The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14


the negro to enjoy social equality or
political contro..
You should understand this" he said,
and understand it thoroughly. And
YOU must understand also that we take
this position not in hatred but in justice
to you. to ourselves. and to civilization"
Views on Race Question.
OF all leaders in the Southern States
at this time there is none who more ac-
cUrately reflects the solid sense Of The
Southern people on the race question
/ than does DR.. Alderman. His views are
not unanimously supported either North
or South, but the wiser and more re-
| spectacle element in the population OF
both sections sustains him emphatically.
| For sixty years the South stood ready
/ 10 die. and did die, for the doctrine OF
State sovereignty" said Dr.. Alderman.
/ in a brief address Of welcome to the
American Historical Association and the
American Economic Association at New
! Orleans IN December last. To-day it
would die with even more amazing one
I ness OF mind fo' the doctrine Of racial
4 integrity or the separateness Of the two
races. It believes this latter doctrine is
In accord with the spirit OF the modern
world.
This doctrine OF separateness does not
mean race hatred There Is a certain
lamount OF race hatred here. of course
land there are reasons for this. inherent
in elemental human nature, but the best
Southern people not only do not hate
the negro. but come nearer TO having
affection for him than any other people
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spirit OF common sense and justice and
I sympathy and helpfulness to the black
race.
/ They are too wise not realize that
posterity- will judge them according to
the wisdom they use In this great con-
Germ. They are too just not to know
that there IS but one thing TO do with
a human being. and that thing is TO give
him a chance. and that it is a solemn
duty of the white man to see that the
negro gets his chance in everything save
social equality and political control
Condemns Peonage.
They believe that any form Of pe0n-
age or helotry would be a greater curse
to us han chattel slavery. and they
will hare none OF II. They believe that
the forward race must join the foremost
of the backward race in finding the
right sort of training and education for
these backward folks. They believe that
vast ignorance is a vast menace, and
they will fight 1t in white or black.
In the meantime the whites must
control our political life, and the negro
must build his own society. The South.
ern people believe with their usual In
tensity that il is the duty of civilizati or
always TO protect the higher group.
against the deteriOrating influence Of
the lower groups. This does not NEAR
that the lower should be prevented from
rising, but that it should not be per
mitted TO break down the higher. Tn,
, Improvement and progress. Of the back
. ward nations and races should all come
by improving the conditions of thei
own group. but should never be permit
ted to come at the expense of the highe
or mora advanced group. nation or race
My prescription is silence ant
! slow time, faith In the South and tn
wise training Of both white and black
do not mean by this to echo the oil,
sensitive cry Let the South aloner Blu
TO emphasize Mr.. Clevelands idea tina
: II the best people Of the South cannO
: handle this question, it is impossible
to handle It at all"
Has Never Broken With South.
Though DR.. Alderman strenUously Op
, poses the Southern political schoo
which insists upon a division OF the ed
-, vocational fund on the basis OF tn
amount of taxes paid by each race, ant
I earnestly pleads that the negro be givei
O his chance in life-in a word that tn
n door Of hope be not closed against tn
n black man-yet he is perhaps the las
man in the South who could be per
I suaded to break with his people or q
= become unmindful of the enduring con
s tIibutions made by the South 10 Amer
{ can character. American achievement
= and American life.
Y II he has done things and said thins
d which have been not altogether popula
: at the South. ne has yet been satishe'
C to differ with his people face to face ant
o to voice his criticism within earsho
:, Of persons at whom they were directed
: 1t is interesting to remark that, In al
g | addresses of his delivered before North
n ern audiences, he has repressed the i'm
o pulse to reprove his countIymen OF tn
c Southern States and has been promp
d to discern beneath certain tranSiCT
Z phases Of Southern thought the redelsm
5, Ing nobleness of southern purpose an
h Southern character.
It The finest figure in our history 81