Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-05

ground was purchased aud the found a
tlon laid and the charter gotten out b,
the colored Baptists of the ststs to b,
owned and run solely by them.
second, because it WAS the very pur-
pose OF the Rev. Or. P. K. Morris. whs
We should always respect for his ide,
OF founding such school, that il should
be entirely owned and controlled by
the eolored Baptists of the State. Hs
Decame its first president which clear.
~ indicated his purpose. / coincided
with his purpose then, and have not
change q whit since.
WERE ALSO OPPOSED TO DIR. MORRIS.
Many OF the brethren that are now
opposed to Prof. G. w. Hayes as presi.
dent of the institute were equally OF
more opposed to DR.. p. +. Morris. Be-
cause DR.. 2. f. Morris was president.
and Rev. ID. Norris, the general agent
OF the Seminary the opposers called
the enterprise a Morris ring, aud ae-
cused me TO my face OF being In it. I
was not then and 1 am not now a ring
man, but am truly q race man.
Whenever find one OF my leaders
WORKING TO show and to convince man
kind that God is no respector OF per-
the head OF the African race ts do
some business for themselves. / am
with Professor G.. W. HAYES. OF
that you May be sure, for the
very reason mentioned above Many
OF the Board OF Managers continued as
well as others, to complain Of the Nor
Els ring, as it was called, until the
Board met at LyDchburg, Sept Is. '9I
and elected Prof. G. w. Hayes as pres
ldent. L had never seen him, or knowa
any thing of him. Rev. DR. r, EpilIer
presented him TO the Board.
L, as member OF the Board, did not
vote for him, but did vote for Rev. DIR.
ID. N. Vassar. Many OF the members
of the Board said on that evening that
they were surprised to see that I did
not vote for Rev. DR.. p. +. Morris, and
were glad of NV change 7 anew that
it was q state talk, unless the president
be moved that the people would not
respond to the work, as they had al
ready stopped.
MADE PERSONAL SACRIFICES.
Now we have q president that know
that has made heavy personal sacrifices
to help US build up our school 10 stand
as q monument of glory and honor to
and for the colored Bsptists of the
state and yet he and the school that
he has been put at the head Of by the
Baptists OF the state, has been de-
nounced as unit for decent people to
visit, aud q Lying disgrace to the Bsp-
tist denomination.
What q shamel I did not believe
that one OF our leading ministers in
the state, or out of it, would have so
openly. shamefully, and publicly de-
nounced o worthy Christian GENTLE
man, and the only school OF note that
the colored Baptists have tried to get
up for themselves in the state.
THE GREAT QUESTIONS.
Shall we not try to do something our.
selves for ourselves as we'll as other
people? We build churches and with
Gcd's help run them. Can't all the
colore6 Baptists in the state build one
little school and control it themselves
without dividing and slandering each
other for God sake? Did khe early
white settlers succeed in every enter
prise that they undertook az first?
There are mere than one third as ma.
ny colcred Baptisis in the state OF Vir-
ginia today than there were white
population in the same state at the end
or the colonial period. Was Cyrus
Fields and his company successful at
first in the project OF the Atlantic ca
Bile? Can't we run one institution in
Virginia2 While one little colored
Baptist gentleman Of Virginia is hold
ing up the entire structure? In con-
clusiOn here are his woBds:
Mr.. HUMBLEs GENEROSITY.
81 have at no time asked for the
principal, but do ask that the inter
est be paid. AS long as there is q dis
position on the part of my brethren to
pay this interest (S2O00), the property
shall remain at their disposal. / am as
anxious as any one man in this state
or out Of it, that the Negro should
own, operate and con troll something Of
his own.
81 do hope That you may not be dis
cCuraged, I am with you to accom-
plish the most and the best for our
race and the age in which we live along
all lines.
1 remain your brother in Christ,
ADoLPHUs HUMBLEs.'
am ntimately acquainted with the
above named, noble, Christian gentle
man. We are going to pay him, not
only his interest, but the principal al
so.
l have subscribed to every newspaper
that have been brought forward by my
people in the state, and many out of it,
since emancipation in order TO help n
raee to establish enterprises OF their
own to help or give employment to our
ch ldren We have no railroads, steam
boats and telegraph lines, etc., and
every time our boys 20 o1t they must
take the pick and spade, and cur girls
the wash-tub and the cooking stove.
Now, brethren, hand in hand and soul
to soul the old man is with yoa to help
you to lift up this poor down -trodden
race Of mine, and here to stay until my
eyes are shut IN death.
(Rev.) J. B. SIXTH,