The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-07
NEGROES ON THE OHIO 1YxCH1Na,
Opinions or CoIored Ministcrs in Broollyn-
No Sympathy for mitchell.

Opinions OF Colored Ministers in Brooklyn
No Sympathy for Mitchell.
Several colored ministers Of Brooklyn had
something to say yesterday in their pulpits and
in conversation about the lynching Of tho negro,
Mitchell. in Urbana, o. The Rev. DR.. William
Cook of the Bridge Street Methodist Church In
his sermon said 1t was the conduct ofsuch brutes
as Mitchell that brought the entire colored race
into disrepute; but, instead Of calling tho man
q brute and classifying him with the lower anil
mails. the public would call him a negro, and
would measure all negroes by his standard. He
thought this a great injustice to the negro as q
race and wanted the general public to know
that the colored race had no sympathy with such
creatures. But" said he, Mitchell. with all
Of his inhumanity, was q human being and
should have had q trial. and II found guilty
should have received such punishment as tho
inhumanity of his crime deserved. II the brute
violated the law he violated the law as a brute,
but the people who lynched him violated the
law as intelligent citizens. and are, therefore,
more guilty than Mitchell. and every one of
them should be made to pay the penalty Of his
crime"
The Rev. J.. NJ. Jacobs Of the Fleet Street A.
N. E. Church, who has recently arrived hero
from Tennessee. said to a reporter that he had
stood up in his State where race prejudioes wore
strong and contendedt that lynchings were barba-
rous and inhuman, and, that those who particle
who was lynched. But he felt that in all these
outrageous crimes Of ,lynching that there was a
providence of God and that in His own time the
whole matter would be made right and that the
American people would pay the penalty Of per-
ut is we'll" he said, that the race Is rid of
such a. man as Mitchell. but the people of Ohio
in lynching him have sown the wind and would
surely reap the whirlwind. The laws of the
land must be maintained. and when any people
attempt to execute the law without properly
constituted courts they are doing that which Is
reflective upon the United States and it's grand.
eur as a nation. However much, the people Of
Mitchell, yet they cannot, or at least should not,
condone the still greater offence against Ameri-
can laws and American institutions. To-day the
eyes of the whole world are upon Ohio. and
outcome Of the unfortunate occurrence. But
whatever may be the outcome. the people Of
Ohio who participated in the outrage will yet
have to be tried, before the tribunal Of God.
and where no preiudices will enter into the case.
What their answer in that day will be time
alone will toll. In the mean time the colored
race should SO conduct itself as a race and peo-
pie as to merit the good will Of all classes and
the divine favor of God"
DIR. William X Lawton. the colored Republi-
can leader of Brooklyn. and an attache OF the
District Attorneys office. looked at the l~ynohing
from a political standpoint. He thought 1t would
make against Gov. Bushnell In his aspiration to
reelection to the Governorship. He gave the
Governor credit for being sincere in his efforts
colored voters Of Ohio might not look at it in
the same light that he did. The negro vote, no
said. constituted the balance of power between
the two great parties in Ohio, and the candidate
expressed no feelings of sympathy for the negro,
but expressed himself as being much surprised
that lynchings were possible in the State Of Ohio.