Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-14
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.,,ce with those Who saw that
sicbt less clearly than he did; his ear
ar,;eavor to do what was best. ana
-. his readiness to accept the best
H.. vas practicable when the ideal
-. was unaltainable: his unceasing
..,r, 10 cure what was evil coupled
-, mis- refusal to make a bad situa-
.,'.1 worsr by any iNjudged or i'll
.f.rDd 4f-ort 10 make it better.
TIL. great Civil War in which Lin
,,,r lowered aS the Hottest figure left
rs rot only a reunited country, hut
c,,rirv which has the proud right to
,.itt as it's own the glory won alike by
,.,e.. who wore the blue ana by those
,,1o wore tn" gray, by those who fol-
l...-i Grant and by those VINO followed
f..: for both fought with equal bra
,.-.- .nd with equal sincerity Of con-
,f,ti w. na-h striving Tor the light as it
,r.e given rI,n to see the light: though
il IS noN clear 10 all that the triumph
Il the clI<r Of freedom and of the
Union %1-; essential to the welfare Of
mankind. We dre now one people a
rrof,.. 18th fai!' rs which We must not
INK. but Z, people with great qualities
j. a-.icA We have the right to feel lust
Ed:t".
All good Americans who dwell in the
North must, because they are good
americans. feel the most earnest
~udShip for their clloW-countrynen
vhn aWcli in the South. friendship
III III" greater because it is in the
SJGtu that We find in its most acute
I.i4Hs. on" of the graVeSt problems be-
FORE our people: the problem of So deal
Ing with tin" man of one color as to Sc
curo lin tn. rights that no one would
gril.l-,. him if II" We're Of another color.
II sniy.. this problem il is of course.
l,"."sslry TO educate him to perform
tie l1ti"s. 4 failure to perform which
n.il render him 4 curse to himself ana
t. III Ir"Ird him.
Most certainly al clear-sighted ana
generous men in the North appreciate
tlo difficulty and perplexity of this
prnIlrn. Sympnthize with the South in
H." embarrassment Of conditions for
which Sh" is not alone responsible. feel
an honest wish to help her where helm
j. practicable. and have the heartipSt
respect for those brave and earnest
u.r nf the South who. in the face OF
fearful difficulties, are doing III that
n'-u can 30 for the betterment alike of
white ana of black. The attitude OF
IT," N"rth toward the negro is far from
What il should be ana there is need
that til" North also should act in good
flth nron the principle of giving to
r.'rh nan What is justly due him. OF
treating him on his worth as Il mLn
granting him no special fiIvors. but
denying him no proper opportunity FOR
lih"r 1uI tn" reward of labor. But
tine peculiar circumstances of the
South render the problem there fan
greater and far more acute.
Neither nor any other man can say
tint any given way Of approaching
That problem will present in our tim,
even an approximately perfect soll,
tiou. hut we can safely say that there
,,ln never j" such solution II all I'M
I"Sg We approach it with the EFFORT t.
Il" fair ma 'Iual justice among al
Ron; and To demand from them i'm re-
turn Just ANA fair treatment for 9th
"rs. our effort should be to secure t.
eirh man Whatever his color, equality
Of opportunity. equality of treatmen
l"'l"r" tie Law. AS Il people striving
Ia ship" our actions i'm accordunc,
Win th. great law of righteousness W'
rn 4" .'tfnl'l "a ,nk" fUIt in on be in
different - tn" oppression or NAL
trratlnor: nr any man who. agains
GI.snit:; disadvantages. has by his oW'l
inluSir.'. energy, seIt-respect. and per
SEVERANCE struggled upward to a posi-
II,n 4 III, IA u a M 10 him n tn.
r.>i.ct of his fellows. if only his SIKH
W"r,' OF - different hue.
E.vnry generous impulse in us revolt
at the thought Of thrusting down in
stead Of helping up such a man. Il
deny any man the fair treatmen
tr'utrd To others no better than he i
I" commit wrong upon nina wron
sur" 10 react in the long run upo
th"s" guilty OF such denial. The onl
s1ir nriHciple upon which American
'7n |ct is that of "all men up" no
to't of "some men down. If in an
community tie level Of Intelligence
morality. ana thrift among the colore
r"n can be raised. it is. humanl
Speaking. sure that the same levt
anmg the whites will he raised to a
even higher degree; and il is no les
sure that the dcb9senent of the black
viii in the end carry with it an atter
dlut drhISempnt of the whites.
tn" problem is so to adjust the reld
tons between two races of difcreT
U'nic type that the rights of neitht
u" abridged nor icopardized; that tn
backward race be trained so that
rEiy enter into the possession of tru
freedom. while the forward race is er
ahlri To preserve unframed the hig
'ivih~Ition wrought out by its fore
lAth RS. Tie working out of tn
problem must necessarily be slow; 1t
rot Possible in off, hand fashion to OF
tain nr 10 confer the priceless boons
t"rt ION. industrial efficiency. polite;
'1Iai;r. ana domestic morality. NJ
Is ii only necessary to train the colore
n,In: it is quite as necessary to trai
TIVE white man. for on his shoulder
r''Nis Wellhiah unparalleled sociolog
chi responsibility 1t Is 4 problem a.
m"u3lH@ the best thought. the utmo
patience. the most earnest effort. Il
hroldaSt charity. of the statesman, II
student. the philanthropist: of II
i0.itirrS Of thought III every departing