The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-15
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 New York. April l4--Former Prt6i1Sn1 Grover Cleveland was the prtnc11@[ speaker tonight at meeting held zin LII concert hall of Madison aduaxe GMf&xI tn the interests of the Tuskeeee Nor1Sn1 and Industrial Institute.
 Among those on the platform with IF. Cleveland were Mayor Low. who pre616S ed: Booker T. Washington, Edgar 0z Murphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott and Ger F. Peabody. Mrs. Cleveland set in4 fIa gallery with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C8t3 negie, who are Mir. Cleveiand'e h61t3 while he is ip the city. 2. S
 Mr. Cleveland. who was gfeeted vifk proionged applause as he was lintroduo<G by Mayor Low, said:
 Speech of 1r. CIsvsiand. have come here tonight as a Isincsrs srsna of the negro, and I should be rvcfX uiar standing in such company nked8d support at this late day either from car uncate or confesstors of faith. Inaamf1th ss, nssoweyer, as there may be differences ~ profess to .be friends of the nesro, I te- sire 10 declare myself as belonE7nx to fna booker II. Washington Tuskegee sectf64 6s 6s the orEanisstion l believe that the do not believe that either the decree fhkx mace the slaves free or the enactment that suddenly invested them with tfe rights of citizenship any more purr66 snem @ or their racial and slavery bred irii- peTfecuona and deficiencies than that # changed the color of their shin. Is be- neve that among the nearly 9.00080o of negroes who have been intermixed with our citizenship. there is stiil grevioua viciousness and tremendous araourst sf laxiness and thriftle1aneag & 5s ( 7
 believe that ti1eae condiffous gfssent to the whIte people of the 5nite8
 s ndsr the ss msnaass ssSa m 5s sis S s problem which neither enii khteised sSli- Interest nor the highNrs motive of hun1Sfs sympathy wiu permit them to put aei(S,
 1he Southh Burden.
 believe our feliow ccuntrynien irl the surrounded by about nine-tsiths,s of i,eaf- ly Ao00.0O0 of this entire negro popuiA~ ton. and who regard their material pros- perity.. their peace and even the safety of their civillzatien. interwoven with the negro problem. are entitled to our utmost consideration. and sympathetic fellowsffn.
 am thoroughly convinced that the ef- forts of Booker Washington ana the methods of Tuskegee Institute point fhe way to safe and benencent solution o9 the. vexatious negro problem at fhe South; and know that the good peorSiA at the North who have aided these efforts and methods, have illustrated the highest tian and enlightened philaathrophy.
 cannot, however. keep out of my nina tonight the thought that, with all we of the, North may do, the realization of our hopes for the negro must after all main~ ly depend-except so far as 1t rests with the negroes themselves--upon the senfi- ment and conduct of leading and respon- sible white men of the South, and upon the maintenance of 2 kindly and helpful hnfn sm& their midst who so much need fflasr ai& and encouragement.
 Education of the Negro.
 I need waste no time In sdetailinx the evidence that this aid and cncouraxsmcnk has thus far been generously forthcom- ing. Schools for the education of nesro children and institutions for their indun- trial training are scattsred all over the South, and are ltberaily assisted by the Southern public and private funds. 90 favor of the largest extsasfon and broad est influence of Tuskegee Institute ana kindred agencies is universal: and be- iieve that without exception. the negroes tions and service lind willing and cheer full patronag3 and employment among their white neighbors.
 The man who is beyond doubt the best of the negro race. he S who h % founded dsddpssss and Is now at the head of TusikeRee Insfftute and is the most notable representative of negro advancement, said at the Atlanta ton it Is we'll to bear in mind that what ever other sins the South may be called to bear. when it comes to business pura and simple, it Is In the South that the negro IS given a mans chance fin the com world. and in nothing is this Ex- position more eloquent than In emphasix- Ing this chance. Our greatest danger is that in the great leap from slavery to the masses of the United States are to live by the production of our hands and fail to keep in mind that We shall pros per In proportion as we learn to ,diGutfy and skill into the common occupations Of prosper in proportion as we learn to draw the line between the super ficial and the substantiai-the ornamentnt gewgaws of life and the useful"
 No Social Equality.
 do not know how it may be with other Northern friends of the negro. but have faith in the honor and sincerity of the white people of the South in their relations with the negro and his inn proyement and well being. They do not believe in the social equality of the races and they make no false pretense in re- gard to 1t. That this. does not grow out of hatred of the negro is very plain, lt seems to me that there Is abundant sent iment and abundant behavior among tho Southern whites towards the negroes 10 make us doubt the justice of charging this denial of social equality to prejudice as we usually understand the word Per haps is is born of something so much deeper and more imperious than preiu- dice as to amount to a racial Instinct. Whatever it is, let us remember that it has condoned the negro's share in the humiliation and spohation of the white men of the South during the saturnalla of reconstruction days. and has allowed a kindly feeling for the negro to survive the time when the South was deiuxed hy a psrilous flood of sndiscriminate. unIrl- telligible and blighting negro suffrage Whatever It Is, let us try to Do tolerant and eonslderate of .i1e feelings and even the prejudice of racial instinct of our white fellow countsymen of the South. who, in the solution of the negro problem amid their own surroundings. bear tho heat of the day and stagger under the weight of the white mans burden
 There are. however, considerations ra-