The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-02

and come at once to the pith and
marrow of the matter.
In dealing with this really import
ant matter let US speak plainly, di-
rectly and to- the point.
The sons Of the men who followed
Lee and jackson are not afraid Of
anybody and being as sensible rs
they are fearless. what is to hinder
them from speaking straight out from
the shoulder upon the business that
concerns them more vitality than II
can possibly concern anybody else on
earth.
Let me. then. lay down a few facts
-cold-blooded" facts, ii any one
cares to cali them such. ;.
]. The South has taken q solemn
oath to itself that it will never per-
nit its civilization to be SWaInped by
African barbariSm. From this time
forth the white people of the South
are going to rule the South. and rule
il absolutely. without any Interference
from the and his allies.
Go sum it all up in a word. the
White people of the South have re-
solved that hey. will tolerate no propa-
ganda which would wipe out their
rock-ribbed conviction of the eternal
social and political superiority of the
Caucasian.
Between the white mans home and
the aegro's there must remain an
everlasting social barrier. and the
laws by which the white mans home
are guarded must be made by the
White man alone.
.. This oath is in no way affected
by the mental, moral or social status
OF this or that particular negro or
Community of negroes.
OF all the big fools to be found on
this earth the biggest is the person,
North or South. who imagines that,
by accommodating property and be-
coming educated" the negro is to
wake az some fine morning to dis
cover that he has been accepted by
the white man as his social and pO-
iiticai equal!
The educated" negro is still a ne
gro. The education does not elini-
nate the negro. The education does
not change the African blood into
Caucasian blood. The education does
not transform the contents of the
Africans brain into the brain of the
white man. The education does not
neutralize the instincts and tendencies
of the Negroes nature. any more than
it enaceS the physical peculiarities
that have marke the negro through
all the ages.
Educated or ~uneducated. the negro
will never be invited by the Southern
White man to sit down in his home as
his social equal, or to take a seat
beside him in the legislative halls as
his peer in the making Of the laws.
The South's attitude toward the ne
gro would be just what it is today,
though every negro from the Potomac
TO the Rio Grande We're a Booker
Washington.
In the the much talked
of President of Tuskeegee' is sim
ply a negro. And Of this fact no
one is more thoroughly aware. than
Washington himself. The poorest
white man south of Mason and Dixon's
line would scorn the bare idea of
inviting even Booker Washington to
sit down in his house upon the terms
of social equality.
This does not mean that the South
ern people are such fool or fanatics
us 10 be able to make no distinction
w negroes. between worthy~ne-
groes and unworthy ones, good ne
groes and bad ones. clean negroes and
dirty ones: they do make such distinc-
ton. but when it comes to he Rubl-
con, the Caucasian is found on one
shore and the African on the other.
Now. having laid down these two
fundamental facts. it~may well be
asked. Does it pay to educate the
negro? Does it pay the negro, TO say
nothing of the white man
In the first place, no amount Of ed
ucation will give the negro the f~aintest
scintilla of social standing outside of
his own race. Educate the negro TO
the toD-notch Of his capacity, n he
is still doomed to associate with those
OF his own race only. There is no
room for argument on this point. It's
simple statement is enough TO insure
its acceptance.
The only possible result Of educat-
ing the negro is the creation IN ms
mind Of ambitions that can never be
realized. There is q bar which the
negro "a never cross. the
tine wall separating him socially from
the White man.
What follows from the education of
the negro is this: He is spoiled as a