St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-12
ing length and in most beautiful Ian
guage, and the orator closed with a
brilliant peroratiOn,
THE OTHER SIDE.
A Colored President Of a College
Makes the Reply.

A COlOred President of a College
Makes the Reply.
An electric welcome rang through
the house when Hon. j. G. Price, presi-
dent of Livingston college, Salisbury,
N. G., was introduced. The speaker is
loyal to his subject, both in color and
spirit, and into his theme he Waded
with sparkling wit and logic. 1.-The
realqueStion which is involved in the
problem, as [ understand it, is: Will
education solve the negro problem? AS
it is admitted that time is large ele-
ment in the term of an ailment, it is
also apparent that no single rem
edy can cure an ailment so COM
plex. The negro problem is different
from the Indian OF Chinese question.
The negro is the most indestructible
member of the body polite. Since 1920.
when the race problem first grounded
it's fate upon the new continent, it has
grown and aggravated itself into oft-re
curing convulsions. The peculiar in
stitution continued to grow until the
wisest of statesmen declared that half
of the country could not live in freedom
to Cypress and degrade the other half.
The race problem of to-day is but the
last phase of the question whose several
the bloody .arbitrament of war. But
slavery is no more. The war settled in
the right way, but that is noreason why
the remaining feature. of the problem
should be settled i'll the same way. Ed
ucation will settle it. and that only
on basis of Christianity. Solve it,
or you involve the country and its fac
tiOnS in conflict that grows in Bit
terness with the intelligence and ell
lightenment which now evolves about
and within the negro race. Change the
enyirOnm ent about the negro. Change
the influences which surround the
negro, and let the white see not alone the
animal side of his character. 1t is pre-
meditated design all over the land to
deny the negro justice. Itbars him the
opportunity of popular education,
and the theme now agitated that there
should be established Southern bu-
reau of instruction because the general
and national institution is not in all
measures adaptable to his welfare. l
argue that if the forces now potent were
applied to the negro in the same vital
attitudes that they would be applied
to other races. declare that the re-
suits upon the principles eternal and
incontrovertible would be equal in
fitting the negro race for its general
communion in the brotherhood of man,
and his presence there would be as ac-
ceptable as that of any other race. 1t
is an outrage to deprive the American
citizen of suffrage by any other means
than the injunction of a law. 1t cannot
be denied by pedagogic qualification.
Good government demands intelligence,
and intelligence demands universal ed
ucation. A million children in the pub
lie schools of the South are an imper-
ishabIe monument TO the wisdom of the
action.
Whites must be educated as well
Much must be done,tO solve this prob
lem besides educating the blacks, be-
cause the apparent density of our SEEM
ingly insoluble problem lies in the
obstinate viciouSneSS OF the whites in
the South. To educate one race and
half of the problem. This will clarity 4
the vision for an early. solution of this
grave question. The ignorant white
Yotesin the South is as great in degree
as the ignorant black vote in that Sec
tion. The negro is prime element in
the wealth producing and prospering
section of which the white boasts.
When it is admitted that they
have been under the yoke of bondage
for SO long. it is evident that when
given the advantage of time and Oppor
tunity. they will outstrip even the
most generous prophecies of their
future.
1t is further argued that the negro is
not entitled to his place in the brother
hood of man because his morals are
low. IT education wilLrais the moral
purity of the negro, then the negro has