The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-16

the more serious part Of the lacture.
for the closing touches that dealt more
directly with the race problem. After
describing q Southern scene, typical of
the entire South, Mr.. Harrington said
Race Problem One of Possession.
And then came the problem. the
startling question, Who is to have pos
session of this beautiful country. The
despoiler, the following of the war of
conquest came rushing down upon US
and sought to claim that which had
been ours for centuries. But thanks to
the courage of the ex-Confederate SOL
der, thanks to the loyalty of the
Southern women, we reclaimed il from
the despoiler. And, while we laud the
virtues of those who built anew the
South, let us rear a monument to the
old negro, who, while the Southern
gentlemen were far away fighting for
principle, protected, as best they could,
the property of their old masters.
The Acknowledgement of the negro
was an afterthought Of the war,
scheme that formed itself in the minds
OF the carpet -baggers and scalawags
who flooded down upon us from the
North, the worthless element who had
never before held o job in their lives.
They pushed the amendment through
and then organized the negro into So
cieties and taught them all manner Of
things. The result was that the niger
became obstreperous and mean and
the breach between the races was
started.
what VIII We Do with Them.
"And that breach has widened con-
stantly with the years, until to-day we
stand confronting that great question:
What will we do with them| They
are a thousand per cent. better off here
than If they were IN Africa. The South
has taxed itself to the utmost limit and
is educating them. The niger is
learning to write and to forge notes,
and to get into the penitentiary. The
spirit of conquest, a spirit learned from
the invading army, has pervaded him.
Like the children of Israel, he has for
saken his leaders and his friends and,
confident in his self-rghteousness, Is
marching on to his own ruin.
What will we do with him? When
God had made everything else In the
universe he made the white man ana
said that he was to rule the rest or
crea ton, the things mentioned and the
things not mentioned. If the negro
has advanced more in a century than
the white man has in seven centuries,
he has at least had the example or the
white man to pattern after. What VIII
we do with him? We must teach him
the civic virtues.
Awake to Our Duties to the Negro
1.-THE white man must awake to his
duties TO the black man. We can not
COLOMBO them. If we do that we VIII
but leave him to slaughter and Kill his
own. In this country both the white
and the black race can exist, must ex-
let. But we must awake from our
lethargy and teach him that which
he most needs. When that has been
done we shall see the two races. side
by side, under the leadership of one
ruler, under the Stars and Stripes,
working together. We shall see peace
restored and the races living, separate
but distinct in friendlness and mutual
trust, not mutual fear and hatred.
THE other alternative Is too dreadful
even to contemplate. have said that
there are but three races OF negroes,
the old slave, the freed black, and the
brown. II we do not awake from this
lethargy into which we have fallen, the
brown race viii predomlrate. But this,
while an Infinite and merciful God rules
IN the heavens, rules with a tender So
llcltude Tor his people, can never hap
pen. our salvation is 10 awake and do
our duty by the black man, the trust
which has been given into our hands
BY our CreatOrw
The lecture was under the auspices
OF the Grace Methodist Improvement
Society and the proceeds VIII be given
toward the improvements which are 20
b. made IN different parts OF the
church.