The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

10. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER :, tgo3.
'or II ONE WERE NOT As GOOD
Ac THOSE OF THE OTHER This inc
dent became in the hands of the politicians
= sac-ant outrage" \ certain ennotiona
arf yellow" newspaper was conspicuous
ir its lurid descriptions. Black men. II
= ia. were placed before white men. For
maflv a white man ate at the first table
- sent the negro's dinner out TO the
kitchen. Now the negro took the princi-
nal seat and the whites took what they
could get. II was a long and hysterlcal
eeScrirtion OF this very small AFFAIR ami
ended with the observation that the
II hole thing was due TO the fact that Pres
ident Roosevelt once had Professor Wash
irgton TO dine with him. Following the
Lend OF this prominent newspaper n hun
dred smaller sheets took up the matter
i'm the same vein; and the dinner-house
affair now became very much OF a sensa-
ION. Day after day for more than a fort
night it continually ~reappeared in the
safe press. and the echoes OF 1t are still
heard.
The effect OF such agitation on the peo-
rle i decided. It unQuestionably tends 10
mike votes The removal of the negro
Trom re voting population has destroyed
the Oldest and best political capital Of the
marty: and is place IS being supplied by
these sensational appeals to the race feel
ing OF the white man. But the affair has
a more serious side. This political agita-
ton is awakening a demon IN the South
There is TODD ~orp hatred OF whites for
blacks and Of backs tor whites than eVe:
| before. EACH RACE SEEMS TO BE
CAUGHT IN A TORRENT OF PAS
SION, WHICH, I FEAR, IS LEAD
ING THE COUNTRY TO AN \
WHICH I DARE NOT NAME.
Up in the North a little Southern gen
tleman with a glib tongue has been going
| about recently advocating the formation OF
a black republic in the Philippines to
| which all the negroes shall be sent A
man who can solve the negro problem IN
| no better way than to advocate deporta-
ton has but little capacity to solve prob
lens. Worthy old Hinton Rowan Helper,
| who still lives to hear the first threaten
ing notes of a new Impending Crisis
has a more feasible solution, viz: ito
| fossilize them beneath the American sod"
But neither solution will work. THE
ONLY SOLUTION RESERVED FOR
Us IS THE ADOPTION OF THESE
CHILDREN OF AFRICA INTO OUR
AMERICAN LIFE. IN SPITE OF OUR
RACE FEELING, OF WHICH THE
WRITER HAS HIS SHARE. THEY
WILL WIN EQUALITY AT SOME
TIME. We cannot remove them, we can
not xiii them, we cannot prevent them
from advancing in civilization. They are
now very weak; some day they Will be
stronger. They are now ignorant and
passion-wrought; some day they will be
| wiser and more self-restrained. / DO NOT
KNOW JUST WHAT FORM THE CON
FLICT WILL TAKE. IT MAY BE
MERELY A POLITICAL CONFLICT;
1T MAY BE MORE THAN THAT. I
AM PERSUADED THAT 1T IS IN
MANY RESPECTS THE OLD CON
FLICT BETWEEN ROMAN PLEBS
AND ROMAN PATRICIANS OVER
AGAIN. IT OUGHT TO BE SHORTER
THAN THAT STRUGGLE AND THE
ISSUE OUGHT BE MORE FORUM
ATE THAN THE ISSUE OF THE RO-
NAN CONFLICT; FOR AMERICAN
LIFE IS RICHER AND BETTER
THAN ROMAN LIFE.
Some day the white man will heat
the negro out of his coward
lice, and then ''red shirts will exist no
more. Some day the negro will be a
great industrial factor in the community:
some day he will be united under strong
leaders of his own. IN THAT TINE HIS
STRUGGLE WILL NOT BE so UN-
EQUAL AS NOW. In that time. let lis
hope, he will have brave and Christian
leaders.
The writer has no solution for the negro
problem. He does not think that it can
be solved by writing magazine articles, or
by making speeches. It is the manifesto
ton Of a great social force, which will
run its course in spite of our laying on Of
hands. The best we can do is to under
stand this force as fully as possible, and
probably to check in a measure some Of
its most cratic impulses. WE ARE NOW
JUST ENTERING THE STAGE OF CON.
FLICT; and this is because the negro IS
now beginning to be strong enough to
make opposition. THE CONFLICT WILL
BE FIERCER IN THE FUTURE THAN
IN THE PRESENT. LYNCHINGS AND
"OUTRAGES" WILL, PERHAPS, BECOME
MORE FREQUENT THAN HEY NOW
ARE. AS LONG AS ONE RACE CON
TENDS FOR THE ABSOLUTE INFE-
RIORITY OF THE OTHER THE STRUG-
GLE WILL co ON WITH INCREASING
INTENSITY. But if some day the spirit
of Cancellation shall come into the hearts
of the superior race the struggle will be
come less strenuous. THE DUTY OF
BRAVE AND WISE MEN IS TO SEEK
TO INFUSE THE SPIRIT OF CON
CILIATION INTO THESE WHITE
LEADERS OF WHITE MEN. Shall they
also be beasts, like the dull-faced black
men who stand over against them? Is
the white man not superior to the black
man-superior in mind, superior in oppor
tunity, superior in obligation to do acts
of charity.
: Ate a 15-pound Postum.
CWilkesboro C~hronicle)