The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-09
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he FAiRMoMT 1l VI RGIaMi.Asft, R.Gst .Aesft,
blooded vi fe mus leeds succeed TO
the priest tllood. Hobad was great
help In passing the vii derness;s@ ;s@st the
mixed b1oods can and do perform no.
Bile work, passing the treasures from
one race to another, but with the pas
sage Of this tie wilderness period
between the races onto the yon side
OF racial homing and perfecting, IN
the very nature Of things they must
sink back into the bosom of the one
race or the other and be lost as racial
factors.
once more: The white man, or any
other race, having received his racial
deal, he, must guard and keep it on
penalty OF his own destruction. This
is no sectional, no political matter,
and they who think it such think but
saailowly. 1t is racial, radical, vital.
The white race must make all ac-
:ording to the pattern shown 1t IN the
mount The instant the black man
attempts to -intrude his pattern into
that mould, sweep his brush on that
canvass where the white man IS
! painting his soul vision, there Is 60
! ing to be trouble, anywhere, every
where and always to the end. Not
because the white man hates the black
! man. but because he loves his ideal,
/ md in it is wrapped all the hope OF
! ais racial Development, and the possi-
biIities of his manhood. He has seen
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might to carve it into reality. Look,
learn, initiate the white man as long
and as much as he pleases, may the
bla cl; man. so long as he Keeps ms
brush off the white mans canvass,
/ whereon he is producing the vision OF
his soll-so long as he keeps his viii
power from the ark's helm, that is
guiding the white race to its own
Ciod-ordered haven. To do otherwise
is for the black man to throw away
his own ideal, and with it all hope and
possibility Of his full greatness. ana
10 mar the greatness of the Whlte
/ man. Hence these strange. fiery, ter
rible, otherwise inexplicable flashes
Of fury. that blaze relentless and dead,
ly in race clashes. The black man
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made him to be His BLACK Man, and
seeking to be that great creature that
God gives him. and not another. Goa
made no mistakes when he created
the Negro, and it is the mistake OF the
Negro's life if he says or acts as II
He did \ continent enriched with
all the vast undevelOped and unseen
treasures of the tropics waits the
black mans mastery. The glory OF
race calls to him for its unveiling anc
uplifting, and the wisdom and power
of God say-Amen- Hear, Blacf
Man! and go up through the fire tc
thy cross and to thy throne.
The question will rise to readers
minds: What does he think of the
Negro's possiblity-can he develop.
Is there hidden in the resources Of his
; nature the vast forces to unfold, de
velop and slorfy a racc?" In an
swering this question I would speaf
, suardedly. calmly, and with a SACRED
{ consciousness of the responsibility
before God and man.
; Much of my life has been spen
, among the Negroes, both here and il
} Africa, and despite all the words o
: men to the contrary, despite all th'
! terrible degeneration that llnwise ant
: wicked men have wrought, l most un
? heStatingly affirm: l. do believe tha
= the race has hidden in it's bosom th
/ forces that wait the light OF trutl
y and the spirit Of God to make then
e great. OF all things that astoundet
t me most during my work and stay il
7 Africa was the wonderful and MAJ
l. velous treasures OF truth that la
t wrapped in the mind of the race. The.
e certainly have ideals of government
e and ideas of God, and right, and tn
II immortality of the soul that are no
:. far behind the Books of Noses Yea
5, they have an idea of "a Savior Whic
5, is way beyond and much nearer on
p own Christ, than "Buddah' or an
II other character ! have met OutSid
u our New Testament. | have collet
It tion of Folk Lore gathered from tn
e Pagan tribes, that is, to say the leas
L as near the ideal character and tru
r God as anything I have ever read fror
1t Greek, Roman or any other anclen
S NO ic h,1r w1jrin1 th