The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-04
NO INTERFERENCE u
FROM THE OUITSIDh,
Southern People Should be Left to Set
& lie it Themselves as They Best Know
How-Hypocritical Advice Could
DO No Possible Good - Mayor
Low Among the
Guests.
tBv Associated Press,

NEW YORK, 1Tcb. a.-ciovernor Jo.2S:
seph NJ. Terrell. of Georgia, was thai
guest OF honor at reception and bans.
quot given to-niEht by the Georgia so@ 4
ciety of New York city at the Wall
dorf-Astora. 55g
Those at tho guest table included Ma
Nor Low. George Foster Peabody, Clark
Howell, James NJ. Griggs, N. a. Nor.
ris and the Rev. DR.. s.. a. Steele. Mrs.
Terrell was escorted to the table hy
Charles II. Williams and Mrs. Clark
Howell by +. Fl. Mercer. s En-
The toasts were as follows:
United States, drunk standing: .Em.
pire State of the souts' Mayor low:
Empire State Of the North" Cover
nor Terrell; Empire City OF tho N-orld,ts,}
c. II. Peabody; James oglethorpe.
Founder OF Georgia Oscar s. straus. sS
THE GOVERNORS SPEECH.
Governor Terrell, in speaking Of tlls
Empire State OF the Mort h;;1 said d: III
Long before the era of railroads and n
telegraph lines, your forefathersi made
New York city their great warehouse OF
supply. The people of Georgia and the 4
South have known this busy city intlys5
mately forgnearly a century. It is slfnfar-s
5tunate that this intercours e, ,Scultl lSntedSAsE
1t was by the representa- tives classes SafE
the South did not extend into the prd--9
vinciu districts. in which event. tho !
friendship which so quickly rlpened be-&
tween tho merchants and business men
of a great. section and a great city would Il
have compassed all the people Of botlrss
sections, and the bond thus welded
would never have been strained by pozsss
lliticai MISUNDERSTANDING. $50 Y
Georgia does not come to I thastpeopia
of this section as a self-anpointed pre-s
tccptor in loyalty, but as a rightful mems
Der Of a great and impreEnable union OF u
States She comes as an Independent.
self-respecting membcr of the common
sisterhood, giving brave sons to the cons
tnued trpbuilding at each call. 3t#
NEGRO QUESTION.
"Witlhholding nothing. from any inferior
race that may be or that may hereafter
come amongst our people, in tho way oe
all the essentials Of life. liberty and
prosperity, and a. full need OF justice in Y
all matters relating to their well-beng.
We should educate our children in the
great central thought, that the best and
most enduring Americanism is founded
en- the unyelding rock of Cnucasianisn.4
The best way to add to our country's Il.
strength Is to inculcnte lofty ideas sof s.
superiority. just as the surcst way to
encompass our land In doubt and strife &
and gloom is to- encourage low ideas OF an
equality. Il; 8i5 :,Et
I'm tho solution of internal problemss
as they relate TO n State or section. the s
people more directly Interested need in-
telilgent sympathy without interference.
more than they do ignorant assistance. \
with prejudiced intermcddlins. II Is bets
ter to leave the adjus Of all social
problems to those who come into daily
contact with them. At this particulaG &
stage OF the worlds history. it seems a #
splendid time for all the States to relies
gate the Pharisee and the theorist and n-
terest themselves in attending to their
own affairs. while they watch with a III
common patriotism the dangers that
may await America abroad.''a
Governor Terrell was entertained at an
informal luncheon this afternoon by Cons
gressman-clect w. r, Hearst, president
of the National Association OF Demo-
cratic Clubs, l53
Among those present were Clark Ifow- 4
OIL president OF tho Georgia Senate and #
editor OF the Atlanta Constitutions: XII
a,Newt." Norris. speaker Of the Georgia ~
House OF Representatives, and others OF #
Governor Terrellis party. h