Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-01-14

lack Of confidence and unity among
the c0lored race I suggest that we
try reliability: be honest with each
ether. II you hire me to do "a piece
OF work for you, let me do you good,
honest work; then you in turn give
me a fair, honest settlement. a
negro can't fool q negro. We watch
one another too close for that. [ am
ony trouble in dealing with my race.
Neither DO | have any trouble III
dealing with the white c Re-
member tiat otr lives, let them be
good Or BAD. caniot he hid. Never
talk to dective, nor listen to be;ray.
is g very good rule.
j cansiuyefeiy sag that Ian deogIy
interas:a4 c}ncei Ming The pe&Ge and
prosperity OF nay rae [ am just As
much interested concerning the peace
and prosperity of the white race.
Give the white race peace and pros
perity and we get it, too. Hinder
their peace and prosperity and ours
are hindered, too. Iagree with TX
Governor Jarvis IL saying that the
so-caiied race question is mol an i'm
portant question; and that its dis
cussion is calculated to hinder the
peace and prosperity of the whole
country; that our churches can do
nothing and our schools less in such
ID state CT mind. 1 say, to discuss
the race question is like crying Fire!
when there is go ire. The incidents
that occasionally take place in pc
tticai circles in Washington City
have no theet at all upon the colored
race at large. | am satisfied that /
Can safely say the negro is not aspir-
ing 10 social equality. The more en-
iigh!ened the race becomes, the more
they shun the idea OF social equal
ity-the better they understand what
it would mean and amount TO. EX-
Governor Russell is credited with
saying that the a G. question is the
most SERIOUS question with which the
country has t. contend; that the
white people are just as much OPP
posed to industrial and financial
equality With tie negro as they are
81 social equality. And he is quoted
as saying: ''Just let a negro W a
good farm, with fine, blooded horses
and cattle, and dare to ride in a ar
riage! If was an insurance agent,
[ would not make out a policy on
that negro's life." The Governor
makes it appear that the negro n
dangers his life by being industrious
and successful. [ fully believe that
the Governor spoke the truth con
cerning himself, and perhaps all of
his class. But / haven't the least
idea that he spoke the truth on the
fair-minded, Christian class of the
white Iace-the predOminating ele-
ment and the majority-and 1T can
not be proven that he did. It seems
to ne that our good or i'll fortune
mainly depends upon the good or ill
choice of our friends. If / had to
advise the colored race, / would say
20 every one, from a nurse up to the
highest professional man and WO-
man: Make your calling a success!
[ would advise every colored mar
who is entitled to pay taxes, to do so;
because any man who won't pay his
taxes is not looked upon as a good
citizen.
The farm is in one sense like every
where else: 1t IS the wrong place to
| go to loiter and pretend to do things.
Men only climb the ladder of success
by constant. honest effort. The farm,
| as a rule, makes the man in the same
proportion as the man makes the
farm. A wage Garner is confined to
the limit of his wages; while a farm
| er is confined to the limit of his eff
forts. All the negro can expect and
| this is all he really Deeds-is a free
mans chauca 10 work out his own
salvation: equal chances along all
lines of education; protection and
equal rights before the law. Give
us this, and if we don't "get there"
; then let the devil have what's left
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