Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-09-28

have educated shs nessp = i asked tim
idly.
sLef the future fake ere OF itselfgs
the ostrich man shor<ed we live m
the present What's the use 20 worry
about heil7 II can scramble through
this world snccessfa1lx III take my
chances with the he'll 1<ohleml.
My friend f0rget6 <haf fhis was pre-
ciseIy the line Of nxEsznenf Of our faith
ers over the questtoa IL negro slavery.
When the conssruzf1ve Statesmen of
Virginia (called peszinists and infldels
in their dayJ foresAw fhe coming bap-
tism Of fire and bloo3 {'s1 70 e5) over
tho negro slave. they attempted to de-
stroy the slave trade and abolish slav-
cry. ny friend ean End his very words
In the answer of their opponents, "Let
the future sake care uf itsalfl The
slaves are here and here 70 stay. Great
er evils await their freedom. We need
their labor. Let the question alone.
There Is no danger in IT unless you
stir It."
The truth which is gradtally forcing
itself upon thoughtful students Of our
national life is that no scheme of edu-
cation or religion can solve the race
problem, and that Mr.. Booker T. WASH
ington's plan, however high and noble,
can only intensity its difficulties.
This conviction In based on few big
fundamental facts. which no pooh
pooling. ostrich-dodging. weak-minded
philanthropy or political rant can OBJ
scure
The first one is that no amount Of
education of any kind. industrial. clas-
sical or religious, can make q negro q
white man or bridge the chasm Of the
centuries which separate him from the
white man in the evolution Of human
civilization.
Expressed even In the most brutal
terms Of Anglo-Saxon superiority there
is here an irreducible fact. It IL possi-
bly, true. as the negro. Professor Kelly
Miller. claims. that the Angio-Saxon is
"the most arrogant and rapacious, the
most exclusive and intolerant race in
histoTy."/ Even so. what answer can
be given to his cold-blooded PROPOSE
ton: "Can you change the color Of the
negro's skin. the kink OF his hair, the
bulge Of HIS lip or the beat of his heart
with a spelling-book or q machine1"
What Abraham Lincoln Said.
No man has expressed this idea more
clearly than Abraham Lincoln when he
said: There Is a physical difference
between the white and black races
which, I believe. will forever forbid
them living together on terms OF social
and political equality"
Whence this physical difference? It's
secret lies in the gulf of thousands Of
years of inherited progress which sep
arates the child OF me -fyan from the
child OF the African.
Buckle in his History Of Civilization
says: "The actions OF bad men produce
only temporary evil. the actions of good
men only temporary good. The discov-
cries OF genius alone remain: Il is to
them we owe all that we now have;
they are for all ages and for all times;
never young and never old, they bear
the seeds Of their own lives; they are
essentially cumulative"
Judged by this supreme test, what
contribution to human progress have
the millions of Africans who inhabit
this planet made during the past four
thousand years? Absolutely nothing.
And yet, Mr.. Booker r. Washington in
q recent burst Of eloquence over his
educational work boldly declares:
"The negro race has developed more
rapidly In the thirty years of its free
dom than the Latin race has in one
thousand years OF freedom"
Think for a moment OF the pitiful
puerility OF this statement falling from
the lips of the greatest and wisest lead
er the negro race has yet produced!
Italy Is the mother Of genius, the in
spiration OF the ages, the creator Of
architecture. agriculture, manufactures.
commerce, law, science. philosophy,
finance, church organization, sculpture.
music. painting and literature, and yet
the American negro in thirty years has
outstripped her thousands of years OF
priceless achievement!
Education IL the development Of that
which Is. The negro has held the con-
tinent OF Africa since the dawn OF his
tory. crupching acres Of diamonds be-
meath his Feet. Yet he never picked
one up from tIa dust until white man
showed to him Cts light His land
swarmed with powerful and docile ami
mails, yet ne never built harness. cart
or sled. A hunter by necessity, he
never made an Ak. spear or arrowhead
worth preserving beyond the moment
Of its use. In land OF stone and tim
Der, he never carved q block, sawed q
foot OF lumber or built q house save Of
broken sticks and mud. and for four
thousand years he gazed upon the sea
yet never dreamed sail.
Who Is the greatest negro that ever
lived according to Mr.. Booker T. Wash
ington? Through all his books he
speaks this mans name with bated
breath and uncovered head-"Frederick
Douglass Of sainted memory" And
what did Saint Frederick do? Spent q
life in bombastic vituperation Of the
men whose genius created the Ameri-
can republic. wore himself out finally
drawing HIS salary az federal Office
holder, and at last achieved the climax
OF negro sainthood by marrying q white
womani
What Education Cannot %.
Says the author OF Napoleon, Hon
orable Thomas z. Watson: Education
is q good thing. but Il never did and
never will alter the essential character
Of any man or race Of men"
I repeat. education Ia the develop
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