The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-24

field, and cordial godspeed, the two
races working together for their
mutual benefit and for the do.
velopment Of our common country.
be must ht We liberty, equal opportu-
nifty to make his living, to earn his
Dreau, TO build his home. He must
have justice, equal rights, and pro-
lection before the law. He must
have thn same political privileges; the
suffrage should be based on character
ana 1ntt ll1gence for white and bla,k
alike. He must have the same pub ic
aoVants ges Of education; the pubic
schools ara for all the people, whit.
ever their color or condition. The
|hite n.en Of the south should give
hearty and respectful considerati On
20 the exceptional men of the negro
race, to those who have the character.
the ability and the desire to be law.
yers, physicians, teachers, preache rs,
leaders OF thought and conduct among
their own men and women. We
should give them cheer and opportu.
nifty to crafty every laudable am oi.
tlnn, and to seek every innocent sat.
is.sction among their own people.
Finally. the best white men of the
sc nth should have frequent confer
er ces with the best colored men,
wnere, In frank, earnest, and sympa.
ttet!c discussion they might undsr
stand each other better, smooth difl
culties, and 80 guide and encourage
the weaker race
Surely we can oil OF US join In ex-
pressing our substantial agreement
with the inciples thus laid down by
this North Carolina bishop, this rep
resentative Of the Christian thought
OF the south.
BELIEyEs IN THE soUTHERNER.
Throughout our land things on
the whole have grown better and not
worse. and this is as true OF one part
OF the country as 1t Ii Of another. /
believe ip the sOutherner as I believe
in the northerner. claim the right
to feel pride in his great qualities and
tics aud in his great deeds exact.
ly az feel pride in the great quail.
and deeds OF every other American.
For veal or woe We are knit together,
and We shall 60 ur or down together;
and l believe that we shall go up and
not down, that we stall 60 forward
| instead Of halting and falling back,
because have an abiding faith N the
generosity, the courage, The resolu-
| tion, and the common sense OF all MY
countrymen.
The Southern states face difficult
prn5lems; and so do the northern
states. Some OF the problems are the
same for the entire country. Others
exist In greater intensity in one se,.
tion; and yet others exist in greater
intensity In another section. But In
the end they will all be solved, for
fundamentally our people are the
same throughout this land the ss.me
In the qualities Of heart and brain
and hand which have made this re.
public what 1t s in the great today;
which will make it what it is to be in
the Infinitely greater tomorrow.
ADMIREs THE SOUTH.
admire and respect and believe
In and have faith In the men and
women OF the south, as 1 admire and
respect and believe in and have faith
In the men and women of the north.
All OF us alike, northerners and
southerners, easterners and western
ers, can best prove our fealty to the
nations past by the way In which we
do the nations work In the present
for only thus can we be sure that our
children's children shall Inherit a bra.
ham Lincoln's single-hearted devotion
to the great unchanging creed that
'r1ghtt business exalte tn nation"