New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-20

,pi,ing socqties and bands, IN rHlsh9 iu'u' III
ur,vding clothing, in securing anhu" anu P'i
scholarship in building ana r7P"i''n7
,so and otherwise aiding the board III It's wor"' de
20 enecial MENTION The total amount OF money
oceved in this way is over S3ooOo' twenty -o"o
tu Scholarships and the salaries OF thirty teachers
have been provided for wholly OF III part
In reviewing the WORK done at the end OF quarter
of a century. the committee DeheNes t'"' 'ie 'cno4
Assembly ha, great occasion TO be encouraged IN
.,o,, Of the past and TO sound the bngo note of
.icorous advance for the future. ii adds:
T., accordance with "a vigorous request from the
Hoard we recommend that III C'l'es Mherc inert ~
mrls of money for scholars ips or Or Other spScio
rposes AT ann particular Institution supported ny
he BOARD the Board shall be authorized 10 use uhe
adier poIut, wherever this can be done with the
consent of the donors or wltot Vcidts any IN 1I
made I'm cases where this cannot be done WIN pro
prey the Board + directed TO ho ann 69p to be
expended meanwhile from year To- year at any Poiii
for the particular purpose specified IN tit or raSn
Kit. The Board also desires PERMISSION 10 rvTo dr
mend 10 the PIe,by tercs containing churcheS uhuer
its that the applications made 70 th9Se nose ~
byeries for aid from the lioai'l shail Dc NooVu mp
by ballot ~ this is substantially the rule appi0Veu
by the General assembly in the case OF applioa,TIs
observed by our Presbytcries in that connection, we
recommend that this permission be granted: Fan, ,,s
An overture from the f'rcsbytery of Cape Fear mas
been referred 10 this committee by the General As
scmbly. in which certain changes are prOposa III hHo
l. adopted by the Assembly Of last year ana tniS rs
sembE is asked to authorize such changes Inc ehect
sought seems be to release the Prcs0ytcres IN 'c
synods Of Atlantic and Catawba from the neoe'sI ot
seeking the Endorsement approval OF the Board 81
Missions for Freedmen in ter applications for aid aid
from other Board, Of the Church. IL appears 10 your
COMMITTEES that the REMOVAL Of this Obligation Is on
several accounts undesirable at PRESENT ana we tere
inge Fear he not granted We deem il proper add
that. IN the exercise OF jurisdiction so uIh,ae .o
Board may be expected to act not only WIN nrmness
hut also with proper consideratene-s ana IN Vve
promptne's in attending to eac apps"HthTyn l
as presented 20 MS the obvious duty OF uIlS
Hoard The term Of service OF the following members
Of this Board eNpires at this time me Key , :
Fisher, the Rev. John Fox. the rev. ar, . ~, r.
Kumler and Elders John &. McCombS ana X : DAVIS
Two members ~ the Board have been removed Dy
Geat9 fTr9g ' Ne rcsonmcnd tha tho Eve bre
rem whose term Of service now expire DE app1MiIscu
again for the period Of three year .ihd that hiuer
r. A. R,rkc be appointed to III the pace Of Mr Lay
in the class of 1901 and The Rev. D. > henncdA 10
III the place Of the Rev Mr.. lnrchad IN INC oidsS
OF 1902.
The Rev. Dr.. X. II. Allen secretary Of the Boarn
addressed the Assembly ut length on the WORKINGS OF
the department. which, he said, Is moving Forward III
highly satisfactory manner. His observation lea
him 10 believe that naturally negroes were Metodl''
and aptl,ts but that they were PreSbyerans Only by
grace The remarkably rapid manner IN wmch the
colorcd population Of the south Is beng multiplied EN-
pla,lcd the necessity II continuing the great "orh
If cvaugclzation. Among the 100000 OF negroes
there 600 ncgroe, were born daily, and he considered
a, utterly absurd and ridiculous the proposition OF
some to dump them out of the country. The ne
sroc, are here to stay and cannot be- removed Ihey
SlIl I'm 4 short lime los great power, either for good
or evil and TIE Presbyterian church l. uV'lu To Ut;
II, influence for good If they are not evangelical
and educated. the problem VIII De tI"iHenuyu' dlu
fr-atcuny one when they obtain control OF tc clThV
southern ~tatc-, they most surely Will Inc cry
that negroes viii not work j. false one, As Is shown
b. statistics Of valuation.
= lIcnry Day. II New York. in brief address al
vanc,d the opinion that the 50 called negro problem
land ID 10 time that tn, matter Was uhHcFo,psl'
mi, great duty was laid the churches, ana III -
OH aiors lu justice to the colprd people @.
The south. We, a, people, have done tio coio''t
rcyp. a ,r, at wrong. and 10 il our sacred duty Ia
r,ght This wrong. II Is our patriotic a. Wen A. our
rrlgiou- duty, and II is question ~ loyalty l" o
-.,Oupo an, Appropriated for the use OF TINS Board
Tl. Rev NJ. Alexander, Of tho Prsby~ iJ ~ 'i@
Fear a col,rcd man, spoke Of the work ana Inhurh,"
III the Presbyterian church In the south he said
NAT The Erp.ry-s made subject OF great rrloc-
NJ The Rev. Hampton Hunter, Of Charleston. = g.,
co,rrd man, sad that Their u no ,otalled
I'r--by terrain church had y ItS powerful ihuuonoo
solved the problem. In the south, the negro was
The lest frieud Of The Prsbyt"ran Church and the
.e.r, va also "a" best friend Of good government
ltcrr, Of frccducls mi sion, ana n was presided
over b, ~" Key. DR. Howard Crosby ~ Ne" York
t.i,. IJc secretary ..ud that twenty five N"Sr' asD
the PrshytcItlns had not slng" copted clergy man,
.. nd pn, h,rr 90 have ,olC'd clergy men on
En-. Platform. and you shall hear from them tie
then introduced liz. Crosby one - " our '"l"rci
not rail me colprrd people Of thc south African.
1hcy arc not Africans. They are Amcrctus u
thcy are not what YOU Why you arr rngli,h.
scotch German and Irish. and ir ftrt. thor" is NOT
The wor, African" Rcmarh, were also made by
ti- Rev. ". 4. Alexander. 'oOrcd. oi Wilmington,
y c.. tho Rev. +. &. Potter, coorcd, ~ cotton
Plant Ark: tie ROY. York Jones. ooior,i. OF Peter
man II columbus, Ga.. and the Rev. W. H. Franklin
~ l.ist tennessee.