Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-24
LIE NEGRO FAlR.
Governor Fowlo to the Negroes of Norti
Carolina.


special telegram 70 ths Dspa,ch.l
RALEIGH. y. C.. October 23-By special
invitation Governor Fowle opened the
eleventh annual cOlOrod fair here to-day;
and addressed large audience of colOred
people. His remarks bore directly upon
The two questions of the day. lie SAID
that there had been q meeting at Chicago
which had appointed n day of fasting and
prayer for the poor, suffering negroes ol
the South. and that here to-day he was adj
dressing an audience with the happcst
faces that could be found on he face OF
the earth. Laughter and applause lir
said: You are the people that me
Chicago negroes are praylng Tor
lGreat hughu,rl He SAID that any
such publication was simply ridiculous.
and that oil his auditors knew that the
negro IN North Carolina was protected "a
all his rights. and me- desired 20 say that
fine Executive pledged them that n they
auew any rlgh. Of their, not fully pro-
tccted the whole power ot the state GOV
erument would be- exercised IN their be-
half Just rs mnch as IN hehali oi IN IN
iured white citizen. iIe did NOT mean 10
SAY that bad Whlto men did not sometimes
commit 0utrngcs upon some negro. but II
would lo iI-t a- far 10 take hc,e isolated
instance. aS nu indication of the feeling or
white ,uen tDWafu- negroes a. 10 WOulh
bc To- condemn the whole nero race
areat-e "a rolJrcd boy the other d4y
paurrI kerosene over "a white man while
nuotncr ucgIO Sei llrv 90 hlm aud caused
probably fatal injuries. He knew ana 80
I'D s,s nearer, that th.-a-C dii not express
lhe sentiment of the negro toWAr"1, tne
,.1ite MN in Che SOJth. for their feelings
yor kindly. Neither dO The outrage per-
pptratcd p, f.w irresponsible white mcn
f.Dttr th. feelings pi the white race to-
wards tnc colr-nt farc. ltue, OF lhat is
-l."I Thr fuse is fh.st the Et-rot- ;U North
Carolina arc frrat"O Wo!i hN the Wmtr pe'-
uie. Iir.r schools drc As well suppOfcn
a- th. whit. schools, tLrir a~f lGns a. Wei
managed. aud this very far owe, l.' *
..teure To- tIe hbcra.iy Of Legl,ittire
mo -. white. These very 'mcat"
negroes who want - establish 'ay
cf ustiug aud humiliation for inc
reueHt Of sou hern Irgrcrf nave not en-
loved and can never enjoy the same
p.irihutcs of freedom thas The latter do.
ilr. -aid the Governor. s,e b ro scores lI
co'orcd mon whom have -eenup"n lur'eS.
End VIII wagorauyi hing that th. Jhicag"
negroes never -iY tha inside a. JufF-o"@-
Prayers and IA n,tll- iorYou II tAt\ Wcf'
half as happy I'm their coid homes by the
lakes as Won are under This Outh IN sun
-hey would le immensely happier than any
u1rtarrr nerr0 has ever been before.
boston paper recently proclaimed that
arms would be- used 10 prevent negroes
from cmigrating 10 the West. X was not
necessary todeny this statement whether
tine nero wishes 10 20 % the cold North
or 10 the discase-breediug swemps ot the
Mississippi he has 3 right t. do so and no
man IN North Carolina dare moltst of at
trmut 10 make Inn afraid. lie wished
AZ 10 remember that they would carry with
them 10 any home they might select the
kinIest feelings of the whites for the great
kindness which the negro race had eN-
hibited TO the helpless southern women
ard children during the late war and Their
very best wishes for prosperity, Nneh
thev left North Carolina, IN his Judgment,
they left the land where the negro II bet
ter protected and enjoys more happiness
than anywhere else.
After some remarks by the State super
intendent of Public Instruction, Rey. 10
bert Leak (colored), the secretary OF me
fair, said the negro had his rights more
fully in North Carolina than anywhere ne
knew Of He alluded to the work OF the
negro exodus agents, and said they were
paid a dollar for each negro whom they de-
ceived into going from North Carolina.
He always asked these agents why, II the
far South and West were so much better
than North Carolina, they did not go
thither themselves, but he had observed
that none went.