The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-01-26

cannot ignore, and just as soon as un.
congenislity exists in an organization
it's usefulness is gone. The saying tina,
we are all equal is fallacy. We may
he born equal under the law. but that is
all. Equality never has nor it never
can exist in this world. We may have
socialism and communism, as the result
of a change in human laws. but natures
laws are fixed. Some are born white
and some are born black. some are born
short Intellectually and some are born
shiftless physically; aud heredity, edu-
cation and environment, tend still far.
ther to destroy the balance, and all that
is left for US to do is to accept existing
conditions and do the best We can and
work for the greatest good of the great.
est number, and that is just what the
board OF directors of the General Fed.
GRAFTON did. For the admission of that
colored women's club would have an
tagonized three.fourths Of the members
Of the General Federation. whose mem.
bership mounts up to the hundreds
OF thousands. while the New Era club of
q few members would never have known
it wanted to belong to the General Fed
GRAFTON had it not been melted thereto.
And it is my opinion that had Massa-
chusetts' candidate been elected prssi-
dent at the Denver biennial, the Wor-
cester club would never have clasped
the colored population to it's breast and
wept. They know that the race ques-
ton is the sore epot in the social an
atomy Of the south and the Worcester
club with reprehensible perseverance,
insists on putting its finger on the spot
and scratching off the epidermis. The
club movement is culture organization
for the benefit Of the home and the in.
dividual. 1t is not a reformatory nor
q society for the leveling OF social dis.
tinctions and it has the same right to
exclusiveness as the home has and it
would be as sensible for the General
Federation to insist that the members
Of the Worcester club entertain their
buffers. cooks, footmen and houeemaids
in their parlors with honored guests,
because the conversation would be ele.
waiting to the servant class, who are full
ly their equals in color, freedom and
sense, az it is to insist that colored clubs
shall be taken into the General Fedora
ton. when they would be socially repug-
nant to the greater number. l have
no prejudice against the colored race.
l am northerner by birth and educa-
ton. and my father was an abolitimist,
but l was always taught that q lady
would never intrude herself or her
friends into company where she knew
she or they would not be persona grata;
and what is good form for an individual
is good form for collection Of indivi.
duals. 1t lie human nature when one
attempts to thrust something down your
throat to shut your teeth. and while
believe in doing everything possible to
help the colored race improve, do not
believe in rubbing elbows with them 80.
cially. Let US teach them industry.
economy, cleanliness, honesty, virtue
and the art OF home making and home
keeping. but do not inculcate a social
ambition except among themselves for
any other will never benefit the negro
class and lie obnoxious to the seusibili-
ties OF the refined portion Of the eau
cssslon race. The black and the white
races will never amalgamate and the
Worcester club might just as we'll res