The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-17
the PRESIDENT ON
THE NEGRO PROBLEM
Notable Address. on Lincoln
Day Is Made Before a
New York Club.
WORDS A TEXT
that the White People. Espee
tally Those of the South, Must
Help the Negro Learn to
Help Himself.


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New York. Feb. l4.-Before the New
YORK. club last night President RooSe-
vi, suck, ON IN. negro problem. as
~ ~" Wv "" $3.50
t"it"MS'
The Formal Address.
Ia his second inaugural. in a speech
which Will be read as lc: z AK tie memory
OF This nation erdures, Nhrah"m Lincoln
ciostd by saying;
With malice toward non". with c!'tfl'y,
Tor an; with trmneSs III tn 'ashi, as Coo
gives Us 10 See the right, let us SirlNe on 20
iinisn the work We are IN; 10 40
all which may achieve and cherish u
Just aud lasthk lAtaGe among ourselves
Immediately after rs reelection ne mad
alrsat'N spoken tauS:.
The strife OF tAe election Is hht human
ile case. WHAT mas occurred IN ms uas"
must ever rcvur IN Sttntiat eases. Human
nature will nos change. In amy future
great national trial, compared with inc
men OF this. We shall have as weak and as
strong, as silly and as wise, as bad aud
as good. Lei us, therefore. STUDY the ~
dom from. ana none OF them as wrongs y"
be ~reNenged. MAY not all having
a common interest reunite in a common
effort to tsefNe, our common country fof
my OWL part. have strlNef ana ,s!iali
strive to avoid placing any obstacle IN
the Way. SO lois as nave been here |
have not wilinsly piant'u a thorn IN any
mans hosom. While | am deeply sensible
10 ti'e h.sh compliment OF Il re.eieclion.
and duly grateful; as ,rust, to Almighty
God for having directed my countrNmen
to a right rohcluslon, as think, Tor their
own good. 1t adds nothing TO my Safistac-
tiun that any other man may be diSap-
pointed OF panied by the result.
MAY | ask those who have not differed
With me 10 JON With mo u mis- sam" spirit
toward those Mho have
The Spirit of Lincoln.
This is the shirt in which mighty Lin
coin Souph; 10 bind tip thr nations wounds
when is soul was We, S~eetlting with fierce
hatrcds, with wrath. with rancor, with all
the evil ana 'ileaatui passions provoked py
ciyil Wal. surely 1mis Is tne snhrlt "ilGm
an Americans should shoW now when
,hs nna. rs 81, 30 bal 't rai w ySens% ,ba ,pI IS n's sn I,t Is
OF vital consequence 10 alN-oe pfo'lef
from brothef.
l!locoin; nuns a MN on Soulhelh
birth. dld nor hesaIate to appeal 10 me
sword "heil ne nevahie saliSiiea lhat IN no
",ther way could me "hloii be saved; Tor
nigh though hg put pGaee ne lnt risnt-
eotsness stili tmghfi. ne WafFeu tor the
union; ne "atrea TO ff'e me siaNe, anu
when he. waircd he Warre'i N earnest, for
IL is a Syn of weak NJ to be half hearted ,di
when blows must ne struck. BUT ne lelt
only love, a love as ieep as the tendcrness
OF his great ana SAD heaHt. FOR an ms
south. and he ionged above everything for
the DAY wheN thsN should once more be
knit together m the unpfeakable bonds OF
slellidl iiittniSii4P.
We of today, IN dealing, With all our
fellow cltiZens' White or coiofed, north or
south, shouio strlNt 70 SNOW 1ust the quail
ties that Lincoln showed; his steadfast-
ness in striving after the right. and his
infinite patience. and forbearance with
those 5n a,a wh S;s sa ssr ma, r aghsa ,ess G =" 5n w ,han
was best, ana Net ms READINESS 70 accept
ideal best was unattainable his INCREASING
effort to cure what was evil: coupled with
his refusal to make a bad situation worse
by any III judged or i'll timed effort TO
maxi ii better,
What the War R~eoueathed
ny. ..oa+ liza, No, a. ,,htah ;n,o al,
~ a ,nft;ast 49, I af, ~. no,
MY a reunited country hut a cou,ltry
" W. NC yia,, 70 aIIsLa Nv, thnse who
More me h5lue and bv those Who Wore The
LII auuTe o mmo p NV w. an1 ni,h anal sin.
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NJ =, oi !; nv eiran nina % .na tba mghii
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y , nii f,n;ne - uhich w We rTop NO % bhlipk
hh nt ;. nnnnis win nroa, o,,ali,i.s in whtcl
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nor sona hnnausa 30" - gooaa ameri
az fnai ,,n nost .arnost y,1snashin ~,
their fellow ronntrv1nen Who dwen in in.
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ncm,a =, hns so" nn ~ ~ M = vnst nrohiam.
before our neonlc. the nreblem of SO deal
iny MIN the mar os one coIorias To secrr,
~ ,bs riahts that NO ono n,or11 er,,ds
Mn e he s.nre " annther coIor To soiH,
th,s nrnh,e'n Il Is Of course necessary Il
edncate hin n ncrform the auties a fail
nra ~ nnrrnr,, With viii rander hin,
nnrs, ~ hJrn.air .,n1 10 all oro,,,1 MIN
~ w am y 49,"
The Great Problem.
Most certainly all clear sighted and gen
erous men IN tie north appreciate the dlf
icultv and perplexity of his problem
sympathize With the south in the embar
rassment of conditions for which She Il
not alone RESPONSIBLE: feel an honest wisl
to helm her Where helm is practicable, an,