New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-22
THE EDUCATION NEEDED BY FREEDMEN.

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70 ne razor OF The Trt6""e
Srr: The education CT our cOlored fellow
citizens at the souis mquestionaby question OF par
amount Importance; the public safety as well as ph
anthropc spirit demands their emancipation from the
chains Of ignorance and animalism the heritage OF gen.
eraons OF scrvtude After twenty years OF neglect eA
cent in isolated cases. it is high time that the matter
should lie heavily upon the heart and conscience OF the
Nation As a bondman, dependence, docility ard tho
religious sentiment TO be expected III the negro
The one was n defence, the other refuge III his hard-
ships As freedman, IL were not strange II the removal
Of rcstaints and disabilities induce independence ana
recessness That this has not been true in any marked
degree certainly should commend that factor OF the
National life whose history for of years has been
written in the words: Slave COntrahand Ward OF the
Nation Freedman Citizen. With the duties ana rcspoh-
sibes Of citizenship thrust upon him. lett to the nach-
nations of greed and dcmagOgism in too many instances
he has become mischievous tool That the present ana
rising generations Of colored citizens are 10 he important
factors fer good or evil goes without saying That they
are thoroughly awake to their privileges and oppor,un-
flies there is no room for doubt That they are utterly
untitled for the exercise OF their privileges or 10 make
proper use of their opportunities there as little doubt
Whether they .sha remain thus la lie question pressing
for answer.
There is but one answer They must have the benefit
Of education But of what class shall this education
be : Said Northern man, an educator OF Wlde eNpc-
rience What needed IS the formation among the col
oed neople of thoroughly educated clasS-an aflsOc-
rocv ~ broin leaders of thought and opinion. This
want must he elpped by the Institutes ana colleges es
tahIIshcd by Northern money and philanthropy. sald
an Intelligent Southern woman: II Is msl4hen PM
lnntLrotv You are raising among the cOlOed people
lazy and c6uccited class, who giving tone 10 tlef
whole sOciety (fOr they have distinct society ana III
this their only hope of advancement ana the adNan
age which the black Of the South holds over MS
bTothcl pt the North j. with false Wow OF cducacn
prevallug among the coloIcd people and humored by
their white instructors, there Is ground for the apre
heusiOn expressed In the present constitution OF
society the Negroes education Is Vaueess 10 MN among
his white brethren and may be worse thah useless
among those OF his own color =. ,
What they need 10 leadership, not III thcnght anu
opinion only yet pOltics ana religion, nut III INC
thousand avenues OF practical lie business uCchac,
scientific How shall this need bc supplied Only as
tho educated class educated indeed, III al tnclI
powers after broad pattern. with the Iundahcnal
irincple that they acquire and maintain habits OF in
duStry of thrift of self help sand prominent SOutI-
ern man in official station 10 the writer: your schools
have been in operation FOR years. lou nave turned
| ont graduates year by year But what becomes OF
them and of what value Is their Lain ana creek lhe|
| make no better BARRIERS or walters. waving Inc
manifest injustice and cruelty OF the charge since inc
black is welcome 10 any other calling educators
may yet get suggestion. The education hNen must
every department of active life among their own
peone; not only TO cOiOnt1e IN Africa or the Soutl
American states vet "cXOdlze 10 Kansas, nut Just
where they lind themselves in the providence OF God to
work out the problem he mas III we" III 'ci' Pio9o0'
among MS as citizens OF the Republic.
In word III all Southern schools let there DC en-
phasized the Industrial Element together WIN tDe
tntellectnal and the religious The new society then
shall be characterized by the urt ana sohu pio4eIiy
Which have made New England famous throughout the
civilized world and worthy TO be the training schoo LOT
tho Votion LELAND
Nc,c- orleans, La, Dec II, 1882.