The Race Question and Its Future
The race question is still a live question, discussed by papers and scientific men all over the country. President Taft seems to be inclined to let the South settle the race question itself. President Elliot in a recent interview advises against admixture of all kinds of races, even advises the Irish to keep themselves distinct from the Scotch, and the English to keep the races of continental Europe segregated. While early results may not be disastrous, it is contended that the ultimate effect will be the forming of entirely new races having no kinship with anything, and yet revealing the worst elements of the races which have entered into the mixture. Yet on the other hand there are those who contend that admixture of the races develops a stronger race, and welds into the new race the abilities of all the races, as in America, for instance, which is a hodgepodge of races. What a blessing it will be when God will have a people of one language and one race; the great type of which will be the Lord Jesus Christ! — a race that will not give way to another, but will endure forever.