Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-10-11
Educatlona, Convention of Color.d People

Educational Convention OF Color.d People
Quite a number of delegates from differ
ent portions of the State, met in Raleigh
on Monday last in Convention. James II.
Harris, of Wake, is President. John r.
Good of Craven, Vice President. Marcel
lus Oxford, of Wake, and Samuel Wilson,
of New Hanover, Sergeant of Arms. J. E..
O'Hara, of Wayne, and J. S. Leary, Secre-
tarieS
The following rules we're adopted
the Convention The morning session shall COM
mence at $50 o'clock, A. NJ, and adjourn at 1890
O'Clock. The afternoon session shall convene at
o'clock, P. NJ, and adjourn at 3, P. NJ
q One-third of the members OF the Convention
shall constitute quorum for the transaction of
business.
g. No member shall leave the Convention with
out permission from the President, and no mem
Der shall be recognized, or his motion received as
before the Convention, unless the speaker is with
in the bar of the Convention.
/. No member shall be allowed TO speak more
than twice upon the same question, unless by spe-
cial consent of the Convention and no longer than
ten minutes the first time and five minutes the
second time.
s. Relying on God for the rectitude of our in
tentions to secure equal rights, therefore each
session shall be opened with religious devotion by
the Chaplain.
g. Should any member or members of the Con
vention be found intoxicated during the sitting of
the Convention, he or they shall be excluded from
its sessions.
7. We necommend that there be session each
night during the Convention, and addresses be
made hv such gentlemen as the chairman may ap-
point.
On Wednesday several gentlemen were
invited to attend the sittings of the Con-
vention. Gov Worth attended in the af-
ternoon, was warmly and politely received,
and called upon, unexpectedly, for IN adj
dress We publish from the Sentinel the
remarks of the Governor on the occasion.
He said in substance
g have come here upon your invitation, to give
YOU, by my presence, what countenance and
couragement could having understood that all
Your proceedings were conducted III becoming
and orderly manner. was not notified that any
remarks expected from HE, till your Presi-
dent just informed me. The few words shall say
are unprecedented.
In the first place, let me assure you, that am
disposed to do every thing can, as a citizen and
as Governor, to protect you in all your rights,
and to encourage you to be Industrious to educate
Your children and to make yourselves respectable
and happy and while you may expect my protec-
ton, while you do right, shall be equally ready
to have those punished who do wrong
You are very poor. Your first should be,
by industry and economy, to provide good sup
plies of meat and bread, and devote all you can
spare to educate your children and remember
that it is the common interest Of both that
no enmity be allowed to grow up between them.-
AS far as know, the general feeling of your late
masters is kind towards you. The whites feel
that they owe you debt of gratitude for your
quiet and orderly conduct during the war, and
you should endeavor 50 to act as to keep up this
kindly feeling between the two races.
Let me advise you not to NEEDLE in government
tai affairs. You know how few Of your race are
now capable of understanding matters of this
sort, and you the strifes and troubles in which
party politics have involved the whites Avoid
politics. Practice industry, virtue, and cultivate
the kind feeling which now exists between the
races, and you will thus acquire competence and
elevate Your condition"