The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08
mr. NEGRO AND HIS FUTURE

III 4HE NEGRO AND HIS FUTURE.
terial and spiritual Progress OF the
bored People of the SOuth-Dr.
orrs Oh America and the Divine
ban.
New York Herald.
the church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn
ntly, Rev. DR.. Storrs introduced 10 the
Iregstion, prior to the sermon, DR..
bly,, the secretary of the American
ionary society, who, he said, would
Ich the discourse and give some particu-
respecting the colored population Of the
M. The text selected by the preacher
y Revelations, xiv, 16-"And he gathered
"a together into place called in the
brew tongue Armageddon." After a
renee 10 what was generally understood
be the fgurAtive and literal meaning
the text he said that in the struggle
png the nations the text predicted
America would have 10 take her
There was evidence of this in the
herring together on this continent of
bus nationslities, included in which was
kriety of religious beliefs and unbeliefs.
Protestant religion had not, since the
of the apostles, obtained better devel
bent than that which had been reached on
continent The Methodist and Baptist
shren had been pre-eminent in this
>ect in their evangelizing efforts. The
l 1lAt conflict at present in this country arose
l6& of antipsthies and conflicts with the
7e6Iored races. The lrdisns had been a
1culty from the time of Plymouth Rock
~ NE day of Carl Schurz. He would, no
3oa4 confne himself to the responsibility of
SAlnerica for the colored race The first fact
tthfk was manifest was that the negro was
thego TO stay. He had travelled very much in
the South during the years 1860 and 1880,
had conyersed with all classes of population,
from the governors of states downward, and
Z The universal testimony was that the negro
Wa dying out. But the census of 1870
showed that the negro population had in
creased to more than half million. Within
the last decade there were the same predic-
tious, but the census tables of 1880 showed
az astonishing growth of thirty.tbree per
cent for the negroes had increased 10 ten
millions and half That was very large
increase, even if the imperfectlons of the
1870 census were not taken into account.
Yho negro was the source of our national
tsouble. Consciously or unconsciously he
IA been the cause OF discomfort among us
foa( last fifty years. The trouble was
IN over yet, though they were emancpated
lnleouth Carolina if they met together for
~ speech their meetings were broken up
men in red shirts, carrying
tols, and when afterwards the ballot. boxes
Ie set up the white men set themselves in
ont to prevent the negro from voting
Ezssident Garfield in his late message had
yoferred to these proceedings as grea,
crime. The murder of Judge Chisholm and
( ~ daughter, with the impotent ending Of
Tie trial of his murderers, showed what the
condilion of public opinion was in many
parts of the south.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Y II was now pretty generally acknowledged
that the troubles OF the south arose out Of y
& led local government and u suppression oil
< tho suffrage. Both these things vera per-
mitted TO continue not because the negro wa.
black, but because he was ignorant, and there.
fore, so easily corruptible President Garfield
had said that the remedy was education. Thi.
hid been as equally and emphstcally en-.
dorsed by senator Brown, of Georgia. The
Missionary societies had worked always or
W. educational basis. The most earnes,
port of the mi.sionary's work was 10 gel
~ colored people educated. There mus
nlDo DO with this education the influence Of
N E1prality and religion, for that formed char
aoler, and without character there was M
Go{ety, The criticism upon this method o.
0ovelopment was that 1t would take very
Ing time to bring about the remedy In tina
Wy. But there was no shorter way. Thi
Vould DO evident on the mention Of a few
cocts. There was first TO be observed in III,
neat accumulation of property by the col.
ofed people. In the state Of Georgia thos,
people paid taxes on S6,250,000. II the sam,
ratio were spread over all the colored PEG
pie 1t would give an aggregate taxable prop
orty Of $50, 100000, which would give /,
every man, woman and child Ia the south
Nl.25. In the school attendance In tn,
osuth of 100000, there were 100000 o
lored children, which was nearly fort,
recent of the population. That was
nlio Of school attendance that had n,
Arallel in the history Of the world
M the progress of the people WAS best sect
the church and school work that III,
american Missionary Society had super,
tended. There was reason 10 believe tina
ere were 100000 pupils taught in the col
ed schools by the graduates from the nor
" seminaries for colored teachers. II hst
en said that II was quite possible 10 ins,,uc
~ negro In the lower branches, but when 4
ccme TO the higher education no would fail
few yesn ago, when the Georgia Stat
legislature WAS in the hands Of the republi
CPS, an appropriation Of 5000 was made I,
~ College of Colored Students At Atlanta
y order that II might be seen that this ap
propriasion was we'll deserved Governo
Brown, the present senator, was invited
With snumber Of other gentlemen who hs,
been eonfederatos, to DO present at az OK
animation Of tho pupils In Latin, Greek, al
zebra and geometry. The proficiency man
Itested was so great that Governor Brow,
lAen and since has expressed his conaden
o>lef that In mental requirements there wa
nothing thatthe white man did that tho col
ored man might not do. The speaker con
]. cluded by asking contributions from IN
congrega,ion for the extension Of education
b Mississippi.