The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01

people OF North oarolIlld hdN0 ooii0
in Their suffrage amendment, the
only Inference being that this advice
Of Iincoln's was not put IN operation
until thirty years after Mr.. Lincoln
gave it 10 the Louisiana government
During the years between RecoIstruc-
ton anG the adoption OF the SuIrdSe
in the Southern States the
spectacle was witnessed III Tue oousd
Of the very intelligent of the negro
race being controlled by the illi1erate
masses. No negro teacher or preacher
or educated negro dared TO vote
against any policy that was approved
by the leaders of the R~epubllcan par
tv and the mass OF ignorant heSio
voters. The amendment freed most
Of the intelligent negroes Of the South
from political slavery OF designing
white men and the ignorant OF their
own race. This was as radical a rev
olution as giving the ballot TO the ne
gro in IS and merely put back condl-
lions in the South to the place where
they were when Mr.. Lincoln wrote his
letter and the southern people toll
lowed the suggestion Of the emanclDa-
tor of the slave. Mr.. Daniels believed
that the belated carrying out OF LIN
coins advice justified the wisdom of
the dominant party in the South ana
that the peace and amity and good
feeling between the races in the South
d IIloI0 lIio ~
time in the past, and that the intelll-
gent. industrious negroes-freed from
the political t~aSk-maSterS who used
them for selfish ends-had been en-
abled to devote all their energies TO
the better training Of their race, but
he said that he had not come to dis
cuss any phase of q problem and con-
tinued his address by declaring that
the preaching needed today by the ne
gro was not about a problem as TO his
future about which n Wlsest man S
opinion was worth no more than that
of the most ignorant, by pointing out
the present duty of the negro and en-
phasizing that his future depended
upon his efficiency in the work that
he undertook. He declared that he eX-
pected to see the day when, if they
continued to improve, the negroes
would have such leaders as would man
all their schools and colleges CT their
race from the top to the bottom, have
enough doctors to treat all the sick
of their race, build hospitals, thereby
making an opening for the energies OF
the most Intelligent of the race. The
efficiency of the race Will be shown in
the character Of the work that is done.
world does not accept any man at
what he says about himself but at the
eternal test of whether his work is the
best that can be done by him. A mans
character and his religion are judged
not by his profession but by his ac-
tons. and the negro, when he stops
considering himself as a problem to be
solved. and understands, as he is rapid
ly coming to understand. that he will
rise or fall by reason of his own in
dustry and intelligence, Will reach the
testing place that every other race
has reached.
The world has no time for the nan
or the section or the race with q
800 ", 49, -I~.-
his race who talks much about the
injustice and wrong which he feels is
done to him, but the one who points
out the advantages and opportunities
and minimiZes the Cbstacles-he is the
real leader Of the race, who is helping
it upward and securing the o-opera-
ton of men in all sections. Who CO.
operation can be helpful. Mr.. Daniels
concluded by declaring that the hope
for the peaceful living side by side of
the two races. each pursuing its ap-
pointed task with mutual good feeling,
IS in the belief in an oyer-ruling
providence that guided men today as
in every century since time began.
who expect to see great results
in a day or a decade or even a century
do not understand the slow workings
Of Gods plans With Him a century
IS like one of our minut and the
impatient man who wishes to see
everything settled in his generation
Will die disappointed. The negro race
Will reach the place appointed by it's
Creator by the slow processes of time
and there is no method of lightning
that al change the eter-
order Of things. Therefore, the
for the negro Working to help
ms race, the duty of the white man,
wishing IN all proper ways to help the
negro in his desire to improve his con-
dltlon. is mutual helpfulness, a mutual
for~bearance patience and faith.
Have patience," + i s. Yourselves are
full
Of social wrong; and maybe widest
dreams
Are h,1t tho roo1e,1