The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
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tenement house, families Will live for
years TN the same staircase, ind set
never exchange 50 fitch q $ O. nod In
democratic society, tits onlys birds OF n
| feather that flock together; and trio So
cinl mobility In II democracy Is not pre-
served by tho ballotBor by any theory OF
/ the equality Of all ineil bcfore tic law,
but by public education and by tho pre-
clous freedom which enables tho men md
won1en who posgcss remarkable natural
i gifts of any sort to develop and Utilize
gifts. This democratic mobility is nj, n b.
\ plicatlon OF tho general principle lllut
humat, beings OF tho snr,e sort possess.
| Ing the same desires, and governed by
the same motives, will seek each other
ott and associate III tho pursuit OF COM
mon objects, whether at work or at pluy
At the North, tlion people do not IN tho
i least connect political equality with social
i equality or intercourse. In this RESPECT the
northern people closely resemble the Ell g..
! lish and the nations OF continental Eli-
rope that have Introduced the ballot into
tlieir political structures. NO European
i has ever associated tho possession Of THO
.bniot with social equality An Englisll-
| inan would find such an idea utterly UNI
! ,ntelltEible, During the nineteenth cell
tury there have been successive extern.
I sions OF tho suffrage III England, Ju 7
4 these extensions tinvo not affected in5'the
least the social classification OF tho I'm s.
lisl1 people. 10 tho northern mind Z there
4 Is something positively comicnl in the no
/ tioh that a letterycarricr, tor a. fourth
4 class postmaster or an alderman changes
This social status or his social prospect s,
when he attnins to his Office AZ 4 tho
i North this man remains in tho social
position to which, his education, business
i ~
Il His follow-citizena may form q new
i opinion about him from the way he does
4 His work, ana from his bearing and man
ncrs; but II his social status Is altered
4 IN my way, It will be because his per-
sonal qualities give him n Int or "a drop,
i and not because no holds an office py
election o rappointment.5 At ~ South,
Il on the other hand, the possession q ttle
4 ballot be fore the Civil War dis gulslled
4 the poor white from the black slave; M
70 hold public Office was n III GIL ) va iucu
mark OF distinction among whites g llehcs;
\ tho southern whites nre now conFln l! eiu
that possession OF tho ballot and cligl--
i bility5to public Office, however humble,
i tend towards social equality between tW '
! races which ought not to tbs mixed VINE
i nothing in tho long experience OF Tree
don, among tho northern whites has ever
/ suggested to them that there Is q ny col, \
/ motion between social intercourse ana
/ political equality. The southern s~hlte aces
a race danger In eating at the same tanio
with a negro; he secs In being ell her4 ! ne
host or tho guest OF q negro a., .actt =
i "a "a IN fidelity The northern white sees
4 nothing of the kind. The race danger
does not enter into his thoughts at al !;
Inn does not believe there is any such dam
ger no be the host or guest Of q negro
n. Mexican or a#Japnnese. would DC VIZ ~
/ him simply matter oftprcsent pleasure
! convenience, or courtesy. 1t would never
i occur to him that such M act cou.u
nos sbly harm his own race. Ills Y price l
j OF race does not permit him 10 ch very.
Il such AZ, idea This is signiflca ~ dlllfs-
4 ence between northern whites. He1r se''-
aIstin,ent on this subject are really unlike
4 az unlike that they do not understand J
4 each other. Yet their fundamental bellei
Ethnt the two races ought TO live s6h!ally
4 onart is precisely the same. The soutne1n
l sentiment on this subject ought TO Nc
4 nroylsionully respected as soc1al lay. az. !,
i although the northern whites race tec'-
inc seems to be really much more robust
i Than that OF tho southern Whlte 5. :, ~, ~
4 northcrner's Is simply lnpregna DIG, 'he
i tho selr-respect OF gentleman. III ~
southerncI when IN the nortn cou1u. sv.
i form "a northern practice, and the liorss'''
arncr when in the South. to southern
nr,c,,ce each without losing caste ~
! home an a1niable modus yivendi Wouiu
be secured
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
4 A,,in the Northern whites ana the
con,tcrn do not entirely agree WIN re-
In nublic education. Northern opl.'-
to,, "a unanimous In favor Of giving ths
whole Southern populations, "h,ee n -.
j black alike. good opportunltles io' ena
4 alton in evcry grade, though IN hep ~
rate establishments lt seems ~ -, 49, 49,
Northern whites that, u me a ~ con,.
negroes are to constitute a separa!e COM y,
m,,nity. separate, that Is, Win re-,
card to church, school. and al
snc,n1 life that separate commu.
i 5nity will need not only industTlo = ,
.|laborors and operatives, active CLERKS. 'it,u
GOOD mechanical but also u .aaclcas
prenchers, lawyers, physicians, engineers
vi inlae1 pro fcssional men Of all sorts;
i and therefore, that all grades OF cducn-
tion should be made accessible to ne
4 pro children and youth On TINS sud
loot three different opinions may 20 dis
cerned among. Southern whites. some
4 southern whites, educated and nhea c
4 Gated think that any cdu ca ton IS ~.
4 Injury to the negro race. and tHnt me
mrrro should continue to multiply In the
4 southern Stntcs with access only TO mo
I,lowcst forms OF labor, for which. they
J maintain, rs Plato did that no educ g
4 ton is necessary. Another section or NE ne
4 Southern whites holds that negro cnll7
Z drcn should be educated. but only afor
manual occupations. tnat is, for farm
work, household work, and work ~ /. 1he
4 fundamental trades, such as the carpcl,-
i tors, nason's and blacksmth's, This
section Sc. II; approves of manual training and
!. t,ade schools, but takes no interest T.. =!
Il the higher education Of the negro. stu
n third section Of the Southern whites
recognizes tho obvious fact that sepn.
rate negro community must be provided
with negro professional men Of 5000
y quality, else neither the physical nor the
n moral welfare Of the negro population
VIII BIO thoroughly provided for, At tho
North, the higher education OF the few
young NEGROES who VIII reach that grace
can be provided In the colleges and pro-
4 fesslonal schools maintained for white
\ youth, and is successfully given at this
I moment to o few negro youth, IN the
4 Southern States. tho higher education
y must 11a given III saparate instttutlonS,