San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-13
A Negro from a Negro Standpoint.

Dedicated to the Brethren who are
ClamOring for Social Equality
The following are extracts from a
speech by Rev g. II. Wilburn color
ed, at Nelson, Saline county, on the
occasion OF laying the corner stone OF
the Free Will Baptist church. He
said:
There is an old tradition that when
God created man, He first made the
negro, and not being at all satisfied
with The Job, made the Indian, but
was never thoroughly satisfied until
he made the white man. This being
done he put the three representatives
of humanity in q room one evening
and with them three boxes-one COLI
tanning books, maps, charts, etc. an
other hatchets, tomahawks, bows
and arrows, and the other picks,
shovels, spades and hoes. In about
thirty minutes the negro was nod
ding and finally fell into sound
sleep, Gust like him you know the
Indian was restless and nervous, but
the white man was composed and
apparently III deep thought. Some
time after midnight the Indian was
overcome and went to the dresmland
of happy hunting grounds. AT this
juncture the white man shouidered
the box with the books and charts
and walked out. At daylight the In.
dian awOke and with much excite
ment and great satisfaction, skipped
out with the second box, the negro,
bless your soul, didn't wake up next
morning until The sun was three
hours high and was left with the
picks, spades, shovels. etc. He has
them at this day and always will
have them. The Caucasian is the su-
perior OF all the races. God intended
il so and it cannot be changed by the
Intervention OF man.
Virtue and morality is the basis of
all civilization and of all progress.
History confirms this. That race
which has made the greatest strides
Is the people whose women have been
pure and virtuous. The war emanc'-
psted our race immoral in the very
lowest depths of social degradation.
Not only without virtue and morality
but illiterate In the extreme. Is it any
wouder that the white man of the
south who attained the highest de-
gree Of refinement and social culture
was unwilling to be dominated by
such class? 1 tell you the negro was
granted suffrage 80 years before he
was entitled to it. know whereof I
speak. L was born, raised and edu-
Gated in the south. Social equality!
Why q niger in a white mans par
Tor is like fly In pan of milk. You
will have to reach higher plane
MOI ally speaking before you can be
like q white man. What do you go
around the streets picking up the
stubs of cigars on the sidewalks for?
Why don't y on buy ten center and
smoke her like man?
There Is another thing we must
pay little more attention to--honOr.
Down in Tennessee we used to have
some of the biggest meetings. We
would preach, pray, shout and sing
all night and would think we had
more religion than any body, but as
we went home every one of us would
go by q ben roost, and when say we,
1 mean your humble servant too.
A int itjust AS natural as can be? No,
this matter is In our hsnds-we can
make our own destiny. 1t IL not the
white mans fault and we should not
blame him. The colored man has
warm friends In the south as in the
north-in Arkansas as Maine. We
have q common destiny and he who
tries too array the blacks against the
whites of the south should be looked
upon az demon in human form. /
am republican, have always voted
the publican ticket. but / think
that party has done about all for us
that it can do except to use US. We
must stand together for our own In
terests. have been giving you some
facts. The southern people under
stand us better than the northern
people An old southern white gen.
tIenIan once came to visit the univer-
sity where I was being educated.
After going through all of the depart.
fication for what this school was do
ing, and he simply voiced the senti-
ments of millions in the south, in
saying he was ready and willing to
help us on in the good work. But to
return to my fret proposition: it's
the lack of education that holds US
back. Now you don't like this kind
OF talk, but you know its true. Your
preacher couldn't talk to you as do,
because you would mob him. And
do you know why I can? Simply
because the 10 O'Clock train from Mar.
shall will be along here directly and
1 will be on 1t and gone.
IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE.
j. Il. Wilson, 37l Clay street, Sharps-
burg. Pa, saws he will not be without