The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-09-12
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in lies thegrsat chance for the Negro
Undernssih all political, educa-
tional and sven moral and religious
progress sthSeaare certain economic
laws which every race must comply
with that would be classed among
the successful races Of the earth.
From this lAW there Is no escape for
blacks or Whites, red or brown,
"Overc6H0 Evil With Good"
Inc great battle cry Of our race,
which should2be sounded In every
part OF the land, is Overcome evil
with good, "-Soyercome failure with
success, oyerc0me injustice with use
fulness, overcome doubt with high
endeaVor, overcome shiftlessness
with high achievement. There Is
something Inn human nature that
compels respect for success regard
less or race or color. Most import
ant of all, do not make the mistake
of believing. that mere agitation or
condemnattonSof wrong, demanding
rights or defending will, within
themselves. push forward our cause.
All these Considerations have a
place and alright place In the econ
omy of race building. but these ele-
ments w1thi4E themselves, unsupport-
ed and not based upon more funda-
mental matters, will leave us wan
dering in the wilderness many years
hence. II history teaches any one
lesson more thoroughly than an
other, 1t Is sth&t successful effort in
constructive, productive work is what
counts in getting a race upon its
feet. 1 have thus plainly indicated
what our duty and policy as a people
should be; Others outside of the
race can encourage and assist us in
certain regards, but we ourselves
must be the urine movers.
Peace and Harmony General.
In nine-tenths of our Southern
communities there is peace and har-
mony, goodwill and friendship;
but when one goes outside of the
Southern States, when one goes into,
the North, inko Europe, as l have
done, and reads the dispatches that
come from the South, it is always one
thing-lynchiAgs And you never
hear Of any other news from the
South except lynchings. These peo-
pie naturally bet the idea, through
this unusual pNhishment, that we are
living In a state Of turmoil, at dag
gers points, throughout the South;
whereas, as a Matter Of fact, as you
go through the average Southern
community you. will find a feeling of
mutual confidence, feeling Of
friendship existing between the races
race fntsrested in the prog
ress of the other. And for that rea-
son alone, If fofsno other higher con-
sideration, Ibelieve we owe it to
ourselves to, .hrtpg about such a pub
lie sentiment$as will get rid of this
unusual and barbarous method of
Furnishing criminals. ..
Social EquaHassss Not Aimed At.
In my opinioTS and as 1 have be
fore indicated, one Of the reasons
why many>o the best and brightest
Southern men Have not taken hold
and helped in 1he direction that I
have tried to emphasize, as they
would like to have. done, has been
the scare, the 5bugbear of what is
called social equality" 1t is used
to brighten of 40 finder and very
often to check Some of the best eff
forts that our Southern white friends
want to put forth in the direction
of helping us. -
Another bugbear that is used is
Negro dominatioaf:' ! Negro domin-
alton! Now, there IS - nothing in
either of these things. - think I
know the ambitions and activities Of
the colored people throughout this
country pretty WE'LL. and 1 am safe
in saying to yout that it is not the
ambition or the desire of the Negro
in this country to intermingle So
cially with the white people. Neither
is it his ambition Or his desire to
domineer the white man in the mat
ter Of politics. -
You can help as, again, by using
your influence to check the work in
many cases Of the sensational news
papers that use these incidents in
connection with the Negro to give
them circulation, to give them pop
ularity among a certain class Of
people. go
You can help us, again, by using
your influence by bringing to bear
your Christian ideas of citizenship
upon the public mind of the South
so that in the future they will not,
as they have in SO large a degree in
the past, ride into Office or attempt
ed to ride into office, on~the Negro.
My friends, there are some men in
office who never would have seen an
office except for the Negro. And on
every possible occasion, when they
want to go to the Legislature, when
they want to go to Congress, when
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