Word: negro
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...debate was opened for the affirmative by H. E. Grigor, '92. He declared that the negro had been denied his rights in the South, and that congress had been packed by Southern democrats. The bill proposed in congress by Mr. Lodge provides a sufficient remedy. It is constitutional and does not interfere with local self government...
...Surbridge, L. S., followed for the negative. He criticised the position of his opponents sharply. He wished the negro to enjoy his full rights, but thought other means desirable. The South does not need armed force but wise counsel to aid her in the solution of this difficult problem...
...speaker deprecated the interference of Northern mugwumps in the Southern negro question for he thought that, when the mugwump left his free trade theories and sought to solve the negro question he was walking on unfamiliar ground. In conclnsion, Mr. Hallowell said the negro question onght not be considered as a race question but as a national question in which every true American ought to take an interest...
...students who may desire to be present will be welcomed. At the public services in St. John's chapel, Friday and Saturday evenings, Dean Lawrence will give an address of welcome, the Right Rev. T. M. Dudley, Bishop of Kentucky, will speak on The Church's Duty to the Negro; Dr. Brooks on Foreign Missions; the Rev. A. C. A. Hall on City Work; the Rev. Alexander Crummell on The Rescue and Salvation of a Race; and R. Fulton Cutting, Esq., of New York, on the Church's Work for Young Men. The closing address will be delivered by Bishop...
...Brooks and Father Hall are too well known to Harvard men to need a further introduction. Bishop Dudley is the highest living authority upon the Negro question, having made it a life study; Mr. Crummell is probably the finest colored preacher in the world...