The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-03
BRYAN CALLS ROOSEVELT
DINNER UNFORTUNATE.
He Says Presidents Action Will Give Depth
and Acrimony to thelStrained
Race Feeling.
EVERY RACE CAPABLE OF SELF RULE
RACE CAPABLE OF SELF

1 ment and tie evils OF a coleman system,
but when conditions force the two races
to live under the same government in
| the same country the more advanced
race never has consented, and probably
never will consent, to be dominated by
] the less advanced. Whether the condi-
tions in the South are such as to justify
| the amendments which have been adopt
! ed is question of fact which must be
| decided upon evidence-not a question of
! theory which can be settled by those far
| removed from the conditions which have
| to be considered
/ Northern States imposed qualifications
upon white men before any Southern
State imposed qualifications upon black
! men
1t must be remembered that qualifi-
cation for suffrage, undesirable as it is,
PRAISES very different question from
that presented by colonial system. In
the first place, suffrage qualification
| is temporary and these who are exclud
/ ed today may qualify themselves to
vote tomorrow; the condition is not
hopeless. Under the colonial system,
however, the disqualification is perman-
| ent There are no means provided
whereby the subject may become
/ citizen.
In the second place the man excluded
| from suffrage because he cannot meet
| the requirements of the law lives under
! the constitution and laws made by the
voters for themselves, while the subject
under a colonial government lives under
laws made by the voters, but not bind
/ ing upon the voters. Both of these diff
ferences are important. The temporary
Lob ctr Of hn oh acln IN c,tff r.oer
above referred to finds it's parallel in
| the probationary term prescribed for,
and the conditions imposed upon, those
| who seek to be naturaliZed
| AS to the second difference, every
thoughtful person knows that the dan
ger of oppressive and unjust legislation
| is infinitely multiplied when the man
who makes the law not only avoids the
provisions of the law, but finds a profit
in enforcing its provisions against 9TH
ers. This is the foundation of all the
crimes committed by empires against
their subjects.
HE quotes here freely from Mr.. Lin
coin. Among the quotations is the, fol-
lowingl
| Now, gentlemen, l don't want to read
| at any greater length, but this is the
true complexion of all have ever said
in regard to the institution of slavery
and the black race. This is the whole
of it, and anything that argues me into
this idea of perfect social and political
equality with the negro, is but spec;ous
and fantastic arrangement of words, by
i which a man can prove q horse chest
nut to be a chestnut horse. U.aughter.)
/ will say here, while upon this subject
| that | have no purpose directly or indi-
rectly to interfere with the institution of
| slavery in the States where it exists
believe i have no lawful right TO do so,
| and have no inclination to do so | have
no purpose to introduce political and So
cial equality between the white and the
/ black races. There is a physical differ
cnce between the two, which in my judg
ment will probably forever forbid their
| living together upon the footing of per-
feet equality. and inasmuch as it becomes
| necessity that there must be a differ
! ence, l. as we'll as Judge Douglas, am in
| favor OF the race to which belong hav-
ing the superior position. / have never
said anything to the contrary. but hold
that Notwithstanding all this there is no
reason in the world why the negro is not
entitled to all the natural rights enum-
Grated in the Declaration Of independence,
the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit
] OF happiness" Cloud cheers).
Mr.. Roosevelt will not find. therefore,
in the life or words of Lincoln anything
TO justify him in advocating social equal
lty, II his act can be construed as repre-
| sentlng his views on this subject
/ The natural rights of all are the same,
ana 1t is the province of government to
protect these natural and inalienable
| rlghts-rights which were vested in man
by the Creator, rights which cannot be
taken from him without rendering his
| lie valuelesS to him and to his fellows.
But man chooses his society for himself
1t is as much a matter of taste as the Sc
lection of a husband or a wife, It is no
| cause for offense to any man that you
/ prefer to associate with someone else:
| it depends upon your character and vir-
| tues whether the preference is a compli-
| ment to or reflection upon him. but in
| either case you have a right to choose
| congenial companions and in doing so you
are not only within your rights, but you
/ are doing what every one does. Those
| who love books enjoy each others COM
/ pany, although some may be very rich
and some very poor. The rich may enjoy
each others company although some are
/
/ pie are drawn together by family ties,
] by church relations. by neighborhood as
/ sociations and in multitude of other
ways. Usually social lines are invisible
ones, but they are everywhere recog-
nized. They are no more inconsistent
with universal brotherhood than are fam
| lily ties or national obligations. The fami-
/ lies of community are separate and
! distinct; each is engaged in it's work and
| each decides how far it will share its con-
| fidence and it's companinship with the
| families about it, but this does not pre-
| vent the recognition of the right of all
/ families to eual consideration and pro-
| lection at the hands of the government,
! nor does it prevent the exercise of chart
| ty mercy and benevolence The various
nations are but groups of families asso-
| ciated together for mutual protection and
benefit. The fact that each nation has
customs, institutions and laws peculiar to
itself, does not prevent it's recognition of
those natural rights which are broader
ard deeper Than national boundaries