The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-19
.AYCOCk ON
The: NEGRO.
The Governor Of North Carolina
Makes Speech III Mary
land City.
THE TARHE.EL SOCIETY
Cotton Bolls, Pine Trees and
Flags Of Maryland and North
Carolina Form Decorations.
NV Associated Press:

80 (lJys ASSOClutSui
& BALTIMORE. MD. Dec. 1s.--Cotton
bolls. pine trees and flags Of MARYLAND
and North Curoina wcro the princinai
decorations at the first annual dinner OF
tho North Carolina socety Of Baltimore
tonight In tho banquet hall OF the now
currolton Hotel. Three hundred PERSONS persons
many OF whom wore from distant po'nts'
sat at tho table. guests of the new So
ciety. Dr. Edwin Geer. president OF INC
society. was toastmnstcr, ana Introduces"
tho guests. Governor ELECT Edwin tiola
was thc first speaker. and welcomed the
guests. IIe was followed by Governor
Charles d. Aycock, OF North Carolina.
who spoke III part us follows '1tS +
,."I nm proud Of my State because we
have solved the negro problem twh'ch re-
Gently seems to have given you. SOME
trouble We have taken him out OF poIl'
ties, and have thereby secured goou gov
ol'nmcnt under any party, ana ialu 1oul'.
dntIons for the future development OF
both races. we have secured peace anu
rendered prosperity certainty. i am
inclined to yiyo to you our solution OF
this problem.
~ LET MIM ALONE.
It Is, first, as far as possible under inc
fifteenth amendment to disfrnuch1sc MN J
after that let him alone;E Quit writihs
about him; cult talking about him; duit
making him "the white man burden !;
s let hin 'tote his own skillet; qult
codd.ng him; let him learn that no man.
no race, ever got anything worth my
having that he did not himself earn; ina.
character is the outcome Of sacrifice, ana
worth is the result Of toll; that Wha' .,
Nm f,rn
for him nothing that Is not the product OF
industry, thrift. obedience to law and
uprightness; that he cannot, by resolution
OF council or league accomplish any
thing. that he can do much by work
that violence may crafty his passions
but It cannot accomplish his ambltloh,
that he may eatrarey of tho COOKING OF
onuality. but he will always find when he
does that there Is death In tho pot. Let
the negro learn onco for all that there
IS amending separation of the races INA
the two peoples may develop side ny slae
to the fullest, but that they cannot inter.
mIngle. Let the white man determine ,''a'
no man shall by act or thought or speech
cross this line, and the race problem WI
be at ali end.
NOT IN ENNIITY.
These things arc not snid In enmity to
the negro but in regard for him :
He constitutes onc-thlrd OF the popula.
ton OF my state. lie has always been my
personal friend. As aalawyer have oitel
defended him, and as Governor navy
| frequently protected him. But there ilo"s
in nv veins tho blood OF the dominan'
racc-that race has conquered the eartf
and seeks out the mysteries o. trt
heights and depths. If mnnifests destltN
leads to the seizure of Panama It IS GER
tain that It likewise leads, to the don'
nance of the Caucasian. When the negro
recognizes this fact we shall have peace
and good will between the races
But would not have the white people
| forget their duty to the negro. Ne must
seek the truth and pursue it. Wo owe
| an obligation to ''thc man in black.
| We brought him here. I1a served us
we'll, He is patient and teachable. we
owo him gratitude Above all. wo owe
| lim Justice, and we ought not to magnify
| his faults. We cannot change his coior
| neither can we ignore ms service. Ne
| individual ever rose on stopping stones
OF dead" others, ito higher things" and
no people can We must rise by our
selves: we must execute judgment IN
! Righteousness; we must educate not onl!
| ourselves but see to 1t that the negrt
has an opportunity for education,
AFRAID OF ONE THING.
AS q white man. am AFRAID OF ~
one thing for my race, and that IS Una
! We shall become afraid to give the HI1esrt
Il fair chance. The first duty Of every
man man is to develop himself to the utter
( most and the only Limitation upon thu
duty is that he shall take pains to Sc
that In sl,fs own DEVELOPMENT no does ~
Injury to those beneath him. This Is
| true OF races as well as Of individuals
considered properly. It is not lln,ita
ton, but a condition Of development.
the whito man In TIL, South can never
attain to his fullest growth until he does
absolute Justice to the negro race. 1
he is doing that now. 1t Is we'll for him
If he is not doing It, he must seek tt
know the ways Of truth and pursue
| them"
Y Congressman Edward w. Pou. NoFt
Carolina: Dr.. Charles G. Hill, ~. ]
| Motley, OF Baltimore, and other after
dinner takers also spoke.