Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-15
BREWER ON RACEISSUE
DECLARES NEGRO ABOVE AN
ARCHY-TAINTED IMMIGRANTS.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, October Is
Justice David J. Brewer spoke at tho
AFTERNOON session of the Congregational
conference yesterday, dealing mainly
with the race problem. He said. in
part:
Inc upiift through Christian educa-
non is the principal work of the Amer
lcan Missionary Association. True. thew
are not the only objects of It's interest
ana care All the despised races in our
borders are included | haNa myself
uofe little preaching from the bench
oil the supreme Court on the duty Of
christian America to the heatacn Chi
hese. What | said made but light i'm
preston on the courts but IL will vet
be heard and needed by the great BODY
or American Christians. But me num-
bers of the colored people surpass those
or all the others. and their relations TO
the nation are so peculiar thai not un-
naturally we look upon the work OF the
association among the cOlorel people
Ana Their Very numbers attest The value
OF this work to the nation. surely any,
thing which Is uplifting one-ninth Of
the population must be of profound In
terest to all.
No Anarchists Among Them.
Many of the vast muItitudes pouring
into this republic are raciaiiy cold
blooded and selfish. Not a few come
tainted with the spirit of anarchy. and
are willing to destroy all social order
in the hope OF personal gain out of the
wreck These Immigrants become citi-
zens as we are citizens and IS is this
colored and enfranchised race. And
while the co.ored brothers may be too
fond of the chicken coop and the wa
termeion patch. they are firm believers
In social order. You will find no Jo-
ham Most. Emma Goldman. Czolgosz
or Guiteau among them. In the strug-
gle which may be expected to come
between order and anarchy. Ray it not
he that these people. grateful to the
nation for their liberty and TO the good
people of the land for their uplft in
knowledge. purity and social standing.
prove themselves n mighty force up-
holding law. order and the supremacy
of the nation. Stranger things have
happened than that these people crush
ed and wronEed for generations. should
become at last strong defenders of the
nation and the community at whose
hands they have hitherto received
mainly injustice.
They are here as citizens whatever
temporary restrictions may he placed
upon their approach to the ballot box.
The time Will come when all barriers
will be broken down and thet Will en-
JOY everywhere the full rights of citi-
zenship. But ignorant citizens are the
prey anu lHt sport OF every UHiu1 ROSue
who appeals to their passions. and II
one-ninth of our citizens are so ex-
posed the whole life of the nation 10
in peril.
Wards Of the Nation
One of our first tasks is that Of
multiplying skilled workers. It Is one
thing to pick cotton or hoe potatoes,
and something more valuable to make
a watch or run an engine. The skilled
laborer is worth more to the nation
than the unskiled. and the Industrial
training at Hampton. Tuskegee and
elsewhere is creating higher class OF
labor In the midst of this people. Out
side of the indirect results of such in
creased skill the direct and necessary
result Is an addition to their CONNER
cial value to the community and the
nation. And SO far as the Institutions
under the care of the American Mis-.
sfonary Association are doing this work
of Industrial training they are placing
the nation in debt to them.
So we stand before the American
people and say here is one-n.nth Of
our population coming out from the
ignorance and immortality of slavery.
We are making it's uplift our business.
We are striving to train the hand and
the mind, and to fill the heart with q
love of purity and sense of the beauty
of holiness. AS we are faithful in this
work, we feel that we make strong
appeal to the nations assistance and
hear our Masters voice. Inasmuch as
ye have done it unto one of tie least
of these, my brethren, We have done II
unto me-"