The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-11-23
For the yrRGINIAN.
Rev. j. L. Tucker, D. d. of Mississippi,
and the Negro.

MEssRs. EDlToRs-Allow me S ace inyour
valuable paper 10 say a few words Ia regard 10 4
the Episcopal Congress which assembled in
the city OF Richmond, Va, Oct. %, 1882.
No doubt that Congress was composed of
some OF the best men in that connection Du-
ring tEeir sitting, they discussed The question
as 10 the relationship OF the negro 10 their
church. Mr. Tucker, Of Mississippi, TOOK an
active; part, in which.he degraded. The negro
putting him down wirh the lowest brute il
creation. Should one read his spec n, recent
ly published in the Virginia Sir, he would be
constrained to say, surrey those words did not
come from the lips OF u Christian minister In
the course OF his argument he said thaJ "lhe
negroes were guilty OF ying, stealing and adu-
lery, ana they would hang together IN thelr
crimes ana SINS, thai one Would not eX pose jhe
faults and depredatIons Of the other, but they
he Tor each other, steal ior each Other and,
with the most pioas pfoteslaliCAs, and in The
name OF the Lord, declare their innocence.
Oh, thou hypocute, " first cast Inc beam out
OF thine own eye, and then shalt thou see
clearly To Cast the mote out 4 Thy brothers
eye" MIR. Tucker torgets that the greatest
stealing done Is among his class. The negro
may be guilty of stealing chickens ami hams 81
meat, but DE White man may be guilty OF
Stealing banks, railroads and turn-pikes. Fhe
only difference between u white man stealing
AMI a colored one is this: Tie c0i0red man
Will just steal enough 10 go to jail for 80 days,
While The white man viii sleai enough 70 clear
himself before the law and have something 10
live OF. Afterwards, When be speaks OF the
ipNbralily OF the colored people, he should
blg6h, clnch his teeth, and put hls hand over
his mouth; Tor L ain sure THAT Mr. Tucker Is
aware OF the tact that the greatest negro
bleachers are among his Class the negroes
Jas Mr.. Tucker calls them, are loose III their
~ habits, and are given to RIGHTEOUSNESS, who
hi.
IA in ignorance? Were they allowed 10 20 TO
school during the days OF slavery, III order TO
be taught To know tie laws OF morality and
virtue? No; they were Kept benealn the
whip and lash, and were driven as brutes, from
the rising Of the sun to the setting OF the same.
Again he says, Better dress, less labor, pre-
eminence among the women-all due chiefly
to vice. Hence so many mulattoes." Wll
that great divine tell us who are the fathers OF
all these mulattoes or hall-wliite negroes !?
Does he remember, OF has he forgotten how a
great many cOlored women were beaten and
sold because they would not submit 10 their
masters? Does he remember that during the
days OF slavery 1t was customary for the mas
ter to have Two wlves-one at the great house,
and the other at tie cabin And vet he saws
that 1.-THE negro cannot be taught the white
mans idea othaYIng only one wife" Fur
more he says that the negro lis deplOraby de-
graded, and we of the south understand this
better than our Brethren OF the North. No
one can do very much with the negro" In
these expressions we see that MIR. Tucker has
put the colored people down with the lower
order OF animas-incapab,e OF any improve
ment whatever. But We ali know what is the
matter with Mir. Tucker. Mr.. Tucker is mol
by himself, Tor there are many other fuckers
(white.) preaching the Gospel with malice and
hatred IN their hearts against the negro. In
stead OF Mr.. tucker extending a hand OF char
ity to this now despiseI dOwn-trodden race
and say come and we will DO you good, be
stands up in AN Episcopal garb and abuses the
negro TO all intenLs aud purposes. No Won
der the white people present Diushed when one
OF their big guns" was making an ape OF
himself. In conclusion l will say, unless the
white peopleof the South stop abusing and
sandering the colored people, friendship and
love will never exist between the Two races.
for the coored people to-day, ike the whites
better than The whites do them.
Respectfully yours,
j. Ii. SCOTT,
q q q Pastor A. NJ. (. Church.