The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29

building bears and to whose memory this
day IL is to be dedicated and accepted
4 from tho generous donors by the trustees
of the Hampton Institute and by them!
put into active service in the promotion
OF learning, usefulness and righteousness.
and may / add. peace. Ss Al
fright here 7 would add that y3opin-'
Z ion OF Mr.. Huntington founded upon
my peroonal acquaintance with him and
my knowledge Of his character g based
upon my contact with him through a Sc
Prles of years when had the opportunity
aof receiving his advice, or witnessing his
generosity, and OF noting his unseltish
nature, as perhaps the 4 great outside
world did not IT. ST. 5f. t5}}f
Partly In the words Of another may
suggest that in larger and higher sense
we cannot hallow, we cannot dedicate
Z this structure, however eloquent or pleas
i Ing may be our words; that service must
be performed not to-day nor tomorrow,
but throughout long years In which 1t Ia
to furnish two OF the weaker races the
opportunity OF elevating themselves
through skill. Knowledge and character
Law Of Compensation.
FED studies In nature are more inter
esting than the law of compensation. T
live one must die. to possess one must
give. to be great one must be the least
to be understood and appreciated, one
must often be misunderstood and unap-
preciated In many cases. to be praised
one must first be abused, and SO all
through human experience. TO gain
strength ono must give strength. and this
latter statement applies In peculiar
sense to him whose mem Try we commsni-;;
crate to-day. In strong and peculiar
manner Mr.. Huntington was the
friend Of the oppressed OF all col
orc and all creeds, He was too
great to permit his syrnpathies to
be bounded by color or nationality.
The red mar. i. the yello man, the black
map were the races that most closely
touched his symputhes. because MS he
often expressed, he felt that they had
not been given tho great American
chance. Not many miles from here at
Newport News. where he bullded his
great shipyard, he proved BY word and
act that any ma n, regardles Of his color,
should be given the opportunity OF earn
Ing his daily bread and encoura ged to
enjoy the fruits OF his labor. Never
shall I forget q little ncdent that ne re-
lated to me just before he passed from
Garth. He said in his characteristic man
ner that it was one OF those little touch
es In human nature that made life worth
oil that he had put into It. as he was
passing through his great shpyards and
as he went from one piece OF machinery
to another, he finally came to giant
machine being operated by a mechanic
of my race with strong and brawny
hands. Without ceasing his work for
second without even looking up he said
in Wits pered tones. mfr. Huntington, you
are trusting my race hero and we shal
not disappoint you.H In this pregnant,
but simple remark Mr., Huntington said
there was compensation enough for.all
that he lad tried to do for the race, Whas
a lesson there Is In this simple occur
renee This black man was doing his
best because some one was wise and
brave enough to have taitll In him. to-
trust him, What an era OF progress and
good feeling would open UP before our
country, II there were more who would
place the negro ina large degree upon
his honor. more who would give MIN the
chance to secure that development and
qf responsibility being placed upon one,
Makes Eloquent Appeal,
~ wisi, we might open q new chapter
for the black man and in It let US henr
more OF tho possible and less OF t.oini-3
possible, more OF race success and less
Of race failure, moro Of t.e things per-
nitted and less OF things forbidden, more
OF race righteousness and less OF race
crime, more OF what the race has done
and less Of what It has failed to do,
Hold before any people continually q cat
alogue OF veal ness and failures and YOU
break its spirit and discourage It, Hold
before 1t the element OF hope Of triumph
al reward and you make OF It a loyal
useful portion OF any community Never
did We have q finer example Of the truth
Of this contention that In the case OF
the trust imposed In the black people
by9 the white people Of the South during
tiss civil War when husbands and sons
VI aEa bsent In battle, and when no white
2woi M suffered harmA or Wtnlt without
& food. J.sl sss IN g
5,,The foremost and dominant strain In
the life OF Coils r. Huntington was his,
interest and faith In What the world calls
4 tie weaker races. this applied In agspeciaI
,Seenss To the Indisn, the chinap1an and