The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-02

of race integrity and detrimental to so- cial orler. The policy of forcing sepa- ration will always remain the highest suty ay or the State in the minds or the be done by the government or by any individual. North or South, will change their views on this subject Any effort cafiy and fnndamentSily opposed to their views can only have the effect or dis gusting and dissatisfying them. Their position is fixed beyond all possibility of change; It is deeply rooted in their so- people.
 And yet the people of the South are broad enough to recognize the fact that should not necessarily control the con duct of the moral sensibilities of those other sections who may disagree with them. In the intercourse between the for thirty years had little or nothing to do fin shaping the relations between the sections Business men from the North, as regards the negro. have been received as cordially in the South as they could have been in any city or State of their own section, but in justice to these men it should be said that those looking with favor upon tho social equality of the ne- gro have been notable exceptions There have been such. but they. are few; Ana such has been the experience of south
 
 relations with the North.
 The question, therefore. arises will either section permit the black nag or social or business ostracism to be raised against the other on account O. any difference of opinion that may exist as to the social recognition of the negro? If the North has its peculiar view on this subject and the South antagonlzes it to the extent of turning the back or it's hand to that section for the exercise of its convictions, the result will be a recurrence of that period or sectional an imosity and interstate antagonism whicn' God forbid, should ever again be re-
 Should the people of the North persist in forcing any peculiar views or the race question, to the detrimsnt or a,,so the socias at conditions which are inborn to the peo- pie of this section. they would assume the responsibility of the creation of the cstaclysm that will follow.
 Those people of the North who hold their peculiar views on this subject have the perfect right to be governed by them so far as they are individually concerned. but they have no right to attempt 10 force them upon people who do not think the same way. nor do we think they would do so.
 We must therefore, come to the con clusion that each section, pursuing It's own Inclination will best serve the pur- pose of national unity by being controll- ed by individual conditions or the ever lasting principle or the SOlueu INuio- Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you.
 As to the visit of the President or the United States to the South, 1t Is to be hoped that he will at all times have all the honors and attentions to which he IS entitled as the chief executive of our com mon country when he comes as the guest of any Southern city or State; but the hospitality to which he will be invited will be extended i'll our own way. IL can necessarily be taken for pranted that he vsill not seek to force any oHenslve theory upon his host.
 Recognizing this broad principle, the people of Savannah properly declare that President Roosevelt will be welcomed
 The recognition by the South of this principle leaves the onuF upon the peo- ple of the North. As masters of thelr own social customs they will do as they nIease at home. Will they proceed upon a propagation against the South which n can only result in sectional antagonlsm If so the responsibility will De upon them. We will have none of 1t.
 President Roosevelt has declared that he will push no man upon the South pol tically who is distasteful. IT ne IS sincere in this there Is much for when 10 be thankful. Will those whom the President as an individual represents be equally as broad in matters socialIeacn | cf n,ni,nity to its own liking, Wlthou' interFerencn from the other?