The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-14
IrrDO GOT MORE FROM
SLAVERY Than He LOST
novr FROM LOWEST LEVEL OF
'"v o,ooAR,sM TO CHRISTIANITY.
,,,.o teacher Says That But for Slavery
=. o,co Would Now Be Naked Bar
,,,aus in the Forests of Africa

as Race would Now BE NAKED oar
,.,i.Os in the Forests of Africa.
.ioted in our news columns a
AGO. says the Savannah
ov,racts from broad-minded'
.,oo,s and appreciative. letter writ
'''' W. W. Professor j. H. Council, head
:, ,5 w Colored Normal School of Ala
% Wv ~ Colonel ]. M, Falkner OF Bir-
'I ,anbam, Offering assistance to the
.i asader,te soldiers home. Professor
C T negro and an ex-slave' ex.
VO s.sed the highest appreciation OF
'S S Grand old men who followed
~. catered banners down to Apo
n nst and said that he and his
.obool would "be proud to assist" IN
,Se effort to provide for their deciln-
Ing years :, prof
c.,,oi,,s letter that are especially
.,,,bv Of notice. With reference to
.to confederate veterans he wrote:
Il feel that when they have passed
away and when their old slaves have
oa..ad sway, in a measure the power
n the balance wheel OF society Will be
.o,o - Retween masters and slaves
ofora the great war there was
strong bond of symy pathy aud loyalty
10 this day that bond exists between
sr.masters and ex-slaves. Each has
,ecnect for the other, in numerous IN
stances amounting to affection. This
mutnsl respect and consideration be-
tween the older members of the races
i not to be found in the Younger gen
grafton, Under the old system the IN
tsrests of master and man were closely
nterwoven; under the new, the inter-
ssts Of individuals of the races are sep
,rste, The sympathy that comes from
close personal association does not ex-
st and the races are further apart now
than thev ever were, with the tenden-
CIV towards a still greater esCrange-
ment.
Professor Council, fearing the posi-
bility Of misinterpretation of his
prOfer of assistance, says: the pro-
prety of this offer on nay part may be
called into question by those who do
not measure slavery as | do. feel
that the slaves got more out OF slavery
than their masters did, in that the
slaves we're helped from the lowest
level OF barbarism TO christian citizen
snip of the greatest government the
world ever knew" This is view OF
The matter that Is seldom taken in the
north or by the negroes themselves.
And yet it is unquestonably a fact
that but for the enforced emigration
Of African blacks to the United States
where they were put through the
.thOO Of slavery, their descendants
who are now enjoying the benefits OF
high civilization and the protection OF
one Of the great powers of the world,
would be naked barbarians in the for
ests of the dark continent or the coolle
abOrers of enterprising Europeans
Who are exploiting that country. The
African native has never been q colon
zer or explorer. He seeks no new
countries, and has no higher ideals
MAN full stomach and the worship OF
1etich. II 10 the old days the African
negroes had been left to their own de-
Wees they would have remained In
der lungles; and, for the sake OF illus
ration, it NAV be said. even Professors
council and Booker Washington, who
NOW the possibilities of the race I'M
lef intelligent guidance, might to-day
1 e roaming the forest clothed only
'&'Nn ignorance and ring through the
"se' seeking whom or what they
Ilght devour. Instead of this, these
4en have reached, through a period
slavery, positions of importance in
'ue midst of patton of white men.
Aua, IN the race of Council and Wash
'uSUon, it's civilization has been &C
4alfed in few hundred years with the
W OF white men, while it took the
'u''e race thousands of years 60 work
Wv 1he civilization which it is sharing
vito the Blacks