The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
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At the conclusion Of his address Mr..
Cleveland introduced Edgar G.. Muir
ply, who Said Il think that wise
men everywhere are recognizing In the
principal OF Tuskegee one OF the great
est moral assets In the life Of our
country today. The south has not ap-
plaudcd him with undiscriminating
agreement or with mohOtonous,
uhoughtless, protitess acclaim. The
south has sometimes blamed him. But
the south is too fair to him and To his
race to allow these occasions OF dis
agreement to distort the broad per-
spectlve in which she has viewed and
appreciated that arduous public SER
vice through which, for 20 years, in
cheerful patience and unaffected
modesby, he has laborcd for the up
building Of his humble and untutored
fellows. He has greatly done a great
work In response to a great need.
North and south there have been
those who have seen pcrial in the ne
gro's progress. Bnt if the progress of
the negro bring peril with it that
peril is nothing IN comparison with the
pcrils attendant on the negro's
failure.
Or. Lyman Abbott, who followed,
said that the south deserved great
credit for taking up as 1t had an un-
tried problem, In helping the negro to
help hlmself. And the nortl,n he
said, has given her scant credit
She has given him schools that the
north has refused him and done many
other things towards his future that
the north never thought Of"
Dr. Abbott next spoke Of the great
work OF Booker r. Washington and
praised him In the highest terms, de-
claring he had done as much for the
white race as for the colored race. His
work had really brought about the
union or north and south In the work
that he had taken up as his life task.
Quoting Il remark made by Henry
Ward Beccher, to the effect that we
should make the negro worthy first
and then give him Suffrage DR.. Ab-
bott said: we made the mistake Of
giving him suffrage iirst and the I'M
fortunate negro has had to suffer ever
since. What the negro wants is cdu-
cation. 1t all depends upon education
whether the negro will be n shacklc to
our feet or wings to our body
HOOKER WASHINGTON spEAKs.
Mr.. Cleveland, in introducing
Booker II. Washington, the last
speaker OF the evening, said: Il have
to Introduce to you a man too we'll
known by every man I'm the United
States; man who has been spoken Of
too frequently and too favorably for it
to be necessary for mo to say more
than-hcre Is Booker II. Washington. :"
Booker Washinton then spoke as
follows: The Tuskegec Normal and
Industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala.
Is eho outgrowth Of the efforts OF Gen.
). {. Armstrong OF the Hampton In
stitutc In Virginia. Gen. Armstrong
was one OF the great sccrs and pro-
phcts who realized tlIaL the task OF the
nation was not fulfilled when the
shaciles Of physical slavery we're
struck from the limbs Of the millions
OF slaves or the south. He realized
that nine millions OF human beings
stepped in ignorance, minus expert
encc could be but free. IIe foresaT
that the nation must havea new birth
and new freedom and that this re-
generation must include the indus
trial, intellectual and moral and re-
llgious freedom Of the ex. slaves.
''In this connection am glad that
we have another great American and
Christian statesman in the person OF
lion. Groyer-Clcyeland, who is mani
resting by his presence and words here
this evening that he too is conscious
or The TACT that the lifting up Of the
negro Is not alone Tuskegec's problem,
not alone the southSduty, but Is the
problem OF the nation, because the
whole people were responsible for the
introduction aud perpetuation Of
American slavery. III behalf Of our
struggling race l want to thank you,
MIR. Cleveland for vo,,r flean iptnract