The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-18

IutlOns FAsseu By the Negro COu~
vention in Raieish--Urged the Ne
groes of North Carolina to Become
Honest, Industrious and Self Reliant
ITO Quit Talking Politics and
Trusting i'm the Politicians.
Special to the News and Observer.
CONWAY, n. c., Oct. II.
The Utopian Agricultural Fair held by
colored people was opened here to-day.
There was tremendous crowd present,
variously estimated at from two to three
thousand, the weather was fine and the
exhibits creditable.
The main incident of the day was the
opening address by Hon. Francis d.
Winston, of BERTHE county. The address
was full of wholesome advice to the
negro race and was based on the resOlu-
tions adopted at the convention held in
Raleigh last month by the colored peo-
pile.
Mr.. Winston sharply criticized the re-
solution denouncing lynching because it
did not also denounce the crime that
brought on the lynchings.
go denounce lynching as was done
in this instance, leaving off all denun-
Citations Of the crime leading up to it, is
to make the charge that here in North
Carolina the colored race is insecure.
That charge is untrue and cannot be
supported by the facts or by the declara-
ton of any respectable colored man.
Quit rapes and assaults with intent to
commit rape and lynchings will cease"
The resolution on which Mr.. Winston
based his excellent address was:
s'That hereafter we strive with all our
might to save our youth from folly, ignor-
ance, sin and crime; from the already over
crowded jails, prison houses and the peni-
dnties of love for state and na
ton, for family and home, for labor, -espe-
cially farming. agricultural and mechanical
cities, our duty is to get land-earth, more
earth we must have"
The speaker said the main trouble
with the negro was that his friends have
not taught him "self reliance.
s'Yoars has been generation Of de-
pendence; but you have received every
announcement from the Southern white
man, whom you did not heed, and from
the Northern white man, who led you
into folly. For many years you were the
pets of the nation, and the interests Of
the fifty millions of whites were almost
lost sight of in the effort to elevate the
"brother in black" To teach you econ
omy and give YOU savings banks, the
government established the Freedman's
Bureau, and, ke other schemes for the
lettering of people by governmental
interference, the chosen guardian of the
Bureau plundered you of millions.
sBill after bill has passed Congress to
confer on you civil and social rights you
were not fitted to enjoy, and Senators
have died with plea for their enact
ment on their lips; yet when self reliant
men of your race cease to be the tools of
designing politicians, they permit the
repeal of force laws without protest"
1.-THE weeping philanthropist under
the shadow of Bunker Hill bewails the
hardness of your fate and counsels you
to flee your oppressors and to seek safety
elsewhere. And with an additional par
oxysm of grief and freshet of tears he
breaches to you the glories and beautiss
of Africa and not the culture and beau
ties of Boston.
''Many Northern organizations de-
mand that you shall have social rights
and equality here at the South, and the
applause that greets the resolution is
drowned in the bowling Of the mob as it
drives the colored artisan from the work
bench and mortar pile. The Northern
mechanic demands that you eat and
sleep with me, but he will not let you
labor with him. Said Booker 7. Wash
ington, your distinguished educator
:" Whatever may be the sins the South is
called upon to answer for, 1t must be
remembered that when it comes to bust
ness pure and simple the South is the
only section that has ever given the ne
gro a mans chance" Negro carpenters,
blacksmiths, painters and artisans are
rarity north of Mason and Dixon's line.
"When the United States government
lent its aid to the great Worlds Fair
and invited the nations of tne earth to
witness all of its development, it did not
extend to the negro race an invitation to
display its progress or participate in the
supervision of the exhibit. President
Harrison was sought and importuned to
appoint well known colored men and
women to places on the Board of Man
agement which he declined to do.
How different the treatment of the
negro in the South. The great Cotton
States Exposition beld at Atlanta, the
city that Sherman burned, the State OF
Bob looms and of the Vice President of
the Confederacy, gives place to colored
men ard women as exhibitors in special
buildings and calls a distinguished col
ored editor, Booker 7. Washington, to
participate for his race in the opening
exercises. This is the difference between
resolutions and practices, between hypo-
critical cant and honest action"
''The doctrine that all men are crea' ed
equal has no application to race
development. Law cannot make men
equal The thugs for you to ask your
selves are have we equality of opportun
ity7 Do wish to buy land2 If so do
the laws permit me to own it Do |
wish to become doctor, if so do the
laws permit me to practice Do | wish