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I vtction. his own notion as to what
7 those privileges should be To him
/ political equality means social equal
/ tty. And what social equality means
I 70 him is something not for these
I pages To- discuss.
The question Is covered when Il Is
stated that the white population of
4 the South Is an armed population.
when Il Is said that the fifteenth
amendment has forced upon a splen-
I did portion Of America vast. un-
mentionablc horror. n vast lawiess-
ness socalled. vast unsOlvahle
problem. vast industrial waste.
vast unhappiness. But Il has
not forced upon tho white race
the first thought Of submission TO
that amendment and It's conse-
Quences. We white men OF the North
would say that just as much as the
white men ~ the South. did We live
where they do mad as they do. The
attitude of Northern ignorance-the
Roosevelt II we cared looseiy and IN
Justly to turn a phrase-means mis-
cry for tho whites and misery for the
blacks. The Nardaran idea Is that
this Is an intolerahie situation. and
one which ought to be remedled BY
the law
vardarsr States Position.
II Is most fair that Governor Var.
daman should be quoted on this head
In his own words These can best BE-,
found in his inaugural address in
which he frankly took up matters
which he had discussed upon the
stump. He spoke a. follows in re-
gard To the education of the negro.
Thus far what I have said on the
subject OF education has been with
reference solely TO the white chill
dren. What shall We do with the ne
gro7 Certainly tho education suited
Ia the white child does not suit the
negro. This has been demonstrated
by forty years Of experience. and the
expenditure in the southern States
OF nearly three hundred millions OF
dol ars 1t was natural. and quite
reasonable. Immediately after the
civil war, especially by those who
had made but a superficial study OF
the negro. TO expect that freedom.
equal educational facilities and the
example OF the white man. would
have the effect OF improving his NOR
ais. and make a better man OF him
generally. But it has not am sorry
To say. As a race he Is deferiurating
morally every day Time has dem
onstratcd thar he is more criminal as
free man than as a slave. and that
he is increasing in criminality with
fearful rapidity. You can
scarcely pick up newspaper whose
pages are not hlaCkencd with the ac-
count Of an unmentionabie crime
commiied by a negro brute. and this
crime. / want To Impress upon you,
Is but the manifestation OF the ne
groes' aspiration for social equality.
encouraged largely hv the character
of the free education in vogue. which
the state Is levying tribute upon the
white man 10 maintain.
What shall be done about IL
Surely something must be done The
white pcope OF Mississippi canot sit
idly by without making an effort at
least to arrest this destructive ten
dency. The State for many years. af
great expense To the taxpayers. has
maintained a system OF negro educa-
tion. which has produced dissppoint-
ing results. and am opposed to the
psrpetuatina OF that system Ny
own idea is that the character Of the
education for the negro ought 10 be
changed. II after forty years Of
earnest effort. and the expenditure
Of fabulous sums of money to eiu-
cate his head. We have only succeed
- in 1T ..
impairing his usefulness and eflciea-
cy as a lahoreT. wisdom would sus
gest that We make another expert
ment. and see If we cannot improve
him by educating his hand and his
heart.
There must be n moral substratum
upon which 10 build. or you cannot
make desirable citizen. The negro
race Is devoid of that element.
Slavery is the only process by which
he has ever been even partially civ
ilized God Almighty created the ne
gro for a menial-he is essentially a
servant. In every age of the world :
history IL has been shown that his
civilization will last only so long as
he is under control of the superior
race that inculcated H. When left
10 himself he has universally gore
back to the baFbarism of his native
iungles. Wdile a few mixed breeds
ami freaks of the race NAV possess
qualities which justify them to aspire
above that station. the fact stin re-
mains that the race is NJ for that and
nothing more At any rate. that is
all he will ever accomplish in Mis-.
afa - -. in
will ii be in all OF the States ulti-
mately.
The white man will not and
should not share sovereignty and do
minion with him
Those are pointed words. are they
not, You cal them the words OF a
negro haterg How much keener are
they than those OF Abraham Lincoln
himself who. even more than Theo-
dore Roosevelt. is accepted as the
friend OF the black man in America.
In his speech Of September II. 1858.
Abraham Lincoln spoke as follows.
Il am not. nor ever have been. in
favor OF bringing about in any way
the social and political equality OF
the white and black races. am not.
@oA tttA hdft R@+AE ~ Aahtt VI AAAeAA
ing voters or jurors of negroes. nor
OF qualifying them To hold Office. nor
to intermarry with the white people:
and will say in addition to this. that
there is a physical difference between
the white and the black races which
believe will forever forbid the two
races living together on terms Of so
cial and political equality And. in
asmuch as they cannot so live. while
they do remain together there must
be the position OF superior and in
ferior, and |. as much as any other
man. am in favor Of having the SUI
perior position assigned 10 the white
race"
Did you know that Abraham Lin
coin ever said those words? II Lin
coin were alive today. with his great.
kind heart. his great fair brain, what
would be his attitude on the race
question of today? How far would
he be from touching shoulders with
the SO-calied negro hafer Eardaman