New-York tribune., 1874-09-21
RIGHTS OF THE COLORED RACE.
The R>r Justin d. Fulton the HaasospIaa Bapslss ChaT
l,D.


Brooklyn
At the Hanson-place Baptist Church yester-
day morning the Rev. Justin ID. Fulton. the pastor.
preached the rights Of the negro and the national
problems which grow out OF the continued attempts OF
the whites in the South TO compel the aorogaton OF
many OF these rights The preacher took for his text
Acts xvii 26: "And hath made of one blood all ma
tons of men to dwell on all the face OF the EARTH
and hath determined the times before appointed, and
the bounds OF their habtaton that they should seek
he Lord II haply they might feel after Him. and IND
Him. though He be not far from every one OF U.s." Mr.
Fulton said among other thiDgs
Fear is the ougrowtb OF error Fear mas Drought out
armies and shrouded the country m war; This Is the
theory which is running tho South now. Murders are OF
freouent and crime stalks forth the master
of the situation 1t permeates the uterance OF the
pulpit and the press 1t says to capital stop and hold
thy hand" II makes streams, the banks OF which
might be musical with the hum Of machinery and the
TO the sea- IL gives broad back to barren
ness and leaves the people without hope The south
laid down its arms but clngs Its opinions and prelu-
dices The demon OF caste occupies the throne built
for the Slave Power. The battle before us Is one OF
opinon The question needs to be reargued CoOred
people find hard 10 have their black children attend
our schools in this City OF Brooklyn as IN the towns OF
typical forms of that never de- There are two
of these which arise out Of natural science d9e one
genera, and holds that all animals may have commenced
In rho lower form and developed In the course Oh ue;
not have come from single pair. Both are
as incompatible with the truth as they are with
one another negro has other origin than III
Adam, then Christ did not die for the negro II the aDO
rigne had other origin than In Adam then Christ
did die for the abOrgine IL the Indian had some
origin than IN ADAM then Christ dd not Ole for
the Indian 80 ali ations b no made Of
blood there is in theological sense neither the rst
nor the second Adam there is Christi the Christ on
Calvary was nothing except perhaps for the few people
who are linked Christ by ties OF cOnsanguiDy. Can
stand against God and against the dictates OF
This theory is bringing ruin to the South 1t classes
the with the beast that perlsheth 10 utterly g
the law Of brotherhood, which underies Christi
anity Take this theory aud We are under no greater
obligation to aneorate the condition OF the negro than
we aud utilize the buffalo herds that roam
the plains That Is the faith OF the people in Tennessee
who went to the jail and took out those Is men and
mains that God made Of our blood all nations OF men
The Declaration OF Independence holds all 10 be Gre
ated equal John c. Calhoun for the idol Of the
souh held 10 ththat the Declaration did not include
the negro. This made Slavery possible The war came
then came freedom. 1t came from that terrible strug
gle which Abraham Lincoln and stephen A. Douglas
went through. Property In man Is abandoned bur they
now insist the freedmen shall not have political
rShts L have never been so mpeled by the voice Of
conscience to preach sermon as 70 preach ths one
have said unpopular, and yet who is stirring
the public heart who is stirring the public mind with
the truthf Error comes IN upon US IN such monsrous
Georgia declares that negroes shall not attend the public
Georgia denies black men the right to ride in public
veyances, people say 1t Is nothing to them II In the
STATE of Louisiana the black mans rights not
specied, you and have nothing 10 do with IT. We
have a right to bless God no people ever blessed
bless God that Ulysses s. Grant sits in the Presidential
chair and that there goes the tramp OF armed men from
every part OF this country centerne In one point aud
these declaring TO man that tho American flag shall
henceforth mean liberty for all! IL the Government
sets all this I'm moton the pulpit should not be STILL aud
we must not cOnented until the black man there
and black here have just the same rights thatwo
enjoy with all the privileges al the lmmnnltles mat
you and share We have no right to hinder him aud
we have right to fetter him To-Day when they are
Georgia. they shooting Jesus Christ In Tennessee in
owly TO be tie fayortes OF our enfranchlsed
people. The man who stands by tho principle stands
with God and he who stands with God to-day snail live
through the ages Tue Lord God Almighty not only
rules heaven but he rules here aud America ought to
The nation cannot afford to have this state OF things
continue. you back In memory 10 that July day
when the armies before Gettysburgf DO you re-
memember when that appeal won't f0rth 10 every pulpit
to pray for divine aid do you recoec that speech OF
Edward Everetpsi The probability that the whole
future history OF the country would Dc changed by the
result the battle The words went up from the Exc
cntye Chamber Of the nation "Ol, God, II you viii
come to the aid OF our armies at Gettysburg, w issue
a proclamation OF emancipation" Deilyerance came.
We must, with Abraham Lincoln declare that II the
Declaration OF Independence Is founded on truth we
must hold To IT, Then do yon rec0ect these words OF
Lincolns, uttered against the remonstrance OF MS
friends that they would be his political death knell
Think nothing OF me, gentlemen Take not thonght OF
the political vote OF any man VIVA soeVer but 20 DacK
to the OF the Declaration of Independence You
will defend these principles you may not nominate me
for the Senate you may taKe me out ana pu' me 10
have desired to go through the South and speak this
are many men who ready to meet death for lib
erty's Abraham Lincoln. In those dark days
before the war stood In ST. Louis and dared defend
the black aud to denounce Slavery. For this
driven from the city, leaving everything behind me;
but In % few years again there and IL then
said Of me: Here is who did not bow the knee
TO Slavery" have collection or slips cut from
of the Southern papers which claim 10 be religious, in
which there more religion than there Is IN hell.
Tue truth must be told hem OF the beating and seourg
ing OF God will come upon them, which pray God TO
fOrefend We have got ~ have In tine Southern pulpit
more devoted The record OF Genesis Is lie unless
the negro man the Declaration OF Independence is
wrong unless tine negro Is with yourself. VIII
Christians side with God with nfi1elity The theory
will not stand that the negro is not included IN Christs
bond. We need tue negro in the South as much we
the Swede in the North, the German In the Middle
States the Monaghan the Pacific coast The South
IS declining IL will not accept the situation
the stand that Paul took that Jefferson took that
Lincoln took that the soldiers marching South took
that God made OF blood all nations OF the earh and
shall pray God to bess all peoples that shall nd home
IN this land.
THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER.
Tie Rsr h< Sspeaah-st Methodist Epp1I Church