New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-12
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commodation known as the niger coach" This car
consisted VI two sections the front end for trunks
and the other FOR all passengers who colored
II Is but inst, however to this portion Of Tennessee.
which remained loyal during me Rebellion, TO remark
| that at every station prominent white citizens rushed
into the car to shake the hand OF Mr.. Douglass.
From Chattanooga to Nashville the trip was made I'm
Pullman parlorcar but, by strange coincidence, the
police Of Chattanooga had on board the same train
! Frank Veins, negro who was being taken to Nash
| vile In order to escape a mob mt Chattanooga. AT
TulahOma Ougll-lookng crowd rushed aboard,
camoring for 3" the niger" They did not find the
object Of their pursuit, who was slowed away among
the trunks in the baggage car and the train moved
| out Not one mile distant 1t passed over bridge to
which was suspended the dead body of aries
Everett, who had been lynched the night before for
an attempt at robbery.
AT Nashville Mr.. Douglass was entertained at Fisk
| University. To the students, who assembled to
the number of about 900, Mr. Douglass cOntrasted
his YOUTH when he fought with the dogs for crumbs
to satisfy his hunger and learned to write by scratch
ing in the sand with the advantages offered In
| schools like Fisk. SO vivid WAS the comparison that
tears rushed to the eyes Of every teacher and student
| and Mr.. Douglass overcome with emotion Glasses
in rhetoric political economy, Greek, Latin and
mathematics were visited, and the Rotations were
an excellent comment the discipline Of the school
Central Tennessee College was visited, and the stu
dents showed an enthusiasm for their work similar to
that in other schools The mechanical and Industrial
building is one Of the most thoroughly equipped
| machine shops in the South. The Mehassy Medical
College, devoted to instruction In medicine, pharmacy
| and dentistry is the largest institution OF its kind
| exclusively for the education of colored men.
| The address Of Mr.. Douglass delivered I'm the
Baptist Church TO audience Of 400 TO 100 many
Of whom white. BY the same coincidence pre-
viously referred to, mob of 500 and boys was
assembled within three blocks clamoring for the
blood Of Frank Veins. II Is reported that some one
| remarked among the mob that Fred Douglass was
condemning them In his speech at the church. where
upon several cried Les 60 and tend to him.
For reason they failed 10 do so, but rushing to
| the Jail they clamorcd for Veins, and were told
| that he had been taken from the city. Fastening
to tho police station. they demanded entrance. To
| the credit of the police force, they were repused at
| the p Int OF the tayonet.
The lecture In Chattano om and in Atlanta furnished
the occasion for reviewing very gratifying results Of
the efforts Of the coored people to better their con
| dillon. The Penny savings Bank OF Chattanooga Is
| an Institution organized and controlled by coored
people. II has capital Of $4,000. Every employe
Of the city receives his wages from the City Treasury
! through this bank. OF the seventeen banks in the
city this stand fourth In the OF business Done
| The Atlanta Constitution some time ago com.
planned that Atlanta is hemmed in By negro schools
while there Is not a single college for white people
This fact is most stridnSly rue. North east south
and west the bills which were fortified 10 keep out
the Union armies the sites Of six different
| institutions for the education OF colored youth.
Atlanta University, Clark University, Spelman Semi.
nary, the Baptist College. Morris Brown College and
| Cannon theological Seminary are each doing faith
fu and telling work Il is safe TO that. In short
addresses at these various schools. Mr. Douglass spoke
| to 1900 pupils.
II was a beautiful May morning when Mr.. Douglas.
| reached Tuskegee, Alabama, where Is located the
Tuskcgec Normal and Industrial Institute. II was
for the purpose Of delivering the commencement ad
dress at this school that Mr.. Douglass in the
south. Arriving three days before commencement he
| had opportunity for careful inspection Of the
work OF this Institution. which has become SO well
| known through It's founder and principal. Professor
| Booker r. Washington. The OF Tuskegee Is in
the eastern section Of Alabama, and in the centre OF
what IS known Ms the " black Belt This region IN
| ante beum DAYS owned By rich planters who EN-.
ployed large numbers Of slaves in producing cotton
| When the decided these plantations collapsed
| and their ruins can now be seen in large mansions
and palatal yards In this beautiful town OF rskegec.
About twenty years ago Northern whit;
| teachers having 10 this town 10 teach cOloret
children. were driven away by the whites. But ten
years later Colonel Foster. ex Confederate officer
Introduced the bill IN the Alabama Legislature which
established the school here. Beginning In 1881 in
small meeting house" the school has grown until its
| enrolment IS now ZOO. Differed and instructed
by thirtytwo teachers and II has in successful opera
lion industries OF agriculture brickmakng, carpentry
printing rnsmthlng. shoemaking. harnessmaking z.
wheelwrighHng. sewing laundering sawm bee
culture and mattress making These Industries were
, carefully inspected. and so pleasantly impressed was
| Mr.. Douglass that he ordered set Of harness for
| his private nse Some excellent buggies were being
finished In the wheelwrIght shop. and the department
OF brcIunadng has just finished bricks for two new
| buildings which are in course OF erection. An ex
cellcnt watcrworbs system has just bcen completed
by means Of which the school is supplied with abun
dant water II T. interesting fact that the sphon
which conducts the water from spring over
| a Hill to the school considered m impossibily
by the county engineer. but Professor J. n. Galloway
were set to work to lay the pipe To the astonsh
schco water has since flowed abnudantly and freely.
day at rSeeees is w an SSssiSn
good forums to be present thursday May %. was
no exception; The presence OF man so prominent
Ssr Of Visitors on the night rrevous wagons be-
s%a to Gq I" and S4SF s IL paee to witness M
closing exercises Of THIS school. ON the day OF coW.
%crs 81 @ a" mile "S pesps sSs
ton those who collected from the country districts
sand people were on the campus by noon, and when
the pavilion. temporary structure which had been
| 5000 people seated and as MANY more wer'
compelled TO remain without. II would be impossible
| 10 give correct description OF this collection Of
people. To mony Of them II Is the one event Il,
The year In a mOnOtonOns life Of cotton raising and
I'm their ludrouS styles Of clothing AMI the still
more hdicrous expressions which they make one gets
| a view Of plantation life such as could nowhere else
| be seen. except on plantation Itself.
| An afternoon train carried the party to Mont
gomery where fully 5000 colorci people werc waiting
Tor Mr. Douglass. brass band preceded the carriage
10 the place ~ lecture. and an enthusiastic audience
WINS in waiting. From Montgomery the party re-
| turned to Washington.
| From an ,@ucaholal point Of VIEW the States re-
Gently visited present most cheering facts. Tennessee.
| Georgia and Alabama eXrsnd large amounts for the
education Of the coorcd people but by far tn, most
telling work Is being done by missionary efforts which
| find their sources In the North. such schools n have
been mcntloped and OF Others certainly and
| faIthfuy solving the negro problem. second only TO
the educational advancement t. the industrial progress
OF the race In Atlanta, Ga. there is scarcely abl
| bodied head OF Il family who does not his own
| home The same Is true at Nashville. Chattanooga