The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-05-06
Lecture OF tie American NEGRO.

Nh, Adam = Green, BLACK man from M-@iss-
ippi, and 4 member Of the Junior class at Colby,
delivered i Very interesting lecture at the Baptist
church, Belfast, sunday evening, on the American
Negro, considered from his Political, Moral and
Social status. Mr. Green il studying for the min.
~try and after graduation win return to his native
state t" preach to hi~ race lie isl young man Of
much ability, hut his enunciaton j. poor making
it extremely difficult to follow him.
Mr.. Green began ty SAYING that he had often
been asked if he did not wish he was white man.
He sail no. Goa made him Black man and he was
content. He could do more for Ills race tllan though
lie was white. Mr.. Green said that through cour-
te4y he supposed, his race ore called 'colored'
people. He objected and wanted to he called a
Negro on black man. lie gave an elaborate dies
clption Of the several eolors and their cmcct, say
ing lhal concentration of all the colors through
the Solar spectrum produced white spot conse-
qucntlv the term colorcd Is more applicable to the
white than the black race.
He first took up the antiquity of the black man
and said the black races all descended from Ham,
one Of tile four IONS of Noah. Ham was a black
man. s. the white tarc descended from another
son OF Noah the White ami black races mc first
cousins, closer relationship than many like to at
1919 when 2owelc landed at ,Jamestow bya Dutch
trader. From that beginning the race increased III
America ID over i.00000o When they were freed BY
the emancipation proclamation. The Egyptians, Il
people celebrated III history for great learning and
civilization were black people. The pharoahs
were Black men. Hannibal the greatest soldier of
history was hlack man. Thebes was inhabited
Wv negroes and u were Memphis and Alexandria.
!. f,,. Il
the Sea anA Athens was founded By an Egyptian
black man. - that the American negro las his
tory.
The right ~ franchise Of the Negro is source
Of hatred by the people of the south The former
master and owner will not recognize the rights Of
the negro to the ballot. He had seem the black
men Of tho south beaten ana driven from the polls
at the point Of the hayonet fpr attempting to
exercise thi~ franchise. The salvation of the
negro is ia education. Then he will become the
peer Of the white man. Joseph Cook wa his
authority for saying that III 1920 the negro will
occupy the -anc place in the south now held by
the white race. The south Is the natural home Of
the negro The great trouble with the negro is hi,
ignorance. An will be changed when he becomes
educated. There are now in the south 1867
schools for the black and ~ cr 100000 pupils
are being educated. This is largely due to New
England influence. The churches also doing 4
great work Mr.. Green said the negroes were most
" AIethodist+ and BaptiSs.
lie aid he had been asked il he believed in the
;inagamatinn Of the races. That il Il question
that will work out itself If 4 white man wants
| t. marry jnrk woman, on vice versa, it no
ones business but their own. Moses, the only
man 4" whom Goa eyer appeared face to face,
nailled black woman. Miriam, the sister of
Moses turned up her nose 1T this and was pun
ished hy Cod.
Mr. Green predicted mitch for the American
negro, ami All must come through his education
The speaker brought forth many points and
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