New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-13
SOME RESULTS OF EMANCIPATION.
ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR WILLIAM L. BULKLEY'
OF cr,ArIIN UNIVERSITY. on NEGRO

EDUCATION.
Professor William l.. Buckley. OF Clahin tniver-
sitv Oraneeburg S. c., spoke last night in ST. An
drew's Methodist Episcopal Church. Seventy-sMth-
Ct near Coumbus-ave His discourse on negro
education was especially timely on Lincolns Birth
dav Claim University mas hitherto had Sta'e
helm but that was withdrawn. Professor Buckley
90 a graduate of Amherst. IS and has devoted
himself TO the education OF the negro. lie Is an
earnest worker and earnest talker. ana MS
words were heard with interest. He said
To slave is great achieyemeIns to m rom
he limbs of a poor wretch is human task pu'
TO unchan the mind TO lberate the SOU - u me
Either the great emancipation ala nol EU ~. CA
cost or he had Implicit faith in Almighty Coo;
when he turned loose upon this NATION Th En,an-
rinaion Proclamation imposed solemn ODns"uiU,n
upon every thoughtful man ana woman " 70, '' 70
understand II. with a determination 70 VIII, ~
only result in failure. result when WI dr lam
aging the safety of the Republic ana ilI M of
hiark humanity under the drivers lash and The
iron will Of an irresponsible master man 10 n@n
wy ,n novertv Ignorance and vice-bettcr for them
better for the State. better for society u, "a 70 the
present time Let us II the results lustnt r,'o
outlay What has been done in these thirt! s'ie LA
years? Forty per cent OF the people can od d It's
true sometimes the name Is scra"IeuV n' hiIdrsn
are in The public schools II is true; however ma
these schools are often mere log-cabln WreChs a
are In session only to three months ehcn a..
Thirty per cent OF these people nave ucse 1'u -
old one-room cabin life and now i've IN ~ i'' on :,
roomy more clean. more orderly houses NH' ,r,rn
be with tolerable proprety called homes ,,n,a
are Ave hundred physicians and dentists bo
from schools supported in the south or III Az
North by Northern money. Some OF theri are u nI
ing wonderfully well. There are ten Ihou S,'
preachers and thirty thousand teachers, WIG The
been trained TO a greater or less degIte, ~ Ia
schools which your philanthropy has ioundeG aio
sunported There are hundred thouSailu u u ~
own Droperty; in cases only a lot or 4 "a
hut representing hard work and the aCculIlu,"' a.
savings since slavery Then there are mn ~
business there are farmers owning large pdnN'1n,
lions there are contractors and other .uAu.
many (IIcre he cited some remarkable casts'
might indulge in extravaganza ahu SdI.,,1raI
the progress Of my people has been ph99inion''l"
,ineoi,alled in the history Of the world ntIt az
those who like such sweeping phrases. I"t ~
nroeress has been remarkable may be. ana peitNe
is true but It is equally true that no pcQp@ ~
had so much done for them In the same UNI IN
most that should modestly say IS Una, az, sn',' "a
Gent progress has been made TO give us cauSS ~
thank God and take fresh courage; ana gro Tp
orr Ioins for greater struggles ana greater VIC
tories i'm the twentieth century
Cla1n is one OF the largest schools in tho South
for the education of colored youth 1t Is IN 'le
black belt Of the Carolinas and IS doing an "d-
mirable work