The colored American., 1903-06-27
THE COLORED AMERICAN

MS campaign was that Mr.. Fleming
was not vigorous in his waving of the
bloody flag. Hardwick was a member
OF the Georgia state legislature for
several terms, and presented at each
session bill to disfranchise tha Ne.
gro, but the solons of that stat sa+
down on his bill as regularly as it
appeared, and with heft and vigor.
In fact he could never muster as MANY
as halT dozen votes to his support.
ne is hothlng II lot a notoriety seek
er, however, and he sees no better wav
to jump into sudden notorietv than
by springing this bill in the halls of
the National Congress.
Benjamin b. Herbert, editor of the
National Printer-Journalist nubIisbed
at Chicago, says in the June number
or that periodical that Both Negroes
and Caucasians in the South need less
OF partisan politics in the newspapers
and everywhere else and more of agri-
culture, commercial and Industrial de-
Velopment generally, and of manual
and industrial training especially.
and all the means and methods there
OF" Mr.. Herbert says truly. but he
should have said also that as a general
thlng the partisan attitude of southern
newspapers is confined to the CaucaS-
lanS. The Negro papers of the South
IN nearly every instance are constant
ly calling upon their white neighbors
to cooperrCe in the development of the
South along commercial and indus
trial lines. 1t strikes me that one of
the reasons operating in the South
against it's development is the secret
fear of the Caucasians that the ability
OF the Negro, if given free scope
would place them far ahead of their
white neighbors. Mr.. Herbert says in
| another place in the same editorial.
that ''if the whites fool away their
time in fighting over offices and poll
| tics and the Negroes keep steadily at
the work of improvement in the trades
and agriculture, and the practice of
the same, in a hundred years
| the Negroes will be the possessors of
| the land, of the wealth, of the shops.
factories and railroads in the South,
and in the end, will become the ruling
class" Mr.. Herbert sounds this note
as a warning to the white man of the
South, and it is no less of value to the
Negro as spurring-on cry to continue
| his work and march toward the goal
| of commercial and industrial indie
pendence, which carries with it, as a
matter of course, financial accretion.
| Rev. N. c.. Cleaves, pastor of Israel
c. M. E. Church, is doing acceptable
work among the people of that congre-
cation. He has preached some special
| sermons that have attracted attention,
and that have been the means of
arousing serious thought. One of his
sermons covered the subject of Chris
| tianity in the solution of the race
problem" He handled the subject in
a mastery manner, and whether
| agreeing with his conclusions or not,
one was obliged to the able and ex-
haustive treatment accorded the sub
ject.
We are able state that the pub
| lished interviews in the New York
Sun by Dr. c. II. Parkhurst have been
repudiated by that gentleman and by
his closest friends. DR.. Parkhurst
sincerely regrets that any question as
to his loyalty to the colored people
should have been aroused in any quar-
ter. He has no views that are defama-
tory of the Negro or that would cross
| the opinions held by the high-minded
| members of both races.
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