Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-05
JUDGE LYNCH TO Be TRIED
REV. ROBINSON PROPOSES THAT a
JURY OF sOvEiiEIGrs SIT.
lie Wants the Negroes TO Know
whether They Shall Vote for Gull
beraon and How He stands on a
Certain Constitutional Principle.


Baptist church next Thursday evening.
to take suitable action against lynch
law"
SO reads a notice printed In yester-
days Gazette and signed by j. Francis
Robinson.
Mount Gilead. church is situated at
the corner OF Jones and West Thir-
teenth streets.
-Four doors below. on Jones street,
lives J. Francis Robinson. the new
colored preacher OF that church.
j. Francis Robinson has been here
only since last June Mount Gliead
church. however, is in the heart Of a
thickiy settled colored neighborhood,
and the aggressive oolored preacher
and lecturer has acquired an influence
as great among his race in Fort Worth
as Quincy wields over the colored poll
tielans In the state at large
Robinson gives it out that he intends
to remain here; to labor for the good
and improvement OF his people In Texas
in general, and Fort Worth in particu-
lar. Il Is easy TO see that his star is
in the ascendancy and that he will
soon be reckoned by the colored peo-
pie OF Texas an oracle higher and
mightier than Cuney---if he only goes
into politics.
lie is young man, well educated.
well bred, affable and polite, with APP
parently power OF conviction, earn
estness and sincerity backing his pur-
poses. 1t would not be exagEeration.
in fact to say that he represents as
high degree Of mental development
and cultivated Intelligence as can be
found In any man Of his race in Amer
lea with this he possesses tact and
good Judgment.
What has lead to the call you have
madeY asked reporter yesterday.
"A desire 10 have the mighty eau
caHlan hAnd that rules South and in
America, mete out the justice that
should clothe power"
rs there no reason more lmmediate?"
me young colored divine adjusted his
guld-rimmed speotacles and produced
last Sundays Gazette.
Look here said he, referring to n
leading news story. Look nj thia
putchery - wholesale. brutal saynpe
butchery Of blacks near Memphis. Men
shot down like dogs before the first
iormallty Of that fair ana impartial
triul which Is guaranteed them by the
constitution OF the United States has |
been granted
II was told sir, that Texas was a |
numerous Held for laboring In behalf |
OF my race-that | was likely to be |
hanged or roasted or shot for the slight
est oncnse here. That Texas was next |
door 10 hcll. Well, sir " Texas IL next |
door to he'll, what on earth is Tennes-
see?
we want TO ask Mr. culberson
whether II he ls elected, he win stand
, Luz eAooutlVe champion Of Justice.
knowing and recognizing no race color |
or previous condition Of servitude.
'Wo want to ask whether, n he ia |
clecled ne VIII not onl.' pledge himself |
TO enforce the law. but if any lynch |
outrage Is pcrpetrated during his term |
OF executive power he win SEQ the out
RACERS brought to Justice at any cost
or sacrifice.
We, as race, don't want an idle
pledge. We want hearted one We
the hllt.
1t Is a notorious that at the recent
conventions, the Democrats said not
one word or protest against these in
FAMOUS and repeated outrages against
vital principle OF the constitution
Of this country.
1T is a notorious fact that the Re
pubucans both lily white and bIgck
and tan wings have met IN convention
nnd uttered not one word of protest.
yet ne colored people are as class
THE time has come when the negro
mas TO vote not for party but for the
men who win stand by them, n not
IN love, at least in decent. Christianly
Justice.
I'VE want n platform just that broad
We want men manly enough TO enforce
the laws at all cost. or II violated,
courageous enough TO visit the oftense
with such signal punishment that
brutes VIII beware before they tram.
pie upon sacred vestment, OF a consti
tntional provision OF great country.
Il want It distinctly understood that
do not array myself nor do | wish
10 array my race against the whites.
Social intercemmunication be hanged!
We don't want that, any more than
the whites do, / do not know that a
colored man ever agitated II. But what
we do want from our mighty white
nelshpor Is the protection of life. llb-
erty and the pursuit OF happiness as
lnallenable by constitutional decree In ,
the person OF the humblest negro lad
MS In the loftiest white citizen.
inhN " no mcfe tnun tair. / am
sure the sentiment OF America, the
South especially, and Texas IN pnrtic-
nlar VIII support such sentiment.
II know Fort Worth will. am
Mr. Culberson win make my
race such a promise and win keep
i.
Since making the announcement YOU |
refer 70, | have seen your mayor, who
by the way, has the courtesy OF n
prince l have made the necessary ar 9
'angements with him to have the use 4
u the auditorium OF the city hall and 1
he mass meeting win be held there.
FAKE notice, please. that 1t Is not con-
ined to class or creed or color. we
want all good citizens 20 Join with us !
n taking measures that viii strengthen
he executive Land In unfolding always
md at all costs the dignity OF the law.
The mayor has promised to speak
md Hon. l. Wright, Quincy. DR. r. a
?. Al. Lindsey, Revs. Il. w. ID. Isaacs.
r. Grigge and l. s. Penn will adj
iresa the mass meeting. All candidates
or oihoe Will be asked TO express them-
elves In regard to lynch law Who can
aver itl Who that loves America viii O.
olerate Il. 4
And right here want 10 say some p
INNS about Texas, have already told Il
ou what was oheerfuliy said OF Texas
when l told my friends that l was