The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-03
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il .sgSTt4Esss SSsqls1G.lIVkeAlst1l4t RACE
i Tbs eontinINQai !. Aarn,PK Of the edi-
tor, of tie GaSstte upon the fact
that he; halonEs& TO and speaks ror
the sapeEioE race gives riae. to this
short review or the history. OF races:
/ That portion OF the human, his
tory, ACCESSIBLE to aR covers but an
insignificant part OF man u existence
In large numbers ON this plano.
Short as the historical period la,
however, it has been characterized,
by the successive dominance Of sev-
eral different races. And In evcl u
case. the dominant race YEAS firmlyi
convinced Of its own Inherent ami
permanent superiority and was very,
sure that each Of the others wax
several hundred years behind aud
could never catch up. "The. Eg3lE.,
tian's the Assyrians, the Persians,
alike" says . historian, ''roited, In,
the laxuriance of power, and alike
gaxed with contempt on the .strus-.
Cling races below them" Darius.
asked in amusement and, contempt,
WHO are these, insolent ,Atheniana?
History tells us that the same tuck,
orable law Of nations which brought
Chaldea and Egypt to their kneos
In the presence or all-conquerils
Persia. rang the knell for the name,
sake Of the mighty Darius and huniy
hled him in q miserable death be-
fore Phillip of Macedon. On down
through the corridors of time MT
the shadows Of insolent conquerors
who held In contempt those below:
them and paid the penalty either I'M
their own day or that. OF their: SUI :
cessors. when, like Belshazar, in. the
zenith of their power, the handwrit :
/ ing appeared on the wall and thei1
names became memory among i
nations. ii
National vanity was the beginn :,
ing of the end OF Greece and mark
ed the first step in the. decline and.
fall of the Roman Empire. Many
other instances of. a similar nature
are writ large" on the pages Of
history, but enough have been no.
ticed to prove our case.
Says a writer who has given m ucr
time and thought to the relation of
the races in America: i
Racial conceit is not the slight:
est evidence OF superiority; and
where the superiority is actua,,
there is not the least warrant for as
Stunning it's permanence. The how
est race may rise; and the highest
race may be brought low. Refutati0n
of race prejudice does not bind us
to an affirmation of the equal devel-
opment of; two given races at n
given point of time. Its end is fu;4
ly accomplished by pointing to the
fact that no race Is safe In its fan
cted- -supremacy,-a that there Is
no insarmo obstacle or an:
tecedent 'improbabiIfty to hinder any
gives race from 30 rapid progr esq, uH
der favorable conditions of environ
ment, as to place it in the front
rank among the civilized races o.
the. world 81. i
Today, the Angle-Saxon race, the
slaves of the Caesars, occupy the
center OF the stage and for the time
assume the role of monarch of-all-I-
survey. Tomorrow-who knows
what tomorrow will be? In the
United States there is cancer Of
race prejudice eating into it's very
vitals. In the far east gathers a.
dark cloud-a despised race await
ing the psychological moment to en-
ter the lists to battle for racial su-
premacy. Does 1t not seem that
prudence If not Justice, demand
that the American people begin to
take stock? Is it not FUNDAMENTAL
ly true that where injustice exists
between races the oppressed race
does not sufTer alone, that the DOM
i1ant race wrongs itself even more
deeply than its victim? r..
IF NOT, HE is A REAST.