The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-23
Duty Of the Hour.

| We reproduce the follouins
we'll timed and temperate articl,
from the Meridian Estate Jour
nal" because Of its moderation
and conservative tone. The negr,
is occupying in a large degree th,
public mind at this time becaus,
Of the silly and provoking atti
tude OF the negrophile who hap
pens to preside over the destinies
of this great country.
What Not To d.
The negro in our social econom,
IS a tact that must be dealt With
in q particular way he cannot b.
dismissed as temporary incident
his presence here creates serious
race problem that must be solved
right or it's complexities will grow
more complicated until the only
solution will be annihalation OF
one or both races. Ne tive total.
ly separate and distinct races, in
the history of the world, have
ever yet occupied the same coun.
try at the same time, and the ex-
pertinent before the American
people is entirely new ~itho at
experience to either guide or warn.
History contains examples of the
mergence OF two separate people
OF the same type and the produc-
tion Of another and, perhaps,
better type from this arnalgana-
ton. But there is no instance in
recorded annals where the negro
has reen assimilated with the
Caucasian, for the good and
sufficient reason that such anal.
gamation is contrary to The laws
of nature, which are eternal and
Interchangeable in the Divine order
which man must obey, a. all othor
earthly life, or perish.
None OF as can, by any possihili-
ty, forecast what the end Of this
altogether new experiment Of the
occupation Of the same territsry
by races Numerically opposite
may be. Our children's children
for generations to come may still
be speeulating as to the possible
results. We cannot tell what
may be, but. we know absolutely
what cannot be, aud it is stupid
and criminal to seek to force an
impossible solution, suck as sug-
gested by the negrophilist ideals
to-day. We can at least avoid
those things that We know are cal
amitous, though we may not be
able to see what is positively best.
We may know what not to, with.
out being able to see clearly what
to do. And thus going IN the
dark, we can at least withhold
our hand from the fatally mis-
chievous act, trusting to the pro-
cesses Of time and a greater wis
dom in those that came after US
to deal with each new aspect Of
the problem as it is evolved. For
our part we can only retain from
making it the more dimnult Of
solution for our children; and
that is about the limit OF our help
|,ful contribution.
In order to exist, at oil, the
negro must adjust himself to
some place in the social and civic
|order that he is fitted 10 All. This,
for present day comfort, srdev
and harmony, if for ne ether
reason. That place is net in any
government fanetioH; it is not in
any political or ethical leader
ship and direction; ii is not in
directing the economic develop.
ment of the time, nsr does il lie
in pointing the intellectual and
moral way for mankind 10 walk.
He is not fitted for any Of these
places or functions; and to thrust
them upon him is not only . cr1ne
against order, bnt . cruelty te the
negro in requiring 81 him : ssrvio,
that he is unit to perfor..
Yet the negYs is here sad Al
must ana his oflcs ssl place u
perish. II hs 10 net 1t for isA1sp
ship in the vhits nan's iviiiEa,