The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26

future Increased emphasis VIII be placed
builders rather than MISREPRESENTATION
and not mere objectors-the hammer stroke
Instead of the bugle note. We want com
Of the dangerous course to be Stunned, but
Will point out the path Of progress to BIZ
pursued. The destructive critic has his
place and IL not without a defibnite value
but he leaves no monuments-only ruins
Criticism. when discriminating and sincere
Is wholesome and necessary, but becomes
pernicious when 1t hardens into a habit
My ardent ambition for the South Is that
she will not sit forever In the opposition
benches. but develop a generation OF
mighty leaders of creative and constructive
genius, each with all the seven lamps of ar
chitecture in his strong, brave hand, build
Ing and painting for the eternities. Fan
better the altruistic spirit of the old patri.
arch who dug a well in the wilderness at
refreshed than the violent communistic
hands that would pull down the Vendome
column and gloat over Its magnificent frag.
ments
cannot withhold reference to another
matter of vital and far-reaching concern
to Mississippi. A most delicate and yet
s~tupendous task has been imposed upon
us-a task of growing out OF our relation
to another race In our midst, and upon the
right performance of which our material
prosperity and even the security of our
civilization largely depends.
Mr.. Bryce, the fairest and most philo.
sophical foreign student of our civil and
social institutions, In his American Com
monwealth" has yentured this candid opin'
ion 1.-THE problem which confronts the
South is one of the. greatest secular prob.
lens of the world. presented here in a form
OF peculiar difficulty. The present DIFF
ropean race are the product of a thousand
years., while one race was advancing in
the temperate zone. and the other remain
turtles must pass before their relations as
fellow-citizens and %neighbors can be prop.
erly adjusted In America" That, / hon
estly believe, is too somber a view. 1t dis
Ing forces that give meaning. and inspira'
tion to our Christian civilization.
But It Is a momentous fact that the full
keenly felt here in Mississippi, where the
races are so evenly divided. / make nc
apology for any failure or neglect on our
part, but l believe the dominant desire OF
our people has been to deal justly and do
right. And wherein we have failed the
fault has not been all our own.
While gratefully according the purest
friends in the North. | am constrained to
say that the problem of the negro has often
been dangerously, accumulated and made
p sion an9 RRs ssPPy erit,e By a pqali nS of botra,
kindly meant and even well deserved. yet
their necessary effect has been to hinder
rather than to help-to hurt and not to
heal. Every effort from the outside-es.
pecially every legislative and political eff.
fort-based on mistrust and censure of the
resident white people, has tended to put
ruthlessly asunder what Providence has
Joined together.
That man was an unwise champion OF
the negroes who, allowing his indignation
at the real or supposed wrongs to permit
the statement that in a conflict Of races
the black man will be no unequal antag
onist. because a box of matches will be
equal to a hundred Winchester rifles. TIL
VarV SnUUaGfinn mnSt Strtka pUArv humane
person with horror.
1 give it, fellow Misslssippians, as my de.
liberate judgment, that there can never
be any just and permanent adjustment OF
this stupepdous problem that does not
enlist the cordial and enlightened co-opera.
ton of the white people with whom the
which tends to infame prejudice and widen
the racial chasm. postpones Indefinitely the
final triumph of the Son of Man among
the sons of men. If the poor black man is
Southern white neighbor, one or the other
must move out. Enemies cannot live OF
adjoining lots without perpetual conflict.
And now that the matured and best
conclusion that past policies having failed
this grave problem should be left to the
Southern people for solution our honor
ability and magnanimity are put to the
crucial test. That We will disappoint the
confidence and hope of the nation, we mus,
not indulge a fear. What the future OF
the American negro Is to be l do not pre-
sumo to predict. l believe in doing imme
diate duty and leaving results to Him who
knows the end from the beginning. But
l do insist that the negro should have equa
opportunity with every American citizen
to fulfill that at no distant day this won
derful valley will be the pulsing center OF
the industry. the wealth and power of this
great nation: Mighty possibilities sleeI
await US, when brilliant prophecy shall
be converted into heroic history.
1t Is said that Henry Clay, ,Wnen cross
Ing the SUBMITS Of the Allegheny noun
stage coach and stood, silently, reverently
for some minutes. as if listening for dis
CAN'T echoes. Friends at length asked, Mr.
Clay, for what. are you listening 2" TIL
great tribune of the people replied, Il am
listening for the footsteps of the coming
millions" Brothers of a common heritage
prophetic genius of craftsmanship and lofty
patriotism, heard the thunder of the mighty
millions moving up and down this valley
of the Mississippi from it's source to the
sea. and from the Rockies to the Allegha
MES, building and extending a civilization
that was to be the glory of America-th
miracle of history-the wonder of the
world.
You will pardon me on this day of ou1
rejoicing. if l make earnest appeal to Mis-
sissippians to seek the old paths In which
our constitutional fathers so devoutly
walked. While adopting new methods to
meet the changing conditions of the siren.
uous years, catching the spirit and keeping
step with the commercial and industrial
an unfaltering grasp the great basal prin-
ciples upon which our government was
built and put restored emphasis upon an
unselish and untainted patriotism. Jeal
Gus and tenacious adherence thereto is
the condition of national integrity and
progress. We must ever keep in mind the
fact, so eloquently stated by another, that,
1.-The stones upon which the temple OF
American liberty was built are the only
stand"
bly, summarized by Thomas Jefferson, in his
first inaugural address in 1901, l crave
the privilege of repeating and commend
ing 80.
whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political: peace, and honest
friendship with all nations-entangling al
liances with none the support Of the State
most competent administration Of our do
nestle concerns; the preservation of the
Federal government IN its whole c%onstitu'
tional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our
peace at home and safety abroad a jeal.
Gus care of the right Of election by the
people; a mild and safe correction OF
of revolution, when peaceable remedies are
unprovided absolute acquiescence In the
decisions of the majority, the vital princi
pie of the republic, from which there Is NO
appeal Dut " lorce,. Tue Vltai priAcipie anu
immediate parent of despotism a we'll dis
ciplined militia, our best reliance In peace
and for the first moments in war, until
regulars can relieve them the supremacy
of the civil over the military authority
economy in the public expense, that labor
may be lightly burdened; the honest pay
ment of our debts and sacred preservation
Of the public faith encouragement or ag'
riculture. and sof as Its hand
maid the diffusion Of information and the
arraignment of all abuses of the bar of
public reason freedom of religion, freedom
of press, freedom of person under the pro-
lection of habeas corpus and trial by jul
ries impartially selected"
By these Fundamental principles the ma
ton has been wonderfully guided. Let them
Continue to be the creed of our political