The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-02
come a reality. not a name.

not only not settled this question-we
!! haven't even faced the issues. Nation
atty demands solidarity. And you can
never get solidarity in nation out Of
two hostile races that do not inter-
marry. In democracy you cannot
build nation inside of nation of two
antagonistic races; and therefore the
future American must be either an
Anglo-Saxon or mulatto. And if
mulatto. will the future be worth dis
cussing?"
Il never thought of it in just that
way answered the deacon
ut is my work to maintain the racial
absolutism of the Anglo-Saxon in the
south, politically. socially. eeonomi-
cally.''
but can it be done? see many
evidences of mixture of blood al
ready" said the deacon, seriously
"Yes. we are doing it, This mixture
you observe has'n social significance,
for simple reason. 1t is all the re-
suit of the surviving polygamous and
lawless instincts of the white male
Unless by the gradual Entertainments
OF time, culture, wealth and political
ex1gencies the time comes when ne
gro shall be allowed freely to choose
a white woman for his wife, the racial
integrity remains intact. The right to
choose ones mate is the foundation of
racial life and of civilization. The
south must guard with flaming sword
every avenue of approach to this holy
of holes. And there are many subtle
. forces at work to obscure these posi-
BILE approaches
"Well. no matter" broke in the dea-
con; ''come with us and you will have
more power to touch with your ideas
the wealth and virtue of the whole
nation
The preacher was silent a moment
and seemed to be musing in a sort Of
I half dream. The deacon looked at him
with growing sense of the hopeless
ness of his task. but Of surprise at
this revelation of the secrets of his
inner life
'"The south has been voiceless in
these later years." he went on: "her
voice has been drowned in a din of
catcalls from an army of cheap scrib-
blerS and demagogues."
The preachers voice was now vibrat-
ing with deep feeling. and the deacon
listened with GREATNESS interest.
believe me. deacon. the ark of the
covenant of American ideals rests to-
day on the Appalachian mountain
range of the south. When your metro
politan mobS shall knock at the doors
of your life and demand the reason
| of your existence, from these poverty
stricken homes. with their old fash
Toned. perhaps medieval ideas. will
come forth the fierce athletic sons and
sweet voiced daughters in whom the
nation will find a new birth" The
preachers eyes. had filed with tears
and his voice dropped into low
dreamlike prophecy.
you cannot understand" he re-
sumed. in a clear voice. why l feel
SO profoundly depressed just now be-
cause the Republican party. which
with you stands for the virtue. wealth
and intelligence of the community, is
| now in charge of this state will
tell you why. A Republican admins
tration in North Carolina simply means
! negro oligarchy. The state is now
being debauched and degraded by this
fact in the innermost depths of it's
character and life. My place is here
in this fight
But. doctor. will not your industrial
training of the negro gradually mini
miZe any danger to your sOciety?" /
"No; it will gradually increase it.
Industrial training gives power. If the
negro ever becomes serious competl-
f! tor of the white laborer in the indus
| tries of the south. the white man will
kill him, just as your labor unions do
| in the north now where the conditions
| Of life are hard and men fight with
! tooth and nail for bread. If you train
! the negroes to be scientific farmers.
| they will become race of aristocrats,
| and when five generations removed
| from the memory Of slavery a war of
races will be inevitable. unless the
! AnglO-Saxon grant this trained and
wealthy African equal social rights
! The Anglo-Saxon cannot do this with
out suicide One drop of negro blood
J makes negro
| at seems to me impracticable ever
to move him" i.
"Why?" asked the preacher. ':ThOse
over certain ages can be left to- end
| their DAYS here The negro has cost
US already the loss of $7,OOO,O0O,OOO, a
war that killed 100000 men, the de-
| bauchery Of our suffrage, the corrup-
tion of orr life and threatens the fu-
ture with anarchy. Lincoln was right
when he said:
""There is a physical difference be-
tween the white and the black races
which, | believe, will forever forbid
them living together on terms of social
and political equality
| "You are still laboring under the de-
| lusions of reconstruction The Ethio-
plan cannot change his skin. or the
| l.; Thoco hn think II