New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-10
Brooklyo, y. V. May 90. 1872.
THE NEGRO AND PROFESSOR jerks.
TILE BLACK RACE DEFENDED BY ONE WHO Be
IoNGS TO 1T

! TILE BLACK RACE DEFFNDED bf ONL VIM IL
longs TO 1T.
TO the Editor Of The Tribnn ..
sir: In the telccrsphic columns Of The Tribune Of
/ Apil g. 1909 there apparel the report Of some Il
the r'marss made by Professor jerks, OF Corieil Uni
vc~sty, before the University Extension Centre ut
Albany the Negro Problem In all Tine wh"h
ever Il class have been assailed and op
pres cd. there has always appeared some one WHO has
been able TO rise above tho current groundless haired
and blind prejudice and espou'e the cause OF the OPP
pressed fearlessly, because unbndcd by hatred ann
unswcrvcG by bias, he justice In so dolrg, and
he makes that lis object and end. 50 TO-DAY. Who
the black of this feel and know that the
greatest ard best and men feel differently
toward them tan toward the rest Of mankind and
that Is all any black asks or wants. still In TINS
great struggle for existence In which n race ara
50 greatly and wrong'uly handicapped we feel that
in The Tribune which goes out TO many thou'and'
- teacher and guide for good we have champion
and friend against whose arguments and assertions the
words OF our bitter enemies are as naught. And for
all the help and humane words In the past and for the
noble and Just reply to that latest cowardly, mis-
anthropic, prejudcia and mcndacous attack OF that
far seeing all wise professor from Cornell. the heare
that beat beneath 10 600 900 black breasts so forth In
gratitude and praise not only because the black race
has in The Tribune a champion, but because humanity
has friend.
Professor jerks goes before the world and unqua
substantial proof 10 the contrary asserts that every
black person In the country heather and Incapable
OF anything that pertains In the slightest degree TO
civilization and advancement. and Incapable OF every
thing except being n slave being deported to Africa
The teachings and doctrines which he essays to dis
seminate far more harmful than the doctrines OF
Anarchy In that they attack and hold up In perverse
light the very existence Of whole race and tend TO
deprive that OF It's Just chance according to Its
fitness and ability make It's way IN the world against
the competition Of those who do not ibor uhder the
unjust disability In referring to the so-called negro
governments In the South during the reconstruction
period the professor they ran the states heavily
into debt. passed laws Of shameful oppressiveness
against the whites fosterc corruption. dishonesty and
tyranny Does thr professor know that on the statute
books OF every secession State there are laws passed
against the blacks SO Shameful" and SO Oppressive
that they are bound to make future generations OF
whites in those states and In the whole Union blush
with modification and shame. In speaking Of corrnp'
ton. dishonesty and tyranny IN government as being
an especial trait OF tho black man whom Entrusted Win
government may ask the learned professor. We're
those black men who had control OF Ncw'fork City.
the empire city OF the Western Continent In le1" ana
thereabouts when the rott"nest most corrupt soNer
ment that existed was exposed
As for tyranny shall not 60 to the southern States.
that paragon of tyranny. but TO our own Emprs sap
ask the professor II black pcrpctratcd such mn
nnprinclpled ccwardly and tymnnical act MS the ron
bling OF the dead Senator Dean Of what the people Oh
this district had deliberately given him The chici
actor in this disgrcefu outrage the chief executive
OF this great State Surely. Professor jerks does not
read The Tribune that portion of his address would
have been omitted.
In all tn assertions about character the professor
Fails to take cognI1ancc of IN. tact That man he he
white or black is human. and that all humanity Is
weak An honest. manly man. In the full possession
Of all his faculties and powers. asks aid, no sympa
thv no favors. All he wants Is equal chance with
all the rest to usc the powers which he bas to attain
the end or design for which lie was created. And IN
that very position the black Of this country stands
today All in Gods world Re asks or wants Is an
snua nnobstructed chance with all the rest. and "
be can't hold his own In the struggle he Is willing
20 20 down without The best solution OF the
"negro probem.' called is the golden rule. Do to
others as You would like to be done by.'
CAIUS c. BOIIN.
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. June 8, 1892.