The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-16
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Friday. From him the NclcS ha
obtained his predatory remarks t
his address, brought OHt by Il 10
of hot talk from the Easter
members OF The Association. iii,
remarks make good reading, ant
they were timely put where The,
We're most needed. They are ii
follows:
Mr.. President Permit me tC
preface my address with a few eX
temporary remarks. 1t was my
purpose IN. coming here to deliver
my speech merely and 20 my way
But some OF the things said lasI
night and yesterday seem to call
ter some statements not III my pa,
per.
Let megiHe Foga.few facts that
will do to stdnd"oyer against~tKe
instances that were given me by
DIR. Brand and others. IS
My home Is IN Meridian, Miss,
where am pastor OF a PresUyte-
Ran church. In that church there
is a colOred member who was re.
ceived into The church by a pastor
who had been, | think, ii Conieder-
ate soldier. Any way, this man is
a member OF The church. He wor-
ships with Us, works with MS, prays
with us and cOmlnuneS with us.
He drinks out OF the same ''cup Of
blessing" and eats from the same
plate OF the Lords body-and he
is served before my elders; as YOU
well know, Mr.. President, IN a
Presbyterian church the elders
first serve the congregation and are
themselves then served by the min
lister.
In the Presbytery, of which | an
a member, there is a Negro man,
blacker than any one who SPOKE
here last night, save one III full
standing. AT the last meeting OF
the Presbytery but one, he preach
ed a sermon in Il white church be-
Tore an exclusively white cohgre-
cation in Macon, one of the most
intelligent communities in the
Stale. HIS installation over, a
C0lored church was ordered and
the services were conducted by
white men.
AS 10 the exclusion of Negroes
from tirst.class coaches, after buy.
ing fi~rsl-class tickets, | have ridden
on many roads IN the South in first.
class ears with Negro men and wo.
men. President Woodwork, OF
TougalOO University, and | have
ridden in such coaches on the Iii,
mol Central Railway with Ne
groes.
If you say that the Illinois Cen
iral is owned and operated BIZ
Northern men, | beg leave TO reply
that there is scarcely a trunk line
in the Sonth that is not owned and
operated by Northern men and
foreigners. The very road named
on which one of these so-called
outrages is said TO have occurred is
part of a system owned and oper
ated by Northern men.
Yet | have ridden with two Ne
groes from Columbia TO Charles.
ton, N. g., in a firSt-ciass car. and
this road was at that time owned
and operated by Southern men,
one nan a black presiding elder of
the Methodist church, and the 9th
er a white-black man.
Now, ify0u want to say that this
prejudice against the Negro and all
alien races Is in us as a race, in our
bloud f; if you desire to say that
this prejudice will not exist in the
regeneration when the spirit and
principle of The Golden Rule shall
characterize all humanity, when
we have become sons of God, |
will join you hand and heart. But
when you say tins prejudice is
found among us in the South and
not among you in the North, | beg
leave TO remind you that my expe-
rience as a pastor here in The North
for nearly fourteen years teaches
me the contraS9S~ Or
I.beg fJFther1Q call-ynu atten-
tion 10 the Gct rttat fke committee
ON entertainment for this very
meeting found il impossible TO pro-
vide entertainment for The Negro
and Indian delegdtesi in the private
homes OF the people. And this In
Providence One of The Negro
speakers of last night told me This
morning that on his way here ne
applied at three hotels in New
York Tor entertainment over night
and was denied every time. They
we're full. OF course! And the
president of this body himself tells
us ola Negro from Scotland who
came over here 10 study and was
refused entertainment at two res
%ianrants IN succession. Aud this
was not done in Meridian or New
Orleans, bat in New York, the
great cosmopolitan city of this
country. 1 venture the suggestion
that this same difficulty of finding
entertainment for men OF alien
races would be encountered in
every city IN this country, North
and south alike.
II you tell me that It comes out
oftener and more positively in The
South because OF our peculiar sur
r0undines, | admit it without hest.
tailon. We all have our prejudices,
Tor We are oil men; but you must
put yourselves in our boots and
stand where We stand. and when