The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-27
|NTI.RAPE CONVENTION.
!, 4. henderson Has a Word to Say
\ About It,.
/ DAuNTED BY THE OPPOSITION.
I. reels His Cause IL Righteous
nae and That Its Principles
VIII Triumph.
ra,,or Of The Post.

she Editor OF the Post.
r.,umbus, Texas, September 25.--on
saturday the anti-rape convention
ines here. The nearer the day ap-
aches the stronger grows the hope that
4. ,,aeting will meet our highest expecta-
q. This meeting will be composed of
a, seeking one end, namely, the highest
"a Of the race.
paily this righteous cause has received
,,sorcement from the ranks OF the solid
"a urpgressive men Of the race. 1t is
9, worthy OF notice that as rule the
-roxttion comes from men who are con-
..cuous for inertness. l have in mind
meeting calling upon the negroes to de-
nnce the Columbus convention. This
,.eting endorsed the rantings of man
~ has not foot of ground upon which
!. rest his head, and whose life is pune
rated with failures. Take Door old South
r.rolina. Mississippi and Louisiana. and
,hsy stand out as monuments Of skeletons
diminishing the Texas negro OF the folly
. q hilowing the leadership OF these namby
.,.mby- Dolly Warden ward politicians of
Hoe cities.
T,hank God this move was born Of the
|hIebest impulse. Any move backed BY
1--we of home sanctity and to vindicate
|snd maintain a races honor has nothing
|to lse by opposition, even OF such an au-
|gust body asa San Antonio mass meeting
|The time is upon us when we can no Longer
|dve deaf ear to the angry mutterings
around US. We can not afford to plead
|anot guilty. to the heinous crimes laid to
|Mr door and there rest our cause. Now
Ia the time to show the world that the
diff of public sentiment is alike iniuldng
The better class of negroes and still not
throwing around the families the protec-
lion sought by lynching. When the negro
shall have shown to the world beyond the
room of prejudice. to distort at reasons
bar on which side of this question we
stand, then will the war on lynching waged
By the representative press bear untold
fruit
Then will the white man feel. as he can
net be told. that his home can be made
more secure by reducing to minimum
De possibility of a white man with a
brute's instinct disgusting himself as
negro to cover his foul crime behind the
now all but impenetrable veil OF public
eminent.
To the sensible negro the anti rape con-
yentlon must appeal with conyicting
lorce / feel to know that without an ex-
,ephon, where there has been no ques-
ion as to the guilt of the negro in ths1e
oulest Of crimes. that he has come from
be lowest strata, aud therefore 1t does
ut appear as my moral duty TO feek 10
ondone the acts OF this class, and / per-
refuse to be his mediator
Some tell me to wait and time will soon
cher in the millennium. Suppose Luther
nd not risen and lifted his hand againsi
be defilers of a true religion; suppoS
Ibraham Lincoln had waited for time to
bose the slave! The coward at all times
las an excuse. but the patriotic reports
i the first drum roll.
Every observant negro knows thaS
hese frequent reports of raping is harden
ng and driving from him the confidence
10 once enjoyed; and he must feel that
u every honorable means to maintain
hem.
We know our cause is right and we trust
hat every negro In this broad State VIII
1t his family altar on the morning of Oc-
lober 2 implore the God of all wisdom to
guide with His own hand the proceedings
Of the Columbus convention. Let's hope
with assurance that when our work at this
meeting is at an end that from all over
this broad land will come up like thunder
the applauds OF every true and loyal ne
ro: We'll done. good and faithful ser
wants"
Let us pray that out of this meeting
vii go finger to write the words "al
. we'll" upon every door post. May this
eAme finger enter the courts Of Judge
Lynch and write thereon, "You are
Weighed In the balances and found want
ing We trust that no one will stay
away on account Of the yellow fever scare.
columbus is one Of the healthiest towns
n the South. Her race-loving negroes. her
nospitable and generous white citizens
nave thrown wide her gates and bid you
some The railroads will give rates. For
our cause, N. Q. Henderson.