The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-30
GOVERNOR GLENN
TO THE NEGROES
Three Rules Emphasized
in the Instruction of
the Race.
The Governor Tells Why Some White
People Oppose Paying Taxes to
Educate Negroes, and Urges
the Negroes TO Hork and
Build Themselves Up.

The A..and M. College for colored
youths, established by the State at
Greensboro, is supported in part by
appropriations from the State Treas
ury and in part from the Morrill, fund
from the National Government. But
it is controlled and managed wholly
by the State of North Carolina. It's
Governor appoints its trustees and
the Legislature created it. The at
tempt has been to give. Industrial
training to negro youths who would
lead and teach their race. 1t has
done much good in the State, is well
managed, and is destined to do moro
good in the future.
AT the commencement exercises
last week the address was delivered
by Governor Glenn. When he came
into office many negroes feared that
his educational policy would be q rad
zeal departure from the policy that
was inaugurated by Vance and con-
tinued by Jarvis, Scales Fowle, Holt,
Carr and Aycock. This fear was
largely dssipated by Governor
Glenn's inaugural address 1t was
fully ended by Governor Glenn's ad
dress before the great audience of
negroes that greeted him in Green's
bOro last week. From his speech the
following extracts are taken:
Judging from some letters that
have received from the colored peo-
pie throughout the length and breadth
of the State, / expect a great many
of you came out here today, expect
ing to see a man with horns on; but
instead of that you see one who abso-
lutely not only has no horns but has
no hair even. l remember the con-
versation referred to by Professor
Dudley, when he came down to in
wife me to make this address. 1 knew
him we'll; / always had respect for
him, and when he came into my Of
flee L merely asked him to take a
seat. He said no, what he had to say
he preferred to say standing. He told
you the truth. He was scared. He
was the worst scared man | have seen
in a long time. He had his speech
prepared. He didn't forget word
of it either. When he wound up,
making a very nice speech to me, and
asked me would l be kind enough to
come here and make an address at
the commencement exercises, l said,
OF course, / will, Dudley; I'll go
with pleasure You could have
knocked him down with feather. He
said. Do you really mean it, Cover
nor?' l said. What else do you sup
l. IL.
And | am here today with you.
Professor Dudley, you ask of me
justice to you during my administra-
ton. Those asking justice must do
justice, and standing here in the pres
ence of my God, if your race will do
justice while l am Governor of North
Carolina, the white race will do JUS
tice to you.
DIR. Meserve, whom you all know
10 No a1t Of 10
man deserving as much at your
hands as any man L suppose in our
Southland, was in my office few
days ago. / told him / had been in
vited to make this address, and said
to him, Doctor, as an educator of
the colored people, j wish you would
tell me of your teachings to raise
them to higher and grander and
nobler state in life. He said Cover
nor, L teach my boys and girls these
three things, and | teach them in
the order that am going to give them
to you, and if they will thoroughly
master these teachings that l will
give them, there is no trouble
mat they will make men and women
that North Carolina will have no rea-
son to be ashamed of.
1.-The first thing 1 teach them is
character the next manners, and the
education. When 1 send them out,
after having taught them all l can,
If they profit by these three funda-
mental principles, they are in a con-
dition to do some good for themselves,
some good for humanity, and some
good for God.
My friends, in the remarks that
am going to make to you here to-
day, l am going to take these three
az ho of txUh a I a m
to say.
And / want to tell you here today
that it is worth more than all the
riches and rubieS and diamonds and
positions of this earth to be an hon
est man or woman and speak the
truth and walk in the fear of God
and in the fear of man. | want to
teach you to teach your race to be
honest, to he truthful, to be pure in
body and soul, and to make them
selves representatives in this great
country. of race to which you be-
long. On account of your environ
ments, on account of your surround
ings. some of you seem to think that
there is no need of your trying to
be honest, of your trying to be truth
full. You make great mistake, for
want to stand here and tell you
that if you want the respect, not only
of your race, but of the white race,
If you want to do something for
yourselves and for this people to
whom you belong, your word must be
so true that men will accept it and
act upon it; your dealing with your
fellowman must be SO honest that
your word and your bond will be
alike, and the seal of honesty will
mark all your transactions; that you
will pay your debts; keep your hands
from picking and stealing, and try
to obey the laws of God first and
then the laws of man afterwards,
made in conformity with the laws of
God. That, is the lesson | want to
teach you. How can any colored man
take exception to that? See a man
steal If he is poor man, the whole
community pulls him down, and he
may land in the penitentiary; but if
he is an influential man and steals
large amount. there is less said about
il. Sometimes they compromise with
him, and the man who had the most
knowledge and the most power and
stole the most goes unwhipped by
justice. 1t is all wrong. 1t is all
wrong in my race.
Now / am going to tell you a