The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-08-25
OUR RALEIGH LEND
Gov. GIenn's Position In /
gard to Negro Educatio,
GORMAN NEWS Pr

So much has been said Of g.. s.
Glenn's ideas and position. in RAJ s
negro education, that the followin"u
he read with unusual interest /,
outline OF a speech delivered by H.
Raleigh few nights ago and desna~u
position with regard to negro ednoS
and the present system of elncat;"" M
North Carolina 4
''YOU CAN'T TEACH A HOUND 10 srr,,.
Yes, education is a good Thin.
everybody, but it should De disT,.
disereetly. Every person should No, -
educated alike-their respective star
in life should be considered.
Yes, you can educate even dov
he will be the better for it.
But you cannot teach hound IN, s.:
to set birds" ''f
believe in education and stand
footed on the educational plank Of
Democratic platform adopted by
Democratic State convention nj G,as <}
bOrO.
But | have right to my views ., s. s.
the character of education that sbo.
be furnished respectively t. the Nh 4s4
children and the negro children Of yo,a .sz||
Carolina. M
have said that you cannot teael
hound dog to set birds.
Neither do | believe that IA n4,
should be educated" into thinking h
self as good as or a little better than z
white man. -
The same character of education is h
BOD for him, as a general rule. tina, Is.
good for the majority of white childr
Let us not teach him to think he sbm 8 5
become great lawyer or doctor 81
other professional man, when then IS
no field for such talent if he had
Practically teach him to do well son 6
good mechanical work that he is ft 81
by nature and environment to perorE e
successfully, and thereby fl him to ma IS
| a good living for himself and family
The dedicated" negro that stu
| about our streets, with the Prince Abe
coat and silk hat and eye glasses, for
brief season, and then lands where
has to swap the costume for one
stripes, is a big failure-and the syste
| of so-called education which he receiv. 81
| (imbibing false ideas of his importaB
and OppOrtunities) is largely, chiefly
| spOnsible for the failure 81
| believe also i'm practical educata &
for a great many white boys and gin. 6
| The hOnOred and honorable trad, Is
| should by no means be turned over
| the negroes.
"NO labor when honestly done
| lowering to the true manhood Of e.
| whitest man in North Carolina
81 had rather see my daughter (whm 8
1 I ~, ~
| wife of an honest, capable, industrOe
| mechanic, ten thousand times rattle Z
| than that she should throw her ifeaw
| on some dude whose only claims to con q
| sideratiOn is that he wears tight pant
fashionable" clothes, smokes cigarette
| twirls a can and never did an hons
| days work in his life
The negroes of North Carolina pa
J only X per cent, while the white lc.
pie of the State pay 92h per cent Of Ii
| property and poll taxes of North IAN
lima.
do not say that the negroes shoul
have only what they pay (relatlve!
in taxes to support schools for then
That would be too hard on them.
They are weak and we are strong
They need our help. and it would be M
manly in us to deny them any assistant
at all.
| But it costs less to support neef
| teachers, the negro school can he rUl
cheaper, and | do not favor giving then
propOrtiOnately as much Zone third
there being one negro to two white pal
sons in North Carolina, as is given ri
the white schools.
After stating that he was in thoroug
accord with the Greensboro platform
Captain Glenn stated that Il stand NJ
on the Democratic platform passed b!
the Greensboro convention fat-footei
but | have right to say, what yol
have a right to know, that | do not b..
lieve you ought to educate a negro likes
white man.
Explaining that he did not mean 70
imply that the negrO's education shouh
come only from the taxes that he him.
self pays, Mr.. Glenn cOntended for moT,
Industrial education for the negro and
little of other learning beyond reading
writing and arithmetic.
The negro, said he, was meant to II
! a "hewer of wood and drawer d
water" and education in Latin aud
Greek only serves to render him On
satisfied with the work he is fitted to Do
and to give him ambitions which he can
not attain.
| Teach the negro how to work, to "
honest. to be better servant, and you
do him Il better service than by ~
structing him in the higher studies O.
the colleges and the schools. Indus
raise the negrO's aspirations and yol
are apt to make him idle, to put BIN
into habits Of vagrancy, into the Ial'
and the penitentiary.
l He made a strong plea for more ID
dustrial education, for more skilled labor
for a doing away with the prelude
against work with the hands, and final
ly, coming to his climax, he told tnr
bench when he said that he heard tn
voices of his wife and children begging
him to speak for them. Then SPOKE
said Erskine, because ! spoke for tho'
love"
In the earlier part of his speech he ar
raigned the national Republican part!
compared the two Presidential eau
didates and scored Roosevelt for Dr.
assertion that "a coarse streak RAJ
through the Southern people. lie Or
ciared that Roosevelt himself had .
coarse streak, but that he did not get i
from his Georgia-borE mother, hu
rather from ''his Yankee daddy
The speaker also reviewed at ieng'A
State politics and alluded to the chang
wrought by Democratic rule from tp'
time of reconstruction to the time "hrD
Butler and his forces came into powd
showing how the scandals and nrg'U
domination of the one period had ben
repeated when Republican, Popull-t anu
fusiOnists came into power III the nlT
ties. In his description of the condition
obtaining, OF the corruption, the negI'
rule in the East, Captain eileen was I'D
FASHIONED and eloquent.
1t was observed that when the sl'ra''
referred to and complimented GoverhU
Aycock and his administration thr''
was hearty and loud applause from w
audience
The audience was with the rp"aA''i
Judging from the applause which @Ff-''''
his remarks on this subject.
1t was a rousing good speech an y
way through, and though lew en-
cised some portions Of it unfavorap2
the great bulk OF the audience appT"''
OF the speech in it's entirety.