The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09
TREAT EN- OF me NEGRO.

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The Rev. G. D. Olden, 4 colored clergy
man of Topeka, Kan, said the other day:
1.-THE trouble with the colored race is thai
it tries 10 push itself into Intimate as
ISOLATION with the whites. L believe IN
the negro taking a lowe seat until he is
ready to go higher No man of self-re-
spcct will push himself where he is moi
wanted I'll tell you that the white rae,
IS made OF the right kind Of stuff when
it thinks more OF its own than Of some
body clse's. The white race is magnan-
imous Notwithstanding its large amount
If prejudice. believe to-day that 1t Is
the right arm of Gcd Almighty. God is
raising it up for the good of humanity,
lust as He did the Jews and the Greeks.
God knew what He was doing when he
made the black man and the white man.
and we are trying by some hook or crooE
TO change the things which God has al
ready fixed"
We have not observed that the negroes
in this section Of the country are trying
TO push themselves forward into ohjec-
t!onable association with the whites.
There has been no effort on the part of
the blacks, Sc far as we have any knowl-
edge, to gain recognition III social circles
of the white race. But this colored
preacher has nevertheless pointed out an
important truth to his race, and happy
will they be If they III derstand it and
take it well TO heart.
The Anglo Saxon race is the greatest
race God ever made. and it is great
privilege to the black man Of this coun-
try TO live among the Anglo. saxons OF
America and to catch something Of the in
SEPARATION of the whites. We talk about
the curse Of slavery. It was in some re-
s2ects curse TO the whites; but who
shall say that it is not blessing to the
blacks of this generation that their an
cestors were brought over from the saw
agery of Africa and Gomesticated IN
America? IF any black man doubts this
let him contrast his condition to-day with
that of his savage brethren in Africa,
whose ancestors escaped the slaVe-hunter.
But while the privilege to the black
man is great there is also a responsibilit
upon the white man. with whom the
Blacks are more or less associated in this
country. The black man is not respon-
sibIe for being here. His ancestors
were brought to America and put in bon
dage to the whites. While this is the
white mans country and properly belong
to him, and while it is his prerosatiVe to
govern It, because he discovered it and
fought for its independence and developed
it. we as a white race cannot, now that
the negroes have been given their free
dom, quarantine against them and turn
them adrift to shift for themselves. If
SO, then there is nothing in the religion OF
the Bible which we profess.
We may not console ourselves With the
argument OF some that the black man IS
cursed of God and that he must forever
be downtrodden. If there is anything in
the Bible which enjoins the white race to
carry out this curse we do not know
What it is If there is anything in our
religion those who profess and call them
selves Christians must always be thor
oughly saturated with the missionary
spirit. II is the bounden duty OF all such
professors and of all who confess ale
gience to the God OF the Universe TO aid
In the upiICnS OF the human ace Will
out respect to persons. The black mai!
affords TO the white man the opDortu-
nifty TO develop and exploit the missionary
spirit within him and to enlarge his gen
erosity II the white man viii take ad-
vantage Of his opportunity he may well
leave the results TO a. all-wise COG.
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