The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-14

| ileSeS. the Suffrage Snould De DaSSu
on character and intelligence for
white and black alike. He must have
the same public advantages of ednca
ton the public schools are for all
the people whatever their color or
condi ion The white men % the
South should give hearty and respect
| mi consideration to the exceptional
| nen of the negro race, to those who
nave the character, the ability and
the desire to be lawyers, physic ans
teachers. preachers, leaders Of
sboueht and conduct among heir own
men gnd women. We should give
aem ohesr and opportunity to graft
~ every laIdabla ambition. and to
seek every innocent satisfaction
among their own people Finally, the
best white men of the South should
ave frequent conferences wi h the
BEST colored men, whore, in frank
2aruest, and sympathetic discussion
hey might understand each other bet
er smooth difficulties and so guide
nd encourage the weaker race"
Surely We can all Of us join in ex.
pressing our substantial agreement
with the principles thus laid down by
his North Carolina bishop, this rep
resentatve of the Christian thought
If The South.
The Spirit Of Lincoln.
l am speaking on the occasion of
he celebration of the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln. and TO men who
count it their peculiar privilege that
ley have the right to hold Lincolns
memory dear, and the duty to strive
o work along the lines that he laid
down. We can pay most fitting HON
age to his memory by doing the tasks
allotted to US in the spirit In which he
lid the infinitely greater and more
terrible tasks allotted to him. ~
Lets us be s.eadfast for the right;
but let us err on the side of genefosi
ty rather than ON the side OF yindic
tlyeness toward those who differ from
Us as to the method of attaining the
right. Let us never forget car duty
TO help in uplifting the lowly. to
shield from wrong the humble: and
let us likewise act In a spirit of the
broadcast and frankest generosity to.
ward all our brothers, all our fellow.
countrymen; in spirit proceeding
mot from weakness bu. from strength,
\ spirit that fakes no more
account of locality than It
does Of class or of creed;
"a spirit which is resol6tely
bent ON seeing that the union which
Washington founded and which Lin.
coin saved from destruction shall
grow nobler and greater throughout
he ages.
Faith in the Country.
/ believe In this country with all
my heart and soul. | believe that cur
people will in the end rise level TO
every need. will in the end triumph
over every difficulty that rises before
them. ! could not have such conf
dent faith in the destiny of this
mighty people if | had it merely as
regards one portion of that people
Throughout our land things on the
whole have grown better and not
worse. and this is as true of one
part of the country as il is of another
/ believe in the southerner as be
lieve in the northerner. | claim che
r ght to feel pride in his great quail.
lies and in his great deeds exactly as
feel pride in the great qualities and
leeds of every other American. For
veal or for woe we are knit together,
and we shall go up or go down togeth.
n. and | believe that we shall go up
md not down. that we shah go for.
ward instead of hating and falling
back because | have an abiding faith
n the generosity, the courage. the
resolu' ion and the common sense of
All my countrymen At
All Sections Have Problems.
The southern states face difficult
PR blems: and so do the northern
states. Some of the problems are .he
same for the entire country. Others
exist in greater intensity in one sec
ton; and yet others exist in greater
intensity in another section. Blu. in
the end they. will all be solved: for
fundamentally our people are the
same throughout this land; the same
in the qualities of heart and brain
and hand which have made this re-
public what it is in the great today:
which will make 1t what it is to be in
the infinitely greater tomorrow.
Admires the South.
! admire and respect and believe IN
and have faith in the men and women
Of the South as | admire and respect.
and believe in and have faith in the
men and women of the North. All of
us alike, Northerners and Southern
ers, Fasteners and WesteTners, can
best prove our fealty to the nation s.
work in the present; for only thus
can we be sure that our children's
children shall inherit Abraham LIN
coins single hearted devotion TO the
great unchanging creed that right.
eousness exAlteth nation
The president received an ovation
at the eud of his speech and many
times during his address he was
forced to pause until the diners had