The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-09-14

domineering party is so at all times
much superior to his subserVant
brother, but may be because Of ma
iority in favor Of the ruling element
or because one controls the greater in
terest in the place inhabited. In such
places it is common that the minor
group expects that orders. rules and
laws to be fixed and eXacted in all cases
to the advantage of the makers of
those in the governing positions.
Each group is therefore constantly
terrifying itself against the other less
the ruling faction lose their position
and fall at the feet Of its once weaker
elements, orless the weaker element
remain where tits at the foot of
"Mercy let there be-" The element that
/ is down, wants to rise to be equal to
or above the dominant factor, and the
dominant factor with fear and tremb-
( ling forget that God made them all
alike, and them all under the same
moral laws, and closes its eyes, blunts
its conscience and fights tyrannically
to keep the weaker element under sup
preston.
Why do l pity the American white
Man? First because he it is whom
God has made an explorer, and eXpedi-
zionist, an uprooter of ignorance an
enlightener of men is responsible in a
larger degree for hte elevation of his
less fortunate brother. He is the lamp
and light which is held responsible for
the illumination of that dark benighted
both ignorance and sin, and yet he
who holds so broad position, allows
himself to be so narrow in heart, in
conscience and convictions.
/ am sorry for him because he does
not practice the things in life which
he teaches to hi scissor subjects when
he breaches, "As we would that men do
to you, do we also unto them" These
are the words of the greatest teacher
that the world ever knew, and the
American white man while he teaches
this, is in misery and pain, because he
wants toserve his God, but cannot do
S owith clearness of conscience, because
he must treat his black brother as he
cOmpels his black brother to treat him,
ifthis golden rule is executed. He
can't let go that suppressive idea.
Hence he tramples what he breaches,
and hence holding himself down to
keep his little brother down. l pity
the American white man.
He wants to do right. He studies the
Negro pro and con and he finds him
a burden. He is loaded with convic-
lions that make him look the black
man in the face, then cast his Dyes to
the ground. He meets him in the
streets and is choked with conscience
to salute him for fear little brother
may take association. pity the Ameri-
can White man.
agony. l think of him as trying to live
up to thing that is not in his heart
and that makes the load heavy for
him.
Why do l pity the Negro? Because
he is informed by the big brother that
he should treat all men just and right.
He must take the white man as his
model He must teach his posterity
what the white man says, but when he
looks about, he finds that his teacher
is daily erring from the text. Then the
egro finds himslef a tool that may
be used daily to crafty his big
brothers notions of things whether
they are in keeping with the golden
rule or not.
pity the Negro because he has been
shown grea tight, and when he
rushes to it, the rays are extinguished
and then he becomes worse criminal
than he would have been if he had
never seen the light. He then becomes
revengeful.
Why pity both? They both claim
to be serving the one true God and yet
in the common things of life they
both are morbidly mad when they
meet on the streets, on side walks and
on avenues. They seek each others
faults, Not to help mend them but
to heap them up in revengeful piles
The one to suppress, the other to
charge with efforts to suppress. pity
them both Now how is it that they
both pray to the Father for heavenly
blessings. They both preach the holy
law of God and they both carry dag
, gers" Oh brothers DEAR me will you
hear. Throw down every weight of sin
and run this race with patience, or we
as nation will be swallowed up by
,, nation that is not of us. To be loya
to God is to be loyal to all other good
, causes in life. We are all mad and dc
not know why, and so we put up wal
Of pretentious love. But beware, Goo
is not Knocked.
1 Mrs. Lovella Mayberry Davis, wife