The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-13


millions of the caucasian race. people which
| I'm their devotion add their seif-sacrtnce, ~
| their transcendaDt vigor OF intellect. tneii
intrepid valor I'm the field, and their fortitude
| In defeat. had Just elevated their race IN the
eyes OF mankind, and look them bruised and
| worn with wounds and battle bound them
hands and feet with disfranchiseme & and
| other CALLING bonds, and cast them beneath
1 the feet Of slaves and malafactots. TWAS a
| peoples insanity"
THE SEGRC's INTELLECT.
Continuing. The orator said: "Nov, what OF
| value TO the human race has the negro mind
| produced: Nothing. In art. In mechanical
development, In literature. In mental and
moral science, in all the range OF mental ac-
zion. no notable work has come from negro
"In the earliest recorus OF the human rsce,
he monuments Of Egypt and syria. he Is de-
picted ss n slave bearing burdens after cen.
| turtles he Is still a menial. -Four thousand
years have not served TO whiten the Pig
ments OF the frame. nor developed the FORCES
! Of the intellect. The leopard cannot change
his spots 70 day, nor She Ethiopian hls SKIN
any more than they could In the days OF
Jeremiah the son OF Hilkab.
| II do not argue that because negro Is
| negro he Is incapable OF any intellectual de-
velopmsnt. On the contrary. my observa-
\ tion has led me TO think that under certain
conditions of intellectual environment. of
careful training. ami OF sympathetic encour-
| sgement from The stronger races ne may IN
| dividually attain a fair, and. I'm uncommon
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development. To deny this Is 20 deny tne
| h 'gh ST attribute Of the intellectual essens f,
| and is TO shut the gates upon race OF 'fOu
human creatures, TO whom give my sympa-
| thy and goodwill ut ! contend that me
inconlestibie proof Is tina such cases OF Ia
(, tellectual develop ent are, whatever their
number. exceptional instances and mat
| after long, elaborate. ard ample trial the
negro race has failed TO discover the qualities
| which have inheled in every race OF whlci
history gives the record, which has advanced
civilization or has shown capacity 10 DC tsei
greatly advanced.
yarlabiy b en- under the influence and by the
| assistance OF the stronger race. where these
| have been wanting wherever uthe, cOnul.
| tions n We existed, he has invrriabiv ana
| sensiOly reverted towards .he original type;
| iberia, Hayti. Congo they are all III one
| line.
| What has been his history on his native
| contlnente tar as the East Is nom the west
| negro Africa IL IRON the land OF CIVILIZATION
Generations have come aud gone, ee turtles
| followed centuries In long processlon; p o.
| Dles have su ceeded peoples; cations Deen
| grated on nations, more aLd more crow ied
with the sunlight OF p ogress and pf ciYlliza
| ~. n; but no faintes beam h ever pie ced
| the Inn enetral le dark ess OF the DARK Con
| tinent,' an the African explorers latest
lOok. ST II IN the press. Is darkest AFRICA
"Ihis has not been Oeca Sc seoppcttuhitS las
been want ng Civilization first III ne
| golden torch upon her bofte's. The swell ng
waters OF the Nile spread III ugh "A iettereI
ana Iartly enlightened people wh"h tle
L bsr crept through swamps and ldefness.
when the AcroDolis was wild, amt the seven
hills OF the Eternal Ciy a range Tor woNes.
| rhebes and Memphis and fienopons COLI
| tained q civilization whicl In some OF lts
manifestations have never been equalled
since. Rome stretched across the Mediter-
| mean aud sent her civilizin- power along
| the northern shore Of The Continent, ana
| later the Moors had there clvlllzllOh
4 a.
that record wnich all Christendom holds
| ~ its most precious possession W. calcu
| glimpses OF commerce. an even CIV
| Ilizatiun situated somewhere thln us OOup-
dsTes and meeting 19at 1 e sgdeny gde1sS
| lifts and we catch glimpse. all the moIe
| dazzling because 80 mysterious, OF queen
| coming with fabulous gifts 10 Visit solomon
himself Since then civilization with All ner
| attendant lran has swept triumphant ever
| the earth: nations and continents nave expe-
| rien ed her benignant sway. only Negro
| africa has never yielded TO her illum ming
anu viyfying influence he Roman nas
| succerded the Greek, the Gaul and he Frank
nave risen on the Roman; the TeutoD, the
saxon, and the Get have surpassed tue GauI.
| only in Negro irica has OarDarlsm heln uh-
broken rule, and savageiy maintained per
| petual dominion.
