Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-09-28

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are you going TO do with him?
The second big fact which confronts
the thoughtful. patriotic American Il
that the greatest calamity which could
possibly befall this republic would be
the corruption of our national char
acter by the assimilation Of the negro
race. / have never seen a white man
OF any brains who disputes this fact.
have never seen negro Of any ca
paeity who did not deny It.
One thought l would burn into the
soul OF every young American land
who thinks OF a negro when he says
"AmericanT)-this: Our republic a
great not by reason OF the amount OF
6irt We possess. or the size of our GEN.
sus roll. but because OF the genius OF
the race OF pioneer white freemen who
settled this continent, dared the might
OF kings. and blazed the way through
our wilderness for the trembling feet
Of liberty.
A distinguished negro college pro-
fessor recently expressed himself as TO
the future American in one of our great
periodicals as follows:
"All race prejudice will be eradicated.
Physically. the new race will be much
the stronger. II will be endowed with
higher intelligence and clearer con-
ception of God than the whites OF the
west have ever had. II will be much
less material than the American white
Of today. II will be especially con-
cerned with the things Of the mind, and
moral excellence will become the domi-
nant factor In the life Of the new ma
ton. The new race is to gain more
from the black element than from the
white"
We have here an accurate statement
Of the passionate faith Of ninety-nine
negroes ont Of every hundred Profess
sor Du Bois, author of The Souls of
Black Folk, undoubtedly believes this.
His book is a remarkable contribution
In It for the first time we see the naked
soul Of a negro beating itself to death
against the bars in which Aryan So
ciety has Gagged him! No white man
with q soul can read this book with
out tear. Mr.. Charles w. Chestnut,
the negro novelist, believes in amalga-
nation, for he told me so. Professor
Kelly Miller. the distinguished negro
teacher Of Washington, believes It. In
a recent article he declares:
"It is, of course. impossible to con-
ceive Of two races occupying the same
area, speaking the same language, wor-
shipping according to the same ritual,
and endowed with the same political
and civil privileges without ultimately
fusing. Social equality is not an indi-
vidual matter. as man contend, but Is
vigorously under the control OF public
sentiment"
commend the solid logic of these
sentences from u )ughtful negro to
the illustrious Society OF Pooh-Poohs.
What is the attitude Of Mr.. Booker
T. Washington on this vital issue? You
will search his books and listen to his
lectures In vain for any direct answer
Why? Because, II he dared to say what
he really in his soul Of souls believes,
1t would end his great careeer, both
north and south. In no other way has
he shown his talent as an organizer
and leader Of his people with such con-
summate skill as in the dexterity with
which he has for 20 years lodged this
issue, holding steadily the goodwill Of
the southern white man and the north
ern philanthropist. He Is the greatest
diplomat his race has ever produced.
Yet he who reads between the lines
Of 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
Of Frederick Douglass. In his book,
The Future of the American Negro,
we find this careful sentence:
ITO state in detail Just what place
the black man will occupy In the south
as a citizen when he has developed in
the direction named Is beyond the wis
dom Of any one"
Yet on page he says:
"The surest way for the negro to
reach the highest positions Is to pre-
pare himself to fill well at the present
the basic pations'-independ
Industries, % course-for, mark you,
''Tuskegee Institute is not a servant
training SCHOOL,"
Again on pages SO and s5 we are
told: There is an unmistakable in
fiuence that comes over a white man
when he sees black man living In a
two-story house that has been paid
for. need not stop to explain. Just in
SO far as we can place rich negroes in
the south who can loan money to white
men, this race question will disappear" 4"
Why?
gro who holds a mortgage on a white
mans house will ultimately demand
and receive social recognition from
him.
On page e6 Of his Future OF the
American Negro he says: "The Jew,
who was once In about the same posi-
ton as the negro is today, has now
recognition because he has entwined
himself about America In a business
ans Industrial way"
Again his conclusion Is obvious. The
absurdity OF the comparison. however.
10 the important point in this sentence,
not only for the pathetic ignorance Of
history It displays. but for the revela-
ton Of the writer's secret hopes and
dreams.
The Jew has not been assimilated
into our civil and social life because
Of his money-but for a very different
reason. The Jew belongs to our race,
the same great division Of humanity
The Semitic group Of the white race
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