The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-20
EMIGRATION OF NEGROES.
Bishop Turner Says It Is Either
That or Extcrminatioa.
AFRICA IS COLORED MANS HOME.
There He Can Prosper and Rise 10 u
Position which II impossible TO
Him In America.


roepondcnce )--bishop Henry NJ. Turner OK
Georgia, perhaps the best-known and most
highly educated negro minister In the
world. was In Washington Few days ngo
ana gave ont tho following interview reia-
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AFRICA IN when movements tno pisnop nus
hecn Identified for number OF years, and
IN which ha axnr,sses bclicf will eyentu-
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any ouinin@'e III Que s'"u" 'Nouu' '. ."'s
race 20 the richest country on earth
Africa, Blshop Turner Ia an enthusiast on
tbn ,nos,,,p ard aocs NOT hesitate IN saw
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or emigration for the negro. He has giVcn
tho question years OF study and has been
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colored races, but TINS mas not eauscu MN
TO depart one iotG frori his beliefs and
n,ana Ren,vinr IN n question from Tho
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II regret that you gentlemen OF INC
press or some OF you have seen st to
sc,r,, mo .,a ,ny ,,,,owers In this work
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BUT am pieaseu 10 say 'nn' an i''e' ~
mo nsticc Some few narrow and CON
$500, ,u.r 40 ho.a,or roma from,
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tho paths OF truth, ana ihtehuona''s INV
represented the great movement. Every
thing has been done In IN open and
straightforward manner In this matter, ana
we have kept no one In the dark In any
thing. There can DO no question hui that
the future OF the negro race lies In
oh an ha
the globe, and the natural home OF the me-
gro. Africa is the negro's fatherland, and
the looncr he gets there the better for
him. This movement is sar-relchlng. and
It will change the entire history of our
race. It has si,np!y come down to exter-
nination or emigration Tor the regro.
There can ne no question about that TO
any intelligent faRn who has given the
natter study Why Is IL this way? Sim
| lily from the fact that statistics show that
| the negro race is dying out, AMI the eev-
| eral causes for this Mould make interesting
| reading. were at liberty 10 narae some OF
| them. but this | can not 10 at this time
| The negro race IL not growing healthier
Weather, happier, wiser or anything else
which goes to make life worth living IN
this country. II Ia untrue WHOM opposers
of this emigration plan assert TO the CON
trary. God Almighty In His INFINITE good
ness and wisdom made Africa so- the ne
gro and the negro for africa. ] believe
this Just as much MS I DO that t,c sun
shines. Africa Is the ragro's natural
home and there Is where he should be.
Africa proffers the greatest possibilities on
earth for tho negro to omigratc to; tbbi IL.
II he has any idea OF being anything this
side of the day of general nccount CIV
ing. Even nature As Involving the hmtri-
cam negro To return to his God given home.
Tho trade winds which once blew from
three to four hundred miles out at sea,
from the west coast OF africa, have mys-
teriously changed their course. and are
HOW tanning The shores lnoleratiug the
equatorial climate, diminishing tho heat
and humidity and driving away the death
dealing fevers ani malaria. believe this
| Is simply God preparing Africa for the
reception Of her children. who nre suffer-
ing In this country, and who must return
sooner or later. II had $4,000 COO
would invest every cent In snips and
would see that every negro who wished ia
20 to Africa should get there. Now some
Of my people want to know why ! do not
20 to Africa and stay there. .elicve
am needed here. but the very moment
can get nifty or one hundred Thousand TO
go with me l am of like a quarter horse.
and 7 will think It tho best days work
| ever did"
do you not think that the white race
and the colored rnce get along very
smoothly IN this country. bshop?' he
was asked. as he paused moment.
Eyes; but, my dear sir. the colored, the
negro, race can never be more than hew-
ers OF wood ard drawers OF water In this
country The master race. the white race.
| VIII always reign supreme IN America.
Hon. John Temple Graves a gentleman for
whom ! have the highest regard, said In
one OF his speeches that the negro would
never be allowed to control IA t.,is country,
even where he has a majority. He also
said that the price OF his peace Was his
suborIination, nnd that never would the
negro be recognized as a social or roltical
equal This being true how can tho ne