The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-12
WATCH YOUR
UTTERANCES
Washington's Advice to
Negroes.
SPEAKS OF RACE TROUBLES
Tuskegee Negro Tells Northern
= Blacks to Be Careful.
Urges Them Not To Say and do Things
In the North They Would
Fear To Try
SPEAKS OF RACE TROUBLES

New York. Oct, 1.-THE annual ses-
sion of the National Afro American
Council which has been In session here
was brought to a close tonight with
services in Zion church.
Booker r. Washington made the
principal address. He took for his
subject The requirement of citizen
ship The church was CROWDED.
large number OF those in attendance
being from the Southern States. In
part the speaker said:
Booker WashingtOn's speech.
In the season Of disturbance and ex'
citement. If others yield to the tempta-
lion of losing control OF their JudS-
rlent and give way to passion ana
prejudice, let us. as race. teach tho
world that We have learned the great
lesson of calmness and self-control:
that we are determined to be governor
by reason rather than by feeling. Our
victories in the past have come to us
through our ability to be calm ana
patient often viii" enduring great
wrong.
Again, am most anxious. and
know that In this I speak the senti-
mcnt Of every conservative member
of our race. that our race everywhere
bear. the reputation Of law-abtding and
law-respecting people. If others would
DER foot, let us keep and respect 1t and
teach our children to follow our ex-
ample.
In this respect what | have urged
on a resent occasion. every iota OF in
fuence that we possess should be used
to get rid of the criminal and loafng
element Of our people and to max"
decent, law abiding citizens.
To the members Of my race VINO re-
side in the Northern States. let me ut
ter the caution that in your enthusi-
astic desire to be Of service to your
brethren in the South. you do not make
their path more thorny and difficuls
by rash and incorporate utterances.
Before giving advice to the negro IN
the South, the negro in the North should
be very sure that what he advises ~
that which he himself would be willing
| to take into the heart OF the south
and put into practice. BE carefui not
| to assist In lighting fire which you
will have no ability to put out
Some may think that the problems
with which we are graphing will b.,
better solved by Inducing millions OF
our people to leave the South for resi-
dence in the North but l warn you that
instead of this Icing a solution. 1t Will
but add to the complications OF the
problem
(redt 10 WnUe Num-
While condemning the giving or
prominence to the work of mobs in the
South. we should not fall to give dun
credit to those of the white race who
stood manfullv and couraGeously on
the side of law and order during the
recent trying ordeals through which
this section of our country mas been
.passing During the racial disturb
ances the country very seldom near ;
of the bravo and heroic acts OF a GER
tain element of Southern white people
whose deeds are seldom heralded
through the press:
The indiscriminate condemnation OF
All white people on the part OF any
member of our race is a sulcidal an"
dangerous policy We must learn to
discriminate. We have strong frlenus
both in the South and in the North altd
we should emphasizes and magnify tEd
efforts of our friends more than that III
those who wish us evil.
I have said we must differentiate be-
tween white people In the South. we
cannot afford to class them our enc
mics for there are many VINO are oui
friends. The country must also learn
to diffcrentiate between plack people,
II ir a mistake to place all IN the sam"
| class when referring 10 LABOR hoiaiil'
~, general conduct. There is vicious
I,ss ,h,t disgraccs us: there is also
y worthless class which should always
r. ceiye commentator. Further, w"
must frankly face the fact that the
Great body Of our people are TO dwel
in the south and any policy that does
rot seek to harmonize Inc Two ract'
and cement them, is unWlse ana oah
gerous. 4, ,,.o.
,,.l civic. educatiopal. moral and re-
lirious world is what makes races
Great Any child can cry ana tret' pu'
il requires a fun grown mar, to crea real -
.onetruct Let mo implore you 20
roach the members If our race every
where that they must become III an
increasing degree, creators OF 'h'iF own