The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
STIRRING ORATORY
NEGRO PROBLEM DWELT ON
IN M0NTCLAIR.
Ex.-Gov. Northern, of Georgia, Gives
Southern Idea of the Matter-Gen.
Howard and others Speak.

- independence lay EXERCISES at
Montclair were of an exceedingly patriotic
nature. Graced by the presence of Gem
eral Q. o. Howard, the only surviving
general of the Civil War who commanded
a separate army; Ex-Governor Northern,
OF Georgia; DR.. Thomas d. Christie. presi-
dent of the American College In Tarsus,
the home of the Apostle st. Paul, In Asia,
and who served with General Howard dur
ing the Civil War, and by a number of
Montclair's well-known ministers and citi-
zens. the scene in the grove near the High
School was one long to be remembered
The speakers stand was decorated with
flags, principal among them being one
presented to the Montclair Civic Asso-
citation fer the occasion by Mrs. Mary /.
Wilde. of that town.
The exercises commenced by the singing
of the hymn America the audience all
standing with barred heads, led by Charles
H. Baker. Emerson P. Harrison. who
presided, said that General o. o. Howard
had come to Montclair to introduce Gov
erRor Northern, of Georgia, to a Montclair
audience.
General Howard, who was received with
cheering and clapping of hands, in intro
ducine MIR. Northern said:
ut Is wonderful how memory goes back.
I can remember seventy years ago today
meeting in a grove similar to this in Leeds.
Me. l was only 7 years old then. We
read the Declaration of independence.
Then Benjamin Francis was introduced
and made a patriotic speech. l remember
very well that he gave our mother coun-
try. England. some hard blows in that
speech. But we are bigger than her now,
80 we will say nothing against her today.
Indeed. both countries are united now, and
If we stick together Japan will have a
hard time licking us.
He spoke of attending independence Day
exercises in a small town In the South.
The population of the town consisted OF
Russians. Slavs. Poles. Italians and other
Europeans who could hardly speak a word
of English. Fifteen hundred school chill
dren took part in the celebration, and from
their recitations | am free to say that !
Learned more of the early life of George
Washington and his good wife Martha,
than l ever knew before. 1t shows how
the spirit of patriotism is imbued in the
children of the foreigner who makes HE
'hcme in our country"
II am proud of the honor to be here
today to introduce Governor Northen; he is
a good American, and when he has any
thing to say he Is not afraid to say 1t,
and he is saying 1t all over the land"
On arising, Mr.. Northen received an
ovation. He said:
II will quote General Howard I am an
American I will quote him again; We
don't need to fight the mother country
and | hope we will never fight each other.
We In the South love General Howard for
his exalted Christian character"
M Northen then spoke in part as fol-
lows:
"As a citizen of the Central South, I have
been invited to address representative citi-
zens of the North upon the most serious
problem Of the nation, carrying with 1t
great and momentous concern to all the
American people. The problem of the
faces is, at the same time, the most irri-
/tating in its conditions. the most unpopu-
( lar for discussion and the most difficult OF
solution of all the problems that confront
the nation. AS an American citizen, !
am far more concerned about the right
eous adjustment of fundamental and
threatening national problems than the
success of any strictly partisan policies or
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of any section. even
though II be my own.
A"The Caucasian stands at one extreme
and the African at the other extreme OF
the races. These two peoples, the white
man and the negro, are as distinct in
racial clements. racial traits, personal char
acteristics and racial tastes, as the ex-
tremes of all the races can sugges or
imply.
''The negro is in no sense responsible. as
an original factor. for the ills that have
come TO tI6 <AAutt pCOpiS Va
his residence in our community. He did
mot come to our shores Of his own free
will. He was abducted from his home,
chained and dragged aboard slave trading
vessels and brought to our shores, through
the greatest iniquity that has ever cursed
lgtne American people.
."We are now paying the penalties conse-
cuent upon the negroes freedom, occurring
at a time when the nation was stirred by
war and blood and crime. At emancipation
he was untutored and unguarded and al
lowed to roam the country at large. Later,
under reconstruction, he turned his liberty
into license. in crimes that entailed whole
sale slaughter and violence.
'When we and our sons went to the war,
the negro was left to protect our homes.
He could be trusted then. but when he OBJ
tanned his citizenship he became bold and
dangerous. The reason for his citizenship
was concocted by politicians who saw the
opportunity to get votes for his party.
Since then the negro fights everything the
white mnn wants.
Emancipation did not displease thu
people of the South, II the disposition had
been left to them.
1.-Two races cannot live peaceably to-
gether without one Is dependent on the