Huntsville gazette., 1889-11-02
NASHVILLE Oct.

|T>/A city, has given ut
msAA Z~@#@ terance to his SEN
WyT4MzgIYTX/MF timents regard
'WIEza| /3w ing the negro
17svop nrwx.v problem during
an address to the students Of Central
Tennessee college, an institution con-
Quoted under the auspices OF the North
ern Methodist church.
Bishop Newman headed the delegates
to the conference on q visit to the col
lege and, after all had been welcomed
by President Braden, Bishop Newman
was introduced He spoke with earnest
ness, al was frequently interrupted by
applause After referring to the work
Of the church, which he said, lis the
greatest Protestant denomination in the
world and has given large promises OF
latent capabilities and excited hopes to
be realized in the years that are to
come
The Bishops views.
Bishop Newman spoke of the negro
problem as follows:
Il suppose that it has occurred to you
that we are attempting to solve prob
lem in this country never before at
| tempted; at all events never before
solved 1 put you to the challenge
| to point to me a single race IN the his
tory of the world that has been emancl-
pated by others which ever amounted to
ANYTHING. 1t is one of the most solemn
problems in history. 1t seems to me
the law of successful emancipation is
that they who would be free must first
strike the blow themselves must have
risen in their own might against tyran-
nv, against any form of oppression,
whether political or ecclesiastical, or
politico ecclesiastical. Such have sue
ceeded
1--WE. therefore, under the power of
our higher civilization, propose to solve
the question with people whose condl-
tion has suddenly and radically been
changed, and that by the power Of this
Christian civilization shall rise to man
hood that shall be distinguished for
purity, for industry, for Intelligence
and for renown. This is the solemn
question: this is the deep underlying
thought of the statesman OF to-day, OF
the philanthropist and of the church,
and if Christianity fails to do this, then
Christianity is failure 1t was no fault
Of your ancestors that they were en-
slaved 1t is no fault of yours that their
question then recurs whether you prove
the exception to what might be called
the rule Of history"
Two Solutions.
| Bishop Newman then referred to the
past history of the race, and said:
Your problem, to the observer, con-
tains two features The one is that those
who were Immediately emancipated so
/ +oI ~ Il
their pureness, industry, frugality, tenn
perance and piety not only to their own
immediate successors, but to all coming
generations while their sons and daugh-
tiers have taken advantage of the privi-
leges accruing to them by the munifi-
cence of the government which gave
them emancipation.
This new generation is a living en-
blem to the capabllity long contained
by the African, and of latent capacities
which are yet destined to unfold them
selves and astonish the world. For [
do not hesitate to say the branch of
your race has history as conspicuous
and as illustrious as either of the other
branches of humanity. You can rapidly
| discover the glory of your past history,
and | believe it is in your power to rival
the glory Of the past.b history more
glorious in the future
| DIR. Hartse1Ps Plan.
Dr. Hartsell. secretary of the Freed
man S Aid and Southern Education So
ciety, in an address to the conference,
touched upon the negro problem. He
began by saying that the greatest mis-
sionary field in the world is the sixteen
southern states, among both the white
and colored people. Continuing he said
the great need Of the missionary work in
the south is intelligent and consecrated
men. There is no necessity for being
afraid Of the negro question, " said DR..
Hartzell. The negro is here, and
here to stay. Not less than
negro babies are born every day in the
southern states. = The only way to set
tie the question, the speaker thought, is
to educate the whites and the blacks