New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
FRIEND OF THE NEGRO.
Continued from first page.


business pure and simple 1t is in the South that
the negro is given a mans chance in the CONNER
eloquent than in emphasizing this chance our
70 danger rs We Se IN overlook n ge the fact that
the masses of US are to live by the producaoMl M Ii
prosper in proportion as We learn to dignity and
or common ab0 and put brah 9nq prasper sa. 3 3
proportion we learn to draw the & me ea
gewgaws OF life and the useful 80, - ,-.,
DO know now it may De with Other s Morfh M tbe
honor and sincerity Of the respectable white
PegPe PegPo and his Involvement and we'll being They
do not believe in the social equality on me race
That this does not grow out of hatred & OF ,,r tne
aesro re Abundant Us Rentmen aHd ABUNDANT 6hsvr
among the Southern whites toward the & negTo Ii 70
0I s@csr 10 PprSans If is born Of some
prejudice as to amount TO RACIAL instinct nat
the negro's share in the humiliation and spo!ia-
ton OF the white men OF she ooTh rd ba 9eis aoS S
kindly feeling for the negro to survive , Lne nn as
OF %hf tEg wa5 0 and bgtns
sTrage @ it Is let US TRY e2eb to be the 6Te
udice racial instinct of our white fellow-eotn- m
negro problem must amid their own surround
ings, bear the heat Of the day and stagger under
There are however. other considerations related
to this feature Of the pegpG 4 b @6 n6ec and I'd
purposes of this occasion. As friends OF the negro
Inent and advancement sincerely and confidently,
laboring to that end. it is folly for US to ignore
the part of the white people OF the Sou3h IA n s TINS
of the weight must be those who stand next to it.
This cooperation cannot be forced. nor can 1t be
fixed and tenaciously held Southern IDEAS, or even
prejudices We are not brought & 10 the PoS cor 0a
when we proceed upon the tneorg t1e dTetI nd
practicalIy confronted with the. question of the
negro's full enjoyment Of civil advantages or even even
before and around US questions demanqing our our
& care and Iea IN peH upon the e
cou-agement and assistance OF every dnopgnIau Jug @
i've and whatever may be his ideas predictions
concerning the more remote phases or me hesI0 tT
pressing have to do with the practical education
of the negro and especially with fitting him TO
compete with his white neighbors in gaining a de
cent. respectable and renunerative livelihood.
and needs Of his race wisely said 1T is at he
bottom of life he must begin, and not at the top @
Nor should permit our grievances to oVersnadoW
In summing. up the whole matter. there, is one
servedly certain. When we aid IHskegee InstiI
and manual education of the negro at the South III
hest %e are posbe IN eSe Service PS WhateTer may be his u
mate destiny. we thus helping TO fit him Tor
ng gre his soxn aee s snq in e soil m at Re bottom
Iife'- the seeds of the black mans deyelopment and
and grow and If It be within the wise purposes OF
ent tme aE retuce cam prevent the bursting forth
of the blade and plant of the negros appointed op-
GGaFtuni'y GGaE. INTO 'n' O''s"' 'u'''S"' u
MR.. MURPHYs SPEECH.
Following Mr. Cleveland came f. G. Murphy,
who said in part:
The negro race in America is not passing into
extinction. Slowly, painfully. but surely IL is Is
eficient life, That this is true is due largely to
ae 13e taSL Nave faced the situation precsey 1t
is, have put those things rst ] mn69 an iIe bones
ctnIictidn as TO the broade~ political or ednca
tionaT heritage OF the race have taught IN season
mount Importance of plain accomplishment me me
prsme distinctions Of decent sober and contcnted
many nv Aspirations Hampton and Tuskegee have
infuences have but served to prevent the growing
of the negro aspirations in the SOL OF ms
not e IN qa ms and have Helped him TO face life just
es ve giiS mar @ and every woman Of every race
face il. knowing that hate is mpolehO anu '""'
only patience is strong
DIR. ABBOTT's EARNEST WORDS.
Then came DR.. Abbott. who said
The sor Of an anti-slavery man. bred an anti
slavery rran the blood OF New-EngEand IN IN my my
hraIn with a boyhood spent in the inspiring re
gion and reform teachings OF that one re 70 i t0
Henry Ward Beecher, bring to this discussIon d
T0Fkesee T9FEeF 6r for Mr. washington or the
race but first for the national honor anu pS paS-
eminentIv the Northern honor. This race prop
| lem is a national one-our problem not the
1 scon aiOns The North and the South combined
TO bring the negro here: he did not come TO hno an
| him whether he would or not, the North Te ana
South combined because OF comegclal anu
and industrial interests could use him to PETER
| advantage in the South we Of the North pace 'He
Then grew in North the first sesessionIistss It s.
our duty" tbey said ito draw away from the
South and leave the slave States alone. But @ lI{
n@ide and PATRIOTISM would not the interests
which had brought the negro here croTG nd tP Civil
war ending at Appatomax Courthouse TINS is
Fy four years lighting we won the right to help in
| the solution OF this race problem: .,. w
| this problem. and this the North has, given #
manacie but by the sword You cannot build up
man. The South has given to the negro negro sfhoois
| This problem is a problem Of education Wher
the biography of great Americans rs mIlLea' h rit
biography OF man on this platform. one Ti,t E
has written his Own too modes6X: % ha done
a So % the white as well as the black The Anglo
Saxon race this country is superior to the neg
9frfca and two Centuries of slavery in America
Henry Ward Beecher once said that e we ern Sheu s
| frage.' We've reversed this order. We gave hin him
gagf rd6s Ps and the let Pfrq fSe brd be edge sI
let it hy. If. the moment the bird has pecReo as IN
is broken egg. So with your man n Broqg Ftfaa1 4l
him get hedged sheH teaSh MIN nemprae eG s de-
graded shiftless lazy vicious bon
es diigen power fbe for nerr an
IN sbacn S GS' to 6F feet or wings to
| BODY. Education-it depends on education.
| BALDWIN. tr. treasurer of the Tuskegee
| I,s+ttute. announced that since the meeting hao
| begun he had received two kilograms. one an
| nouncing a gift Of $4,000 from woman IL
| Ohio and the other gift of 81, 900 from MAJ