Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-08

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~, we must learn TO cooperate with
h Nj Whlte people OF this country, and /
wv we are getting TO It.
GOA n sa Is good for the white man is
sou Tor the negro. Where tho white
man holds out kindly hand / believe
ist,s trl'n King him for 1t. believe in
,.euns thr people know that our rights
" something, but lookl Tho white
pey,pie have all the Judges. the sheritfs.
ri, nlArshals. and, in most cases.
an the Jurors--now. tell me ls therc
any necessity In lynching a moor nsp,o
mpen they have all OF thesei ! saw II
~ OF these people cannot bring a ronr
1870 70 Justice then the white people
na au better turn everything over 10 The
,ha mere were several other speeches ~
Oie same temperament.
President Robinson then introduces
neN. Or. J. 7. NJ. Lindsay, who fully
speaks as follows:
our rights have been abridged as a
pepp,e OF America. There is no country
u, ~ the world that l am 80 proud OF as
tnls great republic of ours.
Here one has the right TO sneak his
niind. This country guarantees To MS
tue right Of trial by jury:s this
country guarantees the right OF GILL
Inc constitution Of the United states
~ Simply a small piece u paper. We
VIII not deny that this does not guar
ahtee 10 us citizenship OF the United
States. We speak OF the land Of The
iree and the brave, but 10 not sing
this song with the melody | din some
time ago. i have not suag II since the
lynching Of that poor negro In Ten
heesee' My country, tbs ~ his--5O. 600
men against one poor negro--and OF
such crimes as We're committed last
week on those six poor men In Ten
nessee that you are now suffering.
Ana those crimes will remain until
Judgment day, and next day after
breakfast. | heartily indo-se the stal,d
the grand jury has taken in in1ictlns
the lynchers Of those six POOR men in
Tennessee. IL they do nothing more.
We should not break the laws OF this
country, but learn to love those laws.
Everything Is white that has anything
Ia do with the laws, and negro could
never be heard above "A barn. We ARE
with the white people to carry out the
laws but these red-handed lynchers,
we are all against them. We are glad
that Gov. Hogs name has been called
but good for Texas. am no politician,
but am here TO say that II Gov. Hogg is
a Democrat God give us more Demo-
Gratis
II Gid not vote for Harrison. because
we want a man who can help Us, We
do not want a tramp.
cleveland has set forth one prln-
ciple that l hope every one Of you
will indorse He did not wait at Ch.-
cago, but stepped out to defend the
properties OF rich folks
I'VE are not as good ms Pullman
coaches because Cleveland protected
Pullman. In speaking of Democracy,
will relate this little story; A white
man one day saw an old negre with a
little puppy and asked him wnat kind
Of a puppy 1t was The old negro re-
Piled;
"'Him b. Il che puppy, Massa. oh,
/ don't mean that, replied the man,
but what suit OF a puppy is ~ Oh.
him be one Democrat puppy But the
man replied at he was a Republican,
and the puppy wouldn't suit, where
upon the "a negro said, Hin be
Democrat puppy now, but as soon as
him eyes opeI him become Repub-
llcan puppy"
When you strike the negro down,
you strike the bone and the slnew OF
the count.y, and what is more, the
white man does not want you to so,
Let him Si2e us rights,
& | do not want social rights, for there
Z are some men whom l would not as
ISOLATE with, because they are below
my notice ! "lsh there was less Of II
now. The wh.;e man has not but one
choice In regard 10 marrying, all white.
white. white while we have many.
black, brown, yellow or most any
kind.
want 10 dcnounce all wrong, not
only lynchlpg, but every other wrong
perpretrated on our people. And
want you all to indorse Miss Ida Il.
Wells for tie noble work she has been
carrying on, MOI only in this country,
but also In Europe.
She IS doing more good for us than
Douglass ~ any other person ever did.
In conclusion | want to say that lynch
ing Is thlg which everyone ought
TO denoun,s Every one ought to de-
nounce it. II "a tigh time this lynching
to be wiped out and the colored man
given a chance. God has sent II pun
ishment upon tbs country. upon the
people of This country because OF the
Injustice 20 the negro. This punish
ment has been In the form of fires.
storms and dioasters In general.
In speaking OF the candidates for
governor. s'ug mt has not got 1t, but Is
trying, Culbers N has not got 1t but
is trying and ogden is In the same iiN,
and all the rest are to- am not here
asking YOU to vote for any man. Do
as YOU please about this. Now | want
TO make a motion commencing the way
the white paper OF this state who have
given us hearings and especially the
Fort Worth Gazette and the Galveston
News. and / want to say were II not
for these papers that are going to col
ored people. and who read them every
where. we could not expect 10 be helped
int for them These papers are great
factors.
Nation. Moved and seconded That
those papars-,1azette and Galveston
News. have been great factors In CIV
Ing u nearing before the public
Song-Gl ny, glory. haileiuha.
MIR Bledsle then gets up ana gives
an excellent ryech IN behalf OF his
race.
MIR. scot. ind0rses all OF the former
snenkers and lcoves that the subject OF
aeitnrng the negroes TO organize IN
force. -,..,. -
Does not believe in resolving ana
desoIving as il generally the case.
AZ he was returning TO his seat was
matted on the back by woman there-
bv showing her appreciation OF ms
spprt.sident Rohinson--We are going to