The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-05
NEGRO MUST BE DEPENDENT Governor Northen Talks
 of Race Problem. SOUTH TO SOLVE QUESTION Better Class of Negroes Are
 Intelligent. Georsaa's Ex-Governor Deals At N Length With The Negro Ques-
 ton and Its Probable Solution.
SOUTH TO SOLVE QUESTION

Mont Claire. N. J. July 4.-Former Governor W. !. Northen. of Georgia, here. spekaing to a large audience on the relation of the races In the South.
 Tt Is a great mistake" he said, "to believe that there is no kind of har- mony between the better elements of the races in Georgia and at the South. Quite the contrary Is true. 'The good class of negroes in intel ligent, progressive and resourceful. Its religion is not sham. Its education has not spoiled 1t and its devotion to duty is not inspired by the 1oaves and fishes.' Its ideals are good, it's social standards high and its life wholesome and eIevatii.g. If all American ne- groes were of this class there would be no negro problem.
 "It will be best for all parties of the white man, if the strong and domi- nent will look sympatheticaly at the weaker and dependent race. and seeing him just as he Is, intelligently set about aiding him.
 This is just what we have begun to do in Georgia upon a plan based entirely upon our local conditions as. in my judgment. all other people must be allowed to do.
 Before we entered upon that plan. however. there were some things fun damental that had to be settled be- tween the races.
 All history shows that no two races approaching in any degree equality in numbers can live peacefully together until intermarrfage takes place, orSthe one becomes dependent upon the other. Miscegenation by law will never take place at the South. That may be &C., cepted as an established fact and set- tied. beyond question and for all time to come. Intermarriage at the South need not be argued a moment. Unless the South breaks the record of all his- tory, there is only one alternative left and that Is, that the negro must be de- pendent, in a measure at least, upon the white man. as he cannot hope to dominate him.
 Negro im Dependent. 'The negro In Georgia has now put himsels as dependent upon the supe- ri0r race by bis own. publics- general and voluntary statements The white people of Georgia would be grossly recreant to this acknowledged conf- dence and this trust if they did not, give the assurance that every sindivid- ual black man with his family should be absolutely sure that he will receive justice in his civil rights. in his in- dustrial relations, his educational op- portuntties and his moral and spiritual interests. This the people of Georgia nave puDilCly pToCtdtmSu' All thdt w now need, in order to work out our problem slowly and surely. is the sym pathy and not the criticism of those who. do not still understand the great hinderances that are yet in our way.
 While we deny and disallow social equality. we are quite as free to grant and defend the negroes fullest rights in industrial privilege and business opportunities.
 If the negro is made industrially capable and industrially reliable, the people of the South would rather have his service than such as could be rem dered by any other people upon the earth. But 1t is possible that the kind of education to which he has been encouraged in some quarters has given him a feeling of self-sufficiency that has lifted him entirely out of his place among the peopla who would be more than gla dto use him, with pront to himself. if he were willing to serve."
 In conclusion. Mir. Northen said:.
 ''Whilst the negro is in no way re- sponsible for the beginning of the nroblem, he Is most criminally respon- sible for its wicked continuance. This responsibility is upon them ,and upon them solely. We expect to so hold them until they are controlled. proper Iy punished and made obedient to law. Tn this effort the better negroes are now rendering most helpful service and counsel"