The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-08

scholars whose minds are set upon tue
building Of their institutions in righteous
ness and wisdom rather than upon oo-
tanning the reward of their own sihait
ness. We have suffered much from men
who settled things first and learheu
about them afterwards. We need men
who know about things before settiliis
them. and who are lowered with sociai
sympathy and faith in the common man.
The brave, free scholar" as pictured by
Emerson in his memorable address, IS
the man who sees things as they are
and hates violence; who has no fear Oh
oppression because he is strong: VINO
cannot be deceived. because he has been
trained and knows truth from mania and
the fates of nations and the experiences
of cities of men; who cannot be terror
ized because he is not afraid; who can
not be starved, because his hands have
skill and his brain has cunning
"The education of the negro demands
another article, and my limit of space Is
reached This much must be said. how
ever. The South has never been in so
generous and thoughtful a mood toward
the negro race as it is today. while his
disfranchisement is going on apace in
every Southern State. This is move
ment to get rid OF the negro as men
acing political factor, disturbing the
Judgment of men and arousing their pas
sions in order to get breathing spell
in which to think on him righteously and
justly as human being, as a racial prob
lem as a black man, who cannot be sent
away and who cannot be permitted to
dominate intelligence. 1t is the nrst
moment since the colossal folly OF MS
enfranchisement that Southern men could
think about the question at all, and their
deepest conviction now is that, having
established forever their dominance and
integrity as race, they must JUSTIFY
themselves to posterity by acting toward
the negro in a spirit OF justice and WIS
dom. Indeed, this movement OF dis
Reimbursement goes deeper than that, and
is altogether beneficent in it's purposes.
1t means at bottom that the right to vote
is a right to be won by Intelligence and
character and to be won by the ignorant
white man as we'll as by the ignorant
black man. 1t might as we'll be confessed
that much OF the $4,000, 600 spent on them
by Northern philanthropy has been liter
ally wasted, and much of the 500, 100000
spent on them by Southern taxation has
been likewise wasted but this waste is
almost as much the fault of those who
spent it as it is of the negroes who re-
ceived it. cannot foresee the future any
| more than John C. Calhoun could foresee
| Booker Washington delghting and in
structing Charleston audience. Our
duty is with the present, to use such
knowledge and sympathy as we have, and
let the future do likewise. 1t is wise
and just to help the black man to charac-
ter and usefulness; but l cannot reiterate
too strongly my belief that the white man
is and ought to be and will be the con-
trolling force, and that he will act to-
ward the negro in the light of his train
ing. The education, therefore, of one
untaught white man to the point that
knowledge and not prejudice will guide
his conduct, and that he must deal with
these people in justice and kindness. is
worth more to the black man himself
than the education of ten negroes. The
Southern people need help for the noble
discharge of this mighty task, not -
SNUG aims giving: not the altruism dt>kse
remote nor the cocksure theories of the
unaffected, but substantial, brotherly
confidence and help from their fellow
countrymen OF every section. One of the
encouraging notes Of the times is the
growth OF this large confidence and sym
pathy with the Southern man in his deal
ings with the negro"