The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
OGDEN IS
RE ELECTED
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sbort address BY Rufus N. Rhodes, OF
birmingham.
The bonediction was said By Bishop
ta,yrorco. Of Massachusetts Most Of the
addresses were on general educational
subjects. The special train bearing tile
Ogden party loft at midnight for New
York. b
DIR. M1TcHELL's ADDRESS
Tho address Of Professor Mitchell was
conference Ills subject was Ihe Pros
ent situation In the south; Evolution or
ttevol,inn.p Dr. Mitchell said
since The last needing OF this conference In
Richmond certain nlignments IN the South have
become dellnite;h clenyases have become ccari
tendencies have become perBonlhed' Certain
forces hitherto apologize IL not socretive,
have come boldly to the front year ago
Southern opinion was still IN solution since
then II has been preolpitated, What was once
! deemed tho radical notion OF an irresponsible
person here and there has recently headed up
In public addresses state elections and re-
preventative officials Yesterday we were all
moving together as mass down the high
road, no ono knowing exactly whittier; to-day
we stand at the parting OF the ways Facing
thus the forks OF the road, as Hercules OF old,
let us isten TO lie ailurng spirits that would
fain tempt us to take this or that prong.
Whittier do these ways divergc? what OF the
I paths and their reputed destinations! The an
swer to these questions VIII perhaps best show
the tremendous significance OF the present edu-
cational campaign.
/. REVOLUTION.
Vardalnansn Is Il new word for an old thing
Issues are never clear until they become con-
crete. become embodied in a person Vnrda-
maniarn has graaped the helm IN M'sslSsippi
Explanations and extenuatinS circumstances,
am aware, offered to account for his as
cendency; but brushing these aside Tor the
moment, 1t remains true that MAJOR Vdriaman
Is the Governor of my native state rot only
go but Vardarnaiiisn may be expected 10 make
It's appearance in each of the southern states
In turn. lneed, in some OF them !, II Is already
present In considerable strength. Witness SEN
utor German in Maryland, senator Iiliman IN
South Carolina and Mr. John Temple Graves
in Georgia And Furthermore, in the fulness
OF time these widely diifuscd forces may tome
to head in some man OF Titanic personality;
some man combining with precise purpose, deep
conviction and firm WILL the fanatic zeai or
u Peter the Hermit; q man VINO VIII force inc
race Issue to the front and who VIII give ma
tional adhesion and crtsading fervor TO Ills
followers When this electric connection is
completed between the reactionnry forces in
has appeared then tine hurly-buriy's DONE"
You VIII not Il am sure, mslindersthnd my
Use OF the names OF these gentlemen 10 so
simply TO abbreyiate and make concrete the
definition Of the tendency to when refer
These names have for ne no more PERSONAL
mind OF the mathematician. Ihey stand Tor
an attitude OF mind toward the supreme cues
ton OF racial adjustment in the soutn.[ zach
of them would no doubt, differentlate ms own
position; one holding the policy OF disirancnise-
inent, another the policy Of ignorance. another
the policy OF deportation, and sui another.
perhaps, the policy of determination; DAifer.
Ivny, NIL "a Ee
and in general repress MIN. In essence, they
deny not 20 much tnat they are Their brother
Under no circumstances would l misrepre-
sent the position of these Southern leaders for
leaders they are, and have no disposition 10
undsrstate either their influence upon .ne
public mind nor the integrity OF character
upon which such influence may be based Bul
enough OF. chararterizat!on, for IN TINS care
there IS no need to ask, what's IN q name
These gentlemen stand for something. for
something clear cut, for something that APP
penis 10 racial instincts, sectional prejndices
and partisan passions. That there are poten-
tiai forces back OF these men, no one can
doubt me import Of the burning OF human
beings, even women. calls for no commentary
The ghastly acts OF too many mons ,3I. pom pom
OF passion that may some day DC ireu py Z, a
single spark. a spark. We may rather surely surely
once these harsh and hcartless purposes become
embodied in such an alaric then you nave
mind inst.nctlrcly turns away Then Will be
the reign of the rifle rope and stake Heaven
divert such doom! But both COURAGE ana ana
without either blushing or blanchils. Fore
warned Is forearmed. Sire" said turgot.
rropheticaily. TO Louis XVI even seventeen
years before the fall of the fatal knife,
sire II was weakness that brought the mead
OF Charles l. to the block =
of any motive to bring about the results thus
BODIED. They act from patriollc motives. Ihey
would give their lives as quickly as you or
to serve their country. Yet they seem 10 be
under the influence of q ruling pass!o on the
essential difference between these divergent
forces lies rather in temperament, Judgment,
prophetic instinct; difference in spirit rather
than Ssatecraft. They have confidence M
might: we nave confidence in right They trust
only the superiority OF the saxon We recog-
nizing the responsibility which this fact I'M
plies, feel the more keenly the spirit of ser
vice. They act from motives of self-preserva-
tion: we insist that you cannot save the soul
unless you save society ,ha "a or he
in the manifest destiny Of the Saxon; we in
the ineradicabe sense of human brotherhood
From even this brief parley we may conf
not take this road .Whither"Nh he asks, does
the other fork lead, and what the chances at
' II. EVOLUTION.
This is tho road Of racial adjustment through
sympathy, Intelligence and mutual helpfnlness,
that he is improbable. knowing the resource
tulness OF the Saxon, we believe that his sa-
uation. The challenge to the Saxon, as to
Queen Esther is WHO Knoweth whether thou
art not come to the Kingdom for such time
as ths?" a4Fs
The final issue lies In the relative strength Of
these two forces. Need call the roll OF the
forces on the side OF Cancellation ana progress!
Forces which are mpressive!y represented
by this gathering; forces which find expression
in the educational revival now taking place in
each of tho Southern States; forces which
are led by such statesmen as Governor Monta-
que, of VIRGINIA, and Governor Ayccck. OF
North Carolina,
ticn, Is in the balance, Which of tho two
groups is the stronger TO whom is the ultl-
mate triumph? BY evolution we can prevent
revolution. Danger turks In Indifference, In
ult MISREPRESENTATION, in reaction. what re-
serves Of power can we summon asaint reac-
ton? ! answer the people, Born IN the black
est of the black belt; living my entire life IN |
tho bosom of the South; loving my people |
with devotion second to that or no South,
eyncr; loyal TO oil that is good and beautiful
in the traditions Of the SOUTH IN whose cause
my father battlcd under General Forrest, I 4
can say with unfaltering eonidonce that tho |
better judgment of the South revols from these |
harsh and heartess proposals OF reaction The |
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