The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-23
SEPARATION IN
THIS COUNTRY
Stirring Address of Bishop
Lawrence at Banquet of
New England Society.
STATES RIGHTS DOCTRINE
SUBJECT TREATED FROM SOUTH.
ERN STANDPOINT.

= New York, Dec. 22-With three gov
-ernors, two college presidents, an ad-
pliral of the United States navy, a bish-
CD and distinguished explorer as its
principal guests. the New England So
clety of New York tonight celebrated
its 101st anniversary at d banquet at
The Waldorf-Astoria. Among the guests
We're John MoLane, governor of New
Hampshire; Henry Roberts, governor
of Connecticut; William T. Cobb, gov
-ernor of Maine; DR.. Edwin A Alder
man, president of the University of Vir-
ginia; Right Rev. DR.. William Law
renee, bishop of Massachusetts,: Rob-
ert K. Peary and Rear Admiral Joseph
T. Coghlan, L. S. N. The toast Fore
fathers Day" was responded to by
Bishop Lawrence. ''Seetionalism and
nationality" was the topic assigned to
President Alderman. Commander Peary
told of ''The Farthest North
= Bishop Lawrence said:
Religion is in the hearts and lives of
the people and in the churches. The
state has nothing to fear and every
thing to gain by the recognition and
protection of religion in the people.
What the people and the state have
To stand for Is this: There shall be no
meddlins by prelate, priest. minister or
layman, whether from Rome or Boston
or Washington; whether Protestant or
IAplklolAlSl OT WITH ln6 pOnCy,
officers. taxes, schools Or legislation of
village, city. state or nation. And as
our president has reiterated, there shall
be no meddling by city, state or ma
tional officials, nor any inducement for
meddline, with the work, policy or faith
OF any church whose teachings are not
injurious to the morals of the people,
Question of State Rights.
On state rights. President Alderman
said:
''The doctrine of state rights as ne
eessity OF popular government is again
engaging the thought CT this republic.
because mightier forces than war are
vitalizing this old issue under new
form Those who understand it best and
love it dearest and will fight for 1t long
est are those who live in the states
where devotion to it once had power to
separate them from a country they han
fought to found. There is nothing
Stranger or more interesting in politi-
cal history than the recurrence of this
best loved Dogma of the south as ne
cessary to federal union and human
freedom. If, as Mr.. Root thinks, the
struggle is on between the growing
power of the federal government and
the decreasing authority of the states,
You can count on the southerner to be
on the side of maintaining the just bal
ance, for no American sees more clear
~ than he just what is the vital spot
in the liberty of q state. 1 interpret
Mr.. Roots speech as a prophecy and a
warning rather than as a plea for CEN
traliZatiCn- The drift that way is un-
questioned. Will the states let rne urIrt
continue?
when race riot occurs there are
Sutcries and loud voices and singing
of the heart. dare TO say that the pec-
Die of the south are handling the prob
lem Of the African as wisely as any peo-
pie could hope TO do in the first gener-
alton of American freedom and in a
time of human foment and struggle IN
all lands. Upon the south rests the
burden Of the African and the problem
of the integrity of the race, as upon
New England rests the burden of as
Stimulating the Disconnected and aspir-
ing of all lands.
''Will the age-long antagonism be-
tween New England and the south ever
end2 They are peoples OF long memo
ries, of Stiff necks, and perhaps will
never lie down in lion and Iamb-like
fashion. nor is that necessary or desir-
able for the stability of the republic or
the grandeur of its ideals. Fate once
drove them to war for their ideals of
Amerieanism. As the struggle for lib
crty takes on new phases fate may
bring them to understanding and SYM
pathy"