The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-30
PLAIN ADVICE TO NEGROES.
Governor AycOck's Address at the
Fair in Raleigh

/ RALEIGH. y. c.. Oct s0-Govenor
[ Aycock opened the Thirty-secoud Annual
/ Negro Fair here yesterday. lie said IN
part.
81 wish the coIored people Of North car
I DINA 10 understand by every act Of mine
I that I am the Governor ~ the entire
/ state and all its people. and that every
| interest which concerns any Individual IS
a matter Of Importance TO me Ii has
Z been gratifying 20 me that those 60 whom
7 have been opposed politically have rec
Z ognized the real feeling which exists IN
my heart. The coIored people 81 North
Carolina are entitled 20 much credit for
what they have done At the close q the
war there were many who had great APP
prehensiOn as 10 the conduct which WOUid
result from the freedom OF the negro.
1 am glad 20 BE- able TO state that that
apprehension proved 10 be unfounded
Your conduct in the main has been ad-
I mirable- You have surpassed eXpecta-
tions- You have beer sober. law-abiding
| and industrious You have created more
( value in freedom than YOU did IN slavery,
and. taking all IN all. sou deserve the
thanks Of the Commonwealth
But you viii pardon me as one who is
a friend Of yours for speaking to YOU to-
day words which may seem unkiud. but
are, in fact. kind. because truthful There
are many things IN your freedom which
you have neglected. There are many
Things yet for you to do In gIauCIng
through the criminal statistics Of the
state 4 ind that while your race COnstI-
SGles only onc-third Of the population Of
-SoIlh carolina you commit One-half Of
I the crimes 4 an not uumiudful OF tho
I Iact that your race IS poor and weak and
without the influence Of the dominant
I race. and that. therefore. I'm proportion 70
Ittlai crime committed, few more arc
indicted than would be II you We're rich
anu powerful with the Influences which
I tend 70 suppress Indictments. But the
! proportion OF crime in your race is start
Iliis ana dangerous. and one which ought
E 70 evoke your most earnest c5usidera ton.
IT may not be inappropriate for me
upon TINS occasion to express To YOU the
| nope that recent events occurring in the
nation may not Unduly excite YOU and
/ mat you VIII still remember that your
best friends are those who I've i'm your
state 10 nat you wish. what YOU need
more than recognition by the President or
"'AtI people IN authority IS the esta JliSh-
m-lJ among yourselves OF a society
rounded upon culture. intelligence. and
virtue, and IN nOwise dependent upon
those n a different race. The law which
separates you from the white people in
the state socially always has been and al
ways VIII be MEMORABLE. and 10 need not
concern you nor ne whether that law IS
/ violated els-W here. for IL win never ne
violated iE the South It's violation would
De 20 your destruction as well as 70 the
INJURY NA N-lH " mites EflIlf
strNative, and upright S0utheruer has for
your race aught but the kiudest feeling
anu We are all willing and anxious 10 see
YOU grow into the high citizenship Of
which you are capable. and we are willing
% give our energies and best thought 10
AID you III the great work necessary TO
make sou what YOU are capable Of and
70 assist you In that elevation Of charac-
ter and virtue which tends u the
strengthening of the State
But 10 Do this il is absolutely neces-
{ sdrF that each race should remain dis
unct and have a society OF its 0wn. In
side or your Own race you can grow as
large and broad and high as God permits
with the aid. the sympathy. and encOur-
aS-ment or your white ueighbOrs II you
can equal The White race i'm achievement.
IN scholarship. I'm literature. in art Iu in
dustFy, and In commerce. you viii find no
senerous-Wlnded white man who will
stand IN your way. but all of them in the
south VIII insist that you shall accom-
push this nigh end without social inter
mIngung- And this is wei for YOU IL is
Wei FOR u.s. 10 Is necessary for the peace
OF our section. Il is esst ntiai TO the cdu-
cation of your children that there should
De no miSInde rstan dias upon this point
J an sure YOU agree yiIJh me IN what I
have said. and iu The spirit 81 one who IS
the Governor Of the whole people. without
regard % race. I bid you godsDeed I'm the
great work Of upbuildiug our State and
eGEraCDg all her children.