The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-19

No doubt they wished their eyes were
what Sam Weller called patent double
million magnifyin' gas microscopes OIL
hextra power
Resides who can doubt the educatI'e
effect OF such proofs Of human advance
ment as this exposition. lad can walk
through these halls and acquire knowi-
edge of which Sir Isaac Newton or Sir
Francis Bacon were ignorant. lie may
behold dainty products of all lands Tor
which Lucullus might have sighed III
vain. He may watch the noiseless opera
lions Of engines Watt or Stephenson
could not even conceive; models OF SHIPS
which would have been deemed impos-
sible by Nelson. or Rodney. by cambridge
or Decatur: arms and munitions OF war
the mention of which Marlborough or
Frederick. Wellington or Napoleon would
have pronounced the dreams Of a mad
man. housekeeping youths said Shake
spcare. have ever homely Wits The
powers of the brain are Ike the fire IN
the flint j collision with bright steel
of other minds is essential to evoke the
sacred spark. This exposition carefully
studied will be a liberal education for
thousands who attend II. To be attained
knowledge must be sought, and what
JOY il impartsl What matters to the
ignorant man the clear and lucent glor-
les of the dawn. the zephyrs which at
tend il and scatter incense to delighted
nature, What the mysterious dome of
heaven inlaid with patires of pure gold
what the rolling pillows Of the deep and
dark blue ocean, what the mighty gran
daur Of the storm, the life-giving breeze,
the green fields. the placid intelligence
OF domestic animals.
a. primrose by rivers brim
4 yellow primrose Is TO him,
And it is nothing more
But to him whose mind is stored with
knowledge every suggestion of nature
brings its Joy and fills his heart with in
ages Of indescribable beauty and inen-
able charm.
But the utility Of this exposition 10
our state and our section is especially
significant. and especially opportune.
The prophecy Of the generous Bishop
Berkeley. the friend and associate of
Oglethorpe. has been completed'
westward the course of empire takes
its way,
The four first acts already past;
The fifth shall close the drama with the
day
Times noblest offspring is the last
THE young and strong ciVili@auon OF
the west has reached ana appropriated
the golden shores Of the Pacific. il found
foothold along the Atlantic, from the
bleak and icy rocks of Labrador 10 where
tho TEND waves of the tropics break over
tho fantastic coral and the cleaning
sands OF the Florida keys. II thronged
Tho mountain passes which divide the
Atlantic slope from the great valley Of
the Mississippi. II appropriated the
alluvial plains and mighty forests OF that
garden Of the continent. Across the
Father of Waters it pursued It's way
IL omit
rated SUBMITS of the mountains which
arc the ridge pole of America. ana thence
downward to the golden strand Of the
occident. IL assimilated all the healthy
blood that came But the old Anglo
Saxon stock has ever predominated. Ihe
advancing wave was fringed Win tne
fierce wildness of the frontier West
ward has been the inspiration OF our
history and since the westward shoTe
Is reached the tide Of strong ana re-
sourceful men. strong backed bro"h-
handed. upright as the pines must pour
backward through many channels 10 the
fruitful and opulont land which In their
westward progress they had passed with
hut a glance There were grave reasons
which diverted this army OF CIVILIZATION
from the soil of the southern states
Slavery was here and the toiling masses
from other lands could not, or Wouid
not, cCmpete with the slaves. But Wheh
slavery had been abolished the obstacles
10 healthful immigration were scarceiy
less insurmountable. What was termed
the negro problem'-that is the DOUBT
entertained by lmultitudes as to the
effect Of the presence OF the negro upon
the life and advancement Of the southern
peOuie-Was ever present There was
never the slightest danger OF continued
negro control in the local affairs Of a
southern state. Those who apprehend-
cd il had done well 10 consider that or
all the American union. the southern peo-
pie present the largest percentage OF the
old Anglo-Saxon stock. OF the white
men of Georgia perhaps 30 per cent. are
descended from men who were patriots
either actively or in sympathy with the
American revolution. Even now there
Is but l 81 per cent. of foreign blood IN
the population Of this state. They had
done well to consider the imperious ana
commanding nature Of the Anglo-SaXon
race.
Il here declare that the so-called race
question does not exist There are NIL
lions of colored people who live and VINO
will 1--we among many more millions or
white people Why shall any one forge
a race issue? Honest and decent men
will accord 10 the negro that just meas
ure OF favor as a member of society The
laws afford him, and which his conduct
deserves. and the long processes OF time
Will termine whether his presence is
benefit or an injury to himself and TO
the land 20 which he Is now as warmly
attached as his white neighbOrs. No pro-
cess OF reasoning, no fertility of conJec-
ture Will afford any other solution of the
sO-called question.
was Informed by the president Of
Technological school from Philadelphia.
man of great intelligence and great
benevolence that they yearly turned out
numbers of cOlored youth trained, skilliul
in the trades they had mastered, but that
If one Of these men should be employed
as a skilled laborer on any work. every
member of the trade unions would quiet
ly gather up his tools and quit the job.
No such feeling has existed here. rhe
opportunity for technical education
is the greatest benefaction his friends
can bestow on the negro. The skill of
the graduate of an industrial school is
his capital. He has been taught 10 ap-
preciate the dignity of labor. He Is not
striving for the unattainable. He is
useful citizen from the start. He begins
his lifework on Il solid basis. How in
comparably superior is his condition TO
that Of one of his race who is trained
for a profession where he must depend
upon the patronage and slender means
OF his own people, or of one who has
merely acquired fatal facility OF speech.
"The truth is. after making due allow
ance for our disadvantages. the world
should awaken TO the fact that no other
land lighted by the sun in its diurnal
progress around the world affords such
attractions as home for men with lives