The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-27


consider remedies for such grievances.
Prof. G. II. Moore, of Green8b 3ro, was
made temporary secretary, and then
committee on credentials was appointed
Keeping Clear of Snags.
IL the appointment of this committee
the various congressional districts were
requested to nominate one member from
each district. When the fourth district
was called, two delegates arose ard pre-
sented two names Each delegate seem
ed to want his respective man, but there
could only be one from the district The
chairman said, "Gentlemen, one great
trouble Of our race has heretofore been
our inability to give and take and to
agree" He was about to plead for har-
mony when both names were withdrawn
simultaneously, and then there was
unanimous nomination.
There like to have been some trouble
as how the committee on credentials
should act. Some wanted the commit
tee to retire and others wanted the COM
mittee to transact its business on the
floor. Jno. Williamson settled the mat
ter by saying that no committee could
transact businasS in hubub, and while
the committee was out, he wanted some
OF the gaseous" members to entertain
the gathering.
The Negro Orator Speaks.
The committee retired, and Rev. j.
c. Price was called out for speech. BE
is giant among his race-in intellect
as well as physical stature, and is as
black as Jim Harris would say "as
black as the devil"
He said that it might be proper for
him to state why he was here He had
heard that this was to be a coiored mans
convention, and on that ground he
. thought he had as much right to be
here as any man.
, Then he was here to witness and par
ticipate in such proceedings as it was
hoped would result in securing to the
: colored men-the great voting and living
part of the Republican party proper
: recognition at the hands Of a few self
6 constituted leaders. We are "a loved and
e petted element in election times. We
s are pleasant to the sight and delightful
S to the olfactory nerves of q few self-con-
! stituted and so-called leaders Yes we
= are favorites. But when new
!, administration comes in. we are
1 forgotten; and when the picnic
4 time comes-the time for distribut-
1 ing the fruits, why such thing as an
0 apple, plum. peach, &c, must not touch
g negros lips. Now, Mr.. President,
# we ali love fruit. whether it he peaches,
;. apples, plums grapes or "watcrmillions;"
IS and when we help make tLfse fruits
b when we work for them, We want part
lie Of them when they are distributed.
er Price spoke for some time, touching
on various questions among them the
olr o1 IIo Ill 4 L +
Of one man was entitled to as much con-
lie sideration as another at the hauds of the
IS government-whether he be rich or poor
1T black or white. lie referred to the
e, Payne election law and said he didn'
n like it. Somebody had once said sit:
e- no use to try to learn the negro any
k thing" bat this notion is hoary with age
at The question now seems TO be chow ca:
le- the negro be kept from learning?" How
to can you hold him down? H
is making progress. He is way behint
now hundreds of years behind, bu
nv they are moving; and one thing is Ger
in tain. eff we keep moving as fast a
,re we have been moving for the pas
ire twenty five years, and the other peopl,
al Of the world move no faster than the
his have moved in the same time, the negr'
ors would catch the world"
is- The speaker said he wanted an agri
"a cultural and mechanical college for th
to colored people, and if the colored pee
~ pie were ready for such an institution
,;s. they would have it. 1t would come
nat them as their due. They were entitle
bv to $12, 500 education money under th
an Morrill, bill, and it might come to ther
IN in the way of such college. II
said we are all after something
us- Most OF Us are after money-the a
lor. mighty dollar. 1t is said that Amer
had cans and negroes are SO earnestly eI
hav gagged in pursuing the dollar in tn
nle country, that if the American or negI
to either should ever get into heaven,
of would be by accident. The dollar migl
lnb run in there and the man would run
was there after it. The speaker intimate
hi that if the dollar should go to the 9th,
nod place, the man wouldn't notice heave
was But, while after this, let US be aft
,avn something else. Let us be after colleg
: IN and schools and education, and let
.iva get an agricultural and mechanical &C
lege.
He touched upon the matter Of en-
grafton and exodus movements. |
llle didn't think this wholesale exodus NOV
&c ac- ment a good thing. If five or ten M
.il IHe wanted to go, let them go.
at Jim Harris Called Out.
80 After Rev. Price finished speak,
Ilp iloi1 James H. Harris was called out and {
''o'o appeared before the body. He sa
CO.. "Surely no negro could be at a loss
~ speak of the wrongs We suffer at t
on@O hands ofthose from whom we have rie
80 to expect some conslderation.I have n
+;nn ;nnO er claimed anything for any negro
H. H. cause he was black, but | always b;
La "a 7 claimed that man ought to be meas
'n ed, not by his color, but by his de,
10y uS and manhood. He would fight on
w. line Of equality before the law and co
rights and privileges to all men, and
leh'' would not yield that principle to q
oung man. no matter whether he were wi
ltlng as snow or black as the devil.
lven- There were a few men who cal
Min themselves leaders, who during
been campaign would run after niger, pl
onths with them and beg them to come to
lnted polls, and by seductive promises
jleye. them out and ride them to victory,
We or then after the victory was won, why
terms God. those same leaders run from
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