The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

training, does not per Sc maze 5oou Gil
zeus or better NEIL
That the negro, as race IS lilcap'-
h1e of education that would be Oh any prac-
teal value to nm.
THAT the South is the geographic ana
climatic home of the negro, and that ne
win never leave it; and that admitting MS
canacity for educati ton, for the sake OF ar
ounent. his social and commercial status
in the South, which is ineNorabie' nahea
his education undesirable 10 the WHITES
of the South, impracticable and Oh niue
yalue to himself, because 1t units MIN ioi
the service and position that COO cteateu
him for, and in which his environment anu
situation will ever keep him.
litter IMPRACTICABILIT
:. r am opposed to the further eXpendl-
ture of money and effort for the education
of the negro, because thirty-five years OF
natient and constant effort has Demon
strated its utter impract:oabillty, ana De
cause, after thirty-five years OF education
the negro is to-day worthless as !aporeI'
more corrupt as a citizen, and constitutes
to-day the most Disconnected ana danger
Gus element in our body polite
6 do think, however, that 1t behooVes
the South to extend to the negro every
encouragement in his industrial develop
ment, and give to him the Dement'S OF
wholesome, spiritual and moral training
and instruction in the industrial arts
l think that these propositions are SO
self-evident that it is refiection upon
any ones Intelligence to argue mem.
Let US consider for single moment the
first proposition, involving Gods evident
purDose In the creation of this race. The
scientists tell us that the negro is the oe-
scendant of Ham, who was cursed by MS
father, Noah, and told, by tire authority
of God. that he and his descendants should
be servants unto their brethren
Go wheresoever you will in the world
TO-DAY and you will find the fulfilment of
this curse in the negro race wherever he
may be found. He is filing the destiny
that God intended for him to fill.
Educat ton is not necessary TO him IN
his humble sphere in life, and to attempt
to educate him out Of this sphere is run
ming counter to Gods DEGREES, and car.
have but one result, and that is to unit
him for his God-given destiny, make him
unhappy, disconnected and worthless.
I need not argue to you the second props
os;tion 1t is moral training and not edu-
cation that makes good citizens and good
men. Our jails and penitentiaries are to-
day full Of men who have had the ao-
yantages of education. The murderer who
fired the fatal shot at Garfield, the an
archist who killed Canovas, the assassin
who struck down Carnot of the French
Republic and the Villain VINO StdpDeu 70
death the Empress of Austria were all
educated men.
NEGRO INCAPABLE.
Nv third proposition is that the negro.
as race, is incapable of education tlatzis
OF any practical value to him. In support
of this, I ask the question: Has the negro
made the progress in the past uirty-five
years that we had a right to expect of
him, and are the results commensurate
with the means and patient labor that
have been expended upon him? answer
that question in the negative, and maintain
that the best, the most honest, the most
Industrious and contented negroes in the
South to-day are the ones who have the
least education and that the present gems
GRAFTON OF negroes do not compare In any
respect with the ante-belium generations,
Now, the man WHO can earn bis living ny
his brain Is certainly not going to continue
to earn It with his hands. II he can help
it. Let US grant, for the sake OF argument !,
that the negro is capable Of educa ton. ana
that If he is educated. what Will pc me re-
suit?
OF one thing ne can make up our mind.