New-York tribune., 1890-06-07

not expect the southern negro to attain high a
plane III a day, they might DO 80 Ill time. All we
can do is to prepare the way for peaceful evolution
give the negro chance and leo him make tho most OF
II. AS a last word. Mr. White expressed himself ID ID
temporarily disfanchise large part OF the voters oi
hc south and s he ie hat the efecs wod t tH He
North and there will be mono i0r iIteracy at te
south.
40 speech before the conference has been listened
to with greater attention than that which Dr. Lyman
Abbott delivered YESTERDAY Ihe conference he 'aid,
no theories, and those who had theories out no facts.
lie was included the latter class on the previous
negro prOblcm rhe conference had been assured that
III fields Of activity Jho negro was without u
rival and that In The last quarter of Il century MS
progress had been greater than that OF any other race
known to history ON second tnoHsS r nc va wa, @ Iios
many good qualities and some serious delecti. Tic
possesses excessive venegaton, but not enough con
science, more ldeaity and emotion than Judgment
lie IS Initiative. but not original ana iOt to PicscnS
the Anglo saxon rules thr continent by the force OF
Gsn5cod Sl' Three thnc, must be recognized
so1sdcIl@s the poGleH, ,.v In s the is 1S,t net
to be put off by himself Ia black belt or on reser
vatlon, or 10 bo consigned to Africa Hence II Is
necessary consider what must b. done In order udt
tho blacks and the whites may live IN tue same com,
munity in amity Ia the second place the two races
but Of political, equality lie recognized that there
was large beam IN the Northern eye wihcn "ar ~.
are negro asare Dr in %ortHern as wen as In southern
towns stll he felt that the criticism wnIsn aTt nrt
been passed the Northern tHurcH OF iuc
Of the negro was undeservod lie saw III ias s wt,b
church every sunday negroes sitting side by soe WIN
white people, and that. too In the best pews "lcIe
he failed TO them was N what the Treyerg
small boy called the peanut gallery Vasser Mens8Is ~
and Harvard have all done their whole duy py we
negro, admitting him on equal terms with the "il'c
TO their classes. - -, .,..u,.
In the third place the negro must live IN the country
on terms Of follow hip and fraternity with the rest
Of the people Nothing should be done-he said this Ut
TIE risk OF being charged with introducing politics i14 70
tho dscliSsonlooking to reversal Of the pQlcy OK
%thdraTns Federal troops from tba, 'n M sdncona ad
vanrages must be kept open for the negro. III Woq,u
be mistake try to educate him for any particular
place sphere. The negro problem Is only proo'
rhe Rev r. ptzer Of Washington, argued tha that
the was As well of nowhere else "a. IN IN s
promising in the world. What the negro needs more more
Than anything else Is character .duSatlo o is vl'd a
necessary 20 his advancement, bul educaton IS 10,
ali nor chief ChristanZ;tOn is Ge main thiDs
John Jay of New-York, made an argument 70 prove
that Federal aid ought TO be extended to the south
and conended that many Of ~, 1he ,,ori news ~5
paper criticisms aimed at the Blair bill were IN
lust lie wa, convinced that, If the people
could be made 10 understand the sore edHGatVhal .s
favored Federal aid, they would do tle Tlsho t"is .
Federal aid did not mean demWalization 1uc t ,ie
tay offered a resolution which was referred, com
mlltng the conference 10 a scheme OF Fedcra au 10
place the public school 81 stem OF inc oouOh oh d
" r Harris. United States Commissioner Of Enca-
ton. presented number of tables Of statistics sl1wius
the school population and IN" attendance at s~olUls ~
throughout the south. II appears from these llgure
that the number Of whites enrolled rs compared
with The number of blacks. IS 63 IS to 90
lie preferred 10 insist npon property education rather
than Industrial education. since independence would
come T. the negro by means OF property "a any " IO %
sist that the North ought 70 do something To ncip
out the agricultural communities of the south Inc
nuutcs and the State, have been taxing themselves
heavily 10 render them necessary assistance