The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-04

even social equality which was III
considered and premature"
Social recognition for this ner-
alton at least IS denied: properly 50,
naturally 20. Any attempt % force
h merely complexities the situation
and injuries the cause of the black
man"
Not even a black skin and fiat nos
a Justly caste in this country.
The only solution reserved for rs is
the adoption of these children OF Afri-
ca u our American life. In sv!te
OF oar race feeling. of which the writ
er has his share, they will win equal
lily some time"
\ the memories Of the slave per-
!od fade away the mere fetch Of color
phooia will cease I'd control our society
and marriage may come to be founded
not on the color of the skin. but upon
the common couresies Of life and
upon genuine sympathy Of heart and
mind"
Most Of these expressions have come
IRON men of Southern birth or hos
active in Ogdenism. and have been ut
tered in the presence of negroes.
Transmitted from the top TO the bot
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syeed. they cannot have the mean
Ing TO the negro-the promise Of social
equality, Taught 10 regard themselves
as peculiarly oppressed. but as rally
having the whites of the South under
obligation 10 them. able TO read only
one meaning in education without
distinct Of race and. consequently,
looking 10 a graual application 10 all
education in the South OF the attenipS
al Berea a mixing races in educa-
ton, knowing that representatives OF
O-aenism systematically. by their own
conduct, encourage negroes To aspire
10 social equality, they cannot be
blamed for taking the hope II It's full
worth and defining "prematurity" or
plans for social equality. as ii should
BE defined. But back OF the idea OF
social equality. back in the base or
the Negroes brain. turks the purpose or
misceGenatiOn. by guile or by force.
He, therefore. feels justified in nursing
this terribly mistaken conviction that,
having possessed the and in the heart
OF the South, having re@ained. by force
OF numbers and with cooperation OF
whites sapped OF their seif-rc!!anCe n
self-reSpect, control of the destinies-
Of certain important Southern States,
though without any better qualliiCa-
ton han they had 40 years & q. in
spite of their education their abil-
ity TO read and write. negroes may
proceed. unTebuked. to take unto them
selves as wives the daughters OF the
land.
OF course. NJ Southern man who has
given honest, sincere support 10 the
nriln AnrZ.,nnr. . . ~ ~ nfaG nnu
such tragedy for the negroes AZ hat
involved in such an aspiration. Bu-
the printed and spoken word can have
only one meaninG-especially for the
negro. Deny such purpose As pro
moters of Ogdenism honestly may, it
is impossible to blink IN logical nd
of Ogdenism's tendencies. And the
whites of the country are TO be asked
TO tax themselves for the encourage
ment of the negroes in such fatal
folly.
Careful students r. N-s-:o /
from the time that J. rF g. = #HH 20
what aimleSS but We. "a "E.'.r-
ing at Capon Springs eIA- t- -,
men acquainted with the lives II
~tivities of the dominant element in the
movement, however good their IN
tentions, can view it only as an IN
called for and demoralizing intern
ton of the growth of amicable al
mutually advantageous relations be-
tween the whites and blacks Of The
South and of the growth of the larger
American spirit to which the South
can contribute 50 much. These Stu
dents have criticised it and shall con-
tinue TO criticise il as long as crtti-
cism may be needed In the face CT
Misrepresentation on the part Of indi-
viduals selfishly allied to misguided
Ogdenism, and in spite of misunder-
standing thus ~engendered OF the
of quite a number of Southern men
and women earliest for education,
but mistaken as TO the means. The
critics having the advantage OF access
Utility to many sources OF information,
| North and South. can afford TO await
| the justification Of time in knowledge
Of disinterested labor for the South.
The Southern Farm Magazine would
save the negroes from the dire results
which would follow the continuation
Of a course, and hence this warning.
II is deeply concerned for he best
possible advancement OF the negro
| race and for q condition of affairs
which will lessen instead OF increase
| race hostility. The South believes I'm
proper education Of the negro, but IL
is beginning TO see what Ogdenism
means, and. therefore, there is a grow
ing opposition, 10 TO negro education,
but 10 the Ogdenism brand Of missed
ucation.-SOuthern Farm Magazine.