The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
: RELATIONS OF RACES

= PROFESSOR James Bryce s ;ROmaneS lee
ture at Oxford on "The Relations of the
Advanced and the Backward Races OF
Mankind" ;" has attracted much attention.
The topic, is one that is now engaging the
of the world, both Theoretically and prac-
tically. .ssMoreoverat the eminence Of Pro-
fessor Bryce, who has won such.a high
place in American esteem by his work on
the American conmon monwealth, makes it in.
evitable that any uttefance of his on such
a subject should He listened to with more
than ordinary interest. It may be added
that Professor Bryce enjoys "a splendid
personal acquaintance with his subject,
having travelled far and wide and. OBJ
served closely. On the whole, Mr.. Bryce
holds3Sthat the rades will$sremafn apart,
that fusion is4mp ossibletand prabably,un-
desirable. He lays down three principles:
= FirstThe sentiment or prejudice of the
whites against the ,intermixture Of blood be-
tween Is, at any rate where the whites be-
long to- the Anglo-Saxon race, so strong that
it cannot, and, perhaps, ought not,5e to- be
overcome rs.~ "t", ,.s'Rets=25t
races so widely different as ara, blacks and
whites against the intermixture Of blood
Is, at any rate where the whites ;, be-
Still, policy must be built on what is usual
not on what is exceptional The unsatisfac-
tory results of mingling the black and white
races supplies moral Justification of Anglo
Saxon sentiment against miscegenation. r,
sThird-Sound policy must be, built on ,recog!
milton Of the unconquerable and probably JUS
lish race to the fusion by intermarriage oi
the white and the black races
combined with - the y recognition .o1
the equal claim to Justice OF every man,
whatever his race or color. - =
Professor Bryce has evidently arrived
through reflection and observation at
much the same conclusion that the white
people Of the southern states Of this coun-
try have come to through hard experience!
The only difference Of consequence be-
tween them is that while Professor Bryce
would grant political equality to all mem-
bers of the Inferior race who rise above
the average and attain to the intellectual
plane Of the whites the southern white
feeling is that every Individual of the
lower RAJ CO must suffer for the inferiority
OF the whole even though he be excep-
tional. Nevertheless the educational
tests which. the southern states are be-
ginning to apply. to the exercise Of the
suffrage will, If honestly administered, az
they probably will be in time, give the
superior negro full political equality. But
to insure against race hatred and feuds
it is necessary that the negro should at
all times enjoy, legal equality. There is
no question that he lacks that equality In
the south at present. Yet it seems to be
an Indispensable concomitant Of success
full application of the laws excluding the
negro masses from the suffrage.
Professor Bryce holds that the negro as
well as the white man should oppose In
termarriage The question Is to be
viewed from the standpoint of the well
fare of the whole human family. It is
Important to it that. the higher races
should be kept at their fullest efficiency,
that they may supply the world with lead
ers in the van of progress. The fusion Of
a lower and a higher race creates a new
race which, If above the lower, is below
the higher. It is the instructive objection
to surrendering anything that has been
gained in human progress that is partly re-
sponsible forsthe prejudice against fusion
and at the same time justifies 1t. The OBJ
lection to fusion applies largely to social
intermingling, ALSO. The two races should
live in separation from each other as
much as possible even where they occupy
the same territory Professor Bryce even
carries this idea to the extent Of holding
that all attempts of the superior races
to impose their rule on the lower are
mistakes and harmful to both races. Ev-
cry race must develop in Its own way.
-Fhe higher races can point the way, set