The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26
THE RACE PROBLEM"
Some Opinions of Prominent An
glO-SaxOns on the Question
at Nashville, Tenn.
christianity to Solve it.

A' Is Ill very Well tor COlOred editors to
fill their columns with their sentiments
regarding the so called ."Negro Prob
lem" 1fthey choose to do so, it will do
no harm, but, as they are all of about the
same opinion, there cannot as much sat
lstaction be deriven from reading these
articles as reading the sentiments of
white men who are the ones that have
the settlement of the question in their
hand s.a Therefore what We wish to-
know is not how do Colored men stand
on this question but how do white men
stand. We give below few express
ions.
Bishop John P. Newman, of Nebras-
ka, who presided over the deliberations
OF the Tennessee Conference of the
Northern Methodist Church in Nash
VILE, Ienn., gave utterance to his senti-
ments gegarding the "Negro Problem"
during an address to the students Of
Central Tennessee College,, an institu-
ton conducted under the auspices of
the Northern Methodist church. Bish-
op Newman headed the delegates to the
Conference on visit to the college, and
after all had been welcomed by Presi-
dent Braden, Bishop Newman was in
troduced. He spoke with earnestness,
and was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause. After referring to the work of
the Church which, he said, SIS 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" Bishop Newman spoke of the
"Negro Problem" as follows:
II 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. put you to the challenge to
point to me single race in the history
of the world that has been emancipated
by others which amounted to anything.
1t is one of the most solemn problems
in history. It seems to me the law of
successful emanci patton is that they who
wou be free must first strike the blow
themselves, must have risen in their
own might against tyranny, against any
form of oppression, whether political or
ecclesiastical or politico- ecclesiastical.
Sucn have succeeded. We, therefore,
under the power of our higher ciyiliza-
ton, propose to solve the question with
a people whose condition has suddenly
and radl> ally been changed, and that by
the power of this Christian civilization
shall rise to manhood that shall be distin-
guished for purity, for industry, for in
teligence and for renown. This is the
solemn question; this is the deep, un-
DERIVING thought of the statesman of to-
day, of thu philanthropist and of the
Church, and if CHRISTI NIFTY FAILS TO Do
THIS, THEN CHRISTIANITY is A FAILURE. It
was no fault OF your ancestors that they
were ensiaved. It is no ut of yours
that their descendants were emanci-
pated; so the question then recurrs
whether you prove the exception to
what might be called the rule of his
tory"
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 emanci-
pated so conducted themselves as to
commend their pureness, industry, fru-
gallty, temperance and piety not only to
their own immediate successors, but to
all coming generations, while their sons
and daughters have taken advantage of
the privileges accruing to them by the
munifcence of the government which
gave the emancipation. This new gem
Grafton is living emblem to the capa-
bility long contained by the African, and
of latent capabilities which are yet
destined to unfold themselves and as
tonish the world. For I do not hesitate
to say the branch of your race has his
tory as conspicuous and as illustrous as
either OF the other branches or human
ity. You can rapidly discover the glory
of your past history, and believe it is
IN your power to rival the glory of the
past by history more glorious in the
FUTURE
DR.. Hartsell, secretary of the Free
mans Aid and Southern Education So
ciety, in an address to the Conference,
touched upon the ''Negro Problem"
He began by saying ''that the greatest
missionary field in the world is the six
teen Southern States, among both the
white and Colored people," Continu-
ing he said, "the great need of the mis-
siopary work in the South is intelligent
and consecrated men. There is no
necessity for being afraid of the Negro
Question:" said DR.. Hartsell. s.The
Colored man is here, and here to stay.
Not less than 500 Colored babies are
born every day in the Southern
States" The only way to settle the
question, the speaker thought, is to ed
ucate the whites and the blacks.
CEas. Harris q Colored convict while
resisting arrest at Lumber City, Ga, was