Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10

level This constant ebb and flow of the
human tides have spelt themselves into his
tory and have become welded to the frame
work of the world Publicists and states
men marvel at the wonderful pace with
which Japan has leapt from feudalism to
modern civilization. Let us not overlook
the marvellous transformation of the Ameri-
can negro under less suspicious conditions
amounting. In some cases, to absolute per-
secution.
Right to Intelligence.
Many pretenses are set up by those
in1mical to the negroes rapid passing from
the night of ignorance to the light of INTEL
lectuality.- They talk Of the negroes iner-
d1nate desire for social equality. The
answer to this vague and impossible charge
Is that Gods divine purpose fixes the rule
or association throughout nature by' the
Jaw OF amnities. No human prejudices nor
human legislation can define promote de-
ter, establish nor dis-establish the fixed
ana divine purposes Of God Almighty. If
there nave been social Entertainments he
tween the races. they have not arisen out
OF the negroes social intrusions Apother
absurd pretense is that 1t Is unprecedented
That the negro will become dominant in
government. The political Conditions sn
that section where the black man has his
nome and abiding place would contra dict
this pretense were 1t not a fact that the
glamor of political preferment no Iongar
ailures. If 1T ever did so, the black man to
for government '-oiiS
some years ago leading negro men. view
ing with alarm the well-defined fnten tjon
OIL southern statesmen to SO qualify the
suirase IN former slave states as to elimi-
nate the negro vote. determined to djvtda
mat vote among the two great parties
ihrougnout two campaigns, they follower
the banner of Mr.. Bryan down to defeat
sdetes man man ZsOoo0 negro men in various
states voted Tor Mr.. Bryan. Few Of them
were democrats. The majority were "siiyer
republicans" All voted that ticket In The
vain endeavor to modify the intense feel
states. Ordinarily that movement wou,j
have trended to assuage prejudices in the
interests of rightful political ascendency.
The principal reply made to this movement
were those frantic holocausts, more degrati-
Ing to white men than Furnishing to their
hapiess victims, whose charred bones alone
remain to horrify our recollection. The NC
ton OF these $1,000 voters was useful only
soning prejudices. For example. Senator
Tfllman, whose home believe is at Charles
ton, s. C., city Of about $4,000 human
souls, $4,000 Of whom are white people, the
s s;n.i1an neing negroes. with almost a
OF South Carolina. said In his public
speeches that unless the majority submits
to condition amounting to serfdom at the
hands of the minority. that minority would
take shotguns and murder that majority.
Conditions In the South.
Mr.. John Sharp Williams of the eighth
district of the state of Mississippi has
reached his present eminence in the Amerf-
can Congress upon less than 1900 votes.
cast at popular election In district con-
tanning 100000 American citizens, the ma
jority being wrongfully disfranchised by the
operation of unfair provisions In the con-
stitution of that state. Mr.. Vardaman was
elected to the Office of governor of the
state of Mississippi upon a platform whose
leading plank promises to restrict the school
of taxes paid by their parents. Thus, con-
demning those children to densest ignorance
and to ultimate peonage-not to say lives Of
crime. This governor Is reported to have