The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

Cleveland, ONO. October I4.-Jus
tice David J. Brewer was the princIDa
5 peaker today at The meeting Of the
American Missionary Association. Il,
dealt mainly with the race problem
aging ia part:
The upIiiC Through christian educa-
ton is the rincipaI work Of the Amer
can Missionary Association True
they are not the only objects of its in
terest and care All the despised races
ia our borders are included | have
myself done a little preaching from
the bench Of the supreme court on the
uty OF Christian America to the heath
en- Chinese. What | said made but
will yet be heard and needed by the
great Ody of American christians I:ut
the numbers Of the cOlOred people SO
surpasS those of all the others and
their relations to the nation are SO pc
cular that not unnaturally we look
earnestly upon the work of the assOcia-
ton among the cOlored people AND
this work to the nation. Surely any
thing which is uplifting one-ninth OF
our population must be Of profound
interest to all
Many of the vast nlultitudes pouring
into this republic are racfany COLI
bloOded and selfish. Not Il few come
tainted with the spirit Of anarchy and
are yy-iI1iDr- ~ 30crrr-- n e.,,.ioJ ,,r,Frr,
in the hope Of personal gain out Of the
wreck These immigrants become cit ,
liens as we are citizens ana as is this
cOlOred and enfranchised race AaG
while the cOlOred brothers may be 100 !
Ond Of the chicken coop ana Cl2 water !
melon patch, they are firm believers in /,
social order. You will ind no Johann !
Most, Emma Goldman, Cz0lgosh. or !
Guiteau among them. IN the struggle !
which may be expected to come be |
tween order and anarchy, may it lot I
be that these people, grateful to the |
nation for their liberty and to the gO7d |
people of the land for their uplifC in !
knowledge, purity and social standing
will prove themselves Il mighty force
uphOldng law, order and supremacy
OF the nation Stranger things have !
happened than that these people, crush !
ed and Wronged for general should !
become at last strong defenders Of the |
nation and the community at whose |
hands they have hitherto received IN |
Justice.
They are here as citizens. What |
no
placed upon their approach to the !
ballot box the time will come when all |
arriers will be broken down and they |
will enjoy everywhere the full rights |
Of citizenship.
"One Of our first tasks is that Of |
multiplying skilled workers. 1t is one
thing to pick cotton or hoe potatoes |
and something more valuable to make |
watch Or run an engine. The skilled |
AbOrer is worth more to the nation
than the unskilled, and the industrial |
training at Hampton, Tuskegee and |
elsewhere is creating a higher class of |
labor in the midst Of this people. And !
so far as the institutions under the !
care Of the American Missionary As3o- !
SIdCAoA ait uOIIlS LIIIS WI h OL IuuuS-
trial training they are placing the ma
ton in debt to them.
50 We stand before the American
people ana say here is One-ninth OF
our population coming out from Ine
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 a
love OF purity and a sense Of the beau
ty OF holiness. AS we are faithful in
this work we feel that we make n
strong appeal to the nations assistance
and gratitude and we know that We
shall hear our Master s y-Oice say;
Inasmuch as We have done it unto
one of the least of these my brethren.
ye have done it unto me.
Notable addresses were also de-
livered by Bishop C. B. Galloway. of
Mississippi, on the christian educa-
tion Of the negro, and by former Gov
ernor W. J. Northern, of Georgia,
who told of the work OF the Chris
tian League of Georgia. an organiza-
ton in that state which is composed
OF members of both races and has
done much to lessen crime.