New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Continued from preceding page.

Of enother II is as .rue for the Negro for
the white man. The white man. IL he is wise.
VIII decline TO allow the Negroes in mass 10
grow 10 manhood and womanhood without edu-
cation Cnqucstionahly education such as is OBJ
tsined i'm our puhlir schools does not do every
INNS toward making man a sood cltlzeh' out
Il docs much. The lowest and most brutal GRIM
1nals, those for instance. who commit the crime
or rape are IN the great majority men VINO
hsve had either education or very little; just
as they are almost invariably men VINO own 10
properly; for the man who puts ihoner by out OF
ms earnings. like the man who acquires educa-
don, is usually lifted above mere brutal GRIM
tnality.
of course the best type Of education for the
colored man, taken whole. is such education
as is conferred in schools hhe Hampton and
Tuskegee where The boys ard girls, the young
men and youEg women, are trained indust'ielly
well in The ordinary public school
branches. The graduates Of these schools turn
out well in the gre2; majority OF cases, ana
hardly any of them become criminals. while
what little crimindty there is never takes the
form Of that brutal violence which invites lNnch
law. Every graduate of these schools sand for
the matter of that, every other colored man or
Nronaan-who leads a lfe useful and honor
able as win the good will and respect Of those
whites whose neighbor he she is. thereby
helps ths whole colored race as ii can he Eelped
in nc other way: for, rcXt te the Negro himself
The man who car 40 most to help the Negro Is
his white neighbor who lives near him; ana our
steady effort should he 10 better the relatioHs
between the two. Great though the heheht 90
these schools has been 10 THEW coIored pupils
and 10 the colored people it may well be cues
toned whether the benefit has not been at least
as great the white people among whom these
lolored pupils live after they graduate
Be fl remembered. Furthermore tnat the IN,
dividuals who whether from folly from eVil
temper, from greed for office, or in spirit o,
mere base denla gogy, indulge in The lnfamina-
tory and incendiary speeches anu WRITINGS Whlch
tend 10 arouse mohs and 10 bring about lynch
ing, not only thus excite the mob, but also tend
BY what criminologists cali suggestion greatly
20 increase the likelihood OF a Tepelttlon OF lhe
very crime against which they are tnveighing
When the mob IS composed of the people OF one
race and the man lynched IS of another race
sitfer excite Justify the action tend, OF course
to excite bitter race feeling and to cause the
people of the opposite race 10 lose slght or tne
aboIninable act Of The criminal himselt ana. IN
addition. by the prominence they give 10 the
;eideous deed they undoubtedly yend to excite IN
cther brutal and depraved natures thousnts ..
cnnr.;,fring q Swift relentless and orderly
punishment under the law is the only wa? ny
rhtch cTnHnality of This type can petinaheI''s
In aealias with both labor and capital. with
the questions affecting both corporations ana
trades unorE there Is one mater t,oIe ta,
porialt 40 iei.eII.De -
Capita! and Labor. aught else, and thal IS inc ne
infinite harm done Dy
,,ra.cb.rs NJ ,,l.ra discontent. These are the
men who seek 10 excite - violent class halreu
against All men Of wealth. They seek 10 turn
wise aad proper movements for the better con-
trni of ccrporafions and for doing away WIN
the .i,,,saS connected with wealth into a cam
,c:e,, az l,vstericai excitement and falsehood. IN
which The aim is TO inhame to madness the
brutal passions OF mankind. The sinister Geilla-
f-~s1les end foolish Missionaries VINO are AWAY
slruction sometimes seek TO assocIs.-e ass t, l.eIIl
g selves with those working for genuine reform
in governmental and social melloca IN" ii. 9oii;.
times masquerade such reforms ; lh fetll's
they are the wors. enemies of the cause hie;
profess TO advocate, just az the purNeH2ts o.
ationai slanGcr IN ne"Spale- 'l IASe''%i-
ere thn worst enemies Of all men who are en-
gagged i'm an honest effort TO better Wha' Is bau
IN our social and governmental! conditions 10
preach hatred of The rich man as such 10 err!
on a campaign OF slander and lnNectNe aS.tllHl
him to seek to inislead and lnhame TO madness
"a
have not the kind Of mental training when VIII
permit them To appreciate the danger III Iii"
doctrines preached-all this Is 10 COMMIT
crime against The body polite and to be falSc
10 every worthy principle and tfadltloh oI
American national life. Moreover Whlle SUI, suGh
preaching and such aSliall"n may CIV H
hood and a certain noJoriety 20 som" OF those
who take part in il. and may result IN me lehl-
porary political success of others ~ lhe 4oIs
run every such movement win eithef fail or else
will provoke a violent reaction. when VIII llselt
-esull not merely in undoinG the lnlschleI
wrought by the demago and the agitator.
but also in undong the good that the honest re
former the true uphoidtr oi popuia" rlshlS' Nas
psinfully and abOriouSly achieved
rorItDiion is never so rife as in communities
where The demagosue ana the aeitator bear Ia;
SWAY. because in such communities all mofa4
bands become loosened. ANA hEslella ana ser
sarionalism replace the spirit Of sound ludB-
rnent and fair dealing between man and man.
IN sheer revolt against the squahd anarchy tiiuH
produced men are sure IN The end TO turn low
ard any leader who can restore order. ana lneh
their relief al being free rom the ntoleTdplt
burdens OF class hatred. violence and dema-
cogv Is such that they cannot for some time De
aroused TO indignation against misdeeds by men
of wealth: so that they permit new grown OF
the very abuses which were in part responsible
for The original outbreak The one hope for
success for people lies in resolute ana rear
less bur sane and cool headed advance along
the path marked out last year by this very CON
rreSs. There must be stern refusa! 10 De ms
led into following either that base creature VINO
appeals and panders TO the lowest instincts ana
psssions IL order 10 arouse one set OF AllleIl-
cans against their fellows or that other creature
11Srh haE a
greed, TO accumulate or add 10 an alfeaGy
huge fortune, seeks TO exploit hs feloW Alherl
cans with callous disregard 10 their welfare OF
eoul and body. The man who depauches oInefS
IN order 20 obtain a high office STANDS on an
evil equality of corruption with the man VINO
hebauches others for financial profit; and when
hatred is sown the crop which springs up can
only be evil.
The plain people who think-the mechanics
farmers merchants. workers with head or hand
Che men TO whom American traditions are Gear
who love their country and try TO act decenuy
nv their neighbors, owe IL TO themselves 10 re-
remper that The most damaging blow that can
be given popular government is to elect an un-
worthy and sinister agitator on platform OF
violence and hypocrisy Whenever such an
sssue is raised in this country nothing can be
ssfned by ninching from 1t, for in such case
democracy Is itself trial, popular self-govern-
--,orG under republican forms is itself trial
The triumph of the mob is just as evil thing
as the triumph OF the plutocracy ana 10 nave
esranad one danger svais nothing whatever n
~e sl,ceIrnb 10 the other. in the end the honest
man whether rich poor, who earns MS own
Ses as n,uch 70 fear from the insincere and
unworthy denas sogue, promising much and per
forming nothing, else performing nothing but
evil, who would set on the mon 10 pluhoer the
rich as from the crafty coTrupuonlst Who' ror
his own ends, would permit the common people
tc be exploited by the very wealthy. II we ever
let This government fall into the hands Of men
of either OF these TWO classes, we shall snow
ourselves false TO Americas past. Moreover,
she demagogue and the corrupuonist often work
hand in hand. There at this moment
wealthy reactionaries OF such obtuse morality