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

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sary To train the white man, for on
! his shoulders rests a wellnigh unpar-
alleIed sociological responsibility. II
is a, problem demanding the best
thought. The utmosr patience, the
most earnest effort, the broadest char
ity. Of the statesman, the student, the
philanthropist; of the leaders OF
thought in every depar ment of our
national life. The church can be a
most important factor in solving ii
Alright But above all else We need
for its successful solution the sober,
kindly. steadfast, unselfish perform
ance of duty by the average plain cit.
izen in his everyday dealings with his
fellows
The IDEAL CT Justice.
The ideal of elenen al justice met.
ed ont to every man is the ideal we
should keep ever before is. II will
he many a long day before we attain
70 it and unless we show not only
devotion to 1t, and but also wisdom
and self restraint in the exhibition of
that devotion, we shall defer The time
for its realization still further. In
striving 10 al ain to SO much of 1t as
concerns dealing with men of differ.
en- calg~s 80 must remember two
things.
Entitled c Office II Fit.
ia e first place, it is tr7te # the
c2'olei man Az Il iatrue Of the white
lsma FL II fhF long rim his fate
nlrst depepd far mere apon his own
flfot tb1il dpan the EFFORTS IL any
in-Hde riea3 Ey r. gicjeas veal
cf snorant iored man Is au even
81 cater foe % his own race than TO
the community as a whole. The col.
cred aan's self-respect entities him
TO do that share in the political work
Of the, country which is warranted by
his iaiividual ability ard integri y
and The position he hes won for him
self Bot the prime requisite of the
race is moral and industrial uplifting,
Laziness Negroes Worst Eensmy.
Laziness and shifslessness, these,
-and~abuNe all, vice and criminality of
every nd, are evils more potent for
harm to the black race than all acts
Of oppression of whi.e men put to-
gether. The colored man who fails
to condemn crime in another colored
ran, who fails to cooperate in all
lawful ways IN bringing colored Grim
inals to justice, Is the worst enemy Of
his own people as well as an enemy
to all the people. Law abiding black
men should, for the sake of Their race
he foremost in relentless and unceas.
ing warfare against law-brea1iins
black men II the standards of pri
vate morality and industrial efficiency
can be raised high enough among the
black race. then its future on this con
tinent is secure. The stability and
purity OF the home Is vital to the vel.
fare of the black race, as it is to the
welfare of every race
The White Mans Help.
In the next place the white man,
who. IL only he is willing. can help
the colored man more than all other
white men put together. is the white
man who is his neighbor. North or
South, Each OF us mus. do his whole
duty without fllnching, and II that
duty is national It must be done In
accordance with the principles above
laid down. But in endeavoring each
to be his brothers keeper 1t Is wise
to remember thai each can normally
do most for the brother who is his
immediate ne'ghbor. If we are sin
cere friends of the negro lie. us each
in his own locality show it by his ac-
ton therein and let US each show II
also by unfolding the hands of the
white man, in whatever locality, who
is striving 70 do justice to the poor
and the helpless, to be a shield to
those whose need for such shield is
great
an Praises Southern Leaders.
The heartiest acknowledgements are
due 10 the ministers. the judges and
law officers. the grand jnries, the
public men. and the great daily news
papers in the South, who have recen.-
ly done such effective work in leading
The crusade against lynching in the
Scu h and | am glad to say that dur
ing he last three months the returns
rs far as they can be gathered, show
d smaller number of lynchings than
Tor any other TWO months during the
last twenty years. Let us uphold In
every say the hands of the men who
nave led in this work, who are S riv-
ing 70 do all their work in this spirit
7 au7 about 20 quote from the address
tho Right Reverend Robert Strange
bishop coadjutor Of North Carolina,
as given n the Southern Churchman
If October s, 1904:
People Must Decide Themselves.
The bishop first enters an emphatic
plea against any social intermingling
of the races; a question which must,
of course, be left to the people of
each community TO settle for them
solves. as in such a matter no one
commmity--and indeed no one indi
'. ,ual--ean d ctate TO any other; al.
ways provided that in each locality
zen i.1c9 II miad tlo FACE that there
nEst lc no confusing of civil priv.