The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
As to Amalgamanon.

As to amalgamation, which seems to
haunt Mr.. Dixon in his dreams, south
ern white man should approach that SUBJ
ject with misgiving and shame writ
ten on his every feature. For more
than 200 years amalgamation of the
two races has been going on at
the south (today unabated) with the
Dixon clan the aggressors in every stage
Of its advance. and yet ne, at this late
day, has the insolence to prattle about
the corruption Of their racial chara cter,
as tho 1t had never been furnished by
white man; alarmed as If it were some-
thing new about to take place under
southern skies, when, in fact it Is as old
as the nation, and has grown steadily
with it's growth. ,.,@. ....-.- e ..-.
Mr.. Dixon says: ''No amount of edu-
cation Of any kind, industrial, classical or
religious, can make negro white
man. Perhaps not but the Dixon clan
have less expensive plan of doing that!
About one-third of the so-called negro
population of the south are SO bleached
out that it Is difficult to tell whether they
are more Saxon or more negro. ...-.
What the Negro Has Done.
Mr.. Dixon asks: What contribution
to human progress have the millions of
| Africans who inhabit this planet made
during the past 1000 years?" He retorts
| with all the vindictiveness at his COM
| mand, absolutely nothing Has Mr.
Dixon never heard Of, or has he forgotten,
| that Bishop Cyprian was a full FLOODED
| negro, with crisp hair and thick lips and
a native Of Africa? Nor yet of Bishop
Hippo. genuine Cushite negro, also ma
tive Of Africa. Hippo was man Of great
learning. author Of more than two hun
dred separate treatises on theological
| S1hiectc nNho oroforf oh tod ~ ~,
and state Of Morne, Herodotus says, was
a community Of negroes. Whether this
be admitted or desired, they came within
| the jurisdiction of Mr.. Dixon's sweeping
criticism, and my contention Is unassailed
they were natives Of Africa and under
| the bane Of Mr.. Dixon's wrath.
DR.. Prichard, Sir William Jones, Pick
ering and others whose authority or
| chronological subjects will not be ques-
toned deny the inherent inferiority Of the
negro race and its inability to cope with
other races unde. like circumstances
Mr.. Dixon sneeringly refers to a com.
| parison of the condition Of the Jew and
the condition Of the American negro
which Washington makes, which shows
the spirit Of the man. He says 'the Jew
has not been assimilated into our civi
and social life because of his money
| Every candid observer Of affairs know:
that is exactly why he has been assimi
| lated
As to Intermarriage. -..-
Mr.. Dixon says: Frederick Douglass
spent a life in bombastic vituperation o
the men whose genius created the Ameri
can republic, and at last achieved tn
climax Of negro sainthood by marryin,
a white woman" Common decency, a
least, would have spared the man who's
lips are now forever silent and caree
ended But. which would have been tn
greater crime in the sight Of heaven-t
marry the woman he loved according t,
the laws Of God and civilized society a
Douglass did. tho she was of another race
or have lived wrongful life with her a
hundreds-yes, thousands-of souther
\ men have done for two centuries wit
negro women without the sanction of Law
human or divine? The negro naturall
prefers his own race for wife and com
=, partnership, all things being equal, blu
J marriage is a personal matter. He re
! fuses dictation as to who he shall or sha
, not marry. In the state of Massachu
: lsetts, where the negro enjoys greater lib