The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
The Assimilation of the Races.
Highly Interesting and In
structive article by Attor-
ney Charles c. Roe,
President OF The Second
Ward Democracy.

This is the Era of The Negro. Every.
where we see Negroes actively engaged
in pursuits and occupations that were
at one time practically the monopoly
of the Whites. The idea of economic
independence is permeating the whole
human fabric. And in the United
States of America the picture of lib
'erty, equality and fraternity is limned
in brighter lines than in any other
country. The pages of history are be-
gemmed with the record of the lives
of illustrious Negroes, and this coun-
try has upon its banner a rare galaxy
of stars-Negroes who have advanced
hand in hand with all other noble men
in the path of freedom and progress.
Indeed, every step in that path has
been attendant upon the emancipation
of the Negro and the recognition of the
fact that the Negro is as good as any
other man-when he is.
We are realizing that mans rights
and Negroes rights are synchronous.
We can not afford to have joints in the
social armor. We need the Negro to
assist in the defeat of drunkenness,
gambling, vice, graft and all forms of
evil.
The White mind is being surely tenn
pered by the patriotic, progressive and
cooperative tendencies of the Negro.
The Negro holds a great commits
sion; and if the past and the present
are an earnest for the future he will do
his duty faithfully and well, and ad-
vance still further the standard of
truth, virtue and civilization.
We might bark back to the genesis
of civilization and trace the golden
wool of the Negroes influence for good
through the warp of the ages. Who
can ever forget that hand in hand
against oppression, privation and hard
ship White and Black have struggled
together. They have assisted. in max
ing the waste places green and the des-
ert to blossom.
They shouldered the axe, helped clear
the forests, and have done their share
in sowing and harvesting the crops.
Since they have been fed on the milk
of freedom and Graded in liberty, the
remarkable effect the Negroes work has
had on the life and destiny of the ma
ton can not be over-estimated.
Now, we are at war. Will the Negro
helpf Who can doubt it when we re-
member the gallant regulars of the
Twenty-ffth Infantry at Ell Caney-
how they dashed into the jaws of death,
bayonet in hand, seventy-two strong
and only twenty-four came out alive
after annihilating over two hundred
and fifty Spaniards; how the noble
Tenth at LaQuasina on the slope of San
Juan Hill, where he met Spanish bull
lets and face to face-conquered. Will
the American people ever forget that
it was Negro who fell first in battle
in the revolutionary war. Crispus At
tucks7 In our own city-how they
have progressed Look at the beauti-
full homes they occupy; their successful
businesses; their progress in culture
and education and their growing wealth
Some may be jealous of their splendid
record, but, jealousy is Indicative of
We should be proud of the
Negro. They are true blue Americans
no hyphen indicates his nativity.
This nation has not solved the prob
lens he presents, but it has progressed
in honor and equity toward the solu-
ton. Let the history of that progress
speak.
The bonds of confidence and respect
are growing between the two dominant
races of this Union and they will grow,
and continue to grow until there will
be the fullest understanding between
hem. The Negro must share the school
,und equitably throughout the country;
he must have the fullest protection of
our laws in every State in the Union.
He must not be Disseminated against |
anywhere in this broad land. Discrim.
nation breeds resentment and distrust