The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-16


ed Without Impeding Forward Race
Must Maintain Race Purity.
New York, Special-As the guest
~ honor at the Lincoln dinner of the
Republican Club in this city Monday
night, President Roosevelt made
speech on tho race problem He APP
1ca'"d to ihe North to make its friend.
ship fnr the South all the greater be-
CsHse OF the embarrassment of condi-
Tons for which she Is not alone re-
spOnsible," declared that the hcartiest
acknOwledgements are due to the min>
islcrs, law officers, grand juries, pub
lie men and great daily newspapers
IN the South who have recently done
uch effective work in leading the cru
SADIE against lynching," and said that
the problem was to so adjust the re-
cations between two races Of different
ethnic type, that the backward race
be trained SO that it NAV enter into
he possession of true freedom, while
the forward race is enabled to pre-
serve unharmed the high civilization
wrought out by It's forefathers."
Among other things the President
said:
The Presidents Address.
In his second inaugural, in a speech
which will be read as long as the mem.
nry OF this nation endures, Abraham
Lincoln closed by saying:
With malice toward none. with
charlty for all; with hrmness in the
liShi, as God gives Us to see the right.
ieI us strive Oh to finish the work
we are IN; to do all which may
achieYe end cherish a just and lasting
Ioacc among ourselves, and with all
hauOnS."
Immediately after his reelection he
had already spoken thus:
me strife of the election is but
hnmHn nature practically applied to
'hc facts of tne case. What mas oc-
turred in this case must ever recur in
similar cases. Human nature will not
change. In any future great national
trial. compared with the men of this,
We shall have as weak and as strong,
as silly and as wise, as bad and as
5ood- Let US, therefore, study the in
'deEtS OF this as philosophy to learn
wisdom from, and none Of them as
wrongs to be revenged May
rot all having common interest re-
unite in common effort to (serve)
cur common country? For my own
Fart have strivcn ana shall strive to
avoid DlCCiDC- 3OV obstacle
way So long as l have been here |
rave not willingly planted a thorn in
any mans BOSOM. While | am deeply
sensible to the hiGh compliment Of
reelection, and duly grateful, as l
Hust, 10 Almighty God for having di-
ieIIed my countrymen to a right con-
'iuslon, DIS | think, for their own good.
At aduS nothing 20 my satisfaction that
any other man may be disappointed
or palned by the result
May | ask those who have not diff
ieicd with me to join me in this same
Sttrlt toward those who nave?'
VICE NEGRO'S ARCH ENEMY.
Laziness and shiftlessness, these, and
above all. vice and criminality Of
every kind, are evils more potent for
harm to the black race than all acts
OF oppression CT white men put to-
Sether. The colored man who fails to
condemn crime in another cOlored man,
VINO fails to cooperate in all lawful
ways to bringing colored criminals to
Justice, is the worst enemy of his own
people, as we'll as an enemy to all the
people. Law abiding men should, for
the sake of their race, be foremost in
relentless and unceasing warfare
against law-breaking black men. If
the standards of private morality and
industrial efficiency can be raised high
enough among the black race, then it's
future On this continent is secure. The
stability and purity Of the home is
vital to the welfare OF the black race,
as it is to the welfare of every race.
NEIGHBORS CAN HELP MOST.
In the next place. the white man.
who, if only he is willing, can help the
colored man more than all other white
men put together. is the white man
Who is his neighbor, North or South.
Each Of us must do his whole duty
without fiinching. and if that duty is
national it must be done in accord
ance with the principles above laid
GOWN. But liz endeavoring each to be
MS brothers keeper it is wise to re-
member that each can normally do
most for the brother who is his i'm
mediate neighbor. If we are sincere
trends Of the negro let each in his
o"n locality show it by his action
tAerein, and let US each show it also
Uy upholding the hands of the white
nan. in whatever locality who is striv-
!as to do justice to the poor and the
helpless, to be shield to those whose
need for such a shield is great.
CRUSADE AGAINST LYNCHING.
Inc heartiest acknowledgements are
eoe 10 the ministers, the judges and
law officers. the grand jurors. the pub
Hc men and the great daily news
Gapers in the South, who have recent
- done such effective work in leading
me crusade against lynching in the
south; and | am glad to say that dur
ing the last three months the returns
IS far as they can be gathered, show
smaller number Of lynchings than for
Shy other two months during the last
.@eAty years. Let US uphold in every
lay the hands of the men who have
-, 5a N this work, who are striving to do
5; 81 taeir work in this spirit. / am
E4VFt 10 quote from the address Of the