The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-28
TUESDAY. April. 2s. 1908. /.
IA cAMPAIuN!,3 F|EDUcATI6N.

IS "A CAMPAIGN oF EDUCATION.
Sometime ago /. lie New York Evening
&; Post, In dlscuss ing tho suffrage question
In Virginia, said that official records
Ssf ed that nliilions OF dollars worth o.
sprol erty WIS owned In \ Virginia by col.
o:ed men, yet they we're inturiously cid
81; perhaps illegally, distranc hised.
Congressman Gait e-s g, asa: cs Lynch
SSss burg, ttereupon addressed q comunica-
a ticn to the editor OF the Evening Post and
pointed out the error nto which he had
railen. and tho injustice which had been
\ done to Vlrsinin In this statement. Mr..
"A Class told the editor OF the Post that MS
Al q matter OF fact, the Constitution Of Viz
ss gtnia confers tho right Of suffrage on
every negro man, ignorant or educated,
ri who pays as much Us the pitiful sum Of
ono dollar In taxes to the State on prop
erty owned BY him, and further that this
VIZ right of franchise was made perpetual,
& and that no power or administration; could
5f deprive him Of it, Those Taxpayers OF
either race who failed to GO. their names
Y another opportunity this year, and tf they
q Tail it will be their own fault RI
WIZ In conclusion, Mr.. Glass told the editor
itlt Of the Evening Post that If the Northern
q people were not pleased with our methods
% Of managing the, negro problem the rem
edy was in their own hands. let them
q take the negro to their homes and bos-
@s Europe, for millions Of undesirable mni-
81 grants who Understand neither our Ian
NJ guago nor our institutions; let the States
5is$or tho North invite negro immigration
III from the South.'' And he assured tho
Nh Northern editor that the South would not
interfere with such a movement to trans
S.a5$ Ter the negro population from one section
HI 20 the other, but. tn the contrary, would
Is. welcome suchia solution OF the race prob
81 lem and wish5it G,d-speed. Is.
&i3 Mr.. Glass made good reply to the
Evening Post, but in this last statement
he is In error Tho Southern people do
not wish TO get rid Of the negro. In his
way he Is useful We are accustomed to
negro labor. and it suits us. especially;
si O har class OF labor. Moreover, the South
Il suits the negro better than any other sec
ton suits him, otherwise he would not
& stay here. Tho climate suits him and the
Al people suit him, and 1t was said in the
recent conference hero by q Northern
3ss mai TINT tho negro had a better chance
f. ut the South than at tho North. There
Isl cause there arc moro negroes here. but
i wherever the negroes gather In the North
NJ there Is sire to DO trouble. On Sunday.
t$ VAST negro was lynched at Thebes. H.,
s for "the usual crime" and the mob then
charged upon a negro settlement and
X burned their tents.
A negro opened a store at 4 white settle-
II; ment In Indlan Territory and after being
warned to leave, his house was dynmated
2 IN Saturday. 81
Tho Evening Post does not represent
Il }he sentiment, t-the best sentiment, Of tho
North The fair-minded men of that SEQ
iii lion are getting their eyes open No
longer than yesterday the Philadelphia
.8 Ledger said:
1.-THE negroes have no other such friends
rs they possess in their old masters
Ind their descendants; no others under
)tand tho black race so well In no others
a have been begoHen by long years Of as
{ )0ciation the lively sense OF responsibility
EE Tor q people requiring 30 constant guild.
lnce help and sometimes restraint. And
)he Souther negroes appreciate this. With
tare exceptions. unless intiamed by dem
Y lgogy, they have the utmost love for
M lbeir white neighbors In the case of the
"a mass this is the old reverence and pas
sinnate devotion of tho NANNY and
the body servant. In tho case OF the
Fl better educated negroes It Is an earnest
y but a reasonable affection reborn out OF
3Ss an appreciation of the confidence In the
Ill white position, and confidence In the
\ honor, kindness and practical wisdom
OF the white people.
In concluding Its remarks the Ledger
II gaid the wiser policy for societies sending
h funds to the South for the negro would
be to submit their mana cement to South
ern people. Northern men are fast learn
ing that the South knows better than the
North how to deal with the negro. and
that 1t Is sensible and patriotic for the
North to quit meddling, and to join with
the South in trying to settle the question
In such way as to be Of benefit, aad OF
5a the greatest benefit to both races, we
sbave never felt SO hopeful as we feel
& now. and WIG repeat what we have said sc
many times OF late, That this Southern Con
ference for Education has done more than
St all other agencies TO open the eyes OF the
Intelligent North and TO solve the. prob
lem. They have at least seen the truth
L and are now declaring the truth and are
willing to meet 1t face TO face and deal
{ with the situation aa 1t is
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