The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-02
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The NeRro,s Opportunity.

The Negroes Opportunity.
Booker 4. Washington, vino has re-
Gently sprung into fame as 4 distin'
Ruished representative OF the cOIorsd
race, aud who is spoken Of as 3 splCn'
did type Of the progressive AlrO.Amsri'
cantor, "thO new negro" as he is now
callsd-is the subject Of many favorable
newspaper comments. 1t may not be
generally known that Mr.. Warrington
isa West yirginian, having spent the
greater part of his life in Madison,
Boone county, where, until 1871, when
no went to Hampton to seek an educa'
tiou, he worked as day laboreL
stated by those who writo about
him that there is no man Of his race
who better represents the progress Of
the negro in the past thirty years than
does Booker 7. Washington, Born in
1857 a slave, he has. nspired only by
ambition, risen to a very high position,
and is now devohnG his life to the bet
torment Of the condition of his people.
He iI president OF the TuIkegse, Ala,
Normal aud Industrial Institute, tho
existence Of which is due to his efforts,
and in which young colorod men are
receiving practical education.
What has served, however, lately to
bring Mr.. Washington to public atten-
tion, is the A tlauta exposition, whore
by a single speech on the opening day,
hs acquired fame as an orator and
as an apostle OF the new movement for
the progress OF the colorod race. aud
since which time the preIs OF the whole
country aud the people have been
singing his praises The young man
had before enjoyed a reputation more
than local, but his opportunity 10 i'm
preGS himself on the country came on
the opening day OF the exposition, and,
in the language Of the New York Her.
AIDS tribute, "ho RraIped it, just as
Henry Grady did, when at the
memorable New England Society din.
nsr at New York, he spoke Of the new
south"
His coming, says one writer, an.
nounces that the sway Of tho prOGres.
sive negro has come to takO the place OF
that OF tho politician. Until the pres.
emit, negroes Of tho south who we're work.
ing to benefit their race on industrial
lines have been content to remain in
the background, believing that their
opportunity would come. Now II has
come, and Booker T. Washington IL
leading the van. He believes in prac.
tical education for the colorod youth,
in teaching them trades, and in only
teaching til en- professions whenithey
show special aptitude Tor professional
careers
The progress Of the negroes in the
United States has been one Of the most
remarkable things in history. Only
generation ago they were in
slavery, bound in tho very depths
Of ignorance and degradation. When
it iS considered what they have
accomplished Sinco they wsrO re.
lisyod OF their shAckleI and
made to feel that they were racs with
a destiny, and what they will still nc.
compllsh as they advance in education
and civilization on the lines Of the new
movement, it is safe to predict that the
day that will see tho last Of the proju.
dice which has interiOrod with their
progroSI and their political rights 10
tho south is far distant
No race has made groaior proCreIs
undor tho same circumstancOI. A
single generation was not expected to
place the negroes on par with tho race
that has had many centuries tho start
Of them, but, all things considered,
thOy have dono wonderfully we'll, and
Warrington, Bruce. Lang,ton and many
others arc fair representatives OF this
proVreIL