The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-11

struck me most has been the essential
oneness, the essential unity, OF our
people. !.
American cttixens TO be Just nbous
the same everywhere. In whAtever
locality Of the country we olive,
whatever our fortune or occupation
In life, there exist just about the
much the sumo shortcomings in any
gathering of our citizens. OF
course, each community hns its
cspeclnl temptations, lis especial
each community will try to cure
itself rather than to cause heart
burnlnEx by ruling Mt the short-
comings Of sister community.
There is ample Aeld for the reform
energies Of eveT one of us in his
and neighborhood activity.
Class Hatred.
Not only is all Of this true as be-
tween one community and another, but
1t is Just Jas true between one class
OF our citizens and. another. Now and
who have g genuine horror and dread
OF all rich men. and think OF them as
being set apart by peculiar vice and
iniQuity Now and then we meet equa1-
~ well-meaning rich men who have an
equally irrational dread Of those whom
case think the hostility is In large
part, due to a want OF sympathy, caused
by complete Ignorance Of the men who
arouse such disrust or anger AS
number Of. men Of large fortune, and
a like number Of wage-workers, We find
that in their sential human nature
they are all alike. In each group we
good and as bad as in the other group.
Such being the case. 1t Is certainly well
that, so far as possible, when the men
OF q. given group, as q whole, act in a
way that We deem contrary to the
public interest, we should treat the
rather than as a wrong to be avenged.
We ought not to- tolerate wrong. 1t
is & sign OF weakness to do SO, and
| in its ultimate Eeffects weakness. is
in putting stop to the wrong. we
should SO far as possible, avoid get
ting into an attitude OF vindfctiye
hatred toward the wrong-doer. He may
necessary to punish him; but. on the
other hand, tho. wrong he has COM
mitted may simply he due to the exist
ing condition Of things, to conditions
under which he has been brought up;
and in such case. while we must
is no further chance. of harm to the
community, it is neither just nor far
sighted to exact revenge for what has
been DONE In short, friends, let us
realize that in very truth we are knit
together in ties OF brotherhood, and
that, while4it is proper, and necessary
that we should insist upon our rights,
we should yet be patient and consider
ate in bearing with one another. and in
trying, SO far as In US lies, each to
look at the problems that face US from
his brothers standpoint Us we'll as from
| his own. 49, EYE.
Education Free to All. Is
During the last quarter OF q century
this nation has made astounding strides
| in material progress. and In no other
noteworthy than In the South. lille
her agriculture has grown faster thai
ever before, there has all been p new
growth of her manufacturing Indus
Of every lind. But, Of course, there
| is ample room for further growth. The
South will BIO all the better for new
Immigrants OF the right type, and
hope to see steamship lines carrying
like Savannah and Charleston, just as
I hope to see ports like New Orleans
connected by lines OF steamers with
the South American continent, tho con.
tinent with which our relations should
g,ow ever closer an amd - eyepy
where through the Union, we need &c
sea q good education given free to al
chIldren no matter what may be theil
;race or color. Nor can we wisely per
nit this education to be Of merely
growing to realize that there must DC
an education OF the hand, as we'll a.
of the head. There must be agricul-
tural and industrial COLLEGES and, Dove
all, schools In which there can %
] elementary preparation for agrlcutsure