Show As to their moral and intellectual attainments we present a verdict from a jury of competent and ana prominent educators of the south none are better able to testify on this point than these teachers many of whom have spent years in teaching the colored people we cannot give their statements in full hut but make extracts from their letters and speeches spee chei bev E R M cravath D D writes the higher standard of instruction in the churches and the higher ideas of the home and family relations relation sare are the beat illustrations t trat ions of improvement made M in i the ethical development of the negro gro president wagner of morgan college baltimore there is a higher estimate of character a i growing browin g regard for the truth a clearer recognition of the rights of ownership an earnest dass class of leaders who insist upon the recognition of pure ethics the principal of the normal and industrial school of huntsville ala A more enlightened method 0 of f religious worship an in increasing creasing respect for home a general observance of the law of contracts are facts which illustrate the ethical development of the negro president Mit cheU cheH of leland university new orleans the e ethical development of the negro proceed upon the line ot of his education the facts which illustrate chisare this th isare are numerous numero us Presie ent braden of central college lege e tenn the negroes have better churches they are more reg regular in their family arrangements arr aage have better homes there is less crime and higher ideas of virtue I 1 president hickman of dark clark university atlanta giey are coming g more int into a honest and business methods of tride trade they th ey are ar home loving vin and keep the marriage vow holy they the y are liberal and kind to the tha suffering g mucy E moulten Moul teu of wash ington carmal school say a our statistics and reports show a steady y 3 development y 14 kl and i growth in all the w 3 moral ingra virtues t I 1 js of cliffin 4 tiie stat the k a J negro 43 no one can doubt jw adwyn by aber y gnp improved roved home life the cariol ia their theair financial ILE law condition 0 of 4 the a people cy to A r 2 S t 31 etc independently ide uy of ahw tho te 2 y s f f people T ID S r wy W y Z g A ff 1 fv c eagy fea y si s i war K s 3 K ai president steel of le moyne institute memphis tenn bithe the acquisition of property yand and homes the improvement of their home surroundings roun dings the rapid decrease 0 of f illegitimate births the increase of f men of character and ability shows show the most hopeful growth among the negroes H of hampton college va one of the things that shows the ethical development of the negro nero ix is he pays his debts there is a marked improvement in purity and a very great diminution of crime in the country districts principal corbin of the normal college pine bluffs ark says A gooc good I 1 many of them if you yon refer to them as freed men will inform you they were never slaves should you ton offer them clothing as a gratuity they would inform you they were not paupers haupers pau pers their improved homes and fine churches are an evidence of their growth in self respect we could extend these testimonials to columns more but we think sufficient is shown to convince an any y fair minded person that the colored people are rapidly freeing themselves I 1 from the depredation degre dation and mental servitude in which slavery held them and are achieving greatness equal to the other races SALT CITY UTAH november 16 1895 J F Y taylor esq I 1 have read with much interest and appreciation your address recently published in the BROAD ax and take this occasion to congratulate you upon the learning force and ability therein made manifest very truly J L RAWLINS mr A C calway of main street is one of the leaders leaden of our race in in utah mr calway is is a broad minded gentleman and he I 1 thinks our people mustleat must leam to act j just ast like white people if they want to keep up with the spirit of af the times and not stand around and talk about slavery days clays before war ir he says that will not buy us bread an and d meat or pay house hous e rent but we f mu must at act for the ever living 1 I P present idt he is a friend and ana reader of the e t BROAD ax an and d he has commended the editor for pub ashing gp 4 aj bright t newspaper he also the address the th e ni was very ry grand and that tha it dJ be read by all classes 0 of our ours s y S f y t citizens s ss e in afi the tha next weeva ax allt appi appe i account of the negro wihib 1141 A position po oai tion for rl it ife will te fm e 4 s a rj h 6 f V m h A y As 7 |