The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-07
DR. PARKHuRsr on rHE sourH.

Ing SOuCnern white man Dishes the
Negro and Owns Up to It; the White
Man in the North Dislikss Him and Lies
About It-NegrO Suffrage a Blunder.
NEW YORK, April 3O.-The Rev.
DR.. Charles Ell. Parkhurst preached
Sunday at the Madison Square Pres
byterian Church, on topics connec-
ted with his recent trip South. He
also made an incidental reply to
Governor Gambler, who is reported as
having denounced those Northern
ers who took an interest in educa-
tional matters in the South. DR..
Parkhurst said that the party of
Northern people who recently made
the trip referred to, did it not be-
cause they had any special interest
in the South as a distinct section,
but because they wer conscious of
the unity which makes the North
and South members of each other.
The conference held at Winston
Salem, in North Carolina, he said,
was characterized by the utmost
frankness on both sides, and yet
from first to last, not an embitter-
ing word was spoken. Referring to
Governor Gamblers criticisms, DR..
Parkhurst said they would not have
been made chad the Governor of
Georgia. AS did the Governor of North
Carolina, come into direct touch with
the personnel of the conference, or
for five minutes respired the atmos-
phere which the conference ex-
hailed"
Referring to the estimation in
which the people of the South and
those of the North hold the negro,
DIR. Parkhurst said: ''The South
ernor does not like the negro any
better than the average NorUherner
does, but the two carry themselves
toward the negro with just about
the same amount of Christian con-
sideration-Only of the two, the
Southern white man has perhaps
this advantage, that he does not
make quite so famboyant a pretense
of loving the negro as his Northern
conference does. The Southern
white man dislikes the negro, and
owns up to it. The white man in
the North dislikes the negro and lies
about it"
The preacher said further: ''The
discriminating act by which the
negroes had conferred upon them
the right to vote, was one of those
blunders that it is not easy to escape
from after it is once committed, but
which it would seem we ought to
have had Northern statesmanship
sufficiently intelligent to prevent.
"The counsel that both the North
ern and the Southern friends of the
negro are now giving him is to keep
quiet upon the whole matter, to
keep out of politics; not to talk
about the constitution not to insist
upon his right, but to attend indus
triously to the work of getting him
self we'll ready-which he is nOtnOw-
for what God and the country and
the future may have in store for
| him.
Dr.. Parkhurst closed by the fol
lowing general reference to present
conditions among Southern people /:
"'The South does not altogether
love us, but no n there hates us
nearly as much as it would be per
1ectly natural for them to hate US.
They are all glad that slavery is
done. They are all glad that they
are in the Union. They all glory in
the flag, even while in tender be-
reavement they lay flowers upon the
graves of the Confederate dead.
We belong to them and they belong
to US, and every Geed Of kindness
wisely rendered, every word Of sym
pathetic interest prudently spoken,
every new commercial relation and
every interchange of hOspitalities
~discreetly arranged will be SO much
contribution to that perfect read
justment of relations which shalt
make for the enrichment of our com
mon history
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