Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-21


father used TO praach 10 the negroes
iium that time 10 thia--tlcre never hat
eeen Methodist preacher that did no
follow bis steps In tea ,hing thrm and try
lng TO lit them to higher plane OF civ
un1nuon' We did Tat when they de
bounced Us as slave drivers, dealers II
human flesh, md 50 forth, We We're dc
We're engagvd IN clifisfianring them, INT
Nl Ness We met with wills soon seen
whcn they made pr,a Of our church
senators and conrrcssmpn.
we hhd a right 10 expect the negN
Would De grateful; we had right 10 tx,
poet DC would stand by us: hut he ncd
nom rs Ike we had the pcstilenco, iled
from the very church that made him,
froln Che very men who preached to him
aud anrllt him from these ho nel and
went aud made deal But there
were eomc that dd not. thpre were 05,Or
VI Thorn that did not 1'hcm we OF.
glnircd into church, we oiSlAined then
bishops; we gave them church properly
We cOmi0wcd thuiu, encunrared them
HIS own people turned unon hinl
sneered a. thpn declared they wcr,
Democrats and 10 q negro Democrat
Wgss, Whet sallawgg was TO white.
,eoniss | didn't Expert abe Paine
and Lane institute to stuni, but IL did
What IS the rrsaltl May. We have be.
tween SlO,oOU and SO0OOO OF assets,
We have educated some Of che finest men
aud women Of The race, and tlcre noyof
nae heeq ono Vt qhcin that has been
involved IN ANY of ihcae political troubles.
Isn't, some brethren rcmark have
they no such institution la tho Norihy
! stand here 70 say & WIS deb, they
were a long tme paying. They had re.
cei'ed more bcneht iruu the negro labor
ilan ever the southern people received
Thvy had done nothing 60 civliise Their
tur Ull that they did What dil thc,
dor They cnfrauchiscd ihcm aud thci
ought TO have educated them
we, did not DO as much as we wanted
| 10 Dc. hui we did something. We hclleva
! IN the nefm as q negro, IN his soul as
human soul Rnt. brethren, th0re Il no
use shutting our oyCs; there " SO uso
| binding ourselves Ia the fact that wo
arc embarrassed. Many otherwise law
| abiding cititcns have been cNhspcratcd
INTO doing things moro barhnric In their
| cruelty lhnn anything we can maginN
| The dark shadow HANGS over ~ Nve
must do something We cnnnnt make
| them march ont OF the country Somt
| say cupnlsc them. We cannot do 10
| We have 10 work them here, aud to do
| that we have TO Chfstiauige and rennn
them, but not men who think they are
Az good nv white man or n little hct-
ter and wourn WHO ,ook unnn white
| ladies' as poor white trash We cannot
eytcrnlnoic them, We cuunot coloniEc
| them"
"Ghey talk Of the prejudice of tho
whites against the negroes " The story
Of the blacks AGAINST the whites wore
told, what fearful story II would be-
Better lnr tho Indian scnlning knife than
the terrihle wrongs that have been henped
upou our people We must rcmcdy H..
Tile limo has come when one must make
mn advanced movement We must Get
no. ~ fHe~l nrnm
"'lhe unhcntlon 0f the colured church
would be- the greatest danger that could
hcfnil The white rncc. Let them divide
aud work IN their own field
brethren, ! nm Il nntiye born 'Goorgia
Cracker' They call mo i0e 'gpober
gruhher' because my name begins with
"a, O. Ny people have lived among
the Southern people aud may my tongue
elcnyc To my mouth when Il hotrays what
| believe IN my hcari prr the nOhcst neo'
pie that God ever nude
"l'he report was adopted unanimously.
The committee IN approximation re-
ported the following MS entitled TO The re-
= lntlon:
b u. n rIolmes Indian Crock; nanlel
Morgan, Zonyr; ] q, Carter Cottonwood
They we're admitted TO u,e relaiion
g as were also Che following To the annern'p
( merury relation
H. II. Jnrkson. Plain View, l., a. iio-
B gcrs, llnrll: y. r Bntes. Fort WORTH
Brother Nelson read the following
constitution and bylaws and announced
that he would be- ready To receive sig
b. natures NJ oucei
CoNsTiTuTioN,
Article I INT. Hoclriy shalt he known Al
tho Northwest roAau Conference nroincr
hood
Article 2. The onleors OF the eocleii
shall hc president Ncc-ptesllcnt segro
( | tary nnd treasurer and M assistant srrre
4 | tnrv who shall hold iheir offices untl
i | tbnlf successors are elected. ANA who 70
rcthcr With four trnstessi. SHAH rpueiiiui
Il board ~ nnnngnfa TOT the inyesimrn
aud application % an fundH that nay coin
9 Into their hands MI yuclnreH aud mnnag
y tho business ~ the brotherhood IN the VI
tprynl ~ tlin conference sessions
Article g. The office 81 secretary m
treasurer may pe n0ld by one person. an
. thfrp Of The trustees shall be- appointed b
tho hoard Of nannFefr NJ TIE aunnal 500
. sion ~ IN nuhinng rphinlitrn 10 audit N
nar0DnA ~ the Secretary ana treasurer
aud shall have accees 20 ulelr books 10
4 Article 1hc annual meeting OF IN
. brotherhood shall be held during tho Sc
2 elOn ~ the nununl cnufereprr mud NJ SUES
y iimr aud pnre az tho president may drala
nat0 FOR the election " officers, the rccep
ton ~ members mud 60 ifanHact hnrh hls
y iness a. may come before IL.
Il Article b HrnN0clnfy mpmhefship In N
brotherhood ahnll hr restricted 10 The tfnV
d | cling preachers ~ the Northwest ToNa
conference Of the Methodist Bpiseopu
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