New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
WASHINGTON 'STRIBUTE
NEGRO EDUCATOR'S PLEA
TO REPUBLICAN CLUB.
Nau We Join Hands and SUedr
FeoItg to the Memory and Ira
ditions of Lincoln, He Asks.

the waldorf last night In the balconies were many
Of the women relatives and friends OF the eight
hundred men present
7-,; ,,asro aaucator's speech began with the sig
nthcant statement: You ask that which he found
a piece of property and turned into free Amerl-
can citizen speak 20 you tonight on Aorahal4i
Lincoln I know I am not fitted by ancestry or
training be your teacher Tonight tor' as nave
stated. I was born q slave.
DR. washington said that the signing OF the
Proclamation Of Emancipation not only gave hoerty
the negroes but it emancipated the SOUS Oh tne
twenty-seven millions of white men then in the
country by the same token that Lincoln made
America free" he said. ''he pushed back the
boundaries Of freedom everywhere; he gave Ine
spirit of liberty wider influence throughout 'he
world and re-established the dignity Of man as
man
THE world is learning. he said. that OF all
forms of slavery there is none that is so hurtfW
and degrading that form OF slavery which tempts
one human being to hate another by reason OF his
rsce or color. One man cannot hold another down
in the ditch without staying down in the ditch with
him.
DR.. washington said:
NV first knowledge of Abraham Lincoln came in
this way: l awakened early one morning Pc
fore the dawn Of day. as lay wrapped in bundle
prayers Of my mother just before leaving for her
prsyng that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and
that one day she and her boy might be rree e. s aHn
brate with you and the nation the answer TO that
AS an individual. grateful as am to Lincoln for for
freedom of 6ody my berf bch s Permits one to
live up in that % hatred wefe e a hg oS TO
warm 1gr rrnit and SS'n9rist narrow i his soul
The signing OF the Emancipation ProolaInstihon1
was a great event, and yet Il was but the symoot
Of another s greater and more 6 nof orEa Ms
tiat the same pen that gave freedom to 4.oooooO
les from The souls OF 27,0OO.0O Americans of an
lived struggled and triumphed, every boy who is
6Old hiS haad a higher q
little faster, his ambition 10 do something and De
something is little stronger because Lincoln
Of dssRs TO to SAY nS %e2
here and now In behalf Of an element of brave
saw in Lincoln's policy the ruin Of all they be
yed in Of anf The &f T @ War hsEe amd ae od
with a courage few people in the North can un-
piete the emancipation that Lincoln began: I am
tempted to say & tnat @ III Gesaiy u, bs ne Of a R
E. Lee and John B.. Gordon to accept the results
did 'a as that Which Grant and sherman displayed
In fighting the physical battles that saved the
Lincoln lives to-day because he had the courage
south the man E. the North when they did, did no.
tie patience and foresight 10 suffer in silence.
be misunderstood 70 be abused, 70 refuse to reyiie
the rdicule Of to-day would be the applause OF To-
He knew. too. that at some time in the distant
future our nation would repent OF the ,fony oI
blessing them only when they die IN this con- |
ton o The millions Of voices raised To-Day IN his
praise Why did you y not =, say i ns
would have meant so much TO him in strengthen |
As We gather here. brothers al. IN common Joy
7oo90 OO2 OF " bite AmeTleans join heart snd hand
ision who ba1e never Jfted their voices or hands
their country's fag-and swear eternal fealty to !
coin? repeat. may We not Join with your racer
Conc vii, di a0d 0 nsace sbaG be The notto of our
Ives If this be & true IN 9 the the highest h s sense Lincoln
And qs & & sheTng henT nd hdH6 & f9d edFe
70 you and to the nation that my race. In so far
speak for Il mnieh n the past, "a Whether
in freedom, has always been true TO the Stars and
shs % county VII strFe h 70 b Sc fP bePor. s dt aI o ~
the whole people in the North and in the South
Dr. Washington after closing his prepared speech
made touching reference TO his younger days
spent IN slavery. brought back to his memory by
the presence Of the grandson OF his He said:
proud to meet this representative OF Pennsyivana,
this Senstor-eleot Of Ohio and your president Mr.. |
here the grandson of the man who used TO own
This man, Mr.. A. H. Burroughs l met here to-
together
That was all DIR. Washington said about Mr. Bur
roughs IN his speech. but later he told the story.
He said that in 1853. in Franklin County. Va. he
roughs His master he said killed in a small
skirnlish Ms plantation about that time
and he. then only small boy. had borne the news
OF the grandfathers death To A. H Burroughs. then
a boy OF about six or seven years Soon thereafter
he said. he left the plantation a free and had
not the friend Of his childhood until the dinner
A H. Burroughs is lawyer in this city and of
counsel FOR the American Tobacco Company.
Charles H. Young president OF the club was
toastmaster. With him at the guests table were
Bishop Greer, Serator-elect Burton of Ohio: Rep
resentatve James Francis Burke, OF Pennsylvania
who spoke on THE Republican Party and the
Rev Or. Howard Dufield
After toast to the President had been drunk
President Young referred briefly the clubs Gus
Tom for the last twenty-three years Of celebrating
Senstor-elect Burton said:
. re whose memory celebrate tonight would,
II & ne were here. tell US TO let our hands go out
who have come and gone within the last hundred
an s do9e as mgGh FOR the progress OF hui
9os i or kngs can point to such record as his? Up
was one Of var. since then It has been one OF
rhe great qualities of him whose birth we cele-
brate were those of the heart as well as of the
head He was the embodiment OF the people: I'm |
life. he came to understand them, he knew tnhenl |
ne was o. thei1, a living representative of denoc
Others had who had great qualities Of
nave been more aggressive. more dominating in |
Z their cpinons In a republic the only despotsm
this feeling of public opinion. and vet he was not
srshp. - '''"' '''e quai''ies oi ieao- {
Congressman Burton denied the oft repeated tale !
that Lincoln in his stories Coming
down 10 present times, he said that he hoped for
the continued universal peace the earth for the
reason that our neighbors realize that better
to be with us than against
Rurk 10 !