New-York tribune., 1903-06-30

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.x,.. ..n,. ia a religious people and thsin-
anencs OF religion in all human analIs zig
tfaI IN the wellbeing OF the coIflil9Iy+ +;or For
u S: 465) 1 plead for sacn he a state will then
become as Milton portrayed ~. -orvth and
Christian parsonage, one mlsh.S ,;rt,,e as in
statTIre as big and compact IN Vr'u
body. noppJA
.ppuAI. FOR NATIONAL APPRoff
,,a that the supreme blessings OF ecu io.a md
@ t - ours 7 plead tonight for irT1n1eoi aSts N
amn,e appropriations by the Nalion iI n,,ronriate
right that the last Congress III a industry.
eS H9A SeO FOR the Bureau of AnlH a da-nn Nno 70
e SS1 OOO for the Bureau Of Plants, Pooo, g orIv
cure the mouths and feet OF your ousaI9 Ga was Con
S56.l9o for tne Il; pu anrooriatfng $971o for the
bayous of Louisiana, 81 to4'vVo Ao i,,ers of Mis-
of Alabama. 81, $4,000 FOR the havs Of Florida,
e. X < 0n0 for the inlets of Georgia -$.v
to improve the rivers and haroors OF sne ,d :, ls
and not dollar to improve ,oois 1ne and expended
thousa nds of dollars for the roi ~ b|ndrads of
sent a regiment of teachers ana Inuii,oe. We
.t,',zards ~ money to educate the flliPliio@; Il
4 ,,,iI1ione lIpon millions to clVlllze IHe ~
ians why should we not make ample apsi g.bite
tions to educate our own lllterate aa,Irces and
and black out of the bounteous
oyerfiowing treasury or the INalI'ii'
NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
c,,ob &c NV solutiol of the negro problen-edus
cation. n constitutions. power. a iunctloH u
government the salvation OF the RepuOilO' s1 80
the bright hope of humanity. sI - n6ntayr-
doTvn to the foundations of the evil, II collteIii
plates no sudden revolution; provides no lllii,. ne
date panacea; promises no instantaneous 80 &c
lief but outlines policy, co-ordlhates tiio - -
tsons of State and Nation, and sets IN nlotloi
q conservative, constitutional ana nreslS'.o ~
force-the onnnipotent force or eaucauon, III M
because its evolution must be SLOW, IKE ar
other prinordiaI powers, L urge upon you ~
night the imperfous necessity Tor acloI. %, -
hold the squandered energies OF gengl It
pobo1d the irretrieyable blundeTs or the IisC
forty years. Behold civil rights bllls' eiectloii
laws reconstruction acts, all swept from u.s. u.s.
ence by the scathing decisions OF the ouPrehe
CourtI Now comes the distinguished Secresary
of War and startles the Nation by admitting lhat
1.-The plan adopted at the close OF the CivlI WaI
hos faiIed Even the President appointing 10
office a few colored citizens in performance OF
legitimate executive function Is Overwhelmed py
a cvclone of protest and abuse from the entire
Southland And our ex-President publicly ac-
knowledges the grave, alarming and conSlal'Iy
increasing peril of the negro crisis NOR ccuiu
il have developed at more opportune tlne'
Here the Nation can now concentrate lts great
est energies. No longer need they De deNoled W
our material and territorial growth our eXPaL-
sion has obtained such momentum that no
human power, outside of our own cltlzehSIlip,
ON a1-er check il: and our dominion over the
whole continent rs as certain the tides ana
seasons And N@at grander field for expansion
on the face of the globe to-day Vast domains
10 the north and the south larger than the
ITnited states with all it's islands, girded about
by the same great oceans magnificent mighty:
undeveIoped, and almost uninhablted DOMAINS.
And the Youngest of you Will yet behold the
flag of the Republic floating over every foot OF
that territory, from the Isthmus to the Pole:
and under its protection hundreds of millions or
people speaking the same language, obeylng tne
same laws, and worshpping the same God VIII
live together in one continental RepuoIlc. where
Intelligence shall rule and education De the doti
mating governmental force.
APPEAL. TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.
Forward then. We citi7en-sovereigns, white
and black alike, Gird yourselves like men TO
meet the crisis now upon you and the greater
responsibilities looming up in the future And
We executive legislative and judicial othcers
servants of the people, mistake rot the spirit OF
the times! Your watchword NUT he educatlon
there your duties must begin and there ma
their glorious fruiton- The President OF me
United States is supremely Interested IN tne
negroS "elIare ana ueS,I g VIZ. IL q ,{.o,- ~
of purpose seldom equalled IN our history tIie
material mental. moral and religious upEftlng
Of the whole people. In his next annual mes.
sage why should he not adopt the e'OquenI
words of Winthrop: Slavery is hut half abol-
ished emancipation is but half completed, whl
millions of freenen with votes in tt Ell hands
are 1eft without education" Why should he not
repeat the inaugural appeal of Garfield: ''The
ra+ion itseIf is resronsitIe for the extension of
the suffrage. For the North and South alike
there is but one remedy. All the constitutional
power Of the Nation and of the states should
be surrendered to meet this danger by the Salu-
tary influence of universal education" With all
the force of his great character, why should he
not urge Congress immed ately to enact uni uni
form educational qualification and 10 grant
ample appropriations for the education of the
people? And Congress-. why should 1t not call
truce to sanship and sectionaltsm until IT
places on the books these partisan patriotic
measures? Then the Nation. reunited in spirit
as in truth the graves of its dead rast and
over the buried issues of Slavery and Rebellion
and Reconstruction. would march on to its stu
pendous and mighty destiny, the freest, most
enlightened. most powerful sovereignty ever or
ganized among men,
The Convocation will conclude fits work to-mor-
row. holding three sessions
Among the prominent educators here are: Presi-
dent George z. MacIean. State University Of Iowa;
Professor Albert p Brigham. Colgate University;
President John H. Finley. College of the City of
New-York: Principal T. II. Armstrong. Medina
High School; DIR. Helen c. Putnam. Providence.
r T.; James J. Walsh, Editor Medical News
New-York; Professor duncan c. Lee, Cornell Uni
versity: Charles w. Bardean, Editor school Bull
letin," Syracuse; deadmaster Henry White Gala
han. State Preparatory School of Boulder, Col;
President Andrew s. Draper, University of Illinois;
President James II. Baker. University of Colorado;
Principal Fred Carlton White, Cornwall-on- Hudson
High School: Ossian II. Lang. Editor Educational
Foundations" and THE School Journal" New
York and Principal Myron t. Scudder. New-York
Normal School.
DEcICrp ATTnN EOp NIIpCEC