforcing Its provisions against others.
| This Is the foundation of all the crimes
committed by empires against the subjects.
! The social phase Of the negro question
has seldom been discussed for the reason
| that no man or party has advocated social
! equality between the white man and the
| black man. Mcclure, Phillips & Co have
| recently published a little volume entitled
| Abraham Lincoln, His Book, fac sinie
reproduction of me original with an ex-
| plRnatory note by j. McCar Davis" This
| is book prepared by Abraham Lincoln
himself for the use of Captain James ~
| Brown of Illinois, candidate for the
| State legislature In 1858 Mr.. Brown was
confronted with the charge that Mr.. Lin
, coin, whom Mr. Brown was supporting
for the United States senate was in favor
Of negro equality In order that Mir.
Brown might answer his critics Mir. Lin
| coin made a collection # his own utter
ances on the subject, and on the first page
wrote "rhc following extracts are taken
from vnrious spceches of nlno dlivered Mt
,,oria,,, IT, va 80 ~
'"i!ouS tiNles anu places anu oeNe'q
that they contain the substance of all
sixth extract quoted in this remarkable
little volume contains the following;
Now, gentlemen. | don't want TO read
at any great length, but this is the true
g ,or t o. All nave eyer saId N re-
black race. This is the whole Of il. and
anything that argues me into this idea
Oh %, peIiecI social ana polltlcai eqnahiy
tastic arrangement Of words by which n
man can prove a horse chestnut to be
CHESTNUT morse laughterl | VIII say
mn nurnnso itrnctiv or inSirectlu 70 ,nser
ferc with the institution of slavery in the
states where II exists | believe | have
cInstIo 70 Jn II" w no. anu nav no ~
introduce political and social equality he
Tween the white and the black races,
nv lrere i5 q PuSS,Cui u1nerenfe tweeh tne
forever forbid their living together upon
the footing Of perfect equality, and mas
nuo 9 as II 5ig - necessity mat there
nourIos. am IN favor Of the race tn which
belong, having the superior position. I
nave never sald AWNING 10 tne contrary
tbern is no reason in the World WIN The
negro is not entitled to all the natural
rights Pnumerated IN the i'eGlaration OF
ana The nnrspit Of hanninaes :, ,Tnu,2a
checrsJ
~
me above quotation selected by Mr..
Lincoln hlmSeu from one of his own
speeches for the purpose of answering the
crlucism OF mis- political opponents. sets
ioFth the great emanelpator's views on
'hree OF the -four phases of the negro ques-
ton He believed that the negro was equal
10 'ne White man IN the natural rights
en"iue''teu III tne declaration OF lndepend-
ence ana ne believed that 1t was the duty
OF tne government to protect him In the en-
J"Fuent oil these rights He opposed Slav-
cry oeheNlng 1t to be wrong In principle,
olluongh ne expressly declared that he
ii'u NO .n'en'ion OF interfering with slavery
III Tue states IN Whlch 1t then existed
>'' f''N'''''" '''i ~ !
tween poltcal rights ana natural rights,
nv eNn'oi'en 'n"t partahty toward his
oM WI race "hlcn Is inherent to every one,
n,,u' ne tec"su'Eeu Tue iaet that social
Vguu"'S Is not necessary 10 the protection
Wv u.s'o III Tue enjoyment oil all his
-" '"i i'sn'S "I, HooSeFPll VIII not hnd'
en,'v'o'e' III tne NE OF words OF Lincoln
S ',a, '''nh w. justly MN IN advocating So
-, eH"'n'S, II ms act can ne construed
r,.'. 'e9ta.l"s nlS views On inns SUBJECT
Ak +. ''" .S ,'snlS VI q" are 'he same
-. s"' p,o''n'e ol government TO
I'll 'l',,., a. anu ,ua"elaple rights
C.,e'tl,,. ,.,t,..- 'es'ou ~ iian oS the
ht,r ,,.,t,at,. -, 20" "|, NC ",Aen from
n,n, a,,a ~, w.. "'' "'e N'iueieSS 10
nts soota.u sa t 800 nu, uian chooses
MATTE, or +asto 49, w. - rs iiuVn
hopd or ,'rfo VI u nus
70 an, NON thot ,, ",''. va o'ieh'o
via, sor,a ,ra a,.,. ~ 'sN"V'''o
and ,irt,,,. IupS"o' mon your
anca l. 3, coro,,,ir'on, =. -, Wv prefer
him hrt In citnor coso w., ~ 'u''''' ~ up"n
,bocsc copqoni,l con-nog,Io,,, .'e - i"
q Won orc not orIy within ,o, ""p - uV.us
..,,, my "''''n your rights put