Daily Republican., 1880-06-09
THE COLOR LIME.
what Delaware Negro Minister
Says OF IL.

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Yesterday morning the Philadelphia
Methodist Ministers met and discuss 81
"The Color Line" the delegate to tbs
Cine irnati General Conference giving
various reasons why they voted against
the election Of colorsd Bishop. Theii
Arguments were opposed by Rev. VIM.
Butler, D D., col, of this city, vic
said
shall speak what | feel" asked
he, as o preliminary.
"Yes. yes We want ALL" was the
response.
''Bishop James," said i'
favor Of a c6lored bishop nine years
ago. Gilbert Haven (not 4. 0, )also
favored It, and If colcred bishop had
been elected he need not have gone to
Liberia, and might have been spared
many years 10 the church. In IL and
'76 he received counsel from Bishop
Haven. but he wasn't there it was
sfar oil. We had several men OF
thought in the delegation. Now, AZ
to q colored line, but | feel it every
where. 1t is prejudice, borne OF 25O
years of servitude. When | arrived at
Cincinnati there was q colored man to
meet me. When | was assigned my
seat it was amongst the colored people
and was appointed to preach In a
cslored church. There was the colors
line. We hear these old fellows say:
1--WE won't elect any bishop on the
color line," when they drew one
every day. Loud and continued ap.
plauss. Cries OF hear, hear
The color line was forced on u.s.
Now as the Committee on Episcopacv.
" hen went 1t WIS into the big end and |
came out OF the little end of the horn.
Laughter. III give you little his
tory how the wool was pulled over our
eyes a. usual. Laughter and ap'
plause. The Southern Conferences
presented petitions for colored bishop.
Let mo digress here. believe the
colorad work in the Methodist Church
should be separate. We should have a
payer devoted to the oalored work. The
Comnittee on Episcopsey referred the
papers to a special committee. Then
the conference went on 10 fix the num-
Der OF bishops. The matter of elsctipg
a bishop was decided to be separate
one. We quietly acquiesced IN the de-
cision. We awaited the report OF the
special COMMITTEES which recommended
tho election OF colored bishop. The
idea was to have the other bishops con-
secrated with the colored bishop if be
had been elected. "But," turning to
Z der Swindells, che wasn't elected,
mas he ?" Shouts of laughter almost
drowned the answer, "No
This committee represented minor
ity report signed by thirty-one, two
thirds OF whom were not present at the
discussions. We expected square
vote in the conference. Men who had
speeches on the question Of q colored
bishop could not get the hosr TO speak
and had a lot Of elcquenoe then.
[ Laughter.l An admirable speech
worthy better cause was made by an
editor, but his statements were misrer-
The worst feature of the whole was
the motion OF an indefinite postpone
ment, and it was railrsaded through.
was Inundated then. Do you know
what you've done now. You've put us
on the defensive. In regard to the
questions Of culture, let me say you are
$50 years ahead of US, and how are We
going 10 raise men like you How are
we to compare with men like your
bishops in so years. 1t is a question
that has got to bs taken into consider
alton and voted upon, and net indef-
nitely postponed, because the negro
will never remain Indefinitely postpon-
ed"