Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-10-06

the stronger. II will be endowed with
higher Intelligence and clearer con-
ception of God than Tie whites of the
west have ever had II Will be much
less material than the American white
OF today, 1t will he especially CON
cerned with tho things OF the mind. and
moral excellence will become the domi-
nant factor In the life of the new ma
ton. Tho new race Ia to gain more
from the black element than from tho
white"
We have here an accurate statement
OF tho passionate faith OF ninety-nine
negroes out OF every hundred Profess
sor Du Bols, author OF The Souls of
Black Folk. undoubtedly believes this.
Ills book Is remarkable contribution
TO the literature OF our race problem.
In II for the first time we see the naked
soul OF negro beating itself to death
against the bars In which Aryan So
ciety has Gagged himl No white man
with soul can read this book with
out a tear Mr., Charles W. Chestnut,
the negro novelist, believes in amalga-
nation. for he told me 80. Professor
Kelly Miller, the distinguished negro
teacher OF Washington, believes It. In
a recent article he declares:
ut IL. OF course, impossible TO con-
ceive OF two races occupying the same
area, speaking the same Language, wor-
shipping according to tho same ritual.
and endowed with the same political
and civil privileges without ultimately
fusing. Social equality is not an lndl-
vidual matter. as man contend. but Is
vigorously under the control OF public
sentiment" t fN
/ commend the solid logic of these
sentences from thoughtful negro to
the illustrious Society Of Pooh-Poohs.
What is the attitude Of Mr.. Booker
I. Washington ON this vital issue? You
will search his books and listen To his
lectures In vain for any direct answer
Why2 Because, II he dared TO say what
he really In his soul OF souls believes,
II would end his great careeer. both
north and south. In no other way has
he shown his talent as an organizer
and lender Of his people with such con-
summate skill ms in the dexterlty with
which he has for 20 years lodged this
Issue, holding steadily the goodwill OF
the southern white man and the north
ern phllanthropist. He Ia the greatest
diplomat his race has ever produced,
Yet he who reads between the lines
or his written and spoken words will
find the same purpose and the same
faith which his more blunt and fearless
brethren have honestly and boldly pro-
claimed. He shows this IN his Worship
or Frederick Douglass. In his book,
The Future OF the American Negro.
we find this careful sentence:
TO state In detail Just what place
the black man will occupy in the south
NJ citizen when he has developed IN
the direction named is beyond the Wis
dom Of any one"
Yet on page he says:
reaes the envy nisnc nay cEaFJthe rsNwq,ta
RARSaiih tfttVe VAL u not 81 ai ss nTea6f
training school" H
Again on pages SO and 50 we are
told: There Is an unmistnkable In
iluence that comes over white man
when he sees n black man living in q
two-story house that has been paid
for. need not stop 10 explain Just II
30 far ms we can place rich negroes In
the south who can loan money TO white
men. this race question will disappear
Why7
The conclusion ls obvious; The me-
gro who holds mortgage ON n white
mans house will ultimately demand
and receive social recognition from
him.
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his veins" Our prejudice against the
Jew Ia not because OF bis inferiority.
but because OF his genius. We are
afraid OF him. We GentiIes who meet
him In the arena OF life. get licked and
then make faces at him. The truth Is
the Jew had achieved a noble civilian
tion-had his poets. prophets. priests
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