The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-01-02
STRONG WORDS FROM THE GLOBE
[NEW YORK AGE. ]

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SHELTON Williams before the South.
ern society of New York and the
reply made to him by Elk Attorney
General Wickersham, the Globe
published the following strong
editorial. In these days when the
tide of public opinion seems sci
against us in so many quarters. it is
gratifying to see such sentiments
expressed by great metropolitan
daily. On several recent occasions
the Globe has taken high ground
on the Negro question. The good
effect of such utterances cannot be
estimated:
John Shelton Williams of Vir-
ginia, controller, was moved in his
remarks before the Southern society
last night to trot around again the
decrepit political hack OH which so
many inferior men have ridden
into Office, to the injury. intellect
ual, moral, and material, of one of
the fairest sections of the Union.
Long ago we determined ; said
Mr.. Williams, in the familiar stump
speech manner, that the Negroes
should never be our masters. AS
if there is or ever was danger of
80, 900. 900 proud and intelligent
whites of the South, with a great
tradition behind them, falling under
the msatery of 10. 900 900 members
of a race but a few years out of
slavery Mr.. Williams insults his
by mentioning such a |
thing as possible. The world is |
familiar with the domination of the
inferior many by the superior few,
and sometimes the superior few
have been dominated by the inferior |
many. but history records no in
stance of the domination OF the
superior many by The inferior few.
" 1t is agreeable tc note that Mr..
lob I,o fol1 M
Williams on the speaking list, was
moved to reply, and did SO suavely
and effectively. 1t is even more
agreeable to note that the members
Of the Southern society, silent dur.
ng the speech of Mr.. Williams,
spplauded Mr.. Wickersham. 1t is
4 wholesome aud encouraging thing
when a gathering of representative
ooutherners. bored by childish ap
oeaIs to race prejudice, is pleased
~ declarations that no people can
hrive and advance if, side by side
md working with them are ten
million who are DISTINGUISHED and
lenied all voice in government
The time has arrived when Negro
batting is no longer all easy road to
political preferment.
Mr.. Williams has Shelton as
lis middle name and this name is a
proud one because. among other
easons, it was borne by the wife
# Thomas Jefferson. Let ttis
Attest Shelton remember that Jeffer-
on, although the owner of slaves
nd brought up in contact with the
Institution, declared with respect to
Negroes: Whatever be their degree
talent, it is no measure OF their
Ights. Because Sir Isaac Newton {
'as superior to others in under
be was not lord of the s
erson or the property of others.
afferson was animated with the
,ue spirit of Virginia that big
I'd generous Virginia that was the
olitical leader of America and more :
ian any other colony was instru-
Iental in establishing independence
I'D in creating the Union and the :
alton. The calm and beautiful fl
DICE of the Old Dominion, defend :
g the rights of man and the great J
rinciples of democracy, will yet :
axe itself heard above all the I
lrill shoutings of race prejudice. /" !