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and an appreciation Of their progress,
and this last policy should be pursued

and this last policy should be pursued
when suitable occasion offers
But it may we'll admit of doubt
whether, In the case Of any race, an
appointment of one of their number
to a local office I'm a community in
which the race feeling is 80 wide
spread and acute as, to Interfere with
the ease and facility with which tho
local government business cab be
done by the appointee is of sufficient
benefit by way Of encouragement to
the race, to outweigh the recurrence
and increase of race feeling which
such an appointment Is likely to en-
gender. Therefore, the Executive, IN
recognizing the Negro race by -ap-
discretion not thereby to- do it more
harm than good. :, On the other. hand,
we must be careful not to encourage
the mere pretense Of race feeling
manufactured in the interest Of indi-
vidual political ambition.
-: Personally I have not the slightest
race prejndtce or. feeling and, recog-
milton 'of 'fts existence only; 8aWWakeats|
IN my heart a deeper sympathy for 4
those who have to bear 1t or suffer
from it, and / question the wisdom
of policy which Is likely to increase
It, Meantime, il nothing is done to-
prevent It,, a better feeling between
the Negroes and the whites in the
South will continue to grow, and
more and more the white people will
come to realize that the future of the
South is to be much benefited by the
industrial and intellectual progress Of
the Negro"
These friendly words OF the Presi-
dent to. the colored people have been ,
80 distorted since their utterance that
the statement concerning colored men
holding office has been quoted word
for word. Nearly every casual OBJ
server has been amazed at some of
the peculiar interpretations placed up
on this speech. ,.....
Senator Foraker, eE0hie,-i a-Fefer-.-
ring to it, said in a, public address,
delivered to the colored people Of
Washington, D. c.:
What I am troubled about is polit-
ical equality. In this concern call
your attention, in a favorable way,
to what our President said in his In
auSural address. If correctly under
stand what he said, and l think do,
he realizes fully the serious character
of this question, and intends to do all
in his power to bring about just !
solution Of IT. Knowing him as ] do.
that means that he wifi do''much,
and II correctly undeFstand what IS
In his mind what he MY accomplish
in the right direction ' ...
While may not fully agree with
all he has in mind, OF may see fit
to do, yet I am rejoiccd to- know he
intends to do what he can to correct
wrongs of the race and bring about
some acceptable adjustment Of differ
ences consistently with the great war
AMENDMENTS to, the Constitution. If
he succeeds it will be a. great achieve
ment for his administrations 1t will
bring great honor to his name. Every
body. should help him VINO can
can do but little, but YOU can do much
Trust him, have cont'e once In him,
and, in every way you cam support
him and uphold him. = ,,..0
No one can doubt the sincerity of
Senator Foraker as sttu1ch SUPPORT
Ell. and defender of the rights Of the
co1ored citizen, and those words' Of
his should silence foT all time any
misrepresentation on tfio part of those
who have never PROPERTY weighted
the words Of the Chief Executive
spoken in his first tnattgpraI Nor can
the colored Rsople of 2t.Go Country at
ford to desert such true and tried
friends. Colored men cannot afford
to raise the race issue where there
is no race issue, or to assume that
every official act Of tbs Government
that touches colore1 individual is
aimed at them as rae issue The
people must rise superior to
race demagoguery and to q higher
plane Of American citi :onship. They
arc no. an alien race, but are aligned
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