The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-02-27

younger men are growing careless
and Indifferent to this terrible prob
lem. It's the one unselved and un-
solvabe problem of the coming CEN
turv, Can you build, in Democracy.
a nation inside nation of two hostile
races? We must do this or become
mulatto. and that is death You can
not seek the negro vote without ask
ing him to your home sooner or later.
Aud if you seat him at your table he
has right to ask your daughters
hand in MARRIAGE"
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.
Two hundred pages further on ap-
pears this argument for and against
the education Of the negro. CASTOR
has advised large appropriations for
the industrial training Of negroes
along the lines of the new movement
of their more sober leaders. The
passion Of the argument in Durham's
replies is the outgrowsh of feelings
given life by the outrage OF 1O-year-
old girl by negro, the burning of the
negro bv mob and the subsequent
tsath Of the child, to all of which the
speaker was a witness.
.It's a mistake" argued the
preacher. ''If the negro is made
master of the industries of the South
he will become the master Of the
South. Sooner than allow him to
! take the bread from their mouths the
white men will kill him here, as they
do in the North when the struggle
for bread becomes as tragic. The
| negro must ultimately leave this con-
tinent. You might as we'll begin to
prepare for it."
But we propose to train him,
principally in agriculture. We need
millions of good farmers" persisted
! CASTOR.
$50 much the worse, tell you,"
replied the preacher. make the
negro a scientific and successful
farmer, and lot him plant his feet
deep in your soil, and it will mean n
race war"
'It seems to me impracticable ever
10 remove him"
..Why" asked the preacher. ''Thoss
over certain ages can be left to end
their days here. The negro has al
ready cost us the loss Of seven billion
dollars, a war that killed half mill
lion men, the debauching of our suf-
frage, the corruption of our life, and
threatens the future with anarchy.
Lincoln was right when he said:
There is a physical difference be-
tween the white and black races.
which l believe will forever forbid
them living together on terms OF
social and political equality.
RECONSTRUCTION A DELUSION.
Even you are still laboring under
the delusion of reconstruction The
Ethiopian cannot change his skin nor
the leopard his spots. Those who
think it possible will always tell you
that the place to work these miracles
is in the South Exactly. II man
really believes in equality let him
prove it by giving his daughter to a
negro in marriage. That is the test.
When she sinks with his mulatto
children into the black abyss of a
negroid life. then ask him. Your
scheme of education is a humbug.
You don't believe that any amount of
education can fit negro to rule an
Anglo Saxon, or to marry his
daughter? Then don't be 4 hypo-
critic"
But can We afford to stop his edu-
cation?"
The more you educate. the more
impossible you make his position in q
Democracy Education. Can you
change the color of his skin, the kink
of hi. hair. the bulge Of his lips. the
spread of his nose or the beat of his
heart with a spelling book? The
negro is the human donkey. You
can train him. but you can't make a
horse OF him. Mate him with a
horse, you lose the horse and get a
larger donkey called a mule, incap-
able of preserving his species. What
YOU call our race prejudice is simply
Gods first law of nature-the instinct
of self-preservation."
! ..But what, Mr. Dixon, is in your
!, personal opinion the solution OF this
problem ?" asked the reporter.
COLONIZATION" replied Mr.. Dixon.
"My view is that the negro will nlti-
matslv be colonized. think the
negro bishop, Turner, has the clear.
est ideas of all the negro leaders Of
today"
The reader will find many friends
, and acquaintances in Mr.. MHon'i