The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-06
TALKS RIGHT OUT.
What Oolorsd EDITOR Says Ao2uS
That Dinner.
AN UNFogTUNATEINclDENT.
A sca;h;rg A!raignmenf CT Meny
N-ysshern 1:v;Ras, Ma'chzats
and I'M snufacSurers sort thsIr
Rank: HyoccyiSy.
and M sn.
Rar k:Hypocylsy.

RaHk:SypocTfSy.
The following article On ths famous
Booker Washington dinner is from the
B rooklyn Defender, which is edited By
4. G. G. Astaooa, co!orsd man:
The Booker T. Washington incident
st the White House, in our judgment,
is one Of the most unfortunate incidents
thsG has happened in national political
affairs since Reconstruction. 1t is
like the premature enfrsnohisement Of
the race thas brought about the ire
pressible conflict, and the csrpet-Dsg
regime in the South that caused Eec-
t;onal snimosities, that has cost al
most a sea Of blood, Hero worship is
bad thing anyway, and whether We
try to deity man OF iocls, ccnh.e:s sro
almost sure to como. This storm has
been coming for some tine and ne
have been predicting it. The writing
of this editorial will b. just IS much
misunderstood by the colored people
generally, and the hypooritica! and
mswkish newspapers Of the North,
IS President Roosevelt was misurder-
stood By the sensational people ard
Newspapers Of the South. We vii be
abused snd trsdrcsd just IS the Presi
dent is beirg traduced by rash South
err criticism, snd as the South is be-
ing trstuced ard sbused by the reWs-
psDers Of the North, ard ye5 ne shall
have the courage to write It. We are
told By our best friends that it will kill
cur chances for q Federal position.
Well, il nay; but the truth must be
told. Leaders are born and rot created By
men. Tie coIored race hiss not been
allowed to make or create their own
leaders; these leaders have always been
made and created By white men, and
forced upon ths race regardless OF
Qualifications. Mr.. Washington is 9
gentleman and a scholar and great
educator along industrial liner; but II
is preposterous and ridiculous 70 try to
imp,eags upon the world thsS he is the
only and gressest co!ore6 man and
gentleman in the United States. There
are more than thousand coiozed
meo,-yes, thousands better eduactsd;
just as geptlemsnly, greater leaders
.nc more progressive in every way thar
Mr. Washington, both IL ChuEch aGc
State, VINO are purposeiy iguor5d ard
turred down by the white people OF
the North every day.
President Roosevelt is s grest Presi-
dent, With aR honest heart, with the
purpose ard courage TO 60 right. H
had NO sinister motiva in iI7llns Mr
Washington TO cine win lin. BcougLt
into lDe Presidential oGalr under pc
culsr and extraordinary coioltiols, he
was somewhat Handicapped snd would
naturally seek ior hight IN every eoA'
ceivabie erection. Yie South PIE
senteo the sreale55 puzzle to his aneuic.
irg mind, and be trlss 10 pao!Iy and
co2c;!ls.e differences down Ihere 10
the ca ;sisc,lon OF ail Carlies canceln-
eG. 10 GO this he must nos De imposed
upon By his wnl,e CT coIorsG Iilenos.
The grea:ess diplomacy Is Necessary TO
sciusl a VcZed question los yet set
tleG, but which Was beginning to De az
ius;so hy his uauGoos mss- cres. Zoe
servstive Write men were Icing appoint
ed tc ofics AID sccslona! bsrlie!s were
being TON Gown. TWo coiored leaders
weIe called to tbs Walse House, ons
B,shoy n the person OF Bishop ADca-
asm Grant, one OF Sne most Cautious
snd a5:e5t colored leaders OF tas race
IN the county; the olher an educator
in he pecson Of Prof Booker 7. Wash,
ilgton, the essimsale and honoEed rrin-
c:Sa! CT Tuskegce. Bishop Gcaps E7ss
srscicusly received, talked end advised
wi.h tie President, SD, ike CAUTIOUS
preie:e SIS he is, lefc and made 5000
IMPRESSION, SIS te always does.
10 sucw tDe wisdom of ills nan re
quote bit oS uGwritse2 history, per
1aps, bsc.u2e Ct his modcssy, lot gen
srallg Enoan. Immoa:sseiy agEer
he Spanish war We hsd cause to visit
The White House with Bishop Giant.
President MehiDley, always eEaoi-
ous, received HIN ccn6dentially
aao, taking over tbs appointment
Of the Ia Dor commission, Of
;eled him place upon it. We insist
ed thss Bishop Grant accept it. He
said to tee President, nc, whilst he ccn'
sidered It great honor, yet 1t was not
II keeping with his position IS chief
pastor in bis church. The President
said 70 him: Wsil, consult your B!sl-
ops and if you ali can decide upon
proper man I will appoint him. Ihsy
oio Go5 decide upon proper man in
time and d.d rot get the appointment.
We print lhis to show Bishop Grants
diplomacy. Noa to Prof. Wsshington's
noa-di2Ionacy. Al educstor is never
politician, or ae!dom a statesman;
| take them ous Ct their useful avoca
sions ard irjcct thtm into politics and
they becoms absolute failures. Book
er L. Wsshhgson, becsass Of his great
success as al industrial educator, IN
our Judgment the greatees in the pa-
ton, dong more sooa in his Eay tEan
Any other one man TO solve difficult
question, had been proclaimed gcd
ard Moses, marvel, 3 pher omeror,
the only educated oclorsd gentleman in
the UnIted States, when Sc have upon
our fingers men his superior in every
way saving only the lines cf industrial
education; ho hss beea fattersd and
favorcd, both By the whi!e people Of
the North sad the South, until both lie
and ths Plesidsns misunderstood she
difficult politica! underlying situasion.
Bus Sir. Washington should have bsea
the wiser Of the tTo. When Ptesidens
Rooseyeis invited Prof, Washington 70
tie White House to confer win him