WHAT HAS THE NEGRO ATrAlNEpY
| "Twenty five years have rolled by since
| the negro was given his freedom; more than
| weniy years have passed since he was glVen
| , part in the Government. and as taken un
| 10 be educated. The laws are 30 adapteO
| hat there Is not nav negro under lofty
| wears old WHO has not had the opportunity 10
| receive "A public school education. Through
private philanthropy these public schoos'
| many Of them OF hlgn grads, nave oeeh
| supplemented by Institutions estaDlisL ed on
| private foundations. That they have nad
| not upgeneral ambition 10 attend school IL
ap parent from the school attendance OF the
| race as shown by the stei istics, the negro
| enrolment in the schools Tor the session
| Iss7-'sS being 1,1404O5, or a little over
/ one half OF the en- ire school population.
| "Besides this ev ry profession, every trade.
| every department OF lie nave Dcen open 10
him as o the white; he has had his own race
a. his constituency; he has possessed IN.
| backing OF the North But what has he done?
| Ahat ias he attaintdf
"Ihe South has viewed his pol Teal course
| with suspicion, and has opposed him WIN all
| n, r resources. but she has not been mean OI
niggardly towards him. ON the contrary, IN
| every place. at all times, even whilst she was
| resi- sting and as.aiiing him for ms pQlitlct
| action, she has displayed TOWARDS him In the
| expenditures for his education liberality
| which in rel alton TO her aollltV amounted 10
| lavishness.'
| After citing the opinions Of numerous
| eminent ststesiuen ana educators, showing
that the negro was utterly Incapable OF any
intellectual advancement. and IS little re-
moved from where he was hundred year
| lgO, the speaker continued:
INDEED WONDERFUL RACE.
aside by side with this race is one which, as
| view IL IN the ligut Of IL past, am moved
| 10 call the best fit of huran development-a
race which spr5ng into heing fiom union o.
elemental fotces IN the crucible OF progress
,uch as never met before race when ;
the inheritor OF all the ages-a race whlcl
mad garnered all that was strong. all that was
noble in the Greek and Latin faces-a rae,
which wa the lineal descendent Ieuton pee
Die which had in It's worst barbarlsm
anil It's tive forests displayed
courage which had overwhelmed and .
| yIrtu- which had astounded home-a race
| which had among It's Iiadit Ons the epic .
A,thur the Pure and hi knights OF the
found Tab e, II race wiioh had preserve,
IN yaliy aud incorporated IL int" its daily
| lie: which had established trial ny jury an,
| great charter of liberty; race when nae
| eyOlyed as its iurd cal sy stem the common
law; a race which had IN yindicatlon OF lt'
rights brought us XII gto trial. ina executed
llm by law; race which had slam tyranny
and perpe uated liberty; race whici
had cOlonlzed a new world and conquered u
nom ths savages ana me forces Ui nature;
| race which had, on principle, emanclp tie
| self from dogma. ami from all external rule
winch had oundeh It's IL on the liberty
ne @ lzon, and the quali'y OF man
| De ore III law as before GOd; race Willci
mad produced Sbakespe re, Mlltoh,
| wton, a Bacon, a Raleigh, a Burns W ash
| ueton. a Lee, a Lincoln. and shall | say st
| race which produced that | caunOt but col,
| >iderthe cOnsummate No CT Of human deye
| .pment, the people who under conditions
winch nigh. w-ll have deDased them. an
,mid ten pIatlons which might well have be
suiled them, yet walk with 'ed.faces he
| tore God aud man. AMI ieacned that lot,
. | .ummit fr IN which was displayed that sp. c
tacle which must be he foundation OF the fu
| ure epic;the spectaeie when Tor four years th'
Snuthtrn people stood out against The wori'
uuttl by sheer attriiion OF war they were des
troyed. The story Is recorded nov
Ihe Carthage nian women under i'm
4. uulse of patriOtic feryor cut of thei
long ha,r TO furnish bows rings tor tlIe
lovers and husbands 10 defend their city
, " hat the women OF one city did under sud
! den stress was I'm he South SURPASSED by
1hole people when tbs southern Women-
| the women OF the Caucasau race OF th'
, South-during four years shore tEemselve
. not only OF ali their adornnents, but of t6'
very necessaries OF life. To Dalntain thei
armies In the Held Enduring with more thar
A soldiers courage more fhan u soldier
nardship, ,hey waited With blanched face
but unlaunted hearts thru IN four lcni
wears the news Of battle, cuiied their b. love-
E lead and still amid their tea encourage,
I to fight on, and finally overwhelmed, &C
cepted the dread poverty and ruin with
: courage whl h was suhlinla ana dignit.
E WHICH W9s alrnpsi divine.
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