Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-24
FOR TWO RACES.
The Hampton School-A Large Audi.
 ence at the United Church Parlors. :

The Hampton school-A Large Audi-
 ence at the United Church Parlors.
 The United church parlors were filled 10 overfowing yesterday afternoon with oeie- ,gations from the city churches to listen to Gen. Armstrong, the principal, and Rev. H. B. Frissell the chaplain of the Hampton school for negroes ard Indians.
 Dr. Munger opeued the meeting with appro-
 priate words of prayer. A male quartette of
 students of the school sang. MT. Hamilton
 a graduate of the school spoke upon the stores and shops of the whites, she said,
 were closed to the negro. They
 must then have their own, but they need helping hand, especially in the
 establishment of schesls. They are willing
 to do all they can. In the industrial depart
 and girls show willingness and aptitude in
 all departments of practical work. Mr Wal
 ter Baptiste, native Indian from Indian
 territory, also student at Hampton, spoke.
 He described the life of the Indians; made
 plea for Indian education. Daniel Firecloud,
 Sioux native, spoke in the original Dakota
 tongue. Dr. Munger reading after him the
 translation. He spoke for separate
 homes among the Crow Creek reservation
 Rev. MT. Frissell then stated the position
 of the school, giving examples of what it
 had done for individual negroes and Indians
 Wuo Ado SoAe out rom lIS Wdlls 1O UecOue
 centers of enlightenment among their kind,
 radiating intelligence and Christianity around them.
 Gen. Armstrong said: The first speech I ever made on this question was in the Center church, New Haven, under Dr. Bacon. Hampton is a school for civilization; not for the education of the northern youth. Here the negro and Indian youth first awake to the realization of their moral responsibility and worth The government has done much for us. They have blundered along, but on the whole we need not complain. The negro exodus was not wholly for political reasons. The negroes were at the mercy of petty trad I CTS and revolted against the 7yranny. Look 1 ing back we take heart, for the white people
 of the South are awaking to realization of
 the fact that money spent on education of negro as we'll as white is we'll invested, and pay their educational taxes willingly. We
 educate the head, the hand and the heart. | Only one-eighth of what we need is | raised by charity. Yale college asks for mill | lions of endowment. What fora To pay ! for what its students do not pay. The Hamp- ton students do not ask for anything which | they can get by their own efforts. The school requires less and less aid each year.
 You are in the golden age. They are in the | iron age. Yours is the most desirable; I theirs the most interesting These Indian | schools have affected the lives of every Indian | child in the West. The report that the h. | dians on returning to their people return to the Indian ways and manner of living is false. The Indian Rights association has 8 branch here and is doing noble work in in- surfing the Indians a fair chance. In few years the Indian reservations will be over 1 run, treaty or no treaty, unless the rightful | inhabitants are protected. Support this as- sociation. Here is your opportunity.