New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-20
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will be greatly sratiied at being advertised
III the Baltimore SAN Of the 18Th instant n,
southern men" We believe that Mr. Hon
kins was born in Maryland certainly lac has
spent the greater portion of his life in this
i city, and here he has accumulated hisrcOlcS-
sal fortune. He has taken an honest pride
IN the growth and DEVELOPMENT of Baltimore
and by his enterprise. prudence, saglcitv,
anu ludiclous investments has Nrontribuf,1
not \ little to its commercial urosrcrity
More than that, he has set an example of
strict business integrity which has done much
10 establish the character of Baltimore NOR
chants abroad, and his timely Endorsement
mas saved many struggling house from
| bankruptcy. As merchant, banker. and
the dispenser of magnificent charities. the
South may well be proud of Mr.. Hopkins.
and Baltimore should feel honorcd that he
has made her people, in certain sense. his
iegatees; for surely the hospital, the uni
versity, and the asylum which he is about to
oulld are tor the common welfare.
Mr. Hopkins is n southern man hv birth
ana residence. But stranger reading the
article IN the Sun 10 which We have called
attention would infer something more than
this. To him the expression 'Southrrn"
man would convey n wider meaning. lie
would take Mr.. Hopkins 10 he a man who
holds dlStlnctively Southern views. and whose
political nc has been in accord herewith
hen the san de>ignatcS citizen of Ealti-
more rs "a Southern man." it generally
means a man who believed in the excellence
oil the institution of slavery. who Svmpathizcd
with the South IN the late civil war, who or
posed the reconstruction act, of Congress.
and who accepts the situation now rather in
the spirit of noble sacrifice IL pcacc than
OF any conviction of the wisdom or necessity
oil the policy which controlled public events
Measured by this standard, Mr.. Hopkins T.,
not Southern man." As every Baltimo-
rean knows, he is member of the Society of
Friends, and has always held the peculiar
views oil that religious body upon the slavery
question. He was the intimate friend and
associate of those who suffered much from
southern" men on account of their supposed
anti-Southern views. Mr.. Hopkins was lovaI
to the Government during its struggle for
existence, and when the war was over, with
the rest OF his sect favored the COmplete en-
reimbursement of the cmancipated race. In
short, he was and is Republican, Now.
there are a great many Southern Republicans.
but the Sun is not apt to claim any great glory
Tor the south because they were born upon
Southern soil. Mr.. Hopkins is called a
southern man with the obvious intent OF
contrasting him with Northern men who have
not built asylums for colored children. The
editor OF the Sun means To say this Hoi
you hypocites of the North, who are con
stantly prating of your philanthropy, VIII,
arc organizing associations for the education
OF the freedmen, and keeping the South in
perpetual turmoil with your persistent inter
ference-hide your diminished heads for
shauic. Here is a Southern man, born ON
Southern soil, devoted to Southern institu-
tons, and not devoid of southern prcudiccs,
who has done more for the colorcd race than
all your Northern horde put together"
We do not think that Mr.. Hopkins desires
that any such contrast should be drawn. He
has always co-operated with the friends who
have devoted themselves to the amelioration
Of the condition of the freedmen; he has
contributed of his ample means to that end,
making use of the channels afforded by the
North. Nothing was further from his mten-
ton, when he organized the great charities to
which we have referred, than that they
should have sectional cast He is not a
sectional man, and has no desire that his
munIticcnt charities should furnish a theme
for sectional gloritication. The same may be
said OF each Of the gentlemen whom he has
named as trustees, and to whom he has con-
flded the management of the great institu-
tons which he has founded and endowed
The design Of the Sun to mslead the out
side world as to 'Ir. Hopkins political views
would not be so apparent were il not that a
most material fact is omitted in the state
ment Of the general plan of the hospital
One Of the conditions on which Mr.. Hopkins
has set apart two millions of dollars for the
maintenance Of a free hospital is that there
must be no distinction on account of race or
color in its wards. Particular attention il
called to the fact that no dcnOminat!Onal
| differences shall be regarded in the dis ensa-
ton Of his charities - but not "A word is said
of that larger and broader bencyOlcnCc
which excludes all distinctions Of race from
the merciful shelter OF the hospital. We can
see no reason for refusing to publish this
/ fundamental condition Of the great charity,
| except that IL would give Il certain quaiiiigl-
ton to the assertion that Mr.. Hopkins is "a
"SOuthern man - which the editor Of the S,.t
| did not desire.
We regret to mention that Mr. IIopkn
has encountered considerable opposition from
| Southern" men in carrying ont his chITita-
/ bic designs. He has been delayed more than
two years in securing such guarantees from
/ the City Council and from the State lcglsla-
| ture as would forever secure the hospital en-.
closure from being intrudcd upon by the com
missioncrs for opening streets. when IL wa
known that cOlOrcd people were to be admit
ted to the hospital there were southern"
men residing in the ncghbOrhoOd who held
! Indignation meetings, and protested against
the dissertation Of that part Of the civ bg
such an institution. Other Southern" men
rested their opposition to the bencliceut char
ity on the ground that Mr. HOpSiua had or
tanned the property Of the old MARY tui iTJs-
pital at price below its real value We ar
not aware that the SIM ever cNpostuiItri
with these gentlemen, or gave 81. IIopk.ns
the least assistance IN cyerCOm.u" thg.r uu-
reasoning bi3Otry.
II happened that there were powerful ..-
fiuences ut work which made the opposition
Of no effect, and Mr.. Hopkins was accorded
the privilege OF making git 10 the people ot
Baltimore, whose lar-rclchnp bcuelccurr
cannot be estimated. Hence these cOugrat.
ulations. Why should a narrow sectional
ism be permitted 10 designate Mr.. IIopk.ns
as Southern man" when the conditions o.
his munificent requests proclaim him % De-
national man p baltimore lneyicQn
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