The colored American., 1900-07-07

IS for men who eau do something with
their hands We have enough OF liter
ary QreSmtr5 auC visionary enthusl
asLs, and we now want men whose
hngeIs Can execute what the brain sug-
gests, and who can go forth into the
busy world, aud find sOaIt thIngaIo 90.
Ihe man Without ingenuity is weak
Indeed, ana ne must be cOnlent 10 eu
ter me tattle of life 80 the mere hewa aT
or won, or drawer Of water"
He ANs%ERs MIR GRAVES.
In answering he HoH John Temple
Graves, IA his speech befose the Race
conference at @Ontg0meIy, Ala, he
had This 10 say:
81 believe Wr. Graves is sincere, ]
have great respect for lis opinions, bul
the reasoning on this question L be-
lieve TO be wholly wrong The COlOTed
man will remain IA, re. aud L belleVe the
white man will too. ~ by snOuld the
races sepaTa t? We are satisfied 20 stay
and walt for time an0 Agl-wfse ProvI-
denee TO right all WrOGgs. The Negro is
here to stay. &c is no more puhsIble,
probable or desirable for hlm TO leave
than the white man. He has brought
inches from the soil 10 help build this
civilization.
In every war in which this country
has been engaged, whether with a
foreign foe or a rebelLOus citizen the
coSOFed man has spent his blood and
IIfe TO preserve the Union. No class is
more loyal EO Law and the flag than the
coiOred man, and here he will remain
and prove himself equal t0 the highest
civilization The coiored man Is as
much = citizen Uf the United States as
the " hite man. The races are identical,
they are so mixed that it is impossible
for one 10 get away from the other
without injury to both. | believe if ahe
celOged man should leave the South,
the great cotton and tobacco, pianta-
tiOns and corn fields would suffer; that
would to some extend cripple our
manufacturing interests and IN turn
" OK haF0shlpa with our commercial
trade. do NOE believe that tae ma
jority Of the people Of this country de
sire separation, and those who dO,view
1t from ptssimistic stand point. Say
what We viii there is buI one way for
the Negro 10 overcome such opinions
as the Sc expressed by ME. Graves, and
that is 10 become a ssillIul laboreT,
make money and save it,"
In speaking Of the race morally, he
said:
"a race can no more retain healthy
existence without morals than an in
diVIdual I think We can safely cay that
the moral law rs the greatest governing
force III The universe, among individuals
Is well as races. The best and noblest
won en- at all times have done their
greatest work in the home. training
Ire youth It is fact that our ablest
meD of Sll naiiors have pointed TO
mother and home as the forces that
made them great and useful The
greatest factor III the de elOpment of s.
etlOug ChaEaCteE in man or women, is
the home and its suTrs nndIpgs. The
greatest factor in Il home is 3 good,
noble hearted woman. Let the Negro
bt come skilled Ia the tlades, let him
study business sn0 engage IN I6, let
hiul cultivate patience SnG Lot be
afFsid 10 risk his earnings IN business,
Jet him learn 10 respect bis women
more and build comforts bic homes, lei
him leaIn 30 have confidence III hu'
mainly and cultivate friendship with
his Deighcors. and the latter half OF the
twentieth century will see new Negro
in this country, mixed all through n lis
business and com neIcial affairs.
All this. ard even more will cOI1e 30
The coIored d man If he Will sI1se from
his lethsTgy aDd be man. The
te eniieth century Viii have IN store
greater achieve ments IN science, art.
literature and Invention han the wor