New-York tribune., 1908-01-18

fore te ReeordinE Angel black people ought ugh,
To- be very proud OF tins from grace
10 grace toward perfection which is the goal m ot
tn, those sRdn iRaS aseeR5 o rst tar snd HIM cce
When the second American retousU, @ nrd nearly
four million slaves from bondage, my ~ me raaeni-
tpe and T te compIexiies of the accepted
the situation The three last amendlnehts so III u
treaty Of peace between the North and the South
It was my on invested with full c
zenship the newly liberated slave would De aors - -
9pu e that followed devoted energies
toward the hablitaton of the black N man m OF he te
South as essential TO the pacitcation OF 'he "i'e
men The e ed the The night rde5s
Reasonable whtS people and reasonable black s Pe9-
p ps mn nd color u easy ne 20 Each IS inspired by Of
duty to the other which, under the oes, ta H.
old domestic relations of confidence and aeG5Sni Sbnn
the ownership clause succeeoed ,nrncsIv ec re-
eIs9fe; epecfed. at once Ssii-'sSie''-''S - s,-
osince n neither race can get rid of the other or
act independently of the oherLet Us ,aAe rs of
of what has been done in these 1orty years VI
siana hare tonight TO declare that the world
has n%er witnessed such progress from darkness to
light that which see In those rnitv m
for seIf-in,provement Look at Jamaica-neaTiX a
century of emancipation, the negro at q Shas the
look at South Africa, riches piled on Iitie t The
negro still savage and less consdered tnai ie .t M
animalsyet 1t is England thaS plquesd d tbe hlack
what Albion has done for freedom ana "ie o
Let the negro go to any alien community and try
IN get ernnIoyme1t Barred every hand plenty
of sentiment but work There are reso.5 d 1rere
: mil for the Union where the negro IS TeIuseo
admttance He is told TO to move move 6a1 ON as an ,,nde-
sirabIe Citizen Turn Southwark; plenty both q o.
1,orb and wages for all who bring tranquil nnos
and willing hands Bad people sothful people se eeo
nowhere but nowhere & on 60 ,ne veil nowhere has
he so fair an outlook, as TN the Southern states Vi
He is a. bad white man who viii not help his his
neighbor black man when that neighhor oiacs
an ma b7scS man Who cherishes hatred in his heart
against the white because he is whlte MAJ
mirage Of scciai equality. which would prove
rather than blessing Is denleo ns nit the tbe
world over create their own laws ana setfe d
bee for anyhodv to cntest or quarrel with them
No man should wish go where he is not want
thought of it. going their own way. hoeing their
own and giving praise to COO aJa snan 'ng, the
reach of any man. be he white or black, king or
vassal!
DR. WASHINGTON TELLS OF WORK.
Booker T. Washington gave figures to show
what wonderful strides the negro had made
| since he gained his freedom The negro race
| in America now numbers he said, nearly TO-
0O0,O00 and rapidly growing, and the ma
! jority of them will remain in the South. Con-
. tinuing he said:
useful They can be made to help or to hinder. n6tJ
They be made to become criminals or law-abld-
4 ing citizens. They be made potent factors III
the intelligence of our country or they can become
Which shall it be? do not ask you to undertake
~ demonstPated that that education makes the negro
less criminal that it makes him less thriftess that
| it makes him more Industrious that 1t makes hlni
more helpful in the maintenance of his duty as a
citizen in the community in which he lives 1t mas
| is educated he becomes more useful a producer
| that he secures home; that he becomes tax
| The negro already pays taxes i'm America after
NOR more than m ss54ooo 900 Worth Of property He
| started In poverty little more than forty years
i fb Sdha1n 9 Sfates tiiTtSree banks He now
has $1,000 minister's $4,000 churches and S2I,0Oo-
coo worth OF church property.
| On the basis of school population each child in
J the Northern States had spent upon him last year
for his EDUCATION for teaching purposes ABOUT nne We
negro child in the South had spent upon mn MN d4e
it Is Impossible to educate the children mill
ions of people sufficiently to make them useful and
| south hut simply state facts. The South out OF
its poverty has done well and it deserves credit FOR
What IS the great need Of the gace todag: 1
| as we trying 10 send out from Tuskegee, FROM
| of other educational centres in the South.
| Some people. are fond of passing Judgment upon
1 the progress of the based upon their observa
of that class of negroes who are found IN the
1
pend upon the police court to get ones Impressions
of the progress and standing of race of people
In ihis respect | ask the American people to judge
nv race as other judged that is by theiI
hest representatives. and not by their worst repre-
/ SentatiVeS.
| 1 wish you to understand that there is class OF
Southern white people which is growing in numbers
/ and influence class of educated cultured brave
white people in the South. who are Just as much in
| terested in the permanent welfare and progress o
| the negro any similar class TO be found u
| the North elsewhere. and ii is largely throuSl
1 class of Southern white people that the progress
| which has been made has been possible Twenty
| years ago IN year had over two hundred
| cases of lynchings in the Southern States During
| the last twelve months quite sure that there
| have been only ffty-sx such In the matorltS
of influence back of the crimes which pro
woke iynChngs the lvnchings themselves has
been bad vhiskey in the stomachs and in the brains
| of bad white people and bad black people.
| NAV be in doubt concerning some elements II
| oIr Southern situation, but of one thing feel ab
| soleIv sure and that is that ignorance and racia
] prejudice never proved settlement for any prob
| iem on earth. So long go on patiently
lIfetlv perssteny, giving all the people more skill
increa of industry, intelligence anc
| a higher idea of morality and religion. we can bt
| absolutely sure that travelling a safe ano
| sure road. =
COLUMBIA HUGHES CLUB FORMED.
Students at Columbia met yesterday and or
| ganized the Columbia University Hughes Club