rage none to
be rash. We are at the mercy of a powerful class. It is always
best to remember this and apply the ounce of preventive to save
the fifteen ounces of cure. Our brethren must be very careful in
respect to the position taken on all subjects. Take no position
from which you are likely to be forced to your disadvantage. In
all writing and speaking forget not that discretion is the bitter
part of valor.

We append, as germane to the subject, the following piece of sensible
advice given by Rev. J.C. Price of Salisbury, N.C., to his brethren:

I have no faith in the doctrine of assimilation. The blacks may
say their color is against them. If that could only be changed,
all would be well. I believe that color has nothing to do with the
question. Black is a favorite color. A black horse we all admire.
A black silk dress is a gem. A black broadcloth suit is a daisy.
Black only loses its prestige, its dignity, when applied to a
human being. It is not because of his color, but because of his
condition, that the black man is in disfavor. Whenever a black
face appears, it suggests a poverty-stricken, ignorant race.
Change your conditions; exchange immorality for morality,
ignorance for intelligence, poverty for prosperity, and the
prejudice against our race will disappear like the morning dewdrop
before the rising sun.

The _Southern Congregationalist_ gives the following hopeful statement:

One of the most distinguished representatives of our Baptist
brethren, whose name is a household word in that communion
throughout the South, expressed a common view among us when he
said in our office not long since:

"We once thought that Negroes were incapable of education, but we
have found ourselves mistaken, and now favor the education of the
race, trusting that with better edification better ideas will
come."

* * * * *

CONFERENCE OF EDUCATORS.

BY REV. GEO. W. MOORE.

The first Conference of Educators of Colored Youth, which met in
Washington, D.C., March 25-27, was a large and interesting meeting, and
the results were very gratifying. Representative instructors were
gathered from various parts of the country--chiefly from the Southern
States--at the invitation of the College Alumni of Howard University, to
review the educational progress of the past twenty-five years; to