The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-29
RenIr to DIR. Brazler.

tn The Public In view of the fact
that MIR. Brazier has published card
III reply 10 the =tate nenL published
Nv Rev. J. D. Cola, [ deem IL proper
to submit this statement-
l was present uuriI Y the eIt're
conversation aud know what trans
fred. Mr.. Brazier in his caro- does
Mr.. Cola Injustice in trls, Ihat ne
.univ stat4~ detached portions OF the /
uLver=aIion aud thvse he states not
IN their proper connection ana re-
IatiOn. The statement in Mr.
Braz,ers card that MIR. Gold acted |
very impouCely to get into the cor
versaIIOD, is gratultour. 1t was
general conve sat .ou in which we
were all engaged, and Mr. Gold was
"as politely" in the conversation ~
any one else. l inIrOduced Mr.. colo
10 Mr.. Stusrt. l do not propose TO
impugn the TnoCives of anyone or t9
make ary Apologies. l supply desire
10 ate the IacL-.
We were all engaged in general
conversation. rejoicing over the
| Democratic victory. mr. Cold re-
marked tuat the Republican party
was dead and he WAS glad OF 1t.
Mr.. Miller Stuart stated That he
! had read in some newspaper Where
| the Democrats had carried Chalta-
nooga, which had never been done
| before; giving as the reason, thaC
circus had been there some days oe-
| tore and the Democrats had made
ARRANGEMENTS with the circus man to
state to the negroes that they could go
INTO the circus on UneIr registration
certificates that the scheme worked
well aud that the circus man turned
over to the Democratic Executive
Committee over five hundred certih-
Gates and that they were all burned
in one pile.
Mr.. Gold said that "any man or
set of men, Democrats, Republicans,
Third party or ProhlbltIonlsts that
would engage in manipulating vote
TO deprive a man from voting what
he thought his right, whether he be
white or black, was thief" l stated
TO Mr.. Gold that L thought he was
wroug-that is, l thought the Ian
guage too severe. Mr.. Gold said he
J had been praying for months that we
would have no Solid North, no Solo
South, no Solid East, no Solid West,
but one common country. Ihat we
r would have no sectional lines.
e Mr.. BAR said, Mr.. "GOld, it you had
he.n born and raised in tie South
! Won would feel Just as we do about
The solid South. That he hoped the
soIid South would never break-thal
o the North had tried TO Cypress the
q South even since the war As an ln'
stance he ciCeu the Force bill. Mr.
, Gold here said that the Force bill 81
:, he understood it treated the NORTH
: and South alike. Mr.. Barr asked l
o ne had READ it and he said he hau
: This was all that was said about the
. Force bill. Mr.. Barr then went on
. of the room and did not return any
more during the conversation
y About this time Fred Latta came int
- the room
II Mr.. Miller Stewart said. Mr.. Golt
do YOU believe in negro equality
Mr.. Gold said that in the sight
y God one mans soul was just as goo'
d as another, let him be all Indlsn
u negro or white man. That ali OF in
five races were equal in the sight
g God. oo,,
ing from a religious standpoint. MI
m Frazier asked Mr.. Gold il he woul
d send his child to a mixed school. MI
9 Gold slated that he lived two veal
G. where there was nothing but mike
e schools aud the best people there a
% cent TO them, and if his boy had bee
p old enough he would have sent hin
Mr., BrsZier asked would you preac
to a mixed congregation? MI. Gol
said ne mad preached to a mike
IN congregation, but that the negroe
were not members of the church
;, "Would you send your child to
y mixed school here in Columbia an
would you preach TO a mixed congrt
he cation here at your church :" Nj
20 Gold replied he would do so il 1T Ws
customary here TO do so; but he woul
III not take one into his Church as
ns member. That he would leave hrs
9; [ have given the sum and suostanc
M | OF the entire conversation. as
occurred. / submit it to the publ
III [ desire 10 have nothing further
We say in this matter as think tn
~ statement full and explicit. L wri'
- this card with best wishes for ali
~ with malice to none and that TT
public may know the facts.
ut Yours, JOHN A. CAKES.