The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18


coaraged as they have beea and ar
nov b. the President Of Tie Ualtei
States. Take this from his msssagI
on ne Brownsville aRalr:
It d Of the utmost Importance I.
an Of our people thaf We shan dea
with each man on his own merits al
man and not deal with him As mere
y q member Of a given race; that We
shall Judge each men BY his conduct
and not HIS color.
And agains Every far-slghted
friend Of the colorsd race in its efforts
TO strive onward ana upward should
teach frst, as the most important les
son. alike to the white man and the
black. the duty OF treating the indi-
vidual man strictly on his worth as
he shows IT,
Consider the full import and mean
ing Of these words and then consider
whether they are sincere and honest.
or whether in the fevor Of fight to
justify an unwarranted usurpation OF
power and exercise Of executive auth
ority the President forgot himself and
said more than he intended or means.
TO Illustrate.
ITO illustrate. is 1t possible or de-
slrable that all consideration OF race
and color be dismissed from our minds
and not govern our action that racial
instincts implanted in us by nature
are to be ignored and all men OF all
races to be judged and treated on the
basis Of Individual merit? Are men
to be made over and the caste feel
ing and race antagonism OF centuries
to disappear in the universal brother
hood Of man? Are there any Senator'S
in this audience who subscribe to this
doctrine. who would have the Caucas-
ion, the highest and noblest of the five
races, as is attested by history, de-
seconded to the Level OF the others and
share his birthright with them, with
the inevitable result that pure white
blood will disappear from the face of
the earth. and after the mixing Of cen
turtles shall have completed the ANAL
gamation. have all men Of one skin
and one type?
Is President Roosevelt Ready?
Is President Roosevelt ready to
act up to his own theory and have
his children marry men and women
II the other races? Would he accept
ay, an Indian or Negro, In accord
With the doctrine laid down in his
Message which have quoted?
We all know he would not, and
While fine words butter no parsnips.
words like these are source OF in
'alculable evil. coming from such a
Ugh source.
The Southern white men and wo- |
men who have for forty years resist
d in every possible way this doctrine
i the equality of the races, are Just
. resolved now as they have always /
een not to submit to It, or its results.
hey are resolved to maintain control
I their State governments and to pre-
ent In every way possible social and
official equality with Inevitable des-
ruction Of their civilization which
Tould follow II they yielded.
Worse and Worse.
THE conditions are growing more
nd more aggravated every day. Race
tncreases in intensity Are
hings to drift until direful tragedies
luItiply on every hand and blood
ows like water? Is the craftsmanship
i our time inadequate to cope with
le question just ais the statesman.
hip Of 1860 failed to prevent the dire
OF civil war! That war Il
as fought to settle the Race question.
ut forty years after its termination
Q find conditions more threatening
! some Of their aspects than they
ere in 1861. 1t is not possible for me
} believe that the theorists and SEN
at the North who are re-
,onsible for the conditions existing
III be allowed to pursue their policy !
absolute recognition OF race equality /
UGH further.
THE question is not local. nor sec i
onal, except SO far as the negroes q
e nearly all at the South 1t Is high
ne something was being done to
we this great and vital question
ought before the country in some
actical and sensible way. The
ep interest shown In the Browns
lie tragedy Is annie evidence that
e people OF the country are begin
az to feel deep concern In this
estion and 1t is absolutely useless
doctrinaires and politicians to I'M
rtake to pooh pooh the question and
miss Il with wave OF the hand |
A for one I am ready IN on 70 hattie -