Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-02-18

Right Reverend Robert Strange. bish-
on coadjutor OF North Carolina. as
given I'm tho Southern Churchman OF
October s. 1904:
MUST MAINTAIN RACE PURITY.
The bishop FIRST enters an emphatic
plea against any social intermingling
OF the races: question which must. OF
course. be left 60 the people of each
community to settle for themselves. as
IN such a matter no one community
and indeed TO one individual-can die
tate to any other: always provided that
i'm each locality men keep in mind the
fact that there must be no confusing
OF civil nrlvilcres with social inter
course. Civil law must not regulate So
cial prarticcs C~~'cfv. as such. is law
unto itself. and will always regulate
its own practices and habits. Full
recognition OF the fundamental fact
that all men should stand on an equal
footing. as regards civil privileges. in
no way interferes with recognition or
the further fact that MI rejecting
mon OF both races are united in feeling
that race purity must be maintained.
NATIONAL DESTINY SAFE.
Let us be stCadfact for the right. but
let us err on the side OF generosity
rather than on the side OF viDdictive-
ness toward those who differ from us
as TO the method OF attaining the right
let us never forget our duty to help in
uplifting the Lowry. TO shield from
wrong the humble: and let us likewise
act in a spirit OF the broadcast and
frankest generosity toward our broth
ers. ali our fellow-cOuntrymen; in
spirit proceeding not from weakness
but from strength. a spirit which takes
no more account OF locality than II
does of class Or OF creed: spirit which
/ is resolutoly bent on seeing that the
Union which Washington founded and
which Lincoln saved from destruction
shall grow nobler and greater through
( ont the ages
believe I'm this country with all my
heart and soul. I believe that our peo-
pie viii in the end rise level 10 every
/ need. VIII In the end triumph over
/ every difficulty that rises before them.
/ could not have such confident faith IN
/ the destiny OF this mighty people If
/ had IL merely as regards one portion or
/ that people Throughout our land
I things on the whole have grown better
/ and not worse and this is as true OF
/ one part 90 the country as il rs OF
+ another believe En- the SOutherner as
/ believe in the Northcrncr. ! claim the
. right 20 feel pride In his great qualities
. and i'm his great deeds exactly as / ieei
+ nride i'm the great qualities and deeds or
+ every other American For veal or for
T woe we are knit together. and We shall
10 up or go down together. and be-
+ lieve that we shall go up and not down.
that we shall go forward insted o. halt
/ ing and falling back. because have
an abiding faith in the generosity. the
/ courage. the resolution. and the COM
mon sense of an my cOuntrymen.
PROBLEMS WILL VANISH.
The Southern States face difficult
problems. and SO do the Northern
states Some OF the problems are the
same for the entire country. Others
exist in greater intensity In one sec-
ton. and vet others exist IN greater
Intensity in another section. But in th'
end they will an be solved. for funda
mantally our people are the same
throughout this land. the same IL
qualities Of heart and brain and han'
I which have made this republic what j
IS in the great today. which Viii maxi
IL what 60 is 90 be i'm the inhnitel.
greater tomorrow I admire and re
spcct and believe IN and have iaith %
the men and women Of the South OF
admire and respect and believe il
. and have faith in the men and womei
B . OF the North. All 81 as alike. North
, crncrs and Southerncrs. Fasteners an
f Westcrne-s. can best prove our fcalt
20 the nations past by tho WAY F.
Y which we do the nations work in IN
2 present. for only thus can we be sur
I that our chiidren's children shall ir
p hcrit Abraham Lincoln's single-hear
J.. Cd devotion 60 the great unchangin
/. creed that righteousness eNaltcth
q nation