The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-23

yo,ith anu luo -'NH
..n,l. There were number Oh other
'..,sers during the evening
'r governor Northen's address was as foi-
)sys: .a.s ~ on, NV
i. .rnreciation OF the honor conveyed
rl spirrvitstion to address so cultured an
u.,,.rnlage. on so important SUBJECT as
\. ana YOU have assigned me.
ps w .s nut quite at ease, for this discus
y. hseause OF statement accompanying
y. ~ irsitation. to the effect that the people
..,ss East had grown to believe that the
s.,rla Al the South knew more about their
f.,.,,ons and duties to the negro than
~ rsst had, heretofore, given them credit
| .cf 49, s.,,.h hovo cor,o;riv
/ "a All possible opportunities TO learn
~, these relations are, and l am quite
,,-s / have authority for saying that they
~ righteous and just enough to appre-
| s,ta and make the best of them, for both
mes II duty and humanity should fall,
| certainly personal or selt-interest would
,vsken the white people at the South TO
,sa Tia. the very best relations possible
/ sbsll Be maintained between the races,
| consistent with the good order and thrift
Il tbs community.
M people ever met more bravely 80
..,ious A condition as confronts the South
a. sought more righteously an equitable
adjustment OF a difficult problem than the
psople Al the South have undertaken in the
| negro problem
II Ginning to the discussion of so I'm
portsnt problem as Is involved in the
relations Of the negro at the South, al
though somewhat relieved by what | am
sure will be your sympathy and your cour-
,eous consideration, | must confess to a
degree CT embarrassment, because of, the
violent denuncations OF the South that
have appeared, from time to time, in the
Northern press, of which your own city
has furnished large part; and the severe
criticisms that have been made upon our
civilization, or what is called the lack OF
It, both In this country and abroad, be-
cause Of what is said TO be our treatment
cithe negro
May | add that I am still further en-
birrassed by the fact, as / understand it,
that the story of the South, told by
Southern man or by a visitor, who sees
The conditions as the people OF the South
know them to be, is always discredited,
While am, fncendiary and violent state
ments denuncla,ory Of the South, are al
ways believed and trumpeted abroad with
righteous Indignation and horrible dis
gust.
Take your own Dr. Nehemiah Adams, n
man OF high character and unquestioned
reracity before he wrote South Side View
o. Slavery, and whose name thereafter
became q by-word and a stencil. While
lda wells, mulatt0 woman, can electrify
Two continents with incendary statements
made from the lecture platform, at 80 cents
night, grossly misrepresenting the
SCUM Hon. Miss Murray, maid of honor
70 The queen, was dismissed from the royal
presence and the queens court simply be-
cause she told the truth about the South,
as she saw it.
TIE Christian World (God save the
n'lkl speaking of the treatment of the
s'sloes at the South, says; Women and
sls are whipped, in a nude state, by men
une presence of men and boys. OF
s.ulse there is immortality. Children are
W ana grow up in the prisons, and know
y oner nome Some of the States make
suiar thlng of breeding people, Just
s I'LL, me old slavery days. This is spe-
TsY,.. ,ne case in Georgia, Florida and
l,n5 ,'eheuts are scattered over the
rss s' ana all the people in England who
i. Mese plous remarks believe them to
osr,ss us, ana nothing | could say TO the
hem. "e'en one leatner against
e,s "1 \. me DAY ever come when the South
psonls neard without prejudice and her
world? 'alF auolence before the
en- not here to apologize for the South
c,imes NJ, has her Ills, her sins and her
III IA nat section has not? The South
NJ, as aa ana viii have violent shocks to
n. e,sillzation. What section has not9
NAV, suuIh has had her sorrows. Col
70 % endured es''ous anu haru
,rrn a.nsver the South finds an ideal gov
Isr without sin; a people perfect in
sOuth au perfect In its enforcement. the
al - WI 90 its respectful obaisaace and
ana Il. y ied into its broader civilization
I'M II. usuer power. TIN then, and not
cur .su we shall stand abreast of ali
,atlrn 'eouons' claiming ms broad a clvili-
sthor, any, and challenging those
s. nroh 70 cast the first stone at us.
Nople y. ! desired to say for the white
II tha, tne South. For the negroes
Ia, SEXTON can not decline to say
sainss ,htas mass, ! would not ex-
Ivy otbs- ~ lor any ! have ever seen In
~ tremaaps sIps OF the United States with
ainRs uous Nancy boot In the eX-
u SAT- am the friend of the negro in
4 their snu they recognize In me one
hss IL strongest defenders. am mai
t.ts il esame them. God forbid. am
ssive Il spear their worth, when thew de-
tgkear. uu 10 condemn them when their
Ls1sss SO demands.
70 ssy la, msy not be understood I desire
pax II '.tn emphasis, that | shall net
lrirA. you IN any sectional or partisan
4 Or enss Us thank God shat sectionalism
fhs .us1t to be. dead. - - : -
t'urtesy p;tet ! am to discuss. bv your
~ Rela,m The White Mans View rf
All bisDns OF the Negro at the South. +"
lrashlpr shows tina, two races. an
yrs can any degree equality in num-
aairiass y. I've together unless inter-
Noaeat AK As place or the one is de-
'ass ~ some sense subject to the
o. iAs sSr,s women prepared the way
ga gave ,sa s.lon OF the Sahines 10 Rome
90 fafbs,, ormer place among the con,
soeftA Rirst. Alexander having con-
"a Ny I'M. married the Persian Rox-
Tween thu ,ssenei the social distance
ssl snplrs YSw Provinces and ths orig
sssland. n ,.Aiarie Clovis, Henry 81
,,saaons rtspec,sy, caul and am7ng the
,.ley Of ir,s,sNtiy, resorted u the same
,sspase Ths uslFlage and for the same
% kormans eng discussions between
sssks q No,rna saxons, under William.
,ss.'pptared vsanay, and William Rufuz,
y '1anple ~ y The two races followed
ne other hap sh'y y.,,.,
NJ 'asn ana o,s sau the people conquered
!" ~o races livI proYs me impossibil-