The San Francisco call., 1905-02-14
BURDEN ON WHITE MAN.

Nor is il only necessary to train the colored
man IL Is quite as necessary 10 train the
white man, for his shoulders rests well
nigh unparalleled sociological responsibility II
is problem 6erna nding the best thought, the
utmost patience. the most earnest effort. the
bfoaocst charity Of the statesman, the stu
dent, the philanthropist; OF the leaders OF
thought in every department Of our national
life The church can be most important fac
tor in solving Il Alright But above all else,
We need for its successful solution the sober.
kindly steadfast unseIhsh performance of
duty by the average plain citizen in his every
day dealings with his fellows.
The ideal OF elemental justice meted out to
every man IS the ideal we should keep ever
before Us. Il viii be many a long day before
We attain 70 IL and. unless we show not only
devotion to IT, but also wisdom and self-re-
straint IN the exhibition Of that devotion. we
shall defer the time for its realization still
further In striving 10 attain TO so much OF
IL as concerns dealing with men Of different
colors we must remember two things.
ln the first place. II is true OF the colored
man. as il is true Of the white man that in
tho long his fate must depend far more
upon his own effort than upon the efforts OF
any outside friend Every vicious, venal, or
ignorant colored man is an even greater Zoe
10 his CWn race than 10 the community as a
whole The coored mans self-respect entities
hin 70 90 that share IN the political work OF
the country which is warranted by his IN
diVidusl ability and integrity and the position
he las for himself. But the prime reQui-
site Of the race is moral ana industrial up
lifting
DUTY FALLS UPON ALL.
Laziness and shiftlessness. these. and above
ALI vice and criminaiity OF every kind, are
evils more potent for harm to the black race
THAI all acts OF oppression Of white men put
together. The colored man who fails to con-
demn crime in another colored man, who
fails to cooperate in all lawful ways ia bring
ing colored criminals TO justice, is the worst
enemy Of his own people, well as an enemy
10 all the people. LaW-abiding black men
should, for the sake Of their race be foremost
IN relentless and unceasing WarfaDe against
Ia aR--brea king black men. If the standards OF
private morality and industrial efficiency can
be raised high enough among the black race,
then its future on this continnet is secure. The
stability and purity Of the home is vital to
the welfare of the black race It is to the
welfare OF every race.
IN the next place the white man. who, IL
only he is willing. can help the coored man
more than all other white men put together,
IS the white man who is his neighbor. North
or South Each Of must do his whole duty
without f1inching. and IL that duty is national
IL must be done in accordance with the prin-
ciples above laid down. But in endeavoring
each to be his brothers keeper II is wise TO
remember that each normally do most
FOR the brother who is his immediate neighbor
j we are sincere friends OF the negro let US
each in his own locality show il by his action
therein, and let us each show IL also by up
holding the hands OF the white man. in what
ever locality who is striving to do justice
20 the poor and the helpless TO be a shield
70 those whose need for such a shield is
great