West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-09
ATLANTA ECHOES.
BEFORE AND AFTER THE
BATTLE.
Bishop Turner's Eloquent Appeal
to COlOred voters.
Com. Gazette Report.
BISHOP TURNER'S APPEAL.

BISHOP TURNER APPEAL.
Although he came to the meet
ing exhausted from overwork;Bish-
op Turner was inspired by the
electrical influence of the sea of
eager, sympathetic faces before him,
surrounded by the wealth and Gull
ture of the dominant race of one of
the queenliest cities in the South.
His marvellous power of speech
swayed the emotions of his ebony
hued audience. At times they en-
couraged him by suggestive ques-
tions, and they wildly cheered, or
roared with laughter at his replies;
then salvo of fervent "Amens"
would roll over the crowd; and
when the orator pictured the COM
ing of the day of jubilee, the day
when the black man would be free
from the curse of intemperance,
there was loud ecstatic cry of ex-
ultation. No colorsd man living
knows his race better than Bishop
Turner does, and if there were any
of his hearers who had come doubt
ing as to how he would vote, Bish-
op Turner decided him by saying
in a solemn manner: ooh, my peo-
pie, think, think of our great lib
orator tomorrow; think of our dear
old father Abraham Lincoln, as he
looks over the battlements of heav-
en- tomorrow and sees his children (;
those he freed, and to whom he
gave the rights of manhood, voting
to re.enslave themselves How his
heart must bleed p
at was a scene such as can only
be witnessed among the poor,
down-trodden sons of Ham in the
South. AS the preacher raised
both hands high above his head
and pictured Lincoln overlooking
the walls of paradise, the stolid
countenances of the negroes became
awe-struck, and then were filled
with an expression of tender rever-
ence and religious submission. Be-
yond a doubt the great majority of
the respectable negroes were on the
side of prohibition. That could be
seen by a comparison of the rival
PROFESSIONS"
OUR PRAYER FOR A SOLID SOUTH.
~ Y. Independent.
The victory is most impressive
one. 1t marks Georgia for entire
prohibition. 1t heartens every
tenn perance worker in the South.
1t shows that cities as well as
country places can be won and we
may expect to see whole states
freed within a short time. Let the
Atlanteans, now that they have re-
deemed their city, see to it that the
law is enforced, so that, when at
the end of two years, the "wet"
party demand another election, the
benefits of Prohibition shall be SO
obvious that an increased majority
will be given for the right. We
rejoice in this noble victory and
in what the South is doing. Our
prayer is for "solid South" on this
line.
HAS BECOME A LEADING ISSUE.
Washington, D. c., Critic.
"Some politicians see in all this
an indication that in some States
of the South the old party lines
will be broken up on the su b iect of
Prohibition. The agitation has
certainly become a leading issue
for the time being"
TIMELY ADMoNITIoN TO LIQUOR MEN
TO KEEP IT OUT OF POLITICS.
Commercial Gazette.
"After one OF the most exciting
contests on record the Prohibition
lists carried the city of Atlanta and
county of Fulton, Georgia,
by two hundred and twenty
six majority. It is the first time
in The history Of the world such an
event happened in so great city,
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