The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-26

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uS W lhe Eigorado which kind Proyt- /
ucnc' mas lald al your feet I should Hike
10, 10 uoI mend for especial favor the people /
whom TINS exposition liz designed 10 reu. |
Ies.n,. cannot forget ther quiet for. |
Insurance IN the face OF certain reprcs- |
som, and distinctions which they do no, |
u.serVe. ana which have not the sanction
ri,hcr %, lggn nor. of gratitude. | canno, |
forget thcr usefulness as citizens In the |
pas, ana ! shah not fail to remember tha, !
as labor. force they have not bcen I. /
turbulent factor, nor have they forced |
upon YOU dstractlng labor STRIKES or wars |
! wu OF me South know them and they |
struction TO your frcsldcs they were iovai |
AMI when an nll-wise Old dccrecA the,r |
''WV. ~ baal they were not less loyal.
.as new negro. Rrnvey lighting lin
from the dependent condition or Tho slove
TO me self-renant condition Of the man.
tons. but with a ieathlcss optimism that's
always his. he fights OH. conscious that
me me- VI per reward VT awaits him, lie has
the INST. He has Accumulated n1rc ,h,n
NHuoW.pN worth Cf realty posserSinna iIc
haA developed more than $4,000 aoho,l
teachers and professors In colleges Ito
has built 10000 churches OF rostN dcr'rn
aud finished architecture and has ltubled
aud irebled with his labor the pogacsslons
| OF Inc South.
Black man recognize the fact that ccr-
| tain clements of their own tnre bring TO
| them nothing hut Of dishnr,r ana DIS
| Elu''. Hwy KNOW inn' discriminatory an y
| rrrrosi' otary restrictions are the rcapod
reward FIR the conduct Of the "commonAr"
| clements Of the race who cnro nolhlnr
| fee the newer civilization: hut thcv know
| ut tho same time that II n racc 10 20 he
| Judged by The attest and not by the nm
| tutorcd masses that the achievements 90
| her bouglnsscs. and her Washlnrtons aud
| her How'ils, aud her Fortunes. ana her
| cuncys. entiti" them 10 "A conspicuous
| place In the worlds history. I wish even
| now that the cnpti0us md unfair critic
| rnIft1 1 Ni oh nf,
| mcrr than that he might sec tho Thought
| fnl and Intelligent faces which greet me,
| provided g., note the evidences NJ thrifi
ana industry which this splendid and man
nifccnt exhibit here betrkpns. I coul
/ WISH TINT h" might Know, AZ know; mat
| n starting array Of professors from rcNus
| schools and colleges, that dontcrs from
standard schools Il medicine, that lawyers
from Ann Arhor and RoNon university
aud Howard. that clcreymcn OF repuic aud
| sch ,lhrsh D. that editors ana Writes or
| Afro American newspapers, that men OF
| National ron' wn, that puic women from
| Chris tian homes and fires! eS. from intel
! lectuai Asst atoms ana PHEASANT ana
/ happy surroundings, that one VINO is con-
sidcrcd eligible to the hshuriir OF u great
church, receiving nearly enough votes 70
elect on the first ballot, contribute TO max"
w this audience: and then would turn
To hin and ask e these people these Niio-
| American citizens. deserve any WirSe
| treatment than that which IL ncurde1 any
other race. / might appeal for them rom
| the standpoint Of justice. m'ralllN i'" T.
lipion, hut II is proIcrabic 10 seek ~ wv
| fnIlpst liberty tor every citizen ni TINS sec
ton through the medium of ths section
commerce. Weak, hut a"pirius IT seeks
| dcvcklrmcnt to the end that II may b',
come great and rich aud powerful. NtN'i
racial questions then may htrcailri nnt
their solution in this propoF1t on luN, . III,
which II Dis one element must necessarily
AID an that that which Expresses, or nous
nj encourage. rotards and initiates
against the fullest realization ot our com
'nt un Too. remember the Improvement
| of snch opportunities as are ours u on IN,
unitoly more heuent than lamcnihtlons anu
fnult findings. that n state when Is E'ni
rr,ns IN the Il. strihutiun of her srlf1ol lni
for al h.r children. ani philautnioplc III
th, establishment OF ihif' Stnlo cl'o' I..
nary institutions. whose citizens acc =,
uo n fair opportunity 10 earn an npnch'
living: and who have sought to ennnna ,''..
thcir sympathy Tor and thelr wlllinsi rs,
| 10 care fee the needy ana inc ""f'N' 10 ''
undrscrviug of cur gthhtndr. ~ ,,,,....
This exposition will have accomplish,
desirable results 4 the lnierrS, W ~,
rac,s IL luritcd ana cognilanr" fprht',i =,
~, f,rt that the material interests Ql nov
,arcs are inscparahly and inglAaoiuny 0la
And 50 we welcome you mere At, r' a. :,
, thr hcn.dlction Of heaven that an rt" ~
,n vi wshiu, az recognition for i'
seryipr mankind. Of thr'fiiness ana le
e arc 10 deserve ever, prN IKE cxnosItlo,
anu ,, 'ffnrmn,lv opened and which seer
those results, .,,, ,t.,,,.,,, 4,
! Mrs Emma y. lHhthN, 'nn ni ,'' sr A,
MO bonrd Of lady mnuagerA' men ~ ~
o on' ,h~ 'Woman's Dernpmcnt" she spok
Of what the women OF nor ta"r ma moo
s r'rpl!sEcd under advrs' clrGnna,hn.n
,i fnr,sow In the future sim create
ihgss 70 be q ,ss@ s1as neg aror Unto ~
! "" ~ Ntcssiah which vas splendi1i
. rIy"n AS Az Indeed Was each Of The m,s'ca
Y numhors rendered turing ,mr ,,cch N,yo
t rn',iw n rice ms .grn,lcman whom n n
hnd known from noYn" adi,"ss of wslcom,
= liyorsd an nil,'on, - The audience. II
sMoPiGI i, h1S + - the custom for year
wteney,r ,h,G h w'1 chd G"' exec"v ~ to ii
y, .,n n,Irnnnr. hut he proposed 20 a. NOR
han wgcemG t 1"n q, IS ,hs may0 or q n"
q. l. nrnpospd to welcome them as
"mncr Of he anglo s"S9 o"a rag' who he na
y ~ ~ X 80, ,uI if the race could accom-
!, p lTs his much in thirty years wh'
u n Nui', ~, ,..o,L or this Ocrat on. II