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.
He must have liberty, equal opportu.
nifty to make his living, to earn bis
bread, to build his home. He must
have Justice, equal rights, and pro-
tec5lon before the law. He must
have tho same political privileges; the
suffrage should be based on character
and tutt lligence for white and bla,k
alike. lie must have the same pub lc
advantages OF education; the public
sohoois are Tor all the people, Whit
ever their color or condition. The
white men Of the south should give
hearty and respectful considerable IN
20 the exceptional men OF the nee 70
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 Of.
ton, and to seek every innocent sat-
is'ection among their own people.
Finally, the best white men OF the
sc nth should have frequent conf ,r-
er ces with the best colore1 men,
where, In frank, earnest, and sympa.
ttet!c discussion they might under
stand each other better, smooth din.
culties, and 80 guide and encourage
the weaker race
Surely we can all OF us join in ex-
pressing our substantial agreement
with the p inciples thus laid down by
this North Carolina bishop, this rep
resentative of the Christian thought
OF the south.
BELIEVES 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 Is of another.
believe In the southerner as 1 believe
in the northerner. I claim the right
to feel pride In his great qualities and
tics aud in his great deeds exact
ly as | feel pride in the great quail.
and deeds Of every other American
For veal or woe we are knit together,
| and We shall go ur or down together;
and believe that we shall go up and
not down, that We shall go forward
( instead Of halting and falling back,
because have an abiding faith in the
generosity, the courage, the resolu-
tion, and the common sense OF all nv
countrymen. -e--~.-
''Th southern states face difficult
nr-3!ems; and so do the northern
states Some Of the problems are the
same for the entire country. Others
exist In greater intensity in one seq.
tion; aud 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 same
in the qualities Of heart and brain
and hand which have made this re.
public what it Is in the great today;
which will make 1t what it is to be in
the infinitely greater tomorrow.
ADMIREs TUE SOUTH.
Il admire and respect and believe
IN and have faith In the men and
women OF the south, as l admire and
respect and believe In and have faith
IN the men and women of the north.
All Of us alike, northerners and
southerners, eaSterpers and western.
ers, can best prove our feslty 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
| righte BUSINESS exalte tn natlon.'"