The Washington bee., 1886-10-16
THE COOPERATIVE CAPAC-
ITY OF THE NEGRO.
THE I'd BAPTIST CHURCH LITERARY
CROWDED A LIVELY DEBATE.
GREAT MINDS PARTICIPATE. CON-
GRADUATING CUBA.

The literary association which
meets at the I'd Baptist church. of
VIII ch Prof. w. B. Johnson is pas
t"r, held it's regular literary meet
ins last Thursday evening. The
essayist of the evening was Rev.
} Ii. Anderson, who read paper
entitled the
COOPERATIVE CAPACITY OF THE Me-
GRO.
The speaker said: Cooperation
in general sense comprehepded
the unity of individual factors,
ol.eratlng on a given line, in ID
particular caus,, and for the at
tainment of certain end. In its
application to business it signifies
organic incorpora'ive business re-
lations. Cooperative institutions
are the outgrowth of the structure
of human society, and is protected
by tn.. laws Of mutual conditions
and ass )ciation.
THE SOCIAL FABRIC
depends upon certain moral prin.
ciples generally accepted as rule
OF individual conduct.
Society the social factor will find
ackuoHle' 'lgment if not a Practical
recognition of the loftier senti-
ments. The social status OF the
dominant race is fxi'y, and it's
pleasing forms advanced; but that
of the less fortunate race is but
scarcely emerged fIom the ini id
tory stage and IN character initia-
tive s nee the Negro in Ameri-
ca h no specific socitl forms, but
invariab y c"pys what is known as
American OF which be is not the
pr jector. x His national
pride is not like that of the Eng
lishman, German, FrenchmaD,
Russian, Anglo Saxon Ame rlcan
or even the heather Mongolian.
He can reach but individual na-
tlonal greatness, ia its collective
f1rm is not p, IS BILE. His intele
is simply that of a local commo-
nality, which he enj 'ys partial
through a popular lhilanthropic
sentiment, and partially by per-
sis tnt aggressive policies on his
own part. There Can be but lit
tie dnubt that if the American
N gr) was separately colonlztd
with the proper resources he
would soon win national dlstinc.
tin The Negro is MT leader
i'll politi>s, but for the most part.
is lead; he is not die a1or, but 4
servaI t, lie is not independent, but
manitests dependence; aud all this
will he continue to be until he
organizes and maintains an az
or ssive and persistent assertion
of lis legitimate claims The pa
per was we'll ,erltten and deiive e |
Rev. Harvey Anderson demon
strst,d his logic and eIoquence
The PRESIDENT, Mr.. Chase, having
ann unced the paper open for dis
cu>siom, A. S. Richardson took
) the flour and while lie compliment
, ed the IS ,ayist to an extent, he
said that be could not agree with
him. He cited several points
Which were applauded.
) MIR. III. Price Williams followed
and said what the Negro wanted
was backbone. lie didn't believe
) in the idea OF his going begging
!, 10 command respect said be, yol
; must get money. Look at ia,
, Gould and Other marked men.
r A. Il. Leonard didn't agre
with Mr.. Williams. He said tall
/, was cheap and il was impossible
, tor anybody to 60 through thl
: world on b s own responsibility
lie wanted it understood that b
' knew what he was talking abou
that this idea Of the Negro sayin!
that he is not dependent was folly
Mr.. Lenard was very severe o.
+ those who preceded him.
O.. Ell. Richardson agreed full
n with the essayiSt. lie wanted t
g see the lored people co ope' at
: &c.
| A. St. A. Smith said that ther
}, was too much cooperation alread,
5 There should be more divisio.
J. They had been cooperating fc
over $50 yeals
MIR. ID. f. Bats, was the mex
D speaker, who said that be neve
n had days schooling in his lii
: but there was time when he hs
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