Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-26

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along the highways as a civil equal.
II Mr.. Dixon viii say that the Negro
on whose account he left that Bos-
ton hotel would have received SINH
lar treatment at his hands had she
appeared there in her own right ans
with the money. education and man
hers, necessary 10 entitle her to all
OF the consideration that Mr. Dixon
demanded. we will concede his allie
cations Of sincere friendship to the
race and consider the case so far as
he is concerned. closed forever
more
Nay. more. Mr.. Dixon win hardly
deny that had the hotel proprietor
received the offspring OF that same
black nanny as a guest in that ho
tel. be would have left quicker than
he did He was in favor OF coon"
stopping in that hotel with him. but
it was Mr. Dixon's coon" We have
known instances where white own
ers of dogs have left hotels and
boarding houses for the reason that
their pets were not wanted at the
hosiery that they had selected as a
place Of sojourn.
Mr.. Dixon will dine at the table
with his baby's nurse. but il is hard
Is out Of place 70 say that Mr.. Dixon
would not willingly dine at the same
table with Prof. Booker T. Washing
ton. Mr. Dixon frankly admits
what we should have, but takes no
steps towards the realization Of this
condition. on this score he says
AS a friend of the Negro race
claim that ne should have the OPP
portunity for the highest, noblest
and freest development Of his full
rounded manhood. He has never
had this opportunity in America,
either North or South. and he never
can have q. The forces against
him are Overwhelming.
Mr.. Dixon remarks:
Nv books are simply merciless
records Of conditions as they exist,
conditions that can have but one
ending II they are not honestly and
fearlessly faced. The Civil War
abolished chattel slavery II did
not settle the Negro problem. II
settled the Union question and Gre
ated the Negro problem. Frederic
Harrison, the English philosopher.
declared that the one great shadow
which clouds the future OF the A
merican Republic IS the approach
ing tragedy Of the irreconcilable con
Man In the Development of our socie
e.. Mr.. James Byrce recently made
a similar statement.
Both Of these distinguished gentle
men were viewing the situation from
its natural standpoint. unaffected
by compromising conditions. But
yney were forgetful Of conditions
that have affected the situation Sc
riously We refer 20 the amalga-
nation OF the two races. The army
OF mulattoes now living in the South
land. many Of whom are recognized
by their white parents form the link
that binds the white 20 black and the
black TO white in a way that dehss
a severance Of the mutual relation
ship.
Mr. Dixon continues
II allowed TO remain here the Ne
gro race Ia the United States will
number 6O.00O,O0O at the end of
this century by their present rate OF
increase. Think of what this means
for a moment and you face the
gravest problem which ever puzzled
the brain Of statesman or philosopher
No such problem ever before con-
fronted the white man In his re-
corded history. II cannot be whis-
tied down by opportunists, politi-
clans, weak-minded optimists or fe-
male men. Il must be squarely met
and fought to a finish.
Mr.. Dixon should remember that
il is about as much as we can do to
deal with our own problems, witrout
worrying ourselves about those of fu
ture generations. What does it mat
ter to US whether the white race
number go 600. OOO) seventy mill
lion or 100000. OOO) one hundred
and forty million century hence.
The same Creator that permitted
them to Increase will provide way
by which this mighty number of
people win reach a normal channel
without friction with those of other
races. Guaged too by the intellec-
tual progress of the races in the
past and the present. we are of the
opinion that the future generations
OF both races viii be better able to-
settle these questions among them
selves than to have their fathers and
great-grand-fathers and great