The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-26

the silent heavsns. ilis aim " to took
into the Taco OF tho sun, and he mounts
until, far above the stormy clouds. his
eye srarklcs With the blaze OF tho eun.
Go thou and do likewise. ,ift your life In
morai tone; strcngthcn your character
S Saau tho az essentials s, OF s'r.gS hume We
iogiona whore tho air Il pure and varined;
search. dis, work IN the realm OF thought
and matter nnt'l You shall be able to say.
think thy thoughts after Theel
L could nat V ! would. md would not
n could. justify the slavery and cppres.
sion of my people. There can SCARCELY be
found today one thoroughly scnsibic man
IN THE country to do 80 upon sound bib-
Neal srounas. ! am willing to close ne
thought OF Joseph 10 his brethren: "But
rs Tor you, W thought evil a3uinst me.
but God meant =. unto good We have
~ purgcd md made The equal NJ our white
BROTHER hut We mus, Treasure the lcs-
s"ns aud transmit them TO the gcnefauons
unborn ! do not belong to that class OF
superficial men who ,hrvS on the praise
VI our people by telling thcm that they
paw accomplished as much as our white
mlly and 70 use hallnnssasr to win tho !
applause OF the unwary. You mnat re-
member that the plane upon which our
brother IN white stands today, has been
| reached hy generations OF slavery toll
adversely, war, pNdilcnrc aud dcath, AMI
| this rich legacy of wealth. courage. foisi.
".
| s bcqutath~d to every ch.ld OF Anglo
| Saxon hood. Hut sad 10 RELATE. wc have
not such legacy 10 hcpueoth TO our chill
| dren, aud evon the wayfarSr dare not
asncr IT, observe whnt I soy do not
oay that tho elements of Kindred strength
are not found On MS as individuals and
ns rare. Nor do 7 contend that the An-
| glo-Snx"n as whole ts thus richly an
| dow.d, and that the black man az u whole
iaNe not az yet as whole measured UP
| 10 HIM. and | etmio with equal mndoaty
| that the cmhryonic strength OF giant
ore IN his baby limbs
| hefow asking now what "a tho ncgro's
| place IN American civilization, u lnrWcr
| uuc'iion comes into no,bre that effects all
men, namely. what ~ The place OF any
hM@ch or family OF ,hg human race In
tile sum ,otal OF humanity 1'he negroa
place VIII h. what he makes Tor himself.
Jus, IA the place of every people Is what
@ pSSeT nN ,e t 1sg r sc ma he M
Whereby hr shall mako that place is I'M.
irr CONFEDERATION; one class cont eudS
thtcr us, aud they arc riwoiallN AT pnii.s
In rllenlnne the hshci education of tho
ncgroos, o,cu for leaders IN chur,h or
aiatu. Yea lac must learn tn, three ''Rs.'
hc must master the Kings Of Fprlsh aud
ihcn ny mue' plume his r'nions oi thought
for a niEht with Copornlcue, kcpnlcr aud
Ilcrschcl, he must sharpen his lolse for
"a wink with ilato. Emanuel Kant and
llethert Rpenccr, he must clarity his
Huxley and Gray, he must b. able 10 deal
ilndstuu". Judge Story and Judge Spccr.
~ MUST rorilry himsllf 20 divide tightiy
Foster. Wshrp linNkuod nr. John Han
oid lir, IT i; WnNlanl, IL short tho
| ,iurAtuu of the nrNrp must hf Oh a par
with the education VI the White man, IL
| must begin 81 the kn1orpnrien ns that
"i the white chlld ana end IN thY unly.r-
SltV la that az thr white man. Anything
short Of this thornurh preparation FOR all
. ut the alages ot NE FOR the negro wohld
, Inr wial 80 largo rnrt 90 humanity.
1 ~ II ak AT Nlltinr h, uppa l,lt Mnuld
, rrnil his nnturo or ennFculatu his ner.
, aonnlitN, but lot everything he done that
would III him 10 nj oNrrv situation In 40
tlim man may I'M from the blacksmith hnd
nod carrier to the statesman and rliloeo'
lphor. Nni y such ~ partition roquirN u
= knowledge of the old l'lun hack spciling
, book ~ OF AriH,otlo'g logic knowledge
az tho plow or the trip hammer OF ot tho
spade or of the driving wlfrl; or VI almplo
: nd,Pii1n ar tulOgrhl calculus. or lilo nrst
ttnJ.-r or kdutn "Irtiquc" simple jup-
tlnp and conufnon nraso require that he bs
acWnintcd with Whatever shall ~ him 10
7 MAT the negro ho turned Into u white
- man9 II he tg ~ 80 educated that ne Viii
cease 80 he whit god nYslnt that 10
Il that makes II popnle dissatlrnri with their
y taca personality rs a iareo nnd ie-
!, | lrohCh,
u repeat my hope IL nNcd. and stand
Y inn upon tho top Of ths present Mount
!, Nn.ro, and letting my oyos sweep through
y tho dark past NJ hlonH the Nhoirs OF mo
II river we have crossed, aud NOW INTO tho
wihiorDtae with our churches. school
housca tiudo schools and various cnris-
| liun and ciVli Sing agercl't With iaith
u in God, | am certain iltHt sun. through
n The thick dnaiiness that envelopes ne, tho
q pwy rays of a nov morn mud hear thn
' tramp of q new civilization aud the music
Il OF ITS n,ant courier loyfuly shouung'
p Fahcrc'H - good time coming, hoyn. n
Ii good me coming"
|, afhcil o,ss Of my fathers thai made them
y FroAn, ! hchr the united voice of all ma