The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-31
WEEKLY col,

~ Rev. Andrew J. Chambers. who
wss The only delegate from North Caro-
lima ~ the Chicago convention ~ tho
Afro American league. aud who has the
charge OF The Afro- a merirau
methodist episcopal church ~ Durham.
that state. y Al rresenl visiting his wife :
mc'hcr AZ III Co'nmhls-st.
Ue sqid vcstcr.isv that the league vas
orgsniyed for nothing more inan pol'tl.
cal purposcs. and that the Chicago con-
van.ion was held FOR No other reason
than ~ 'scon.erve the interests IT the ne
GRO racc' Nv heaninv ma'edic'ion m the
white people Of tho south. ana 10 sivrr-
tiso tho nnfrnfh thsf the southern whites
zorro nrnn'ighienr'i ani brutal and bar
haroas Ia Their treatment ~ the nsg'o
'v.earnirr the srne object ~ the lcagr'
m lis oraani1siion. said Mr. Chambers
II went ~ work ~ scrm branch N
Durham in order to goI hearing y tho
convention. I ser'ire' The ieiegscy and
anrcarel mon the floor. homecoming
<r;r,raliv fho entire ro'ornl population
~ North C4rolina Hal branches been
formel in evnry section of nv state
be,;nvn s;.of All the delegates from them
woni.l have hnsn instructed. rs ] was. 70
cr, dawn anr arraignnsns Of the white
men III ne South as nrscfiring bsrhar'' i,
ppnn on raca. II IL nnt true. and
went prepared 10 facr that convention
and lsrrnve any surh ss-ertions. Rn'
vas lenial speech Nv Intentions
HAD heen anticipated and | was mi ~
~ ;;hout a word. Why was iis was
ono II a very frw delegates from The
anuth The convention was packed
with representative republican colorei
men ~ tho northern states. There were
moro delegates from Illinois than from
All The other states combined Ohio hal
sweoty-one representatives. more than
there were from all the southern s'atns.
These mon who we're horn /" me North:
who doubt ever saw the South. and
who know nothing Of tho condition n
rho colored people down there. were
rivpn All the time they wsnted 10 DE-.
ronnce the so-caIlcl perpetrators Of
oufraQes.'
"rhc learna wonlA do amnch batter
work II il endesvored 70 cheek the nssn.
~ destruciiveness ofthe negro. II will
ssse wears for him tn rise N the sand
ard Adjudication attained by the whites.
and am tree TO admit IL. The co!ored
rsce lin America. YOU might say. was
bnrn in an age of great enlightenment
n r. hound 10 progress rapidly. We ALL
ready have a few bright mon. snl I'M
time we will gain orr own wav 10 eqns'I
saw let the coInred man
fIeht ont his own salvation NJ enlighten-i
ment and civilization In that psrticn-
Iar am not IN sympathy with the Blair
nil. II the coorel man Il educated free. 4
he viii soon want food and clothing fur
nished him hv the government IlewiIll
|osa I'll interest IN striving FIR HIMSELF
mi become a good sor-n0fhing being.
"For the sierrne Of civilization which
- have already reached. We owe our
hanks n those same white people ~
Iha Soufh whom this convention Was
rslled to denonnce. We have ~ MANY
for the enlightenment % the
,olored people il the South ss there arc
II the North No one prevents ne from
vsfning AZ education Or sccnmnla'ing
property. VI colored man behaves
himself AMI strives 70 better his condi-
ion. he il given Al the advantages that
INV one else receives.
THE trnsh of the matter IA. President
Harrison lii not deal on enough ~ the
,fIices N the colored people. and 50 the
rolored men of the North conceived this
|eaouc scheme N draw attention To
Themselves as working in the interest Of
he repnhlican marty. by arraigning the
.aolid South" a. harbarons locality. \
where the colorei mans liher'v was m
" \ name and not IN actnality. This
lalk of 4 negro not daring 10 DO this ~
that IN tho presence OF white men and oil
h;s great maltreatmcnti one grand un-
truth.
"Thc rnloreI people have ne many
v;ohts and arc treated with as good spirit
81 tho Sonth as they are in the North l
But when any trouble occurs down there
when man ~ color IL ma'treated -
The affair IL looked IT from here with a
great hig magnifying-class. believe
the colored people Of the ~onth are more
progressive. AMI are accumulsting more
property than those 81 the North. who
have almost been led 10 believe that thew
could gain living on their right sol
vnte. Iffhey wore 50 oppressed, a. Il isl
claSmed thcv are. they would soon leave
and como North. "a they did during the
slaverv times. Whenever thew see one
n their number under arrest. II NATURAL
" brings hack thoughts OF those DAYS
AMI heats their blood with anger
when I was coming away met crowd
At tho station. menacing an officer simpl,
hecsnse hc had zone 10 another town
and hrnnvht hack colored man ~
answer criminal charge
An exchange thus Classics the men
who do the town more harm than good:
Firs,--Those who oppose Improvement.
Second Those who run II down r.