The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-01
AGAINST BLACK RACE
REV. THOMAS HAMBLY SAYS
SOUTHERN PREJUDICE Is
STRONGER THAN EVER
TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTH

Made Partly for Pleasure and Part
Iy for Observation Convinced
Him That the Negro Problem
VIII Never Be Settled Until the
Government Makes Approprin-
tiOns for Educating the PeopIe.s
Rev. Thomas Hambly, of the Clinton
Avenue M. q. church, spoke last
evening upon Impressions Of the South.
Religious and Otherwise" CLEANED from
MS recent tour through the Southern
states, where the reverend gentleman
went, partly in search of health and
partly for observation, study and pleas
ure.
''The negro problem is the great ques
tlon or the South today, and will never
be settled until the federal government
makes appropriation for the education
OF the white man and negro alike" spoke
Mr.. Hambly. II do not mean by this that
they should be educated on a common
basis In the same schools but that the
government should afford to the colored
man the same privileges accorded the
white man.. The prejudice against the
negro In the. South is stronger than. ever
today, and that fact makes it impossi-
bic to secure any financial aid from the
Southern states in educating the negro.
THE South today is a hundred wears
behind the times. as compared with the
North. not in education alone, but in
every branch of industry and commerce
The secret of the backwardness of the
South is the lack of an adequate educa-
tonal system. One can go through the
Carolinas and Tennessee up TO Ohio, and
unless he is critically exact In observa-
uon. he will not see a school house The
prejudice against the black race is so
strong in the South that the Southern
ers will keep their children in ignorance
just for the sake Of keeping the negro
from becoming enlightened. This is a
fact and can be easily verified by visit
through some OF the Southern states.
The Southern man Is a splendid man,
but his sensibilities are deadened because
OF the base prejudice with which he re-
CARDS the negro. No man can become
economically or socially useful that views
a subject through colored lens, and
this Is just the mistake made by the peo-
pie of the South. Everything is consid-
cred with an idea how it will affect the
negro. Schools through the towns Of the
South are scarce, and some boards Of
education have gone so far as to ex-
punge Northern books from the schools
adopting new histories giving the South
ern version of the war written by rela-
tive of Gen. Lee. The old sentiment is
just as strong today as it ever was. 1t
has been stated during the last few
months that the North and South were
getting together amicabIy. Perhaps as
nation this is true, but individually they
feel the same sentiments of hatred as
they did years ago when the country
was engaged in a deadly war.
Perhaps the fact which appealed most
strongly to me while In the South was
this problem Of education. In Newport
News, Va. town of $4,000, there were
but three schools, and one Of these was
built by Huntington, the great ship build
er. to give. his employees children the
advantages afforded in the North, as
they were mostly Northern men A high
school is being built there, and 1t is but
a5small. structure, about large enough to
accommodate 100 pupils. The other
schools are equally Inadequate.
+. "The strong contrast between the
North and the South in this respect was
aeneS of the first things which came to my
notice While away. In the South the
population is largely of a Homogeneous
nature, with strong traditional pre1udiees
In the north we have a great mixe,i NOV
ing population made of people from many
shores. And to my mind our own state
of Minnesota is one Of the best states in
the Union to live in. 1 believe that Min
nesota is ahead Of any other Western,
Eastern or Southern state in industry
push and enterprise. Our statesmen at
Washington are regarded very highly,
and, as for our own city, 1 believe St.
Paul is the best governed municipality in
the West Our resources are rapidly be-
ing developed into industries, while In
the South business and commerce
lie dormant, only eniivened where a
Northerner makes his influence felt with
characteristic push. We live in a goodly
land, and we should be thankful to God
for our manifold blessings, Of freedom,
educational advantages, open markets
and the vast resources of our soil"