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

favor It, and I. think that Booker Wash h.
ington In his heart knows that neither,
worth nor merit nor achievement VIII
ever bridge the impossible barrier OF race
prejudice, and that, when the last arrow
Been I shot oY It must at come to ths at last
We have tom porized for forty years
Upon this problem. III the exhaustion Ct
all our expedlents, In the failure OF al!
our theories, and In the prevalence q
fflore is not q hope In tact or reason
for the negro outside Of separation.
There is no peace, no purity. nona artn.
and no moral growth for the whlte race
outside Of paratlon.
q IT CAN BE DONE.
It Is neither imp9ss'e pre- Wiling and
the way is In reach. This is not gay
OF Of Representatives,. TO the genius the
energy and the necessities Of this ag se
Al thngs are I9sstt6b e ecatona world
the political world converting the imposs-
sible into the possible. The hand OF the
Almighty ia steadily opening the way:
It Is day OF large thi i,n "a n uhS al
magnificent enterprises-as day OF coios' 'IA
movements everywhere.
I'M AZ A NEW FACT. ~
After demonstrating by hgnres4 anu ~. Wat thnt
tatons from eminent ae ~ the Races
# ny innra GticabIe. MI. Graves continued:
The chief opposition n the South wo ,.n,,
rest upon the inisappretension wn u II Sii KS.
ppe enad19s to Of th thaa secton That
once true. It is no longer true. st u,i1
be as surprising to the South as It Is to
YOU. The negro no Longer makes e , ne
staple or cereal crops 81 the South ma ln oe
e9tt1n Of Texa made q chiefly by the White
man ma an ana an not by tie negro The negro s
no longer an Industrial necessity: nus %
fact IS from the census: Il Is ;sh no irons as
an authority beyond question N the iapIr
bureau at Washington. . 1t is being ver ri.
fed and understood by the best observers y ,
fact-that tremendous fact-now 80 little
acknowledgements generally known N
tho country and In the South-then the
South Will stand as soldly for separation ara toa
FAITH All IN NORTHERN SENTIMENT. !.
Standing here today a haos stan fS gIe a1
people OF the North and West UNDER
Standing their spirit and their temper, II
announce before YOU. without hesitation
and under the new light which the decade
has brought it.i1 would be willing With I'm
absolute confidence to submit to tho
West IVES the ne whole question Of the South
and the negro-whether that issue be
acknowledgements or whether 1t be sepa-
Let the negro continue to settle in the
North as he has DONE And II the pro-
blem continues It will be our only re-
course to persuade him to settc IN these
share and understand our perplextles;;
Let the tide continue to drift here-and
the day will come when the laboring
masses OF the North will rise and demand
a ra tim inst Sternly thug de-
manded and secured the exclusion OF the
Chinese. .69.
The philanthropist viii g5owy weary veal y
clan in time will UNDERGO q change g q
ness OF real philanthropy. and In the
only solution-the one remedy-and to
follow it In the fear Of God and in the
| faith of the people. to prosperity and
| peace.
THE FINAL APPEAL.
Tor half a hundred years we have wran
gled and fought and bled and died abou
| this black man from Africa Is thu
great northern section OF our common
/ country always turn its hand against tn,
great southern section Of our country
1 Shall the young American OF the Nortl
steel his heart against the young Amer
i lean Of the South over an alien's cause
Shall the children Of one blood and Of {
< common glorious heritage divide in blt
terness over stranger IN our midst
| Shall the memories OF EutaW and York
4 town be obliterated In the recollections
Wilmington and Newman? Shall the peac
and harmony OF this great republic p
forever imperilled for the sake Of (. !, tn q
so wonderfully outweigh his virtues an
! his gratitude? Shall the black man fror
Africa hinder and delay the work and til
! destiny Of our imperial race?
A Great God! The idea Is rnonstrous an
! unthinkable! The South Is neither crue
4 nor unpatriotic, and the North knows y
The North is neither ,immovabe nor Win
/ dlctiye, and the South knows 1t. M !
either Of us Is mistaken. and If both Q
us are misunderstood. we are yet on
peopl and we must met upon the plan
4 of our brotherhood and our destiny
appeal to you who make the future.
appeal for Caucasian unity. appeal fo
tho imperial destiny Of our mighty rae!
This Is our country. We made It: w
viii We have done great things "
have mighty things yet TO- do. The ne
i gro Is an accident--an unwilling. blame
4 less, but an .unwholesome. unWeicom,t
ilization. He Is not made for our time:
lie is not framed to share In the dut
and the destiny which he perpleXes an
becloudS Let us put him kindly 81 ,ly ar. an
him a better chance than he has eve
had in history, and let us have done wit
] him, Lot us solve his problem-trankl!
/ fearlessly, nobly and speedlly. Let u.s. u
If behind us. Let us purify our polite
OF the perplexity, Let US III, libe rate + tn
South to vote and to think IKE free mo
And in the name of history and destin
In tho name Of the past and In the nam
i of the future-in the name OF God. an
of our mission. I appeal to this grea
conquering Caucasian race to lock arm
and 20 forward and onward and upwnr
to its essential work. VIZ