The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-14

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The Bishop first enters an emphatic plea
! against any social intermingling OF the
/ racce, question which must OF course, DO
I left TO the people Of each community TO set
| tie for themselves as in suoh matter no
! one community-and indeed no one indi-
! vidual--can dictate to any other, always
! provided that in each locality men keep in
! mind the fact that there must be no confus-
ing Of civil privileges with social Intercourse.
Civil law cannot regulate social pTaci ices.
I Society. as SUCH Is a law unto itself, and will
| always regulate It's own practices and hab-
! it's. Full recognition of the fundamental
! fact that all men should stand on an equal
| footing as regards civil privileges in no way
interfares with recognition Of the fur
Their fact that all rejecting men Of both
races are united in feeling that race purity
must be maintained. The Bishop con-
| tinues
What should the white men Of the South
do for the negro? They must give him
free hand. a fair field and cordial godspeed,
the two races working together for their
mutual benefit and for the development of
our common country. He must have liberty,
equal opportunity TO make his living. to
earn his bread, TO bui d his home. He must
have Justice. equal rights and protection be-
fore the law He must have the same polti-
cal privileges; the suffrage should be based
on character and intelligence for white and
black alike. He must have the same public
advantag es Of education; the public schools
are for all the people, whatever their color
or condition. The white men Of the South
should give hearty and respectful considera-
ton to the exceptional men Of the negro ra ce,
TO those who have the character, the ability
and tho desire to be lawyers, ply
sioians teachers. preachers, leaders
Of thought and conduct among
their own men and women. We
should give them cheer ard opportunity
10 crafty every laudahf ambition, ard TO
seek evory innocent satisfaction amclg
their own people. Finally. the hest white
men Of the South should have frequent
conferences with the best colored men,
where in frenl, earnest and sympathetic
discussion. they might understand each
other better, smooth difficulties. ara so
guide md encourage the weaker race
Surely We car all Of us join IN express
ing our substantial groement with thc prin
cipes thus laid down by this North Caro-
lima Bishop. this repre- sentative Of the Chris
tian thought Of the South.
am speaking on the occasion OF the
celebration Of the birthday of Ahraha m
Lincoln, ard TO men who count it their
peculiar privilege that they have the right
10 hold Lircoln's me mory deBr, end the
duty to strive to work along the lines that
he laid down. We can ray most fitting
homage to his memory by doing the tasks
allotted to lis in the spirit in which he did
the infinitely greater and more terrible
tasks allotted TO him.
BE GENEROUS TO THE WHITE SOUTH.
Let US lie teadfast for the right, but Jet
Us err on he side Of generosity rather than
on the side Of vindictiveness toward those
who differ from Us as to the method Of at
tanning the right. Let US never forget our
duty to help in uplifting the lowly, 70 shield
from wrong the humble, and let US likewise
act in a spirit OF the broadcast and frankest
generosity toward all our brothers, all
our fellow-countrymen; in spirit pro-
cecding not from weakness but from
strength. a spirit which takes no moro ac-
count OF locality tran It does Of class or
creed a spirit which is rrsolutely bent
on seeing that the Union which Washington
founded and which Lincoln saved from
destruction shall grow nober and greater
throurho tho cos
believe in this country with all my
heart nd soul. ! believe that our peorle
will in the end rise level TO every need,
will in the end triumph over every diff
Guilty that rises before them. | could not
have such confident faith in the destiny OF
this mighty PEE pie II l had it merely as
regards one rortion Of that people. Through
out our land things on the whole have
grown better and not worse. and this il az
true Of one part Of the country as it Is Of
another l believe in the Southerner as
believe in the Nor'hemer. | clalm the
right to feel pride in his great qualities ana
in his great deeds exactly rs fee! pride IN
the great qualities and deeds of every
other American For veal or for woe we
are knit together, and VIC shall go up or
go down together; and believe that we
shall 60 IN and not down, that we shall go
forward inste d Of hating and falling back,
because / have an abiding faith in tho
generosity, the courage. the resolution and
the common sense Of all my countrynen
The Southern States face difficult prob
lens; and so do the Northern States. Some
OF the problems are the same for the entire
country. Others exist in greater intensity
in one section and yet others exist in greater
intensity in another section. But in the
end they will all be solved; for tundamen-
tally our people are the same throughout
this land; the same in the qualities If heart
and brain and hand which have made TINS
Republic what II IS in the great to-day;
which will make IL what il is TO be IN the
infinitely greater tomorrow. admire and
respect and believe in and have faith IN the
mon and women of the South as ! admire
and respect and believe in and have faith
in the men and women OF the North. All
Of us alike, Northerners and Southerners,
Fasteners and Westerners, can best prove
our fealty to the nations pnst by the way
in which we do the nations work in the
present; for only thus can wc he sure that
our ohildren's children shall inherit Abra-
ham Lncoln's single hearted devotion to
the great unchdnging creed IL righteous
ness exalteth nation.
At the close Of the Presidents speech
there was another uproar, with cheers,
applause and the %aving Of bandkerchefs.
Mr.. Stern then Introduced Senator Deliver
Of Iowa. who said;
Senator Dolllver on Lincoln.
Within less than half century this man,
once dospised. once derided. once dis
trusted and maligned has been trans
figured, in the light Of universal history,
30 that all men, aud all generations Of men,
may see him and make out if possible the
manner Of man he was. His life in this
world was not long less than three score
years, only ten OF them visible above the
dead level OF affairs. Yet into that brief
space events were crowded 80 stupendous
in their ultimate significance that We find
ourselves laying down tho narrative which
records them with strange feeling COM
ing over us that maybe We arc not read
ing about man at all. but about some
mysterious personality. in the hands Of the
higher powers, with n supernatural COM
mission TO help and TO bless the human
race.
AS LAWYER
Some have told us that he was great
lawyer. He was nothing OF the sort. II is
true that he grasped without apparent effort
the principles Of the common law, and his
faculties we're 30 normal and complete that
lie did not need a commentary, nor a copy
Of the Madison papers, thumb marked by
the doubts and fears Of three generations
to make him sure that the men who made
the Constitution were building for eternity.
But he praotised law without III rary,
and ali who were acquainted with him