The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1889-11-09
THE BAPTISTS' DEMAND.

| QemagOguoS VINO owe Unelr posi-
ton to some of these outrages.
Therefore 10 the absence of local
public sentiment in our favor on
the part of the dominant class in
the South, confident that the best
conscience of our Nation is oppos-
ed to the oppression of any class of
our citizens, and believing that op.
preston and injustice are not con
ducive to the cultivation of a good
and loyal citizenship, we would re-
spectfully make the following re-
quest of the chief Executive of the
Nation: that our grievances be laid
before the Attorney General for the
most thorough investigation; that
the provisions OF the Constitution
be impartially enforced, especially
Section III of Article XIV; that the
President at his earliest opportun-
ity recommend the enactment of
suitable laws in keeping with Ar
ticle XIV, Sections and V for the
protection of that class of citizens
who are beng deprived "of life,
liberty and property, without due
process of law" and who are
denied" the equal protection of the
laws" and that Congress be fur
ther recommended to enact appro
pirate legislation for the enforce~
ment of Article XIV in keeping with
Section III of said Article. And
now Mr.. President, as it is the glO-
~ of American citizenship that it
receives ample protection of the
stars and stripes abroad, an hum
BILE loyal part of our citizens crave
the same protection at home. Our
only plea is simple justice, to the
end that we may enjoy the inaliena-
BILE rights with which we have been
endowed by our Creator among
which: are life, liberty and the
perSuit of happiness"
Respectfully Submitted.
Rev. II. j Europe, Ala; Rev. c.
H. Parish, KY; Rev j. A. Stewart,
Kan; Rev. B. Hillman, Ill; Rev.
VIM. Gray, Ill; Rev. j. L. Cohron,
Mo-; Rev. NJ. w. G lbert, Tenn.
Rev. C. 81. Lyons, Ga; Rev. w. 81.
Anderson, Ind. Rev. G. B. Howard
Va; Rev. Jas. SmOthers. Miss,
Rev. II. U. Bailey, Fla. Rev. G. 81.
Mcdaniel, Mo, Rev. John Marks,
La. Rev. E. H. Mcdonald, Mich.
Rev. j. NJ. MeekS, Ohio; Rev. j. 81.
Riddle, w. Va; Rev. n. L. DOrsOn,
Tex. Rev. w. b johnson, ID. c.;
Rev. Harvey johnson, Md.
The next Committee was headed
by DR.. W. J. Simmons, of Louis
vile. KY. This committee called
on Friday and presented the follow
ing address:
To the Hon. Benz. Harrison, Pres
Ident of the United States:
Sir: At the American National
Baptist meetings held in Indianap
oils September Is to IL the follow
ing resolutions, having been read
and referred to the committee on
resolutions, were reported back to
the house and. after amendment
adopted.
"And whereas our political lead
ers are few, and even those we
have cannot reach the people,
therefore il becomes our duty to
speak out upon all questions that
affect oar people, socially and econ
Omically as well as religiously; and
whereas God has always, in all ages
instructed and ruled the people
through his own chosen and called
men therefore, be 1t resolved that
this convention believes that the
truest interest of our people in their
accepting the Horace Greedy doc
trine of Young men, 60 west,'
where they may obtain a recOgHi-
ton and grow up whith the country,
resolved that the poor and oppress-
ed people have always migl ated
westward, where they could get
lands in new countries, and thus
grow up with them and become
the great men Of these new COM
munities, resolved that we ask the
President of the United States to
recommend to the United States
Congress an appropriation of
! S5O,OOO,00 to aid the cOlored peo-
pie to leave the South"
Mr. President: we, the undersign-
ed, were appointed a committee to
lay these resolutions before you.
Therefore, your petitioners beg
leave to recite the wrongs their
brethern undergo as just cause,
in the opinion of honorable in-
duslriouS and fair minded men,
why we appear before you. We
feel that righteous statement of
our case should be made to our
great Executive head and to the
law making power of this vast Re
public. Our wrongs date from
lean N 70 1900 n u