The Atlanta constitution., 1896-07-27
NEGRO AS A CITIZEN
Booker Washington Draws a Picture
of His RAGS.
GREAT SPEECH AT BUFFALO
His Lecture One of the Great Events
of the National Educational
Convention.

Pooker r washington has made another
great speech in behalf Of his race. lie was
one of the leading speakers at the hallona'
educational convention at Buialo' y =
last week. and his speech on the luIu.e
of the negro was one OF the sted'0S' -'-'
of the entire gathering
Washingtons talk was sensible, ana prac-
| ticaI Among other things, ne said
| AT Tuskegee we are not say ing thal ea-
ucation in me classics. Of ministers, law
| yers and doctors IS not necessary an ~ ,'r'
| portant. but we are saylnS VIII VIZ mi of /
| atom of our being that since :" lo- o-l ~. -
| The black race depend at present upolL - |
| common occupations, ana tilal sttt',it-,re stto
| Der cent OF our people i've py "6l -
| and are i'm the country districts OF aee taee
south il is OF the utmost llhpOi "a "a -,
| we supply them as fast as possihlt 49, ~.
| eSucated leaders With the highest training
| in agriculture, dairylnS, HoI oItic''.' :, rs.,.
the mechanical arts. WIN ua to,.av life
this is a question of growth or decay i''0
.sWithin the next two decades i vim. Wi ns
aptp.bellurn ideas ana methods OF idDot'
| nv putting brains and skill into tne co.tf,
~ Lilo 10 Iift nm, labor out Of toll, drudSeIy
and degradation into that when i uls s.iii b..
beautiful ana sloritied. turtheI' ~ - ia
decided within this time WilethSi ~ i,1,l,,s-
be replaced, crushed out rs a helpIul i,r,tip
| trial factor by the fast-spred.iliS ,fttGd
1 | unions and thousands Of foreign Shini
, ! Iaborers that even now tread fast ana hs.iN
: upon his heels and begin TO press nun U''
= " '..TIis ouestion is for Christian ANALYSIS
z to help decide. And in deciding IeInsiiitt e -.
that you deciding not alone one : 1oo 90
negro but whether You VIII hslN' s-..,,-
of people in this country, or Il rdcc ~ ~ -.
? as large as Mexico. a nation Wllhi.l Wllhi 9 " IN
l ton that will be a burden 4 ny 4.
r ,-onr civilization that viii be cOnlliludLs
= | threatening and deGfauiiS ~" -, =. no.
tions, or whether you VIII maze hHiiti5lstiou nm
g tent emphatic factor In your cANiii~''
n and commercial life. ,,,- ca,,not I've
"A '.What was 800 years In dolhs , vd',' - Z,
= undone in thirty years. You cani4t ~ a.
ir fwentietb century civilization by the liiei
J. ,.rr,rrnaucr of mental gymnastlcs- An -
a. Ll.1i ,,ar an the streets with his hahl,
- -; bis nockets is not whit more beheL
III to society than an isnoraih' iilafs III.
+" streets with his hands in hls pGchyi.9' ,.,.r,
re "lf in the providence of God' tAc t ~ FL,
l. cot any good out of slavery, ne 80 ~
tx habit of work As is true OF any is0lf -
= i ,,a,t' 'isse about barrooms and stree
- n"rners hut the rank and file OF the NJ, me-
r., race works from Y year 20 fryono n' The cotto
:" fields Of Mississippi. the rice rlci baffom
,e- The ,aiaaa Garonafb tbo nero answers that cal
Ks Yes toll is the badge Of all ms rs1Sdn rli,,
- the trouble Centers ne ,,,,r he do.
ow his IGNORANCE and want OF training hS ~
is not not Know how to utilize the results % ~
c ia%o,pIad with literary and relisious tran
~ ~ improvenent Of the material ana i'''S''
the een2iu0H nm Hiabama We md i PreY ct
at hard thing to make a good citizen ,l'.ro ooe ~
md . hungry man. IL is oHiS o1n,,Sa+ious - ferv
inc taught TO my Iahits ~ Industry, econom
noe ii'd iand houses with two or three ro1ltS, IL 81
ure l'iiiq, ,,in hanl account. just as the WI ~
on a m NJ - viii hc have Christianity ~
or will be worthy of the halht- .-, mover y
'oot ''The Amerc2,n pe1lttS 5'Ity 70 the millions
poor whites in the south ,rrsi, Ml,V ~ Y q,
tito master and The slave II needs no J,roul
lent 70 tel the character Of our future eivlis
uon when the poor white hov i'm tIe con
ia, Try districts of the south IS in school TIN
icb I,1 n anu your BOY in school ten mont
tAe oI tuucatioh ana your boy $50 worth: VIII
rse one never enters library or reading roc
inc anu tne other has library and rcqdiI
ex- tOoIia IN every ward and town; when o
hedfS lectures or sermons once I'm tv
months and the other can hear a Iectu
rm OF sermon every day. Ny friends there.
the no escape; you must help us raise our III
m Ilzation, or yours VIII be lowered Wht
nm, the south IS poor. you are poor. when n
~. south is ignorant You are iguorantt yvbs
= the south commits crime won comm,
hg crime. When you help the SOUTH YOU hel
yourselves. More abuse win not bring ia
'es remedy. The time has come if seems /
n ne When IN this matter should ris
anoNe party, or race. or color, or sectiona
ism. INTO the region OF duty of man to MAJ
cltlzen 10 citizen, Christian to Chrfstia
anu ~ the negro who has been oppresse
anu anu uthied lhe rights IN a Christian lam
can heip you, north and SOUTH to rise cal
he the medium of your rising into the at
ioSIAefc OF generous Christian brother
mood ana srlf-forge tfuluces he will seq i,
II recompense for an that he has suner
ed in the past. When Won HELM tba roo,
whites, YOU help the negro. So long q : M,
poor whites are ignorant so long win tber,
ne re et!ne against the negro and your boast
No member of your race In any part
@ ni tniS country can harm the weakest OF
proudest and llucst blood ia the AnaIn- SAY
on race being degraded. ] have liftle pa-
cerned about the negr1's soul i'm tbo Tovt
Io5, IMoIla; ata are ready TO damn the negro's
In considering The relations OF fra race
III tle sou'i' taanF God That have grown