Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-24
TREATMENT OF THE NEGRO IN THE
SOUTH.

TREATMENT OF THE NEGRO IN THE
SOUTH.
DR.. T. Dewitt Talmage. of Brooklyn,
upon his return from recent trip
south preached a sermon from the text:
''Then shall the lame man leap as q
hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing:
for in the wilderness shall waters break
out, and streams in the desert. lisa.
35:6.
His opening remarks were:
"For fourteen Christmas seasons
have spoken to you about the spiritual
benefits of Chri>t's nativity. To-day,
speak of the temporal benefits of the
Savior birth. Fertility 10 the land,
health to the body, manumi>sion to
serfs, good government for the barbaric,
blessing for this life as wei as blessing
for the life to come. Christ's cradle was
as wonderful as His cross. Persuade
me Of the first and 1 am not surprised
OF the last. The door by which He
entered was as tremendous as the door
by which He went out Through that
one stable gate of Bethlehem have
come in more temporal advantages
than the world has ever celebrated in
song,or sermon, or picture, or cathedral
arch. 'Then shall the lame man leap
as hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing, for in the wilderness shall waters
break out, and streams in the desert.
In the course of the sermon, which
was throughout an able and mastery
effort, he said of the negro at the
south:
"There is very cheerful Christmas
though, at This time in the fact that the
great question which for sixty years
has been dominant in politics, in phil
anthropy and in religion is coming to
q righteous solution. What of
TIE COLoRED MAN
in this country You know that thai
question put million men into the
grave trenches and ever since the wal
closed it has kept our national finances
in jangle. Through The five Thousand
miles OF my recent journey up anC
down the south and up and down the
southwest kept asking that question
and kept getting an answer from al
classes of persons and from both colors
and | believe can give You the righ
impression this morning when | say
| believe the black man is better treated
at the south than he is treated ut th,
north.
In Montgomery, Alabama, the day
spent there, the legislature of the stat
passed law for the full and complet
education of colored people, making i
a specia ty. Colored mechanics hav,
large wages and plenty of employment
all through the south. The colores
carmen of New Orleans have thei
three dollars day and are expectin.
more wages. The col0red people hav
the preference in the south of servic
in all the hotels and boarding. houses
and i'll the railtrains and in the steam
ers. They are represented
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURES.
The eloquent and accomp. .ished u
S. Senator Bruce, whom | met on m
Journey, is only an illustration of tn
possibilities of the colored men of til
south. IN how many Of the .ogisla
lures of the north are there colOre
men! How many are there Al The leo
islature of New York? How many i
the legislature Of Massachusetts? Ii i
the north a cOlored man come into all
kind of service all the other servant
run-all the other servants resigI
There is more kindly and Christia
feeling among the white people of tn
south toward the black people tina
there is at the north. Ii L were blac
man and had a family and were deter
mined to be industrious and sober,
| wnnl1 Un n ha gfnth 7 h,va loo
the treatment of colored men in th
north and have noticed the lreatmel
of cOlOred men III the south, and bt
lieve justice will come To the b!ac
man at the south sooner than it wi
: come at the north. We cannot at I'll
, north teach the south how to treat I'll
black man until we treat him bette
ourselves.
will imagine scene. A norther
, Legislature G assemblies. White men laL
the oath OF Uti;e, as legislators the
take their seals A cuiored man Ia,
,, been accidentally elected. AS he pass,
i'll To take his seat, what do the whi
members of the legislature SAW 'Pl
that colored gentleluam near me!' n,
Image OF God cut in ebom,? n,
'Downcast race come to Justice
, laslr No. They all snuff the breez
|, and their hair raises in Indignation, ,al
they say, 'Niyyer There is a MOI
. Christian aud hIndly feeling among Il
white people oi The south toward Il
black Than there is at the mo.Ih.
=, AS Tor myself, L am So peculiar
= constituted that | have not in my Il,
ture one particle of race prejudice, al
, l could sit i'll church perfectly conten
E ed, with 4 colored man before me, al
a colored man behind me, and colore
> man at the right, and colured man
: the left, and black man i'll the pulpi
p, and black choir to lead the Inusi
!, . But we are not all constituted alik,
a But you may depend that among Il
= mcrriest Christmas thoughts to-day,
a America, ought TO be the considerable
that there is coming u more Christia
:, feeling between the races.
: A DRAMATIC SCENE.
. Some years ago, i'll the state house
1 Georgia, at Atlanta, this scene occu
u red: \ cOlored minister, standing
5 the state house, said lie was thirsty, al
e he was looking for something to drinI
i A white gentleman standing by, SAT-
5 sI'll Oat yG, n drink ani ,1npaI.taI I