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HE TAKES ISSUE WITH THE VIRGINIA
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He Declares that eve, People Of Civil
lied Christian Nati0n," Can, "m
No Wise Endorse the Words
Of Hayes"

1908. TO the Editor Of the Augusta
Chronicles: I voice the sentiment of
every law abiding citizen OF this great
American commonwealth when / say
that we, people Of Il civilized
Christian nation, can in no wise in.
dorse the words of James Nj. Hayes,
of Virginia, delivered at Washington,
d. O., on the 25th inst, as appeared
in your mornings paper. Such teach
ing ia adverse to Christian civiliza-
ton, and disregard for Him who
came into the world to judge man
kind and aid them in beating "their
swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruning hooks" and
taught that "nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more"
Our Christian institutions are on
deavoring to inculcate tho spirit of
peace, and to supplant everything
which tends to degrade or retard the
progress of our people.
We have long SINCE learned that
what Injuries one people Injuries an.
other, whether white or black, and it
il to our interest to build up, and
hol p others to build up, rather than
destroy. Godly man and women of
every race stand for everything that
Is honest, just and true; and we con
eur with the speeker when he aaid:
Good will tako care of us. But, let
us remember that Gods promise is
conditioned upon our doing what is
right. "No good thing will I with
hold from them that walk uprightly."
We believe that most of the trouble
which we aa n people must endure
comes through tho selfish ofticeseek
era of this country. There are more
evils than we can count that grow
directly or indirectly, out Of these
impromptu speeches. We ought to
possess more mnnliness, and we
ought to exercise it.
10 insist upon our rights in ,
manly nd temperate way, is to give
Il lesson in Christian civilization.
1t makes us stronger and more
self respecting, and restrains the
spirit Of lawlessness around us. We
know Of no argument that is no po,
tont to still the voice of him who
would mar our Happiness as that the
God of creation is the God of re
demption and that He who clothes
the sunbeam with light, and the
flower with it's beauty is the same
All Present Being that goes forth to
tho grander work of adjusting all
wrongs.
We are of the number of those who
do not shrink from nvowing tho opin
ion that the system of Christianity
az 1t has been held in the world ia
capable Of progressive improvements
among every class of people; and
the improvement which we anticipate
il that men will lay aside their self sh
views, and much of their teohnicali
ties, and suffer the people Of God 20
express what Locke calls Large
round about sense"
It is time that the voice of the
people should be the voice Of God
Booker II. Washington has not
lied, but he has demonstrated, botl
by precept and by example, the pro
per course for not only the negro
but for any people who would prove
benefit to tho world. We neeG
men who can do something and mer
who can handle something as thei,
own; and the negro or any other
man who owns land and has a house
upon it and has bank account, will
not possess a spirit of anarchy. The
mon Of all races who are giving the
most trouble today are those who
have nothing and are nothing moth
ing.
A Washington in Alabama, r.. r.
Wright and a Lucy Laney in Geor
gia, with corps of earnest workers,
teaching both by precept and by OK.
ample, as the above named are doing,
will soos. settle the great problem
between the races, and it is to come
only 10 this way.
The negro is here to stay, and with
the rapidity he has travelled during
the past iorty years, we believe that