The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14
v.'"> Of Bisl,"p Turner. Of the Arri.
can Church.

III >r>viiir. ALA. ~ > bishop
llcnIy VI. Turner. the # known
c"l"rcl churchnnn in Tn southern
States. wi.p is at prrScn' mr>idiny
over the Conference of the African
Methodist Church. in session here. say
at The condition of the negro that us Il
rdrr h.. has no manhood future in this
country.
'kc-"i>lavcncnt, emigration or eX-
trrninatinl." he says. ''contrnnts him.
\" man wh" has any knowledge of the
degrading surroundings of the negro
doubts ihc>r :s>rrtiUns
iic negro can no more hold nj,
under the lnntali1lnE decisions of the
hit"'l states Supreme Court. ami all
the degrading laws of the several State
Legislatures. than he can carry tl.
k"rkI Mountains upon his head.
he class and pIcjudlcial laws en-
acted by III" Legislatures ni the several
states. an,l the 'ini decisions hv ::
ill"'>lnl Counts {" hli.ll, .hr future
al the nr;:i" viii ill a.l.i>,i>c Volume.
| wv here l. The nr.ln W lln ru,, ...t Il
l.tl
h.!wctn the i'ninm;tr Eivcl and lin.
Rin t'rin,lr. much less Il drrrni meal
of Nic,ilal>! Mr. are nr..,,i,., allowed
10 keep IN ratin. stand in, lie accom-
nntiatlnn al their own race. while the
admission oI Il negro bay To any ma
Chine shop North would make hundreds
al employees lay down ihcii tool, and
walk ont.
| Gould the hnrharn,,> ages surJr,ss
such IL condition of affairs! | am not
SO apprlrnsive of reinstatement ls |
am of determination. The white pau
pcr> coming from the Old World. and
these now here by millions. will ,lu the
scullon labor that was conceded to he
nrgIonntl may prevent cnslnvcmclit,
for they az" monupolizing that kind of
labor.
1.-The Jews are the only people in re-
corded history (thr greatest race on
carth) who ever made any progress
under oppression. and they made but
little comparatively. Yet the color of
the skin wus not Il badge of degradation,
as in the ease of the negro here.
"rhe negroes in the United States
are practically without law. existing
upon the mere whim of the white man.
1t they full INTO hrmnnc llan.ls. they
have some show. but il into cruel or
whiskey brsutteu hands they are
| lynchcd, burned or shot, and horrible
allegations are flashed over the nation
ALLEGATIONS in many instances with
out foundations in truth.
"And the degrO cannot send u cor
rcction over the same wires. The
greater number Of newspapers manu-
factnre hnrtful sentiment against the
negro. If the negro could stand up
and hold out under this slandcr, abuse
and misrepresentation, he would be
the mightiest race CT eart!: tH- dag.
There ia, therefore, but one rlti-
matnm-the negro must appeal to the
! National Congress for one hundred
|: million dollars and let those vino have
any manhood leave this country and IA
to Africa, and dO what God intended
when He allowed him to bc brought
here; go t" Africa and begin the work
nf civilizing his kin. We will thus
show ourselves men an.l vintlicate The
wis;!;;ii uf tho Almighty in our crca-
| tiUll.
"The,c are some fool negroes, void
of scholarship and wide reading, be-
lirving that they were born to br scul-
lions, who Will object to this, the only
plan offered by God and nature.
''Thlcc millions of us are now ready
t" leave and be warmly received by
millions on millions OF our brethren
rising zip in grandeur, 10000 of whom
! received into the African Muthodist
Church when WAS in the 1'lnsvaal
six months ago.
"Unlcss this nation helps us God will
overthrow it as He did the Roman En-
pirc and al. other nntinns who op-
pressed the weak; for the blood of
thousands of negro men, women and
children are crying to Heaven daily
for retribution, and millions of prayers
are ringing in the ears of the Almighty
every minute, and when God moves
men and nations must give way.
"The white lynchers. politicians and
lawmakers may turn deaf ear and
refuse to hear our grnams, Onr walls
and our cries. but Cod will not refuse
though he bear with them long.
"rhese tens of thousands 0f churches
and hundreds Of thousands of pray.
meetings which are being held in them
and in private retreats, will revolutions
izc this nation sooner or later. A hun.
drcd million dollars for cmiyr;lti, II
may, however. avert the vengeance OF
Heaven. do justice to an oppressed
people and save this nation from fur
ther crime, bioodshr,l and ultimate
ruin.'- Washington Times.
] - There is great deal Of specula
tion and talk in Charleston as e" to the
personality Of a young lady who j.