Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-12-30
NEGRO PROBLEM SOLVED
North Cardinals Governor Tells
How It's Done

A notable address was made il
Baltimore recently by Gov. G. B
Aycock Of North Carolina, befor,
the North Carolina Society Of tina
city. A distinguished gathering
was present, among them being
Governor-elect Edwin Warfeld Of
Maryland. The speech of Governor
Aycock made profound impress
sion. In part he said;
81 am proud of my State be-
cause there We have solved the
negro problem which recently
seems to have given you some
trouble. We have taken him out OF
politics and have thereby secured
good government under any party
and laid foundations for the future
development of both races. We
have secured peace and rendered
prosperity certainty.
81 am inclined to give TO you
our solution of this problem. 1t
is, first, as far as possible under
the Fifteenth Amendment to dis
franchise him; after that let him
alone-quit writing about him !;
quit talking about him; quit max
ing him the white mans burden, ,
let him tote his own skillet quit
coddling him, let him learn that
no man-no race-ever got any
thing worth the having that he
lid not himself earn; that he may
eat rarely Of the cooking of equal
ity, but he will always find when
he does there is death in the pot.
''Let the negro learn once for
all that there is unending separa-
ton of the races; that the two
peoples may develop side by side
to the fullest, but that they can
not intermingle. Let the white
man determine that no man shall
by act or thought or speech cross
this line and the race problem will
be at an end.
"These things are not said in
enmity to the negro, but in re-
gard for him. He constitutes one
third of the population of my
State; he has always been my
personal friend; as lawyer |
have often defended him, and as
Governor | have frequently pro-
tected him, but there flows in my
veins the blood of the dominant
race-that race that has conquered
the earth and seeks out the
of the heights and
depths. If manifest destiny leads
to the seizure of Panama it is GER
tain that it likewise leads to the
dominance of the Caucasian.
'We must seek the truth and
pursue it. We owe an obligation
to the man in black we brought
him here he served us well; he
is patient and teachable; we owe
him justice. We cannot forget |
his fidelity and We ought not
to magnify his faults: We cannot
change his color, neither can we
ignore his service. No individual
ever rose on stepping stones of
lead "others' to higher things
md no people can. / am afraid
If but one thing fer my race and
hat is that We shall become afraid
o give the negro a fair chance.
The first duty of every man is to
develop himself to the uttermost
md the on y limitation upon this
luty is that he shall take pains to
zee that in his own development he
loes no injustice to those beneath
lin. This is true of races as well
S of individuals. Considered
1t is not limitation, but
condition, or development; and
he white an in the South can
ever attain to his fullest growth
ntil he does absoll tie justice to
he negro race. If he is doing
hat now it is well for him. If he
) doing it, he must seek to know
he ways of truth and pursue
bem."