The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10

men manifests itself at an early age.
There has not yet developed In the race
| as whole. pride In the honor Of its
women; and no race Of people can reach
women are not virtuous. A proper standard
OF instruction on the lines indicated will
greatly elevate the moral sentiment OF
both sexes.
AS 70 social equality. there is no division
OF sentiment among the white people OF
the South. By order OF divine Providence
the two races are separated by lines OF
demarcation that cannot be obliteratecl
Dy human laws or the idle vaporings OF
social fanatics. Following this order OF
ulvlne authority. no law or custom which
man has the legal or moral right to make
can force social equality on races 80 widely
separated; and, guided by this mborn con-
seriousness. which amounts to racial preju-
dice. the white people of the South can
never sanction any policy which tends to
.The, laws Of the country recognize the
natural, legal and customary differences
between the white and the black races. and
the continued recognition OF this condition Is
essentially necessary to secure order, pre-
serve the peace and maintain the rights Of
both, -.
The impotence and irritability exhibited
by me President in his dealings with the
southern people In relation to the so cial
and political status Of the negro are well
calculated to retard the solution OF the
problem and are greatly detrimental to
the welfare Of the negro. The negro recog-
nlzee his social. moral and physical inferi-
ority to the white man, and, in the past few
years. has undertaken with the sympathy
and cooperation Of his white friends in the
south to work out his own destiny. The
two are progressing on lines characterized
by the most friendly relations, and the
history Of the whole civilized world furnishes
no example OF people who have progressed
as rapidly as large number of them have
in fitting themselves for useful occupations,
and the duties and responsibilities of cti-
zenship.
~, AT the same time there is large mass Of
the younger negroes Of the lower type
who have no conception OF their place in
the order of things, and anything that
hints at social and political equality accen-
tuates their vices and depraved habits
and embodens them in the commission of
crimes. With this class of negroes, the
physical senses predominant over the
mental, moral and spiritual impulses.
negroes to places which will necessitate
daily contact with the white people, and
the social recognition which he has seen
fit to accord them at the White House, will
set them back in the development Of their
race for quarter of a century.
-The social feature Of the question is
largely a matter OF taste and environment.
II any white man wants to bring himself
and family on terms OF social equality
with the negro, there ia no statute that can
be invoked for his protection but should
he feel disposed to affirm and recognize
the social equality of the two races, he
should be very careful not to obtrude his
convictions upon his neighbors.
THE, feeling engendered by the Presi-
dent has, to some extent, been greatly
aggravated by the action Of the few i'm
prudent and misguided educational
leaders of the South in their appeals to
wealthy philanthropists at the North for
means to be used In the support Of the
education OF the negro. The South Is doing
a great work for the negro along educa-
tional lines. All moneys raised by State
and local taxation are fairly divided with
the negro schools, and. in this way, large
amounts are expended.
"A backward race cannot be developed
in decade; and II the negro condition is
to be elevated to a higher sphere. it must
he along progressive lines and not by CIV
ing few college diploma, which, in their
present condition, units them for almost
any station in life. With few exceptions,
its possessor looks upon all kinds OF labor
rs degrading and with hate on all those
below
If the negro is looking for the better
ment Of his race. he should not run counter
to natural law which he cannot alter. On
the contrary. he should yield obedience to
it's demands by taking the place in social
and political functions assigned him by
his creator.
-The South is doing a great deal for the
elevation OF the negro. and, II left to work
by the experience OF the past. the welfare
OF both races will be greatly promoted:
and the South will become the industrial
centre Of the world"