he problem seems farther away than ever, we must be candid
and seek the cause of failure in the methods that we have been using. In
the past, the white man's idea of the solution has been contrary to the
Negro's idea. The white man has been trying to circumscribe the Negro's
sphere, at the same time, the Negro has been trying to know the truth
which would make him free; yet, both claim to be trying to solve the
same problem. Before a satisfactory solution of the problem can be had,
it will be necessary for the best white people and the best class of
Negroes to get together and agree as to what the solution must be. Is it
to consist of the Negro knowing his place and staying in it, or is it to
consist of the Negro knowing the truth and being free? Which shall it
be? Unless they can agree as to the answer there can be no satisfactory
solution.

In a democratic form of government having one language, one history,
one literature, one religion, one Bible, and one God, there can be only
one man who is the sum total of these, only one man who is the typically
good democratic citizen, and this man will be known by his
accomplishments and not by the color of his skin. If we should have two
types, two men, then we must have two governments, two languages, two
histories, two literatures, two religions, two Bibles, and two Gods.

If the shiftless, ignorant, superstitious, and criminal class of Negroes
is increasing, it is because the ruling class of white men have been
limiting his education, disfranchising him, and in other ways trying to
doom him to serfdom. The great race riot in Atlanta was simply the
culmination of the ten months' campaigning of race hatred. Men who are
now writing resolutions and sound and sane editorials, were then
rivaling each other in their abuse of the Negro. The nominee for
governor seemingly, was to be given to the one who could prove himself
the greatest enemy of the Negro. It is a divine and immutable law that
if we sow the wind we will reap the whirlwind.

_Only One Road to the Solution._

Lynchings and mobs will not solve the problem, for it has been proven
that such actions beget crimes. Depriving him of educational advantages
and disfranchising him, will not suffice, for on the one hand this
method produces ignorant Negroes, and on the other hand it increases in
the white man the belief that the Negro has no rights which a white man
is bound to respect. These two states of mind in the last a