The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-25
TAKES ISSUE
.WlTHCRAVES
DR.. Mitchell Says HIS Plan IS
Altogether lmpraCtiCable.
THE NEGROES MUST STAY
An Education Both Mental and Manua,
and Religion Wholly Moral Are
What Must Solve the
Problem.
THE NEGROES MUST STAY

DR.. s. G. MITCHELL the distinguished
professor and scholar OF the faculty OF
Richno,Nl College. views the negro pro
blen In the South from point rather
ia, removed from that Of John Temple
Graves THOMAS Dixon and the others
who have recently caused SO great stir
throughout the land.
In a wonderfully discriminating article
In the Religious Herald. of this city. DR..
Mitchell takes issue with Mr. Graves and
presents another side Of a problem which
is Of vast and growing interest to the
South. In n calm and dsphssionate man.
nel he discusses the situation as 1t pre-
sents Itself at first hand, and then sug-
gets the only remedy that he concelres
to be possible. He dislnisses Dixon and
Graves as lmpracticable. and declares
that the negro iB here to stay.
NJ DIR. 5MITCHELL'S ARTICLE.
/ The article by DR.. Mitchell Is nearly
three columns long. Only small section
OF It which is yet complete In It's refer
once To the negro question Is given here.
1t has already attracted considerable
attention, and 1t will probably be refer
red to again. sg3
DR.. Mitchell draws a parallel between
tho negroes OF America and the Turks OF
Europe, both Of the Turanian race ana
from the same parent stock He declares
that undoubtedly the separation Of the
races Is the right and only solution In
tho Balkan peninsula. But With refer
ence to the negroes, It Is different. says
DR.. Mitchell, after pointing out the DIFF
ference In the race characteristics or the
Turks and the negroes. though both are
cataogued as Turanian:
In the light Of these undenable differ
en- ces It Is absurd to seek to apply the same
solution to the Ottoman In Europe and
the African In America. The cleavage OF
tho races in the Balkans Is as inevitable
as 1t is apparent, fact re tarded only by
the blind sel1shness of England and the
dlsgrnceful rlvalries Of the other powers.
But Industrial collapse would overtake
the South should the negro leave the got
ton field, such a collapse as is only faint
ly suggested by the expulsion OF tho
Moors from Spain.
Two things In conclusion. First the
spirit Of justice must determine the final
settlement of this conflict Of the Turan-
ian race, whether with the Slav In Mace
donla or with the Anglo-Saxon In Amer
, lea Rash or selfish counsels that Ignore
basal justice are Wan, no matter how
fervent the rhetoric In which they may
be wrapped or the material power that
buttresses them. Secondly, the slower.
surer and less dramatic, not to say less
tragic method Of dealing with the negro
will no doubt turn out to be the best one
education and religion. an education that
Is both manual and mental and a rell-
gion that Is wholly moral. The energy
now spent upon exploiting "miscegena-
! tion," Transportation" 'the industrial
menace Of the negro" "the necessity Of
lynch law would go far toward making
substantial advance In this tremendous
problem, II bestowed courageously and
conscientiously upon those homely rene
dies, essential Justice to ones fellow-man.
education and religion.