The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04

throw the inherent, N lnlVincibn, indeStruc-
and Ka T tas 4 nls s RuEo
f'q + II only I the knife OF SURGERY that can
j cure Ills poison ~ the body and the
bones Of politics no 1hlsr the shadow Fl
Pc sta IAN FOR rI1D WOMAN
Z In D. land Of light and liberty, In an age
enllghteimentt ,s ana iaW, The women e
fnhr. Willie your women may walk from
siibiirb to suburb and from township to
township, without escort ana WITHOUT put
Z 9i wsan w5 Of tbs be
pernlitted or who would dare to walk at
fuiiirht ilnguarded through the residence
streets of d populots town or to ride tho
outside highways at midday. Tho terror
OF .ne nj iT n the rural regions every farm
er leaves hts home with apprehension in
the morning and thanks God when he
comes from the fields at evening to find
"a For E behind til the prejudice Of race stalks
the f,and of lust, and behind tho fiend
thi,rdars the mob, engine Of Vengeance.
monstrous, lawless. deplorable, but under
terror Of the criminal. and the chief de-
f0nsG s1 9s M2maffiN 4 PARAGRAPH.
Here them The la ase1onaay, Of The re-
p poites ooiitiea pu Respect
for TIC ballot, reverence for the Con
stitution, the safety of our homes, the
sanctlty OF our women, the supremacy
Of law, the sacrednsss, ~, OF Justice, the
church. There is not phase Of our
civilization, there Is not a principle Of
our race, there is not a fundamental of
society that e not Tra dInbIo in the nope
'eSs 'Pp ReoBL ZEN 81 TIE NEGRO.
These are difficulties which compass
the White man Of the South. Heaven
knows they are serious enough. -
cruel and ! unkInd to cast up the ball
ances Of this great account without con
siderlnn him speak the representative
sentiment Of the South when say that
we would not come to the considera Sioh
and humane consideration for the me-
gro. How does tho problem come to him,
and what does the future hold7
VIII the white man permit mt , the ne rlai
noIitical social and civil advantages Of
the Tinted States? This, as understand
1t, is the question which involves his he lEe
and destiny. ~
wIsest the most thoughtful and the
most eloquent negro Of his tlme-as as
Greet as Washington. deeper think se
and much more eloquent man m. Bnt ~ LOT
one hour ofatne htla rnirbt stand to.
day where Washington, OF Tuskegee,
stands-as the recognized leader or his
race u,
This question. asked BY Council n as Inc
's the core r Fl tx &N asETHf Pr ~
Tho answer to It is In every white
mans heart even Goes {,1I not ne a ope he
expressed in diplomacy: 1t may be yelled
in indirectlon;{it may be softened In PM
ianthrophy; it may be guarded In polite
utterance, and, oftenest OF all, 1t Is re
sonal tirnldity. But wherever the an
swer TO this Vital question comes strip
ned az NyerbIage and indirectlon, 1t rings
IKE , amartial bug|e IN the single sS''a
II nav mo- not be Just, but It Is evident 1t
NAV not be polite, but 1t Is a great, gar
Ing, indsputable, indestructiple 1ac :.
North and south the answer mne.eY1 .a,t - =
Rlbion Tourgee that there arc not ten
Thousand men in this republic VINO can
answer that question in the ail1rmatlVee:.
Council knows the answer ana i,t s.ate Tur !.
WITH the courage OF a. man. Blshop luI
ner knows it; Bishop Holsey knows It;
Dryden and Bruce and Taylor knew u
the Chicago papers know 1t; ~ tnink INA "a
Booker Washington knows 1t sadly ~ ~. niS
aentleman who strips theory from the
bar e form 4 of fact knows there anc
everywhere. Unit H, y n -, . - III
Race! prejudice Is as old as the Wor Pr.
and as everlasting as the NUS! a ana nm
eradicable, sits like a shadow on me
future or the weaker race. 1t makes Ciie
core Of his problem. and It answers
Councils earnest question with an ~
exora ble-NO.
THE NEGRO BARRED.
Under this prejudice the negiEo I'm IN
equal. social and personal relations WIZ
the families Of the white race ana , cah Z
never, therefore, be social eauai W." VIZ
'n gn G'' this 1i prejudice he viii never;
in any State or country, even WheThe EN- nc
has majority. and ne G. can never 'Ae' =
There is not line of light or promise
of equality for him In any field, a t,e
This is the core Of my CONFERENCE.-The ao1endit;
p phSti are wrecked on this stern fact;
XII XII our brave philanthropes beat out
their The f beautiful lives on this inexorable7
truth: The negro fronts hopeless tAsss (. ana fa
UNEQUAL T s993peTT1TsfiffNNtas CLEAR.
Two things seem clear, then, IN rela.
| ton to the race problem. In its present
status It the and dii.
c,iItv that thai. puts his very civilization in
| peril and disrepute.. 49,, ~ 10.
In Its present status 1t wraps the ne,
gro,s destiny in unequal competitlon and
him helpless unaGf M nnehang
| ing and overwhelming.
"REDUCTIO AID ABSURDuM.
Nav God keep this great Caucasian peo
pie from the poison of a "mongrel'
Is there any other remedy? Is there
4 any other balm In Gilead? Is there an,
| healing here? Not within my vision, ant
not within the records of experience. Tr.
| nil these remedies-test them all as the,