The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-29

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| other leader in excess OF the immediate
| needs OF his own people is anu-soclai
| product, a social menace. Neither III the
| North, the South. the East. or the West
| can such a professional man make a living
! at his calling through white patronage;
| and to give him the ambition and the ca
| pacity and then blast his opportunity
! through racial prejudice and caste in
! Stinct is to commit crime against ma
| ture Nature made the white man and the
| black: it made the ma tural and hence I'M
| alteraible prejudice between the two races,
! and hence the crime lies at the door of
| him who knowingly attempts the impossi-
! BILE. In equal measure what is true OF the
| professional uaCl is true of every trade
! and calling il which the nesro'S natural
! qualifications are not first considered AS
! q source of cheap labor for a warm eli
| mate he Dis beyond competition; every
| where else he is a. tore-ordafneG failure,
! and as he knows this he deSpiSeS his own
| color. When a race is in such a. condition
! that every paper issued by its educated
| class carries advertisements of nostruuls
| openly claiming to produce such changes
| in hair and skin Will make the black
| man less Il black what are we to think?
| When its reading. and hence its higher
| class carries advertisements OF nostrums
| tain these ads in their paper for year
| after year. what would YOU give for the
| influence on them of any leader whose
| skin ard hair bears, in however Slight de-
| gree the same racial stain? The solution
| oS the negro problem is part Of the white
! mans burden.
| But it is asked how are We to continue
| 10 educate the negro at all and avoid 1u-
| turc political trouble. In answer / say:
! Base his franchise upon a property quail
| tication and give him for once q. legitimate
| stimulus to work He has never been Of
| fered an attainafble ideal before. To-day
| cd ok
| nrea cher. looks with contempt upon the
| negro whose Only forte is honest work and
| accumulation Let US change this and
| make the taxpayers and not the poiltl-
| clan the racial ideal. The temptation 10
| spend is inherent in the human 1act-to
! learn to save is to cultivate man hiSHcSt
| mower. the power OF inhibition When
| man can hear and obey any Inou sha't
| not monetary or moral, he is improved
| aS a citizen. The Jew has had TINS mar
| date longer than any other race ana ne IS
| the greatest Of all aCCrnlulatcrS, afI' t!!e
| least criminal OF al! races Inc acSr" Is
| the most criminal and he needs the man
| date One truth about the trouble WITH
our negro ballot in the past Is instructive
The poor white III competition VIII TeSro
labor has had to work his children 10 I'VE.
The negro, easily UNDERLYING fll1i' was
able to use this same white man laAe'
| in the public school. and hence mas given
his children the rrIdiments now necessary
TO vote This is fast making a feadlhS,
voting paliper class OF blacks, ana an n
iterate, working, tax-paytng class OF
whites Which OF these classes mas most
| interest in the State and most rlsht 70 De
heard? No, This political paradox must
be changed and it must still allow Us 10
work for the salvation of the negro WITH
an educational suffrage the fArst step 10
wards Improvement teducatlon} Is the mist
act in a political feud Let Us be Done
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with it. and De free 10 help MN ana htdAe
him help us.
As for ourselves. let US go back to the
old rule of the South, and be done forever
with the frauds of an educatiotlai SUI
frase Let us break UP The game tnSt
produces political professionalism. Let US
return 10 the political status we ma" Niieh
We furnished the man Of America In ma
tional politics let US also strive for truth
and consistency. We cannot De high anG
mighty in the Philippines and high and
holy in Cuba and maintain the respect
of the world. 1t is now more than gene
ration since the war. and our lailaliSdl
altruists have posed long enough Let Us
see that the hypocrisy that now ties our
hands in Cuba is the last act OF the
comedy.
THE DISCUSSION.
The further discussion OF the education
of the negro was begun by Principal IL b
FrisSell of Hampton Institute Virginia
His view of the situation was not so
dark as that of DR.. Barrnger. He said
that hi. still considered the Southern white
man the best Friend the negro ever had
and that the negro problem was 10 be
worked OUT by the Southern man, the
Northerrers being able only TO help. tie
spoke Of his work at Hampton as Deli!S
most successful. and said that the reld-
tons between the races IL MS section was
most pleasant He considered the tletd
!, fpr
the black man. when properly trained. Is
the best laborer in the world and that
the statements that the race Is dying out,
that they are altogether Va!ueleSs as
laborers and that education is the cause
of increased crininality among them We're
not to be entertained
President Dreher, Of Roanoke College,
Va. followed DR.. Frissea. He said that
the education OF the negro is the most
difficult problem now before the American
people 1t was his opinion that this should
be of a very practical character that II
should be largely industrial ana mann
agricultural: that the negro should De
taught the value Of steady habits the
;n,rnrtauce of economy and Of education
and better assoca ton. He did not con-
s:der the race hatred SO marked as Or
Barringer had represented. nor was MS
crininaiity so great
AZ III, conclusion of his paper Dr. Bar
rin-e, requested Il few moments indtl-
rence. and stated that his experience OF
many years had led MIN to draw the con
clusion that there Was hatred between
rho races and that their crlmlhdtfty "as
as he had stated in his paper lie pre-
sented statistics from various sources 70
illustrate this latter fact he sara tHds
personally he was not an antagonist o.
The, negro, but that he was confronting
Facts which long experience had taught
him were true
schools was the topic Of Principal -Au-
n1,stus S. Downing, New York Training
Schocl for teachers. His paper was d lhoS'
Interesting enc, and he was loudly ap-
nlaudcd at its conclusion
OFFICERS ELECTED.
AT the conclusion of the addresses inc
annual business session OF the association
was held
rhe Committee on Nominations re-
norted the following nominations, VINO
tyare unanimously elected for the COM
inee year. President Mr.. G.. r. Glenn, OF
Atlanta. Ga; Vice-Presdent, Dr. Il b.