National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
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would be to free Us at any cost. Now
the anarchist is threatening the
foundations Of this country, and |
am of the opinion that if a war should
occur between us and any foreign
country, that from the treatment the
Negro has received, and the protec-
ton he is now getting from both the
State and National Governments, he
would be justified in joining the
ranks of the opposing army. A
short time ago this country was
aroused because few drunken sail
ors had been harmed at the port of
Chilli. and that little feeble Govern
ment was pounced upon. aud the
American Eagle was made to screecb
and indemnity was demanded.
Thousands of Negroes are murdered,
and Congress is as dumb as an oys
ter, and the general government as
helpless as three months old infant.
We thank God for few brave men
III IhO aims VI LIII " IlAlN ioob y ~
have the temerity to say a strong
word occasionally, for the Negro, ,and
we believe that there are others who
would do so, but they are afraid Of
Baal, 0 that God would give us few
Eli abs, who would stand up as he
did in the great theistic cOntrOVersity
on mount Carmel; then the matter
would be settled, for it is not by
might nor by power, but by my Spirit
we must strike at the root of it, and
the root of all Onr race trouble is this
fanaticism pref judice. We call this
Christian America, but it is in a sense
worse than Buddhism, and is in no
sense consistent with the teachings
of the Word cf the Lord which reads:
"Love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and thy neighbor as thyeelf."
Take the Bible and by it alone, or
with it only can this question be
settled. / have been in churches
where the people would be singing
and praying. and when / entered |
noticed that all eyes were centered
on me, and if | dared to take a seat
near the center of the house Of the
Lord, [ would either be asked some
where else, or be allowed to occupy
whole sea, by myself.
How, and by whom, and in what
way are we to solve this e 'estiOn?
Who is to blame for the existing
state of affairs? These are simple
questions and they are easily answer
ed. But how, and by whom? An
swer to query number one reads, by
the pulpit and by the press. 1t is an
acknowledged fact that these two
factors are the most potent, and most
prominent factors in our great coun-
try, and as such, their power is un-
Limited is they that give shape
to popular sentiment. TO them and
from them eminate the various life
y
other country. We owe good deal
to the pulpit for the sentiment that
overthrew that monster evil, Ameri-
can Slavery.
The press has. and is yet in many
instances. doing all it can to prOpO-
gate the evils Of lynch law, instead
Of decrying them. Let the rapist be
punished, let the severest punish
ment Of the statutes of our country
(your country be imposed, / only
ask that it be done by the agency of
the law, and then in many instances
it will be ordered by the dignitied(? p
men of the country who themselves
are the fathers Of nine tenths Of the
MulattOes in this country. The diff
| ference between them and the fellow
that is occasionally lynched, is about
| like the difference between the fellow
who steals whole bank and the one
who steals chicken.
Let the press and the country cal
for halt. They are the teachers Of
the people, and by the way they have
of writing us up for every little mis-
demeanor, they have built up bul
wark of contemplate dirty little
preiudices that will sooner or late
react. to the discontinue Of not ;
few of our noblest sons. The God 0
Heaven yet lives, and He will re
ward both men and nations for thei
dealings to their fellows. Rome wa
once mistress of the world, but b,
her own folly she was dethrowned
The Z. 5 of America stands fOrtl
TODAY as the mistress Of the ney
world, and as there was fall in tn
old world so will there be in the new
for history you remember repeat
itself.
"Let justice be done though tn
Heavens fall, is written upon th
clouds, and as God espoused tn
cause Of the Negro from 1861 to 1866
He will do so again; and then bot
the press and pulpit as we'll as tn
; people will awake to the great evi
f they have perpetrated upon wee
and helpless people whom their al
cactnrs stole from their native Ian