The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-11
Professor Booker Y. Washington. TusAegee.


Professor Booker T. Washington, TusHegee.
Ala.
Prairie View. Texas. June 70. -Ialr Sir:
| am glad TO learn of your safe ,crivIl at
Tuskegee. 1t was pleasure and a lTiV-
ilese TO me, my wife and the faculty OF his
institution TO entertain you IN che hest
manner at our command while you were
our guest
Your visit will he an enduring memory.
II is gratifying TO receive from orc so
competent TO judge commentator Of the
work done at Prairie View.
Prairie View represents the sentiment Of
the people OF Texas. the mass vi wnom are
Southern white people. and IL is olly just
to saw that their sentiments in 'eglrd TO
the education OF the negro harmonic re-
markedly with yours.
Your now famous Atlanta speech voiced
not alone your individual opinions. gained
from long and valuable experience, hut
voiced as we'll the sentiment of the South
and the North approved with wonderful
unaImity.
You differed from ether advocates OF the
negro in that YOU saw good in the So tn
ern white man where others saw only Cfil;
and. in that while like every negro, you
can but be eternally era eful to the North
for freedom and TO Northern philanthropy
for that splendid chain Of secondary in
stitutions with which 1t has dotted the
South-giving the negro his first glimpse
into the higher realms Of thought and
character. vet you are willing to give credit
to that practical philanthropy of the South
ern white man which has made freedom
effective and valuable philanthropy
which has given the negro common schools
and helped him build his churches and
bury dec ,'iy his dead n philanthropy
which has encouraged them to buy homes,
sold them lands al low rates on long time
and given every inducement and oppor-
tunity 10 make payment; philanthropy
which has urged the negro 10 be industrl'
GUS honest and truthful
And results have fully proved IL" JUS
tice and wisdom as we'll as he prudence
OF YOUR difference.
You have done a great work at Tusk9gec.
You have done great work as IN advocate
Of Industrial education and you are dong
great work in oXemplfying IN yonr Owa
manner of life that simplicity, Euvcl .ty,
honesty, modesty. absence If pretonso,
show, sham and extravaganza "h'-h you
preach and which are so becoming 20 any
class Of people and particularly . race
Just merging from the darkness consequent
upon savagery. paganism and slavery ito
the marvellous light of Christian intell-
genCe.
You are yourself a prophesy Of the ne
gro's future-a type of the new black man
who shall contribute helpfully to the lie
OF the Nation.
with viii power, force of character ara
executive ability; with a balance and
soundness Of Judgment not usually seen in
the educated black man; with an Intense
earnestness interest and enthusiasm IN
YOUR work accompanied by sincerity that
can not he doubted. believe sou have
been raised up by Providence for nc very
work YOU are doing. Whenever God wants
a great work done He raises up man
great enough to do II. He who Goes a
thing greatly needed to be done Just IS II
ought to be done and just when it should
he done is great man. This you nave
done and you are not great among tiDck
men merely, hut great measured 10y any
standard. Even as was Douglass. TO whom
the Republic owes rs great deht-the
North and South alike for his part in the
abolition Of slavery as does the black man:
And his country regardless OF race ana
section Will vet erect a monument TO ms
memory 10 symbolic in material form mis-
more enduring monument which is free
and united people. And by the side OF LIN
coins statue shall stand that Of Douglass
and he image OF Booker Washington shall
stand hy that of Horace Mason. as bene-
factor not OF his race only but OF his time
and OF all time For he that hath done
good to the least OF these. my brethren,
saws Christ. hath done good also 10 me.
Sincerely yours. Fr'Sr
Edward l. Dackshear.