New-York tribune., 1905-10-25

useful purpose in doing the particular task TO
which they set themselves, but give lift to the
cause Of good citizenship throughout the Union.
I heartily appreciate what you have done at
| Tuskegee, and am sure you VIII NOT gruose
! my saving that II could not possibly nave peel
/ done save for the loyal support you nave re-
ceived from the white people round ABOUT LOT
during the TWENTY-FIVE years or effort TO educate
| the black man here in the midst or WHIT WHIT
community Of intelligence and culture there
| has never been an outbreak between tue I0SeS SS
or any difficulty OF any kind All hon0r Is @ ouo
| to the white men Of Alabama, 10 the white men
! of Tuskegee. for what they have done. ana
! right here let me say that il in any community
! = misunderstanding between the races arises
! over any matter infinitely the pest way out
is To have n prompt frank and full conference
and consultation between representatives Of the
wise decent cool headed men among the whites
| and the wise decent. cool headed coiored men.
Such a conference will always tend to bring
about g. better understanding and VIII be n
great help all round.
THE NEGRO's RESPONSIBILITY.
Hitherto I have spoken chiefly of the obiga-
tons existing the part of the white man;
Now let you remember, on the other hand. tnat
no help can permanently avail you save as you
yourselves develop capacity for self-help. You
Young colored and women educated at
Tuskeeee must by precept and example, lead
your fellows toward sober, industrious, law
abiding lives. You are in honor bound TO JON
hands in favor of law and order and TO war
against all crime, and especially agaiIs. an an
crime by men OF your own race, for the he&Vlest
wrong done by the criminal is the wrong to ms
own race. You must teach the people OF your
race that they must scrupuously observe any
contract into which they in GOOD faith enter, no
matter whether it is hard to keep or not. II
YOU save money. secure homes and lead clean
decent, modest lives. you Will win the respect Oh
your neighbors of both races, Let each man
strive to excel his fellows only by rendering
substantial service to the community IN Whlch
he lives, ,.,- .
pass through, but these difficulties will be sur
mounted if only the policy of reason ana com,
mon sense is pursued. You have maze real anu
great progress According to the census the
-colored peOpls of this country own ana pay
taxes upon something like S3O0,0oOOOO worth or
rroperty and have blotted out over 90 per cent
Of the ilIiteracy What you have done in the
past is an Indication of what you will be able 10
accomplish in the future under wise leadership
Moral and industrial education Is what is most
needed in order that this progress may con-
tinue. The race cannot expect to get everything
at once 1t must learn to wait and bide its
time: to prove itself worthy by showing us pos
session Of perseverance, Of thrift, OF sef-contro
The destiny Of the race is chiefly in its own
hands and must be worked out patiently and
persstently along these lines
Remember also that the white man who can
he of most use to the cOlored man is that col
Ored mans neighbor. 1t is the Southern people
themselves who must and can solve the diff
cIlries that exist in the South OF course, what
help the people Of the rest of the Union can
give them must and viii be gladly and cheer
fully given. The hope Of advancement for the
colored man in the South lies in his steady,
mon sense effort to improve his moral and ma
terial condition and to work in harmony with
the white man in upbuilding the commonwealth.
The future Of the South now depends upon the
people OF both races living up to the spirit and
letter of the laws of their several states ana
working out the deStinteS OF both races not as
races, but as law-abiding American citizens.
THE HIGH DUTY OF WOMEN.
The President spoke as follows at the Female
College:
1t is indeed peculiar pleasure to be here this
morning and be greeted you have greeted
me. When you brought me here Mr.. Mayor,
! was met the platform by the pastors Of
the Methodist and Baptist churches in the shade
of institution of higher learning, in the pres
p af7, I1IfI
schools. AT the same time, see the industries
Of the nation typifed both by cotton being
picked as came up. and also by the fact that
I speaking on the most valuable platform
! have ever spoken on, and finally, have as
guard Of honor members Of the National Guard,
ana as L look at them feel that they are my
own comrades, for thew just the type had
in my own regiment in the Spanish war.
>, These elements typify what We hope and be-
HeYe the elements representing what IS most
vital in American Iife-the deep religious feeling
Of our people, the understanding of our people
that material prosperity amounts to nothing if
behind it and under 1t there is not the spiritual
sense, the sense of moral obligation, the fealty
10 an ideal, the realization that in addition to
that you must have the foundation of
tionaI prosperity industry, energy and thrift,
and the fruits Of that industry, energy and
thrift devotion to arts and practices of peace,
devotion to civic duty, and yet the readiness of
the man who does his duty in civil life to do 1t
in a military life if ever the needs arise and
finally the recognition Of the fact that, though
great many crops are important the most inn
portant crop is the crop Of children.
Ine one lIllIB lNlS nation cannot 0uOrd TO
neglect is the education of the nation Of the
future. You, Mr.. Mayor l. ell of US here will
pass away and the nation of the future will
rise higher or lower. just as the boys and girls
Of the present are or are not trained to do their
duty men and women So take a particular
pleasure in being here and greeting the children
of the public schools and those past childhood
studying In this college itself.
WOMAN MORE USEFUL THAN MAN.
The one all essential thing In America the
thing that uLderlies everything else, is to have
the average American q good or q good
woman; and If there is any thing that [
respect more than good man 1t is a good
woman. think she is just trifie more useful
and she has a harder time in life and she is n
little more entitled TO our respect than even the
best man. And there is not man here who is
worth his salt who does not agree with me-
OF course it is a mere truism TO say that that
ultimate factor in determining the welfare of
the nation is the life of home; that IL, the Way
in which the ordinary man. the ordinary woman
performs his or her ordinary duties OF the most
sacred and intimate kind.
If the man is a good father good husband;
It he is decent and clean in his domestic life;
II he does his duty by his neighbor; If he is
the kind of man whom we glad TO have
as neighbor, that man is all right. he is going
TO be good citizen. 1t is just the same with
women If the woman is a good wife and
mother, she is good citizen and not merely a
good citizen; but she is the very best kind Of
citizen that this country can produce What
we need is not the desire to perform tho heroic
duties under altogether exceptional circurn-
stances, but the steadfast determination TO per-
FORM the rather commonplace duties of every
DAY. day by day, as they arise. Speaking broad
~, the man who does that IS the man whom Won
can trust if the need for heroisn arises
Each boy here should remember that the wav
TO fit yourself to be of the utmost possible 1Isp
| is 10 act so that your family likes to have You
at home instead Of feeling relief when Won
gone 1t is the same way with the girl