The Virginia star., 1882-11-11
Which thou dost glare with"

in this country on james river, onVi0
were but twelve. To-day they num-
Der $500, 1000. The Israelites entered
Egypt, 10; they came out 6oo'ooo
men on foot. The entire number is
estimated at not less than 2,5OO,OOO.
Notwithstanding they were heavily
oppressed, yet God blessed them and
they multiplied and replenished. 80
with the American Negro. An Epis-
copal Church Congress, recently met
in your city. 1t talked about the
Negro, pro and CON. 1t was said:
"A general sympathy on the part OF
the whites and becoming modesty
on the part of the blacks will unite
the two races." | am anxious TO
know wha, the reverend gentleman
means by "becomlng modesty. l
suppose he means, for the blacks to
stand in the background, hat in hand
exclaimlng ''yes massa. yes missus:
shall occupy the negro pen the
negro gallery" and the Jim Grow
car;" shall submit to every thing the
whites choose TO infict upon them.
It is very common, that if colored
person asks for his rights and priyi-
leges, he is termed saucy, impudent
and lmmodest.
A Mississippi divine charged the
colored people "wlth an innate want
of honesty, truthfulness and virtue,
and all attempts on the part of mas.
ters and others to instil better prin-
ciples developed the vilest hypocrisy.
/ have read of political bull dozers IN
Mississippi. | suppose he Is an ec-
clesiastical bull-dozer, looking upon
the blacks not from Biblical stand
point, but through the glass of his
red shirt brethren. If the Negro is
destitute of honesty, truthfulness and
virtue; v ily. -ins si-et -taeat -a-a-. altsszs
they left to protect property, lives,
women, etc., the southern soldiers
being away in the armys According
to the ninth census, there were III
prison 5000 persons, to 10000 white
persons. 1t the Negro is untruthful
and unvirtsus, the white man taught
him to be so.
Some colored men opened bank
in Louisiana. One day hall the shut
ters were down and the door halfway
open. The depositors asked "what
was the matter?" The reply was
This bank has suspended business
for few days to straighten accounts
that's the way the white folks do.
Another day the bank was entirely
closed. 'What's the matter!' asked
the excited depositors. The answer
was: "This bank done closed, pays
out no more money, that's the way
the white folks do" So the Negro
initiates the white man.
: Said one of the speakers, 'Dld moi
> one of the colored speakers say at the
last Council in Norfolk that the Ne
groes live two hves-one open to the
4 white man, and the other with thell
i own race Yes, and that coloret
speaker told untruths, which he ough
q to be ashamed of, and which vii
stare him in the face until his death
He no doubt, ia like other coloree
speakers when they get before white
audience; they seem to forget them
selves and put themselves and thei
race in the blaakest colors they pos
! sibly can. .,,r
: Said a Pennsylvania divine "Th'
r Negro mistakes emotion for religion
and after shouting and feeling warn
: and good, he takes that to be plety
]. and it is no matter how many hen
q roosts he robs ="
t Well what does the white mar
y mistake for religion what IS tn
e difference between talking, shouting
o feeling warm and good to be plety
|, and taking stiffness, coldness, formal
ity and touch me not appearance
q to be piety?
!. The African robs hen roosts. Wha'
/ does the white man robf Does n
d not rob banks, corporations, stores
widows and orphans, star routes
1t syndlcates, and corners, and bulls ant
|. bears the markets I In nine case
out Of ten, the African robs q hel