The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-15

dennis it. Old things have passed away.
Behold, all things have become new"
Race prejudice had its origin in the dark
days of ignorant barbarism and pagan
Sel1ishness
l presume you are q conservative, and
the great fault of conservatism is that
they who practice it are too prone to
steer from the rear point of the compass
instead of the front. by objects behind
instead of before. The fault of Patrick
Henry. whose lone lamp gave him eff
fete examples and caused him to see no
future for Virginia save as All independ-
ent State, after the Grecian pattern. and
blinded his eyes to the prophetic gran
deur of mighty union of indissolub!e
communities. to which all past republics
We're to be as nothing.
Civilization has been trying for two
thousand years to overcome these old
preiudices and still we are panied to find
men like yourself. who would lead back
the youth of the Commonwealth through
the devious and bood-stained paths of
the desert to the flesh pots of Egypt"
What man is there living to-day who
would review the conditions that. pre-
vailed in Europe during the medleva!
perioG-the prosecutions of the Jewish
race. for instancc-simply because lit is
as old as the world?" Again, You speak
of the profound physical differences be-
tween the Anglo-Saxon and African
In the first place. there are many ne
sroes. so-called. who are not Africans.
and many white, or. as they are now
designated. rudy" people. who are not
AngIo-Saxons, and millions of American
citizens or quasi American citizens. who
are neither But what about this pro-
found physical difference?
If. sir. YOU were riding along the high
way and in a pasture were a flock OF
sheen. among which were some black
ones, would you say the physical differ
cree between the white and black sheep
was profound? or would You say the diff
ference was simply that of color?
This old song of physical and anatomi-
cal divergcnces between races of men has
swept the lutte strings of argument so
long that ! thought the chord had ceased
to vihratc.
deemed it had died with the ''Bled-
soc reign of pro-slaVery augmentation
and am lost in wonder to think a learned
man of to-day should be found to chant
the WORKOUT strain.
Why not say, IS was said then. that
the negro skull has no sutures, that his
bones are fewer. that his organs arc diff
ferent-in a word. that he is an animal
OF a lower order than the Anslo-Sa:on,
ana let it rest there.
That. suppose. is what you mean by
profound differences.
But surely TO unprecedented and honest
students of anthropology. these differ
cnces of structure which sometimes are
found in people Of the same race. must
appear trivial indeed. and their just
cause correctly assigned to climatic and
accidental influences.
Il YOU will remove the beam of prejI-
Dice from your eye. my dear Professor
the differences" physically. considered
between tho two races in question, I am
sure. viii not look SO profound to YOU.
Nor, a-ain. is it necessary that race
rrejudice be intensified into deadly race
hatred when different races arc brought
into economic. social. or political rivalry
The age. our institutions. civilization.
American citizenship. all repudiate such
IN assusnntion. i Christianity does not
condemn it.
That old feeling used to nrevsil against
the Hebrews. and does to-day among he
uneducatcd and ignorant classes. Why
Should I desire the punishment or death
Of n nan OF darker complexion than my