The San Francisco call., 1905-02-14
GOOD WORK IN DIxIELAND.

Ine heartleSt acknOWledgmentS are due TO
the ministers the Judges and law officers. the
grand jurfes the public and the great
daily newspapers in the South, who have re-
Gently done such effective work in leading the
crusade against lynching in the South and
/ glad to say that during the last three
months tho returns. far as they can be
gathered. show smaller number Of lynchings
than for any two months during the
last twenty years Let us uphold in every
this work. who are striving TO do all their
work in this spirit. ! am about to quote from
Strange Bishop Cosdjutor Of North Carolina.
IS given in the Southern Churchman Of Oc-
Tic Bishop first enters an emphatic plea
against any social intermingling Of the races;
q question which must, OF course be left 10
the people Of each community to settle for
themselves in such a matter one COM
munit--and indeed no one individual-can
dictate 10 any other; always provided that in
each locality men keep in mind the fact that
there must be confusing OF civil privileges
with social intercourse Civil law cannot
regulate social practices. Society. as SUCH is
law unto itself, and viii always regulate it's
own practices and habits. Full recognition of
the fundamental fact that all men should
stand on equal footing as regards civil
nsiyileges IN no way interferes with recogni-
ton OF the further fact that all rejecting men
or both races are united IN feeling that race
purity must be maintained. The Bishop con-
what should the white men OF the South
40 for the negro2 They must give him free
Two races working together for their mutual
benefit and for the development of our COM
opportunity to make his living. to earn his
bread, 70 build his home. He must have JUS
ice. equal rights and protection before the
law. lie must have the same political priv
ileges: the suffrage should be based on char
scter and intelligence for white and black
alike. He must have the same public adj
vaItafes Of education: the public schools are
for All the people, whatever their color or
The white men Of the South should give
heerty and respectful consideration 70 the ex-
ccptionsl men Of the negro race TO those who
character nd fhe dpafr
20 be lawyers. physicians teachers preachers
leaders of thought and conduct among their
own men and women. We should give them
cheer and opportunity 20 crafty every laud-
able ambition and 10 seek every innocent sat
best white men OF the South should have fire.
oueEt conferences with the best colored men,
where. in frank. earnest and sympathetic dis
cilssion they might understand each other bet
ter. smooth difficulties and so guide and en-
courage the weaker race"
TO UPBUIlD THE UNION.
Surely We can all OF join in expressing
our substantial agreement with the principles
thus laid down by this North Carolina Bishop
this representative OF the Christian thought OF
the South
bration Of the birthday OF Abraham Lincoln
and 10 men who count II their peculiar privi-
lege that they have the right TO hold Lncoln's
memory dear. and the duty to strive to work
along the Inns that he laid down We can
nay most fitting homage TO his memory by
which he did the infinitely greater and more
terrible tasks allotted TO him.
Let us be steadfast for the right: but LET
US err on the side Of generosity rather than
on the side Of vindictiveness toward those who
differ from ms as TO tho method Of attaining
the right Let US never forget our dutv 70
help in uplifting the lowly. 70 shield from
wrong the humble: and let us likewise act in a
sriTit of the broadest and frantest generosity
toward al our brothers. all cur fciow-coun-
trymen; in a spirit proceeding not from weak
ness olH from strength spirit which takes
no more account Of locality than II does Of
class or creed; spirit which is resolutely