The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-16

}, casts discredit on the governmer
as well as on the negro. His fire,
dom Is the creation of the goverI
ment, and IL the latter cannot max
good its creative performances
lacks the essential elements OF SUI
cess. But the United States is nc
open to the charge of incapacity
VI such amplitude are its power
that the suspicion Of inefYiciency nev
er enters the mind. The America
people are Qualified to handle ever
question that naturally arises fror
the political activities.
IL the race problem has sprun,
from emancipation, which is the man
hesitation Of the benign and liberat
Ing powers Of the nation. certainl
It's solution does not lie in the aim
mutton Of those powers. To dimin
ish them would be to reduce on
natural or constitutional stature
And the repeal Of the fifteenth
amendment would do that, for 1
was forced by the necessity of tn,
government. We see quite plainl,
then that there is but one solution o.
the race problem, and that Is the cul
tivation or development of the ma
tional sentiment that gave rise tt
II. The education of the negro 4.
nut one OF the means available, and
that Is nothing more than an expert
ment. You may educate him until
ne Is white In the face, and It will
avail nothing II system of politics
In instituted that deprives him OF hi:
constitutional rights. To cultivate
MS mind is to arouse his aspiration.
And with his mental faculties Strong.
er and more alert he would resent
an infringement of the privileges
still more stubbornly. That would
be inevitable.
Educating the Negro Race.
But shall we refuse to instruct
and encourage the negro and deny
him participation in the benefits of
the constitution simply because the
problem OF his relationship seems to
some fraught with difficulty? It Is
no part of our political belief To
withhold enlightenment and narrow
ly circumscribe enfrancbisement. Our
system Of republican government
really does not permit 1t. You can't
deny education and the ballot and at
the same time foster and perpetua.e
constitutional or republican institu-
lions. Then the people individually
and collectively In the government
must extend to the negro advantag-
es. In that is involved the principles
on which republicanism thrives. But
lhe blasting Of political liberty Is no
less involved In the violation OF IL.
The emancipation and enfranchise
ment OF the colored man was accom-
plished or consummated on purely
principles, and the alb
rogation Of enfranchisement. which
,rowns and completes emancipation,
would be vital and crushing blow
o these principles.
1t Is evident beyond question that
n tAe republican party's solution of
ne comprehensive governmental
Is to be found the simple
md sole solution Of the race prob
EN-. 1t Is not particularly, as many
suppose. In the intellectual and spir-
tual education o fthe negro. Schools
md churches he has and, of course
VIII continue to have. But the cur
'icuium OF schools and the doctrines
md association of churches will
lever smooth away the rough fea.
ures OF his relationship to the great
BODY of whites whose population out
numbers his about eight to one. Only
he force of government can do that
And that would be Intellectual IL al
cred or modified In character. III
should be rendered
ess potential by a change of political
parties and the repeal of the fifteenth
the difficulties OF the
ace problem would be multiplied a
,undredfold. And why? Because
t would be reactionary; and what
'veT reacts from a higher to a lower