The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-25
ruE oDon on THAT DINNER
watserson suims the Air and says
There II run Ahead for Democrats

The Louisville Courier-Journsi in its
on the Booker Washington
Roosevelt incident says:
1T was a sensation Already II rises
TO the dignity OF a Cause celeore--
Presently we shall begin to speak OF
the Booker Washington incident One
does not know precisely whether %
laugh II to whistle. Assuredly. IL Is
the LaFt OF wisdom ia democrats TO
say nothing and saw wood Each
American. whether native or OF Afri-
can descent has the right To pick his
company, to sit at table with whom
soe-er he win. and. IL IL please tie
president 10 dine one or a dozen rem
tlemen OF color at the White house
'uroffIcially.' mind you-that Is no.
boay's business. Nevertheless. and at
the same time, there are certain coa-
ventions-call them prejudices. IL VOC
i!ke-it were wei for all men. and par
;icuiarly for great public exemplars. TO
consider I'm their migrations between the
drawing room and the dining room.
Even as a blunder is held in politics
and diplomacy TO be worse than a
crime so In society-particularly IN
those homes OF luxury and alimony
which give the word and set the pacs
To TIE four hundred-it Is safer TO com.
nit a sin than. to be detected in a sole
Cism
TRUE TO HIS POLITICAL RELIGION
THE president need not De reminded
OF this. He knows 1t we'll Nobody
konws IL better. Blu he is exceptional
Born with a ruffle around his neck and
n gold spoon in his mouth, he grew M
TO fitch from among his p~laythings a
ticket calling for the capital prize n
49, - lsFA a@A nnr
tempted TO defy usage. He gets TO be
a law unto himself. Having arrived
upon the scene to regenerate mankind
end reform the world. may he no.
shall he not, clasp the man and brother
10 his bosom. take counsels OF him..
and. by these tokens. vindicate the gos-
pei of the fathers in Israel? Why. look
you, masters, this be a very Daniel
come to Judgment.
Yes, and he carrieth along with him
his scriptural warrant. Hath IL not
been written out OF the mouths or
babes and sucklings'-even colored
babes are sucklings-'hast thou ordain-
dained strength'-the old free soil lita-
ny--'that thou might still the enemy
and the avenger?" In this case the
enemy is race-hatred. Why may not
the 'avenger' be the states lately In
re~bellion?'
He is an undoubting as we'll as a lin
cal descendant of Wendell Phillips and
Lloyd Garrison. wearing the mantle OF
The Cdore Parker anl brandishicg the
sword of Joshua Giddings. At least no
old-time republican will venture 10
chide him for teaching by example
what they were able to teach only by
precept. Il a word. Mr.. Roosevelt is
true to his political religion.
"The foundation stone Of that relig-
ion was, and is, and ever will be. the
,,ol ~nan To frna fhn naurn fn
educate and elevate the negro: to seat
the negro in the high places Of the
land. AS head even of the kitchen cab
met he is to be pitied: a red rag to ra-
cial prejudice: an object Of envy to
those blacks who are intelligent enough
To q fferentiate, - offense TO whiie
republicans. a nance 10 While 'ief1o-
Gratis at the south.
WHAT 1T MEANS TO DEMOCRACY.
Looking at il from a partisan point
Of View. democrats nav take not 4
little comfort to themselves. What
ever happens, this is not our funeral.
Out in the cold as we may be-shiver-
inS as we are-aad hungry. yea, verify,
and thirSty-yet as we stand around
the White house and see Teddy and
Booker hobnobbing over their 'possum
and potatoes. not one of us is disposed
to envy either Of them. or to exclaim
of either. wouldn't il be bully TO be
him?' We prefer II take our chances
of the future. We had rather wait till
our time comes. Somehow, the look
ahead does not seem as hopeless nor
the distance so long. We democrats
have but to get together and keep our
powder dry to carry all before US three
years hence, because this young man is
4 bronco-buster and he is going to
raise more of hat stuff from the verv
hot place with the very short name to
the squar inch than was ever raised
before in hat particular neck of the
woods. Sursum corda, There's a good
time coming, boys. Wait a little long