The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-02-23

AmerlcanS can act Is that OF all men up"
community the level of Intelligence, NOR
aity and thrift among the coiored men
can be raised. 1t is, humanity speaking.
will be raised to an even thigner degree:
and 1T is no less sure that the debasement
OF the blacks VIII aTthe4ena &c r.sszs@Ht II
an attendant debasement of the whites.
The problem is so to adjust the rela-
tons between two races of different ethnic
type that the rights of neither be abridged
nor jeoparded; that the backward race
be trained SO that 1t may enter into the
possession of true freedom, while the for
ward race is enabled to preserve unframed
the high civilization wrought out by Its
forefathers. The working out of this
problem must necessarily be slow, 1t is
mo- possible in offhand fashion to OBJ
tain or to confer the priceless boons of
freedom. industrial efficiency, political ca
pacity. and domestic morality. Nor is it
only necessary to train the colored man;
it Is quite as necessary to train the white
nigh unparalleled sociological responsible
ity. 1t is a problem demanding the best
thought, the utmost patience, the most
earnest effort, the broadcast charity, of the
statesman, the student. the philanthropist;
of the leaders of thought in every depart
ment OF our national life. The church can
Alright. But above all else we need for its
successful solution the sober. kindly. stead
fast, unseltish performance Of duty by the
average plain citizen in his everyday deal
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The True Ideal.
The ideal of elemental justice meted out
to every man is the ideal we should keep
ever before US. 1t will be many a long
day before we attain to it, and unless we
show not only devotion to it, but also
OF that devotion. we shall defer the time
Tor us realization stilf further. In striv-
ing 70 attain to SO much of it's as concerns
dealing with men of different colors, we
nllS EHfnpn1har- WA f1Sfp orc LE.
IN the first place, it is true of the col
pred man. as 1t is + of the white man,
that IN the long run his fate must depend
far more upon his own effort than upon
the efforts OF any outside friend. Every
VICIOUS, Henal or ignorant colored man is
an even greater fee to his own race than
TO Sne community as a whole. The colored
mans self respect entities him to do that
share In the political work of the country
when IS warranted by his individual abil-
won for himself. But the prime reoui-
site Of the race is moral and Industrial
uplifting.
The Most Potent Evils.
Laziness and shiftlessness, these, and
above all, vice and criminality of every
KIND, are evils more potent for harm to
of white men put together. The colored
man who fails to condemn crime in anoth-
eli er Goiored man, who fails to cooperate in
mails to justice, is the worst enemy of his
own people, as We'll as an enemy to all the
people. Law abiding black men should.
LOT me sake of their race, be foremost nj;
~relentlesS and unceasing warfare against
la" breaking black men. If the standards
OF private morality and Industrial eff,
f tba 6, can be raised high enough among
tne black race, then its future on this con-
tineht IS secure. The stability and purity
u tIe nome Is vital to the welfare of the
plack race, as it is to the welfare of every
race.
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In the next place the white man, who
If only he is willing, can help the colored
man more than all other white men put
r oaiehho. Is the white man who is his
must do his whole duty without fincling
and If that duty is national il must be
q bnva N Ia,a a%c Sonea with the principles
to be his brothers keeper it is wise to re-
member that each can normally do most
LOT the brighter who is his immediate
negro let us each in his own locality show
1t by his, action therein. and let us each
snow 1t also by upholding the hands of the
t m" s%tTivi man; IN Whatever locality, who
helPless, to be a shield to those whose
need FOR such a shield is great.
70 ne nearfiest acknoWledgments are due
ol1ceTs. the grand %juries. the public men.
ana the great daily newspapers in the
s1utE, VINO nave recently done such effec-
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iynchlns IN the south; and l am glad to
sds ina curing the last three months the
returns, as lar as can be gathered, show a
smaller number of lynchings than for any
other Two months during the last twentv
years. Let us uphold in every way the
mar OF the men who have led in this
IN this spirit. I am about to quote from
the address of the Ri. Rev. Robert
H,rahge' bishop coadjutor of North Caro-
ma; as given in the Southern Churchman
october S, 1904.
ne nlshop first enters an emphatic plea
asainst any social intermingling of the
.oe left to the people Of each community
10 settle for themselves, as in such a mat
no one community-and indeed no one
u dictate to any other, al
keep In mind the fact that there must be
mo iio o1drsag of civil privileges with so
social ,i, nrsct1rse Civil law cannot regulate
unto Itself and will always regulate it's
own practices and habits. Full recogni-
w. % tne fundamental fact that all men
SafdS evil privileges. in no wav inter
Ieres with recognition of the further fact
United 81 il rss as,f men Of both races are
maintained. The bishop continues:
Bishop %stranee's Appeal.
What should the white me, Of tho
s3utn 90 Tor the negro? They must give
a Tree hand. a fair field and a cordial
.oo9Peeu, the TWO races working together
loi tnelr mutual benefit and for the de-
Ne!op'neht OF our common country. He
must nave liberty. equal opportunity to
MAKE MS living, to earn his bread, 10
oulid ms home. He must have Justice,
equal rights and protection before the Jaw
tie must nave the same political privileges.
ne su1rage should be based on character
ana intelligence for white and black alike,
must nave the same political privi-I
eyes; or education; the public schools are
LOT all people, whatever their color or con. !
Iiloh; Inc white men of the south should
sIHe nearly and respectful consideration
~ the exceptional men of the negro race. ,
~ those VINO have the character. the abil-E
~ ana the desire to be lawyers. phvsi-
.idns, teachers, preachers, leaders of
.nousnt and conduct among their own
men and women. We should give them
snesr ana opportunity to CRAFTY every
auaaple ambition. and to seek every limo
MI is SATISFACTION among their own people.
: may; tne best white men of the south
should nave frequent conferences with the
pest coiored men where. in frank. earnest
mo sympathetic discussion. they might
ihuerstand each other better, smooth diff
lcmltles, and so guide and encourage the
A Platform for All.
surely we can all of us Join in exrress-
ils our substantial agreement with the
thus laid down by this North
.aroiiila bishop, this representative of the
thought of tho south