Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
THE NEGRO IN GOVERNOR WRlGHT'S
INAUGURAL ADDRESS

in this country and in his threot to bolt the Democrat
Party because of the pors support OF such measures
as ont lynch onti poll tax, and the For Employment
Practices Act now before the United States Congress
noke the often repeated charge that Northern Demo
crotic Party Leaders attempting to force the porb
to support such legislation for the sole purpose of get
tnq the support of the Northern Negro, and rodcol
minority vote
Among the outstanding, and perhaps now the most
outstanding proponents of the need TO obolsh segre
gotion this country, and to enoct such legislation tho
noy be needed to implement that purpose, is u At
torney General Tom Clark, resident Of Texas, but q
notive of Mississippi ond President Trumon, motive OF
Missouri but southener in the very best traditions OF
the south.
No speech on the subject of roce the recent history
of the notion was so complete unmistCKobe, and far
reaching as the speech delivered by President Trumon
to the lo4I Conference of the National Association for
the Advancement of CoIored People, in Washington, in
which he pointed out with all possible clarity that demo-
crocy now on trio before the world, ond that
the most backward communities could not wait some
future time in correcting the evil of segregation if Amer
ico if Democracy win the support respect, and
fidence of the peoples of the world
Wendell WiIlke, whose eorIy and trogc deoth, along
with that of Franklin D. Roosevelt, left such great
void in American political thought and craftsmanship
otter troveno ground the world ond seeing and talking
TO peoples of all races and nations, also the need
to abolish segregation in the united states proclaimed
great principal, and wrote its great bookOne World
This nation hos but one great and abiding principal
This notion hos but one great world attracting prnc
pol Upon this great principal rests oil ITS past and
present glory Upon this great principal rests oil its
future hopes 1t is the prncpo spelled out in the pre-
ombe to the United States Constitution:-"We hold
these truths to be self evident, thot oil creaed
equo that they are endowned by their Creator with
ton noenobIe rights, that omong them life, liber
ty, and the pursuit OF happiness
The meaning Of This one end only great principal is
not social equality in the language and meaning of the
denoqoqu9, but equoIity Of persons in social commun
ity An autonomous community. community Of peoples
and individas enjoying equality under The 'ldW
During the 80 or more yeors = Ibis notions histoy it
has been locked al and yeWal from dfar by most of
The peoDIe Of the world Today ~ every EodeFn means
az Communication, its every Get and dead receives
closeup view and is locked at and opprllsed BY oil The
ovG Under such circumstances the southern and Miss
ssiDoi doctrine of Sfofe Rights and its cry agons out
side interference is subject TO the proposition that The
souh and Mississippi, along with New York ond Mone
and every other sote ond community must bear equal
responsibility for the final judgment of this notions
great principal for world judgment, and the future of
American Democracy.
great deoI, is being sod about Russio and the Com
munst in their support Of racial equality 1t moy well
be that the communist support of racial equoity based
On the assumption that will foil in the United Stotes
This is the one great challenge OF our times.
John viscount Morley the great English philosopher
and historion had this to soy his essay the life of
The creot British Prime Minister GIodstone Great e.
cononc and social forces flow with tidal sweep over
munities that ore only hof concous of thot which is
befaIIno them Wise statesmen those who foresee
vhot time is thus BRINGING ond endeovor TO shope in
sttutions and mold mems thoughts ond nfroose in oc
cordance with fhe change hof silor+.1 1aroundne
them"
What Morley saws obout change far rece sue toicy
il Of EnoIond -ond the world 1ura he period IN
which he wrote ond TO which he referred
One thina certainly true, end thor is thot greet
world forces far powerful thon the political nflu
ence Of the Northern Negro Vote, ond the rndcoI min
sor groups demanding the abolition Of rocoI seq
/ regotion in the United States.