Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-26
MUST AID ONE ANOTHER
Educated Whites and Negroes of South
Must Pull Together
Col. Julian ,Gnrr's Address to the
GRADUATES of North Carolina
CoIored school.

Col. Julian S1Carr, a millionaire manu-
facturer, delivered an address before the
| Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Greensboro N G.. last night. He
spoke at length upon the subject of lynch
irgs Col Carr is very kindly disposed to-
ward the negro. The speaker said:
The negro has accumulated S226, 000, 00O
in property. and there are over 1000 teach
ers. With this progress there is canker
at the core. More than - per cent of the
convcts in the penitentiary are negroes.
Moral dissolution is certain to be followed
by physical Vital statistics show that the
black population is steadily decreasing. The
death rate in the colored population is 81
to 49, while it is il to - in the white popu-
lation.
Il have said ! would speak plainly. for
the interest of all. And | now declare fur
Their. that the southern people, as whole,
and the white men of North Carolina will
never again submit to the government of
ignorance, in great. blind, unwilling
mass, led by the artful and greedy. for
their own selfish ends. This determination
is not born of hatred for the negro, but is
based upon a regard for the welfare of both
races.
Question of the Future.
'The question Of the future of the south
ern negro is one that must be deferred for
settlement until We have restored safety
and a feeling of security to the humblest
woman in the poorest cabin in the remotest
corner of the most thnly settled portion of
the south. The southern white man cannot
restore that security. He can help the en-
forcement of the law. but as the loss of the
sense of safety did not come through him,
he cannot restore it. That is the mission
of the leaders of the negro race. The
preachers, the teachers, the doctors, the
best equipped men of your race must ad-
dress themselves to that task.
1hey must be instant in season and out
or season. They must say one word in de-
nunciation of iynching where they utter
nlnety-nine in condemnation of the crime
which has evolved lynch law. They must
make a public sentiment SO strong in their
race that no brute in the most obscure cor
ner can fail to be impressed and deferred
by it: .s s .,
which l conjure you to inaugurate, crime
must be made dishonorabe and criminals
must be made TO understand that crime
SHUTS the doors OF respectable homes to the
criminal. When a 'awbreaker returns from
the pententiary. let him feel that he has
disgraced himself; let the worthy refuse as
soclation with him, and let popular senti-
ment be so strong that the negro criminal
is held in the same detestation among his
own race as the white criminal is held in
his race.
Make Crime DetestabIe.
Let the men4and women band together
to keep the home pure, uncontaminated
with the criminal of low or high degrees.
Let him Ibe aliparah--an Ishmaelite-an
outcast, I'd. be Received nowhere except by
charity apd upon probation. AS a race,
the moral elevation of the negro has been
retarded because the returned convict in
many instances has been received upon his
return home asi one who has been perse-
cuted rather than as one who deserves pun
ishment. From, this college let the senti-
ment go that the negro criminal is not
only dsgracing himself but his race. and
les him f6s that resentment and OStracism
that white criminals have always been
made to feel II e,
Let me beg You, then-the students and
teachers or this institution, and the leaders
of your. race throughout the south-to set
yourselves ed rsltstly to the task of stop
ping the crime Ttbr which lynching follows
That is youf call, To do tfiat you must not
form a society Of the educated of your race
for mutual. pleasure and advantage You
mttst go ott into the highways and obtain
commanding influence with the ignorant of
your race, accepting the creed that he that
would b" the greatest among you must be
the SERVANT. Then after you have done all
you can to prevent the crime, if some brute
has still committed it, join with your white
neighbors to hunt down the criminal, and
bring him to speedy trial Frown upon any
one who would excuse the crime or give
protection to the brute, and create a public
sentiment that will compel all your race to
follow your example"