The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25

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lany cause. The ostrich anna S.
1.-The funniest of all this gr003
fobstruc ctionists, for. he sis&a 3
OF brains and capacity (
II have 8 friend Of this iSil4d id
New York. He got after ne
the other day somewhat in this
fashion: sess 3
What do you want to Keep
lagitating this Internal questiS6
for? There's no danger in it un-
less you stir it. Let it alone. I
grant you that the Negr6 race is
q poor, worthless parasite. whose
criminal and animal instincts,
Threaten s0cietYsS But, the Negro
is here to stay. We must train
him. It is the only thing we.
can do. So what's the use to
waste your breath?"
But what about the future
when you have educated the Me-
gro?' l asked timidly.
Let the future take care
of itself!" the ostrich man snort
ed: 1--WE live in the present.
What's the use to worry about
He'll? If | can scramble through
this world successfully I'll take
my chances with the He'll prob
lem!"
My friend forgets that this was
precisely the line. of argument Of
our fathers over the question of
Negro slavery. When the con-
structive statesmen Of Virginia
(called pessimists and infidels in
their day. foresaw the coming
baptism of fire and blood ('61 to
'65) over the negro slave, they
attempted to destroy the slave
trade and abolish slavery. NY
friend can find his very words
in the answers of their opponents
Let the future take care of it.
self! The slaves are here and
here to stay. Greater evils await,
their freedom. We need their
labor. Let the question alone.
There is no danger in it unless.
you stir il"
The truth which is gradually
forcing itself upon thoughtful
students of our. national life is
that no scheme of ,educAfiSti. .or.
religion can solve the race projba
lem, and that Mr.. Booker T.
Washington,s plan, however
high h and noble, can only intensi-
fly its difficulties.
This conviction is based on a
few big fundamental facts, which
no pooh-poohing, ostrich-dodging
weak-minded philanthropy or
political rant can obscure.
The first one is that no amount
of education of any kind, indus
trial, classical or religious, can
make negro a white man or
bridge the chasm of the centu-
ries which separate him from the
white man in the evolution of
human civilization.
WHAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID.
No man has expressed this idea
more clearly than Abraham Lin
coin when he said:
There is a physical difference.
between the white and black
races which, I believe, will for
ever forbid them living together
on terms of social and political
equality"
Whence this physical differ
ence? Its secret lies in the gulf
of thousands of years of inherit
ed progress which separates the
child of the Aryan from the
child of the African.
Buckle in his History of Civil
lization says: "The actions of
bad men produce only temporary
evil, the actions of good men on
ly temporary good. The discov-
cries of genius alone remain; it
is to them we owe all that we
now have; they are for all ages
and for all times; never young
and never old, they bear the
seeds of their own lives; they
are essentially cumulative"
Judged by this supreme test,
what contribution to human
progress have the millions of
Africans who inhabit this plan
ct made during the past four
thousand years? Absolutely moth
ing. And yet, Mr.. Booker T.
Washington in recent burst of
eloquence over his educational
work boldly declares:
"The Negro race has develop
ed more rapidly in the thirty