The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-23

+ eahtVo' afe enc ESufopeRnS and the
Amertranss ahead of theSAflicans in
the developments Of modern culture
As this ought not to be the subject OF
faingloiious ;exaltatlon among the
whites, 1t should not be considered, or
! cit, as either q humiliation or a re-
roach by the blacks In case it should
ecoAe SO the future; would he dark In
5eed ! for \ tn races, EACH needs to
TOW in grace; but 1t Is my belief that
-aeh can and Will. thus gro@ in grace,
n the south fret OF ALI Sapd most OF
/! 81, and within lines plainly; fixed by
God and nature. leading tosthat ulti-'
| mate peace that: passeth, understand-
ing, when the. lion and the Ilam6 Shall
tie down together In harmony And
Booker Washington, is blazing thesway,
| TIE Record Of Forty Years. =,
Since, In: our southern country, at
least, this Is so--slnce neither race
can get rid Of the Hotherror act indie
pendently Of the other-let us take
account of what has been done these
forty years of freedom y =. ~:s =.
| stand here tonight to declare that
| the world has never witnessed such
/ progress from darkness to light as
that which we see in those districts of
the South where the Negro has had a
DECENT opportunity for self-improye
Fment. Look at Jama;c a-nearly CEN
fury OF emancipation, the Negro alta
Sstands4 lly-look at South Africa, rich
es piled on, riches, the Negro still a
savage and less considered than the
animals-yet 1t is England that piques
herself On what Albion has done for
ltfreedom: and the black man. pc. .,
r. Let the Negro go to any alien COM
munty~ and try to get employment.
Barred on every hand; plenty Of sen.
tlment, but no work There are re
giohs north, east and west which new
er knew slavery and were unit for
the union; where the Negro is refused
admittance. He is told to move on.
He Is what the president described the
| other day as IAN undesirable citizen"
Turn southwark; plenty both of work
and wages for all who bring tranquil
minds and willing hands. Bad people,
slothful people, get on nowhere; but
nowhere on the ,habitable globe has
the liberated slave Jared so we'll, no.
where has he so fair an outlook, as
In the southern states of North Amer
lea. 49,"
| s. - The Local Affinities.
Why? Because we know one anoth-
er, and because, no matter what any.
4 body may say: to the contrary, there
is common bond of association between
us. Never can the white man Of the
south forget what the black man did
during war waged for his freedom !;
and what he might have done. Never
should the black man Of the south, for
get that he is the weaker in the race
and FOR a long time must look to the
wIfft8 !st4nssfor qsfp Dfgfany KIN dsfsss RI
is rhsough these reciprocal obligations
and interests that the two races will
reach some institutional system Of liv-
Ing and doing entirely satisfactory to
both. --' ..:
Nothing is to be expected from the
rushing dollhouse process, or from any
artificial arrangement; everything Is
to be hoped from>nature left to her.
self-unvexed by misdirected political
|
ers teaching false philosophies-si
pie Justice and kindness presiding over
the ordinary laws of common honesty
land common sense.
The Negro in Africa has scarcely
burst the chrysalis Of the primitive
state of man. In America he is yet
in state Of racial childhood. AS he
I no fo ctr ho Will
the quicker he will learn, the sooner
I he will reach his racial manhood In
less than half a century he has achiev-
ed wonders. Before the century we
have just begun is half over, he will
have achieved greater still. He has
yet-and Upon an extensive scale to
| learn habits of method and order; hab-
its ofatenacity and acquisitions; habits
of sustained industry and sobriety
without which no racc-white, red,
brown or blacll-or any individual
man-can get on and pHosper
The Religion Of Brotherhood.
He is bad white man who will not
| help his neighbor black man when
that neighbor black man shows the
! spirit to help himself, He is a bad
| black man who cherishes hatred in his
heart against the white man because
| he is a white man. He is foolish
| black man who thinks because the mir
| age Of social equality, which would
prove curse rather than blessing,
| is denied him, that the white man
bates him. Social questions the world
over create their own laws and settle
| themselves. They cannot be forced.
1t is idle anywhere for anybody to con-
test, or quarrel with them. No man
| should wish to go where he is not
wante, 80. self-respecting men dis
| miss the ,o.y thought Of it, going their