Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-04-04
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ROCKVILLE. MD
Friday Morning.-......April 4. 1902
THE BALLOT CURE INTELLECTUAL

TIE BALLOT CURE INTELLECTUAL
Before the Congregational Club Of Wash
ington last week Representative Charles +
Littlefeld, of Maine, spoke TO the subject
"a Feature of the Development of Civlliza
ton" He dwelt particularly on the rac'
phase, which confronts not only the peoph
of the South in the negro. bat the country
at large In the aliens 10 the Philippine archi
pelago, which lnsular group the speaker
termed "an International vermiform appeD
dix" Mr.. Lttle6eld commended that Will,
other naLionalities are mixed with It, TIT
Anglo-SaXon race dominates on this cont
nent, and history proves 1t always has been
ready TO discharge its obligation 10 civilza
ton. In this country's earliest days the
Indian problem was paramount among race
questions All the different nstionalitiet
composing the colonies tried 10 make friends
with the red man, only to discover finally
and invariably that perfect subjugation must
precede conquest This method was adopt
cd, the Indian being pushed gradually west
ward until he encountered forces Of civiliza
ton which were bending their energies east
ward, and the natural result was the squeez
ing of the aboriginal tribes until to-day their
strength is reduced below 100000 individu-
ais who face determination. 10 the case OF
the Indian the civilizing process has failed
oil it's intended purpose.
NJ it,laaaId xuhnao hno,a in tho mo
OF Maine is not so far removed as to pre-.
clude an intelligent study of the subject,
then turned to the negro question. He said
the end of the Civil War found 4,0O0, 900
freed blacks in the position of peril to the
country. The colonization OF the white race
was accomplished after years OF struggle
and association with the greatest races Of
mankind. Drawing vivid picture OF the
constq uences of the anomalous condition,
Mr.. LIttleheld asked: "By what right does
an act oil Congress seek TO place an inferior
race on an equal footing with men who have
lived through 1000 years of Christianity ?"
The people Of the South, who possessed the
highest form oil civilization, were asked to
recognize the black as an equal, and the
natural outcome was resentment and the
adoption OF vigorous measures 10 keep the
negro in that sphere Tor which he was
created. The fundamental mistake, Mr..
Littlefleld declares and he is not the only
man in New England Of that oplnion-was
Ia enlranchising the negro, placing in his
hands powers he was unqualified to exer
else. More than a generation or two is
necessary TO civilize any people, and, said
Mr.. Little6ed, fortunate will be the genera.
ton that will see true solution of the prob
lem. But II Mr.. Littleheld admits IL was
mistake TO give the negro the right Of suf-
frage he must also concede that the present
generation Is fairly well started on the road
10 the fortunate goal he mentions, In its
adoption Of measures 70 take back that
which was given In error. When physi.
clan discovers that the medicine he pre-
scribed to create certain condition has
failed OF It's mark and produces aggravated
symptoms Of another kind, threatening to
spread its noxious influence among healthy
persons, he Immediately ceases the treat
ment, For what justification, in the name
OF humanity or anything else, has he In in
fecting healthy community with disease
when he finds that his remedies have failed
to cure one Individual who is now even far
more advanced toward a condition OF hope,
lessness than he was the day the prescrip
ton was first tried f-BdltimOre Sun.