The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-01-10
EMANCIPATION DAY cELEBRA-
TON AT HAMPTON IN
sTITuTE

| Baptist Church, Norfolk. in hrs ad
dress on Freedom in Process. de
lIiTered in Ogden Hall. Hampton In
lstitute, before an audience of nearl,
loco colored citizens of the Love-
Peninsula OF Virginia, and over 30
Hampton students. who recently gath
cred to celebrate the fifty-seventh an
niyersary Of Lineoln's experimenting
Emancipation Proclamation
There are some lessons" said DR.
Bowling, (which stand out boldly and
which il would pay US to hold Gloss
TO our hearts, keeping them Away:
before us as ideals and guiding prin-
ciples.
Without preparation for holding
privileges, privileges viii gradually be
lost. With the aid Of the armies
Of occupation after the Civil War and
some of the agents Of the Freedmen's
Bureau, the Negroes got control Of
the political machines in most OF the
Southern States and became very
powerful. They had every right that
even the most radical Negro demands
today. There was no law requiring
separate schools. Negroes attended
and took degrees from the leading
Southern colleges and universities,
There were no laws segregating one
race from another. There were no
laws Of disfranchisement, no laws OF
jimerowism. Negroes held positions in
Southern states from governors down
to the lowest position in the state
what was the result? Fifteen or
twenty years after the Civil War Ne
groes had been stripped of every YES
tige of power and privilege. Whyl
The reason was this: the Negro had
privileges given TO him that he was
not prepared to hold" DR.. Bowling
added:
Preparation the Keynote.
without preparation for measuring
up TO opportunities, opportunities viii
be withheld by friends and foe alike.
We must prepare ourselves to mea-
sure up to other men, so that when
we 60 to meetings and conventions
people will beg us to speak. instead
Of our begging to get on the program.
1--WE must not cease to agitate, but
we must likewise get down to work.
We must do some actual work OF
preparation. The only way to pre-
pare for bearing large tasks is to get
down and begin to educate. This is
the idea that has been enuneiated by
Hampton, by Tuskegee. and by count
less other schools. We must educate,
not only the select few, but we must
also educate every last man, woman
and child
"We must have an educated eossti-
tueney behind an educated and spec
ialized leadership, We must insist
that every single child born among US,
shall have just as good chance to
get a real education as the child born
of the most favored parents.
Business Opportunities.
business must come before pleas
ure. Colored men are just as well
fitted for business as anybody else.
The reason some colored men have
failed in business is because they have
not re-invested their profits in their
business or paid cash for their goods.
We must be honest, sagaeious, co,
in business If Negroes
anywhere viii get together and trust
each other and be wise in business,
they viii succeed.
Religion q Solvent.
Eve must secure and hold our al
lies. We must utilize every friend we
can possibly get We must appeal for
the aid and moral support, not only
Of our friends in the North, but also
of our white friends in the South
"The Negro must remember this
lesson, from an ancient day, that his
strength hes largely in religion. The
reason he won out was because re-
Iigion had brought out of him and in
stilled IN him the qualities Of patience,
ong-sufferng. lack Of revengefui
spirit.
we must stop lighting and fuss
ng, and agitate in calm and sound
md Christ-Iike way. We must re-
member that our greatest strength
must come, not from these feeble
rms of ours. as the Germans thought
,ut from the God of the universe.
Who guides and governs and reigns
n the affairs of ali men and every
DR.. Gregg Speaks. =
DR.. James E. Gregg. principal OF
hampton Institute, heartily endorsed
Dr.. Bowliag's constructive address.
It IS the way Of human nature" said
Dr.. Gregg. TO advance from one
,ood thing to another. / would urge
he members OF this large audience
o use the privileges that you have.
,artieularIy the existing common
ehoois. Work hard and faithfully
very day IN the week and go to
hurch on Sunday. Use your priv
Ieges as citizens BY saving your
Money Be courteous and friendly TO
veybody. Keep good faith in god
Keep your faith in God