Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-12

plished to sustain llis claim to just
and more equal Show in the race Of
life? The lives Of many eminent coli
ored men may be Cited to prove that
the Negroes Condition to-day is the re-
suit of his past cruel history and not
the result of any mentai or moral dis
tinction.
MEN ON RTpNowN.
George w. Williatias, author Of an
elaborate and able history Of the Negro
race in America work OF prodigious
labor; Richard +. Greeper, for several
years dean Of the law department Of
Howard Unive, sity dmonia Lewis,
the sculptor, who has wrought many
fine works Of art; and Ne Negro scholar
who some years ago iained a double
first at the Univelrf of Toronto,
this race has de7naai fited. beyond all
reasonable doubt i& Hight to dwell on
a plane of equality MA ssiiy other with
which its lot is cast But why speak
OF these except iontl M iered men only?
Do we not see I'LL Ns,ait ns, IN every
large town, men Of tyA same race who
I ma ". l,ar0a iii. Axefssls commissions,
Isasccum,iiare property and judge OF
politics as acnteiy a5l5& sa sagaciously as
most white meng HaF1 not many OF the
colored men shown 5ility as fluent
and able public debaf fsIs2 And has not
| the southern white man lon the floor of
Congress. as Wendell HpilEps observed
some wears ago in thu Review, more
than once quailad before Negro
logic, sarcasm, and power. .of retort?
The race which produced Benjamin
Banneker, the lf-edudAted mathema-
tician and astronomt IN ythuse abilities
elected the praises ofs fterson and
| Condorcet: which proanced that ac-
complished scholar, lingnist and reas-
oner. Edward w. BkJdln, IL. D.,
president of Liberia Goi- .ge; which
prod uced that prodigy ethe thematlcal
genius, Thomas Fuller tho Virginia
Calculator who wasEtorn from has
native land and sold inc slavery at the
age of fourteen; which prod dnced 10 the
eighteenth century Or. lanes Derham,
the slave who, after ea1hing his free
dom. became one Of the most eminent
physicians in New Orleans, and won
commendation for his Sill from DR.
Rush. of Philadelphia; Itch produced
the heroic Crispus Atshcks, whom
Boston has lately honofe with mon
ument: William C.aftkt the African
explorer: Robert Smais whose exploit
in Charleston harbor ii well known;
Frederick Douglass, Aose extraor-
binary abilities. natural md acquired
many of our best-educaA white men
might envy.
men whose Ives need h0 comment.
Hon. H. r. Revels. thSI Senator and
divine-Hon. j. Nj ngston who
stands shoulder to shoS SAcr with any
American citizen I'M ndsnrRl and ac-
ouired attainments Hfibt Small of
whom history records ota1 of the most
daring and patriotic desNs of the civil
war. Roht. B. Elliot hose name
shines with a lnster axd glory which
time cannot dim or decay No truer
patriot or more eloqNeni man ever
represented dis rict american
union. Wm. w. Brow ssae historian
and scholar Hon. nrner,
81 % q Is 7, ,rs:
Washington, W. j Silamons ~.
Fortune, j. r. Lynch alld froi. 81 y. z;
Scarborough. The emmett ana learned
author of a Greek test books Whlch
have been adopted att Yale Coilege;
verses in many modern ana ancient
languages among which are Gothic,
| Zend, Slavonu and Sapcrlt. sln every
respect Prof. Scarborough IS q repre-
| sentative man whose ltfe ana nearing
has given the lie TO the arrogant n as
sumption of j. G. Calhoun, That a Negro ~
could not learn Greek syntaX: inese
are worthy examples OF Negro inausery
and abili y and the hst mlghe ne
extended to an indefinite !ength. IN
music the Negro is not pehlnd: bilnd
n f51v,SC SCprpls in
Boone that wonder shu enlslia ~
musical circles, Madame seilka' .he
colored Jenny Lind" ana ooheIs enat
I might mention have settieo ! forever
| the question, whether the Neg1o 10
capable of the highest puslcal as.aln-
ment, perhaps one OF tn iaoso uiiiic ui'
| of the fine arts.
In the sciences the sal hlgI stanW W
;n1, ;s m, m,intained In mathematics, as
+renomv Iogic and nhibsophy, he has
| produced some of the md't spiendld eN-
amples OF native geniiis ana aoapta-
| tion.
IN all the profess;onsth he has forced
! his way and has succes ptd.
AS law yers, physicisis.' teachers III
| any department. of lea ping, ministers
and mechanics, the re( PROS Of experl-
! ence prove he has stood eqnaliy,
according TO MS OppOfBAhAiiAsS /" tMSA.''.-J 49,
! race on earth.
The elevation OF the masses OF man
kind is always a slow recess. !lEc m In
| not be otherwise. il sas7a lorltv gJ
| mankind are slower td learn fl sac1ll-ss
fee present ease TO future good W0dt
| power of self-control arb perseverance
which it has required thousands of
| years to laboriously evilve out of the
impulsive and improvilent nature of
the few. But even the majority Of the
Negroes have made wor5lerfnl advance
| ment in mental as wea as financial
conditions.
WHAT rs EpuCAsIoN?
might safelysask n@;y what is ed
ucation. We are not edubstetI by books,
alone. What we obtaitI from books
after all 70. ms butasm III part OF our
education. 1t is a narIoH and very err
roneous impression thaF we are edu
Gated at schools and c lllegeS. 1t is
true that we imblbe the Term of nh
iority of our id as eforeowe can profit
much b, schools and b olss. Our eS-
sential education we ger fro.ss asso ia
ton with the world We inhaie it
from the worlds atm, sphere. 1t is
knocked. into us by oar Ssoilisions; cut
and pricked and shot into MS b. 4lr en-
emles: by ur su ices ses and failS,es; by
our que>tio S and beng questioned; by
he conversati of the wise, The
learned, the rude, the foolish and the
simple.
IL comes to us from the pupit. the
court room, the platf rm. the market,
he railroad, the machine shop, tue
farn-from wherever we go and fre IN
whoeyer we meet And what is most