The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-09
COLORED PREACHERS PROTEST.
Think the Time Has Come to Put a Stop 3
Lynchings in the South.

Think the Time Has Come TO Put Stop to
Lynchings i'm the South.
BALTIMORE. Md. April s.-The colored
movement denouncing outrsges in the South
has reached Baltimore. Some fifty colored
ministers, of all denominations, responded
to call sent out for them to meet at the
bethlehem Church. The object of the meet
ing was explained by reading o printed
communication. sent out from St. Louis.
stating that movement had been started
TO get all the colored ministers in this coun-
try to unite. and on May 81 meetings are to
be held In every city. protesting against
the lynching. shooting and burning of col
ored people in the South. After short
discussion q committee was appointed to
act on the communication. The committee
submitted report indorsing the resolution,
with the exception that sunday, May 20.
was named as the day of the meeting In
place of May 81. Speeches were then made.
Rev. William Alexander said: There Is
something coming. and before IL does come
we want the people of this country to I'M
derstand our position thoroughly in this
matter as Christians. and when the conflict
does come. which / am satisfied will, we
shall be in the right"
Rev. c. w. Mossell said: eff this thing
cannot he settled amicably it will have
to be settled with the sword. One or
the other must be exterminated. and the
man who 10 unwilling TO cast his lot with
others as an Offering on the altar is not
worthy of being called an American cit-
zen."
An aged brother who followed said;
"Whah am de mau dat occupy de shoes of
dat great man. Ulysses Grant, He wuz de
qreatus man dat de worP cher hab. No pO-
tentate-"
Here Rev.'Mr Mossell remarked: arch
bishop Ireland Is greater man."
mo sab. He WINS not This is q preach
ers' meeting. and we are not here to dis
cuss men of arms and force"
1T is force that we will need in this mat
ter" came from several in the hall. The de-
bate then became hot. several men being on
their feet and each delivering his views.
while the sisters clapped their hands.
ThUse not engaged in the discussion kept
yelling 'order," while the chairman beat
his desk trying To quiet matters and OF
last ordered brother Mossell to take his
seat:
This is no political meeting. and don't
like the way you order me to sit down."
said Mr. Mossell.
1T don't make any difference what kind
OF a meeting this is. You have got to Keep
order. l am chairman and i don't propose
that you shall take me out of it,"
Rev. Mr. Cargill raised the point of order
that he could not see what General Grants
being q greater man than Archbishop Ire
land had to do with colored man being
DuIncQ at the STAKE way UOWn SOutn. Inc
same idea took possession of the others
present and all quieted down except
Brother NJ ossell. whose feelings had been
hurt. The subject will be further discussed
IN the regular preachers meeting Monday
next
A Pessimistic View Of the Negro Race.
ALBANY. n. T.. April S-Professor jerks,
of Cornell University, lectured before the
University Extension Society last evening
on the race problem. He said that history
and science seemed to show that the negro
was an inferior race and one incapable of
ad vanced CIVILIZED government. Where
lett to themselves experience show cd
that the negroes rapidly refrigerated to a
state of bsrbarIsm. In the reconstruction
period in this country the negro govern
ments of the South invariably ran the States
heavily In debt, and passed shameful and
oppressive laws against the whites. In
places where they had advanced, the ad-
vancement was so slight that it showed
them 10 be- almost as careless and improv-
ident ne u savage. The morals of the
negroes OF the South were unspeakably
bad. he said. and socially the negro had no
standing among the whites. Intermar-
rage had proved TO he impracticable, and
colonization by force would be unjust. Ed
ucation was the only means of elevating the
race and making IL less dangerous. Prof.
jerks thought the best plan is 10 encour-
age the negro 10 emigrate TO Africa.