The sun., 1901-10-21
a SOUTHERNER on THE RACE
QUESTION
Why the southern white People WIN Not
Have Negro Social Equality.

To THE fpIToR or THE SrS-Sr; II
would he great service II the real situa-
tion of the best class of Southerners In their
relation "a the negro could be made clearer
70 tho President and tho men Of this North
first OF all. let II bo understood that u 10
necessarily fundamental principle Of South
ern social intercours. there shall be no social
cquhliiy With the negro. Why Because
t' admit social equality means that II tho
negro IN good enough 90 he met on thst plane
he II good enough for your daughter or son
10 marry, and surely no Intelligent man can
belie'" that II would Ice a good thing for the
southern people or for the country at large
10 bring about un aInalgamatiOn Of the two
races In the South
one ~ the first lessons sought 10 be taught
10y every good southern woman to her sons
- ~" evil aud degradation resulting from
too intimate intercourse with the negro.
Ana when YOU consider the almost utter lack
of morality oi the women of that race think
II Il really astonishing ana very much 90 the
cfeult oi the Southern men that there has not
been more evil on this lin. thsn seems some
what natural IL Ia one Of the glorics. and
90 my mind not one of the least Of IN. Anglo
saxon race, that they have as a rule kept
Their race clean and their homes und-ni~d
The lhtins, on the other hand have inter
married with the PstiVo. m south America
ehi ~ tnada, uni. ~ fact wherever they have
gone. Gnd With results that are surely not to
be considered - satisfactory thgt they may
Dc urs'i as worthy ~ our imitation
Tn" good women OF tle North and all good
people everywhere should sympstuire with
ahd "ncoufhg" the southern people IN their
nght TOT putty - race aud purity ~ morals
~ - not question of prejudice a. an-t Mr.
washington l h4v" % doubt that he u
I"f~oiHlN much To" superior "a every way
~ many ~ y" white men from the south
- whom IA" President may feel called upon
g. show SOME official or personal courtesy.
but when the President of the United States
uhdrfhkrs O. pui his ur,cial approval upon
"" te'ypLuu ~ al classes on AN equal foot
ing a. ~" White House he is. In the opinion
Oi all tho good people u the South land II
should he 81 tll good people cverywherel.
doins all that be- can, and thst should ba "a
great deal. foi his influence ought to be very
great, 60 break down barrier which the
southern De lle have Justly tried o. main
tain SIM" Ga" introduction u tho negro
\ great deal ~ tvaddl- has been indused
e. u novels sud chosp literature as 10 the
hardship. -uN"r"f 10y refined and bcauti-
ful girls be- aus". foTsooth. they happened
g. have but taiut " thc negro blood IN their
veins - M" peppl" who allow them selves
- set worked ~ over these Imaginary ass
ever stop = pink how the tniut got thef"y
Ana can They 10" mad" o. understand that
the smaller IA" tliut tho more shame O. the
individual Nir," tntNrtnatriagr has always
been pf'I.I.t"l. II follows III" smaller the
tHilt ~" NOR" gcn"ratluns ~ births outside
of wsilp.h Mould We even ihiuk Whit" girls
proper associate, fpt our children when u
was known 'h-i for many generations their
pHroUfs .rtrdrlrcHts and all ia. rest d,d
This is u ieli 'Ita question. | know. and one
vcr. hard o. treat "a irapk manner but II
b. ~" only. practically the whole 81. the
negro gu"-t for you cannot admit social
equality without al tho rest - u, and surely.
up-t surely. that H. not . be advocated for
% moment The Soutl bern people believe that
- 'ghi against social equuity IS "a Fight for
purity u murEl, JEo.
NV luNA, oct 10