National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-20
NEGROES AND INDIANS.
A Meeting in Behalf of the Wards Of the
Nation.
Gen. Armstrong and Ills Pupils Colored
Schools i'm the south,


Tho Conorog,t;orol oL,,.,t, ,,,,,,.- .e r, ,,,a
MI, 80 ~, 49,, w, iioi VI y "''u
'" eV,C0''' "ao "oi n'lcu lasO evening
with mighty intelligent people who camc out
TO hear Gen. S. G. Armstrong, principal of tho
HAMPTON Normal school, and some of his
nuniis nrosort tbo cIoi,, or .bo tnd;o, o,d
A., =. -, w.,
."o "osto " oo ou"e".'u 40 Vne oCnor oh"-
dron OF the nation. Chief Justice Waite pre-
sided, and among the gentlemen who
sat on tho pIatform with him yero cx
1rs,ioo stror, soro,or no,,os Cor,,,,issio,,or
'"''' o'i,l'''''O'o'
Price, Frederick Douglass, and Rev. DIR.
Rankin. A Quintette of trained coored
singers from tho Uamnton school. sang n
number of negro hymns with fine effect
These vounp men have voices that wouId he
envied bv many nm opera singer. and there is
n sort of nnthos in their style of singing that
almost moves TO tears,
Chief Justiee Waite. in Introducing tho
first sneaker of the eveninp-RobeTt II
Hamilton. n gradunto of tbn Uamnton
school-said "Whilo Won all know somethinn
of Gen. Armstrong's school | doubt very
much n Won know how mnch good IL has
done, He has come Tonight to give Won an
onnortunitv TO iudpe for yourselyes wbether
bis yorl- Is worthy of vour assistance and
symnathvn -
Mr. Hamilton 10 n tail ,nuscular voung
man. who has entirely escaped the faint of
omnIgomotion aud Ia n MIRO African in foa-
tnres, as we'll as color Ue has n good nros.
cnoc an oagv delivery. and talks with MS
mueh oomnosure as II he had spent a long
jfo in addrossing nubIic nssembIics Uo
said that Industrial education was necessary
/ TO fit The negro to be n good citizen. no matter
how humblo tho station he mipht fiji. If
be il In be n hewer of wood and
dro,vor nr ,yotnr no nught to bo able
]
to rise ho must be permitted TO learn the
| hjrhcr mechanical trades. hut ali the work
shops arc closed against him There is no
wav for him 10 become a skilled workman.
unicss he IL taught in an industrial school
| There has benn some talk of the negro re.
| lapsino nto barbnrism in some parts of the
! countrv If this IL true IL il not creditnbo
| To the white peonle by whom he ia surrounded,
| II Ia NOT IN bc oynerted that INV considorable
| merriam Of tho race will herome thor.
| oughIv chucotrd INIT nil need To he
| tought tbo oIomontorv branches and the
| hands should be trained TO useful employ-
| n,onts Tho coIorod nonrlo will NOT uat nm
tbr ladder of civiIization at n single bonnd,
! INT tbrv want IN ascend ston bv sten They
are vrry moor bccnnsc their labor has been
! tal;cn for two hundred vears To enrich and
| educate tbnir masfers Mr. uamilton spoaE.
! inc OF the politicians who talk of exterminat-
| ing tho race said "You can't exterminate
/ WithOut INgtrpI.inU n OOOl deal of
own fesb ond bIood = He clnsed bv Giving
some account of tho shirt-making and tailor
| inc ostoblisbncnt nt Uamnton of which no
! il sunerintendent
Ohitika. an Indian hoy of the Sioux tribe,
who speaks tho English Language rather i'm.
perfertlv, made a sneech which contained a
wood deai Of comn,nn sense aIthou~b II was
Somewhat disininted. He concluded with
this well.exnrsssed sentiment: ''Some of us
aro white. some black. and some red; we
sneak different l.uguapes. hut / think il is
possible for ,s oll to snrSe one C;odU
Thomas Tuttle. also Stony Indian. made
n very GOOD speecb. in which tho sharn deal-
ings of the white man with the Indian were
| well hit off He advanced the idea that the
final fate of the Indian would be amalpama-
tion with The white raca He closed with
this snggestiye remnrl,. "'rhe Indian is easily
| converted. because he is not An idolator."
Mr.. Booker T. Washington, principal of the
normal school at Tuskegee, Ala, % graduate
of the Hampton school and very bright
young man, was the next speaker. He gave
an account of the institution with which h,
is connected. Twelve years ago the white
teachers of u colored school at Tuskcgee were
frightened away Three years ago the Ala
bama legislature made an appropriation o.
So, 900 to build school house and agreed tc
appropriate $1,000 year toward paying til,
teachers. From this beginning a large and
industrial plan. The white people of tn,
town and vicinity have given all tho assist
ance in their power. Most Of the work OF
the buildings has been done by the negro
boys some of whom have become exper
mechanics Six thousand dollars are needed
to put up suitable building for the girls
Mr.. Washington said that brains, property
and character will settle the race question
Good schools will accomplish more than cyi
rights bills Where there is negro farmer
who by virtue of his superior knowledge o
the science of agriculture can raise flft,
: bushels of corn to the acre, whii