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itself of them, is more than | can see.
| belong to the negro race, but am no
more responsible for these crimes than
Mr.. Cleveland is for the crimes OF ".sack
the ripper.
While I am writing these lines the
United States court is in session in this
city. Several persons have been con-
yicted OF illicit distilling and selling
whiskey without license. Now let us
suppose that Mr.. A. stranger in Il is
city, who is guilty of no crime or mis-
demeauor, should appear before this
court and claim the right of defending
himself against the charge OF illicit dis
filling, when in truth no such charge
had ever been made against him.
Would not the natural inquiry be
From what insane asylum has this fell
low eecaped?"
Such is precisely the position in
which the Turner convention would
place the race.
But there is one possible good that
this convention might accomplish al
though judging from precidents, as well
aa the general tone of the call, it is not
very probable; That is, TO "unify their
endavors" and call upon the negro press
to "change' it base of utterance, and
preach rigtbousnessIto the people, instead
widening the breach between the races
and firing the heart of the negro against
the whites Be it remembered, that
blind prejudice when found in black
man is the same in kind and is just as
unrighteous as when found in white
man. Why should we cultivate the
very thug that we profess to despise.
After we make all due allowance for
mistakes of angry mobs. and for race
prejudice, we are still face to face with
the facts that many of the socalled
crimes are real, and have been perpe-
trated by colored men upon white per
sons; at least, such is public opinion.
Suppose we allow, as some have said,
that quite number of such cases are
not rape, but only given that name to
save the use of milder turn. Then
until the seventh commandment, and
the sermon on the mount are repeal !,
we have not right, either human or di-
vine to defend or utter word of apollo.
gy for such crimes.
The fact is when ever any man cons
mits such crime or crimes he puts him
self beyond the protection of his fellow
man and those who undertake to defend
or apologize, for such are parti ceps
criminus.
He who through such conventions OF
by the press. or any other means seeks
to widen the breach between the races
is the greatest enirmy CT both races aud
should be SO regarded by every man
who loves either.
know not what will b, the final out
come of the race question, but | do
know that until gourd vines bear sweet
pumpkins and thorn bushes bear figs
we must not expect that the present
methods OF fighting the devil with
fire." will accom- plish any thing in ''bet-
tering our conditions in this country.
Again, these endless agitations, and
always advising the negro to leave, and
always advising the negro to leave, and
to 60 there, or yonder, first to this
place, and then to that, these, / say
are doing the negro more real harm
than all the mobs that occur.
The negro wants to be taught to be
industrious, law abiding. righteous, tenn.
perate and frugal. Ii these things dc
not solve the problem, then heaven has
given us no principles on which we
may base have an operation for it's solu.
tion.
But on the other hand, every sane
man ought TO see that the practice o.
keeping the negro always on the move,
as "a rolling stone gathers no moss,
causes him to be rowing beggsr with g
hungry stomach and vicious mind
prepared for severy evil work. sub
conditions, judging from precedents
this convention will be fruitful in pro,
noting, unless it should, fortunately for
all concerned, turn out to be Farce.
Yours tIuly.