The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-13
So Says Rev. Mr.. Larry In
Discussing Negro PTObIam.
VIEWS OF A TENNESSEE MAN
OhlIterate the Revolver and Educate the
industrial Education Of SOuthsra
whites Must Not Sc Neglected Either.

Boston, July l3-"oblterate the revol-
yer and educate the man. by so doing
you will fnd that lynchings and feuds
are things OF the past The white man
as well as the negro should be given an
opportunity TO show his talent. with
education and religion comes a friend
ship which should exist among all men;
In these words President John Hale
Larry OF Lincoln Memorial university
Cum berland Gap. Tenn, began an ad-
dress at the First Baptist church Med
ford yesterday morning he occupied
the pulpit I'm the absence Of the pastor
the Rev. Maurice A Levy. who Is at
tending a convention I'm Atlanta
He took for his text Act xviii, %:
"They sounded and found IL ~ fathoms,
and went little further and found il Is
1T is wise for the sailor to find out
whether his vessel is drifting toward
danger" continued DR. Larry, and II IS
certainly wise for the crew on the sh.p
OF state TO sec I'm which direction we are
drifting on great problems IL is pleas
ant 10 note that the south is waking up
TO the necessity Of educating all classes.
GIVE NEGRO A CHANCE
The negro problem does not belong to
the South alone The North had an equal
share In the responsibility for slavery.
The South has been the greatest sufferer
80 rar. We must put our heads and
hearts together. consulting and acting
wisely.
ITO be brief. the negro is here and he
is a citizen through the act OF the north
II Is generally believed in the south that
the death OF Lincoln cost them their best
friend that is. II he had lived. we should
have been spared the evils OF what was
known as the reconstruction period
Place yourself In the place OF the
conquered. under new laws. often exc
cuted by your slaves. and perhaps you
can imagine how you would feel The
negro suffers from the feeling encen-
dered during the carpet bagging period
when he was put in false position. II
Is but natural that the best friend ~
the negro is the old masters family.
One cannot be struck by the difference
between the behavior OF the trained
4 slave and new class that has grown
up without restraint
"The best men Of the south see that
there is danger in negro illlteracy Vir-
ginia is doing much 10 forward the col
ored schools, Many are I'm favor OF in
dustrial education only for the negro.
While we believe that the negro win
be the worker of the south, he should
be free TO make the most OF himself pos
sible.
NEED POLITICAL PURITY
1T is also a great mistake TO neglect
the Industrial education OF the wh tes
They need 10 learn that labor is honor
able as they have long depended on the
north for all sorts Of manufactured ar
ticles BY an education of this kind the
people will be kept busy and less will
be heard OF lynchngs and OF feuds
Some day the education will stop feuds.
others that religion will cure the evil
we also need revival OF political
purity and IL would be well if the sa-
credness OF the ballot box could be IN
culcated We hold too cheap the privi-
lege OF an American birthrlRht Have a
nag day II you viii. but give Sc day
for the American citizenship a ballot
day
The Fourth OF July would be put 70
letter use if you should gather together
IN each city and town every native born
WHO has arrived at the age Of manhood