New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-22
NEGRO DAY AT ATLANTA.
TT DRAWS THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE
SINCE THE OPENING.
AN IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS BY THE REV NIX
BOWEN. A corORED EDUcAToR-THE JURY OF

AN IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS BY THE REV. MR.
BOWEN A COrORED EDUCATOR-THE JURY OF
AWARDS WAKES ENTHUSIASTIC.
Atlanta. Ga. Oct. 2l-Negro Day was the largest
in point OF attendance the Exposition has hsu
rha roca rnade a great success OF the day set
apart for them They had an ode, an orauo"' anu
addresses by State and Exposition oHieiaS' anu
the blacks did their part Of 1t with eminent SUI
cess Their purpose was expressed IN the ope''Ns
stanZa OF the ode, by Dahiei "eoS'e' N' -
Richmond who wrote:
To-day we come to show the world what God for
uar us " Where but thirty years ago were as
chattels bought - =,
The orator OF the day was the Rev J. W. r.
Bowen. a prominent negro educator or the souui'
His subject was IAN Appeal to the King The
theme was: HAS the Negro Any Place in American
Life and II SO. What Is That Place To Be-
up GA 40 God said he the negro will have sense
enough TO stay in this country and contribute TO the
Zation snail become In truth homogeneous in sentl-
ment though heterogeneous In blood Tnere Is no
race This is the Pigment chung to by minds that are
wofuy deficient in nerross agree
70 that He does not shrk from work All ne ASKS
is an equality OF 9ppSSrtu aoti; nphea va between
capital and labor, the negro mas never peeh i'""u
"i Tnuchjng on the education of the negro, Mr..
Bowen declared that 1t must be- on par WIN , the
nGsrrarton as that Of the white child and end
with the university, that of the white man lie
| continued. AS a representative or the thinking
| neonle of nv race take off my hat 10 the white
! man Of this country. North and South, wnen ne
swears By all that lveth that the sanctity OF ms
home and the purity of his family shall be main
| that the purity OF woman means the purity OF tne
family and the purity OF the family purity OF race
and ma ton, and whatsoever insults tnat pu,l9, -
| an enemy TO society and In league with neil. we
simply ask that the sins OF the VICIOUS De iot
| charged 10 the whole race. our training on ehe
| whole has not been what it should have peeh, put
tho race is making heroic effort 10 expel from us
system all the views of degrading SIM ana mus
far we have made progress. We 90 not ask, ina /.
the criminal escape but that the court snail ere.
ont his crime by due process OF law We ASK tnat
Justice be meted out TO all criminals, black ana
white" .
President Collier made short address. congratu-
latlng the race on its efforts and the results.
The speech BY the Rev Mr.. Bowen made great
impress ion II was heard by the largest audience
that has yet assembled in the auditorium - -
At a meeting to-day of the Jury OF HigneSt
Awards of the Cotton States and international IN
nositjon an address 10 the public adopted. This
Jury Is made up Of the chairmen OF all OF me
special committees OF the Committee on Awards.
which with ID. &. Gilman, president OF the johns
Hopkins University. chairman consist or many
If the most eminent In the United States. The
address calls attention 10 the educational value or
the Atlanta Exposition. It's important reations 10
industry and it, manifold indications or the
progress OF the useful and liberal arts; expresses
admra ton for the civic pride displayed by the
citizens OF Atlanta commends the growth OF inter,
state Intercourse and the wiping out OF sectional
lines and then proceeds 10 somewhat detailed
catalogue OF the attractions to be seen by the WIS.,