The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-18
!ll65O OIOr6d MdnI1I|ilIiIJh6 South

Gonceptio Oh freedot1 Of politics. oil
social relations, and 81 many o.her
things for wMctt both races i 4
Ing the penalty nov. war was d
terrible afftctions but Tie reeonstrac.
ton was hardly less terrible. As be.
tween the gcarpet.bagser and Ind KIu.
klnx, the Inter were the most yios
lent and bloodthlrsty But the IL
iescts O. the former probably beas the|
most enduring evil fruits. One II
these vas the wrong Classification ii
the negro, and the mistake Of starting
him on the wrong lines. The idea
that freedom meant eyerything In.
time came tos him With i bitter IL,
quence. After the younger ones had
neglected 10 learn habits 81 industry
and M thoroughneas the whole South
found q new and dificult task con.
fronting both the white and lie blacb
man. Fortunately, such intelligent
colored men as Booker Washington
met the situation with one proper o
luton In the training school. III il
not too much y sayisof Booker vash.
ington that he lsy holding j tlrst place
among the leaders % men. ii does
not natter that the race he leads II
the coloared one When his work h.
summed IN he u.s. found to- be eleyat.
Ing hts kind 10 aabstanaai plane
far above hat on which he inds II,
and both races will be under perpet-
llal obligation to HIM
The matter Of education III he
South Sls making Commensurate prog.
5tess., and the colored children share
Y the benefits Charles Rs Aycocs
The retiring governor Il North earo.
lima Il, In q little talk id the children
Of Southern Pines last aprfhg, said
Il was the$eambitlon 81 His adninis.
|tratlon 10 make ltgpossible for every
child in the State, white oF biack. to
hayelssa chance 10 81 school. The
Whole South has been Under sdisad,
yHallnttage In stle way of schools: but
the tide has turned and tile school:
house idea Spreading
q! colirse$t the school house does not
put The black man on tic social OF
political footing ii tlfe white, ghe
preindicesth n exists mas assfgned The
negro ~ subordinate place III cheese
two respects Hegis disfranehised.
and an ethical view Ut The aAbiocs
might argue that he las moral right
to voice In The government hut
he does not suffer from Tie loss III
the privilege "a voting ans more tl,an
the g women ofS the North do Nor ii
there any reasonsto suppose tint he
would be better governed ID hi took
q hanl$himselfst lin niaKing line laws.
AsSit5s is the South settling The
race question ii 4 way that seems
best TO hose who are closest 10 il.
md probably doing lar better Tor
ipotht& White black man than Is i'm.
aglnledt by those TOO far away TO note
the progress. The best evidence that
the methods are fairly right is that
The races Get along better here In
tl1,sSS South, where they are ii closest
contact 1Il,et than IA the NORTH. where
the negroes are few oc~casionnlly a
lyn4cahtitntg takes place In the South
Where there are some eight million
negroes; and oceasionalis one takes
place in Illinois. Ohio, Indiana, New
Jersey, Delaware and elsewhere.
where here there are bnt lev: But dis
horrible practice, which b d reiicso
the yslhaWlessness that came Win the
war var e dying out, Just sas Fufianisni is
in IN the West, where II once was com,
mon lp:ll The coloredsm man b afnecessiiy
TO the South, andlshe and The white
man are getting onsyery well togelA,
e g, with better prospect ahead.
Y bon "a BUTLERs
Southern Pines " 9.
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