The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-16
THURSDAY. April 10, 1903 1903.
MR.. CLEVELAND'S SPEECH.

ison square Garden New York on Tues
Il - day night, Mr.. Grover Cleveia a sa's
SS som very sensible things on the negro
IA question. and We take 1t that Mr.. Cleve-
al land Is fair representative OF me me
II thoughtful men Of the North. First OF
r ii a Mr. Cleveland has discovers, rs many
Sa ,thers of his class have discovered. that
$ the term prejudice does not apply TO me ne
MI white man of the South in his feeling
l5a towards the negro THE Southern
Nj whites, !, said he, "do not believe In the
social equality OF the races and they 1 maze
I'M no false pretensc An regard TO i. ; nat
4 q His does not grow out Of hatred OF the
585s negro Is very plain. It seems to mo that
.ss there As abundant sentiment and pun
]s fln rt behavior among the Southern whites
towards the negro to make us doubt the
VI Justice Of charging the denial OF social
#$f enuality to prejudice as weSusually un-
NJ derstand the word. Perhaps. It is born porn
AZ Of something SO much deeper and more
II n i'm perious than prejudice as to amount
5Ss to a racial instinct"
0 Certainly, tits racial instinct, and that
% instinct is xtheSs wherever white men men
III are found. If It Is more 'imperious. as
XII Mr.. Cleveland says. in the South than
& IN the North. because we. Of the South,
IA have been so long dealing with the
IA gro as a race. But ut is no more sim
i perious',si1l the Southern States Of Ameri-
ca than It is In South Africa. where much
NJ the Same condition exists. Mr.. Cleveland
NJ In
stinct lives in his breas Put to the test,
HI Mr.. Cleveland is Just as much opposed to
receiving negroes in the sanctity OF his
home and according them all the prlvl-
legss OF his home rs any white man IN
the South is. We, of the South, have
4 4 been more particular on tits score be-
8$l6 cause We have had to be. Tho necessi-
4 a ties Of the situation demanded and de-
S nand it. We must draw the line sharp
Nv. We must insist and do insist upon
Il complete separation. for anything short
Y Of that threatens the integrity Of our
Il race.
It is a distinct point gained that the
sensible men of the North have Mt last
learned the distinction between mere.preJ-i
,,dice and deep-seated, Unborn race In
n stinct. 0
IL Again, Mr. Cleveland says that the bur
\ den of the negro problem is upon the
ss5 South. and inferentially that We must
be left free to solve this problem in our
own way With rare good sense docs he
AZ advise the wcl-meaning people OF the
5Ss North against meddling He thinks. and
properly thinks, that the North may
f help, but he saSa that cooperation can-
not be forced..nor can 1t be gained BY
"gratuitousy running counter to firm
a. ly fixed and tenaciously held Southern
IDEAS"
III We have referred several times to
recent article in the Outlook on the Same
< line This article. we understand, was
written by DIR. Hamilton Mabie, and
may be taken to represent the Views of
t5a those Northern men who nre associated
ii with the Southern Educa ton board and
the General Education Board. Indeed We
All have 1t from the best authority that the
entire movement was conceived In that
split. These men. who are practical.
found out that IL the negro was to be
81 helped it5must be through cooperation
with the Southern whites and not upon
independent lines. They found out that
1t would not do for them to run
N counter TO Southern ideas; that 1t would
a not do to run upon independent
lines; that they must recognize the sit
~ patton, and recognize the superior claims
of the whites. and while profferng aid
$ they must let the work be done by the
southerners themselves in their own way
4 They found out that II would not do tc
Introduce Yankee notions that It would
not do to "colonize Yankee school
u marms.'' That is the whole spirit OF the
ii movement. and that ~ why we have giyer
1t our approval and support.
Finally, Mr. Cleveland expresses the
opinion that the negroes who tit them
t selves for usetu! occupations and service
will find willing and cheerful patronage
and employment among their white neigh
bors. This IS not only true OF the South
& BUT 1t Is particularly and distinctivel,
true Of the South. There Is abundan
proof that the negro has n better opportu
nifty In the South than In any other section
and the fact that no is able TO work In
u diligently and successfully and scien
stifica,y is not against him. but in hi.
B favor. 1t Ia nonsense to say that a mar
81 is p1ade worse citizen and more danserou.
Citizen, no matter what tho color OF hi!
skin may be, because he is able to d'
skiIlrul work and create wealth. 1t 4
nonsense 10 say that negro who is /;
skilled workman IL going 10 take brea,
out OF the mouth OF the white man ant
deprits lliIn Of a JOB. On the contrary
M no man worketh to himself. The MAJ
y who Is able by his hands TO make any ar
ucls OF commerce necessarily aids othc