37/43 31.] The Knoxville people who advocated the enlightenment of the Negroes expressed their sentiment through the _Presbyterian Witness_. The editor felt that there was not a solitary argument that might be urged in favor of teaching a white man that might not as properly be urged in favor of enlightening a man of color. "If one has a soul that will never die," said he, "so has the other. Has one susceptibilities of improvement, mentally, socially, and morally? Is one bound by the laws of God to improve the talents he has received from the Creator's hands? |