Show THE pas past T ana FUTURE OP OF by D W crop A 31 WD m B BOUGHTON in his article refers to the fusion of the hellenes an ani and i the i in i n egypt and to the absorption of the black element by the whites in in rome borne as examples of the fusion of distinct races but bat neither of these is is an analogous case for the reason t that bat th the e bar biers to the fusion of these peoples were not so great as those to the fusion of the whites and the blacks orthis of this country the physical and the social differences differ eum between the whites and are greater than those that ahat existed i between the hellenes Hili enes and ana the hamitef or of egypt and ana between tho the and the dark aa element of re history hi atory does not record an i instance in which two races as dissimilar i milar as the whites and ana the blacks laks of this I 1 country have teed nor in my 1 opinion will it bif ever be the task of any future historian to record such an instance I 1 verily believe that god GA has a distinct mission for each distinct race toil to fulfill and that it is his wise purpose to keep the races separate that the they vmay may fulfill their respective missions what the negros mission is I 1 do not know but I 1 am certain that it is not that of drawing water and hewing ingwood wood for the white man I 1 c cannot not here refrain from mentioning the remarkable and melancholy melany cho y fact that only oily a few years ago many of the so ao called christian white people of this country held and hypocritical mini prea preached chea it from the pulpits pulpit 3 that god made and put the degro here to serve the white man if it be thought that all these are dead read the following extract the negro bears bean about him a birthra birthright i of inferiority that is as unalterable as eternity he who in the ila morning of creation set the shifting sands as a barrier to the mad ad waves of the mighty deep and said thus far has also set his seal upon the negro forevermore in his black skin kinky hair thick lips flat bat nose nos e double layer of skull different anatomy as well as analogy from white men his stupid intellect it is fulfilled in that prophecy uttered thousands of years ap ago but no less true ta today day A servant of servants ahalt thou ahou te ie 1 this thi ne com tern tem of railways and ste steamship times wr budge 14 of quitman gar georgia M a a pamphlet e sent broadcast tigh the land by the raier w i ass to say sav compete in my patron patronage w self to believe si that it expresses es the q truth alls widd 7 rw zin infidel fidel than ti adgel OIL etil wf essat es sSt ir thin bojt fl 1 7 1 S J that A gaia pu fal ta nil fin en as ay high and honorable a ra as t that hi t assigned to the white man s wh tt J i frfd sj e SA S A 1 e papia concur 9 T W i 7 r aw 1 y sy sia fes ma ia W de m ip bc iw st as M 2 in 1 6 C W tei irl tb fi awa i afe me V ra MITZ R been placed here by the creator that his blood may bee be used in producing a people that shall hall in its day be as peculiarly gifted as were the greeks and romans I 1 am fain to believe that the negros mission lies along the line of the redemption demp tion of this country second would the solution of the problem by amalgamation be desirable I 1 am certain that such a solution would not be desirable to the whites nothing is so repugnant and revolting to the white man as the thought of miscegenation and this is true even of the negros most ardent friends I 1 have known a few yankee teachers men who were loud in their professions of undying love for the negro and very intolerant of the southern peoples prejudices against the negro to go into hysterical convulsions when they discovered that their daughters had a little too much fondness for some of the negro male students I 1 know one such teacher who gave up his work and returned home because he suspected pecked that his daughter was inter ested in a negro student nor would such a solution of the I 1 problem be desirable to the negroes I 1 admit that the few negroes who have the white fever and who would rather be white than be good I 1 would welcome amalgamation with delight but no truly educated self respecting negro with race pride 9 would desire such a solution of the problem every such inch negro is anxious for the race to retain its identity so that it may have the opportunity of demonstrating be fore a doubting douning world the fact that the negro possesses the sabie same capabilities bili ties as the white man third can the problem not be solved in some other way than by fusion in order to answer answer this question it is necessary to know what the race problem is some understand the problem to be this can the negroes become educated moral wealth wealthy y and enterprising citizens like the whites it so how this was the great problem that confronted the nation immediately after the emancipation I 1 but the negroes have within the past thirty years year amade made such phenomenal an and prodigious strides along the lines of education wealth and morality that this is no longer a problem the great problem that now confronts and agitates the nation and to which prof boughton Sou gliton re refers is the follow following ing chow how can the two ram races so heterogeneous eods the one to tle other live here together in peace ana an a harmony now cannot this problem be solved in some other oiher way than by ama amalgamation gation I if can my opinions is that m ju to solve this problem proba ther therease eare certain things which the maa rc akdo and certain oth other er be ul 1 ont s t th eilea buat regard reg alit the allt as th their air friends taie t tes an a re deda t to the 7 va 7 up af y dm gm A A 9 ji aj W negroes a t M af a f W I 1 1 R DO 9 5 thiis ke ta D ls 1 IP I 1 SM an 01 V f jo p M N seiw VM arto te iw 51 MIP RN 2 n R V ta 91 so m 05 q taw om i 2 there are am many southern white people who are opposed to and do what they can to prevent their elevation who endeavor to keep them in a condition of servitude and ignorance and who to this end refuse to pay them living wages for their hard labor who cheat and swindle them who force them to ride in dirty and for table cars who lynch and murder marder many of their fellows there are also very many southern white people who are their friends to be continued |