The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-28
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OBLIGATIONS OF
BOTH RACES,

Captain G. Z. VaWtcr
beg to say In reply to your question
that education has greatly Improved me
negro notwithstanding the fact that his
education during tho past forty years has
been attended with much that has In
iurcd him and greatly hindered MN.
For Instance, his education along the line
OF voting has hurt him Immensely. ~
made him think that lie was something
when he was NOTHING. 1t gave nm GER
tain white mon for leaders ana ADVISERS
who trained him for their own selfish puf-
nose along the avenues OF hate toward
tI,ose who were and are his best friends.
MANY OF his public school teachers helped
IN in this education OF race haired Again
Tho false notion of social equality brousht
to him by good, honest, coilsecra1ed' pu,
misguided teachers from the NORM diu
him incaculable harm. Again wnen J, th t's,
lob of teaching tho negro. the southern
whites Withdrew, and after paying their
legal proportion for the negro schools
cared but little what became OF It. ana as
a. result from being mutually helpful Inc
two races Joined in being mutually nos
tile. !, -, !. u, -,
But in certain respects the Northern
teacher has learned that his work was
done in 1 he wrong way or was over done,
while we of the South have learned lllat
our work was under done. we al seem
to have rubbed out great deal, ana 70
have started afresl: Iho soutnern Pee oIS,
Die are coming most wisely to tho conclu-
sion that 1t will not do to delegate me
ten ching Of the negro, who must llye IN
our midst, to outsiders who do not know
him. At the Same time our Northeril
friends arc realizing that they can only
help the negro through the Southern
whites, But the work done ~ the school
by many of our Northern teachers mas
been most faithfully and we'll done, ana
these Northern teachers who arc not
blinded by fanatlclsm have peeN greatly
educated, and they know the negro netl
ter now and Will train h nm alpm a i, WEI at
lines, while the fanatic will go back hae-
ing the negro only less than the south,
ern white people, and both races W ~ g
benefited by his going.
The negro will have his ballot when ne
Is worthy OF IT, and he VIII pc trained py
our own Southern people along tne it'l G
that viii make him respect himself ana
have race pride, and that will make of
him the best ana most respectable negro
nossiblc. Those who honestly DOUBT me
GOOD done him by the schools notWltn-
Standing the necessary hlndraHces utots
SO new and untrled me. need oI'y "
look carefully into the work that mas
hleen done. Let them go and see ana not
draw their conclusions from their pre-
indices or from the uneducated WORTH
less negroes that they see about them
Let them 80 to Hampton and 70 Peters o,
men me-, z and women are being carefully train;
ed TO Il high moral life, backed by SOLO
education. and are taught practically ard
1voll In the best known methods OF I'M
dustrial education. They arc being fitted
10 make an honest living and TO lead al,
upright life, and above all, as Will DO
especially seen at Petersburg, TO teach
their race 4 q be Intelligent and industli-i
Gus, 70 Lead clean llYess 70 EARN an ll9ls'