The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-23
E0U4LIPY BEFORE TIE L4W.

faith and broken promises.
EQUALITY BEFORE TIE LAW.
\ negro mass meeting was held in
Washington, ID G., on Monday night
last. The Baltimore N"!t, through its
Washington correspondent, las the
following report of the meeting:
"Iuceudiarv speeches of al unpre-
cedeuteG order were delivered here tc-
night at n colUred masS-meeting. held
la Zion Baptist Church, mt the call OF
the National Racial Protective Asso-
citation.
"Oue ,peaker, Rev Ii W. LIE, pas
tor of The Vermont Avenue Rnptist
| Church, said Of P,e-ideut Mckinley:
1T is no use to see him He is now
down South throwing duises over rebel
graves
-. Thomas Fortune. editor of the
Netr YoIk Ige, said . i want the man
| | liyhL Tor trele. ring to the Presihent
| to fight for lie. and if he don't feel
like stabbing him. want mixed
schools, mixed marriages and mixed
churches"
The remarks of ]. Thomas Fortune,
Us quoted in the report, caused so
Iuuch comment that thu correspondent
of the Baltimore HorHiHg Heruld took
occas on to interview him upon the
sui ect and sends the following, which
we quote from its columns OF Wednes
| day last:
Fortune was at the Capitol this
afternoon and Iunched with Represer-
| tatlve White, the colored Congress.
man from North Carolina. He was
seen bv the KerulH correspondent
| later, to whom he denied having said
hat he felt like sTa0bing anyone, or
| hat there were cries of Stab HIM :.
| from the audience, but he practically
| admitted other sentiments attributed
! to him As Fortune has considerable
| Influence among the colored people, it
may not Oe out of place 10 quote his
| published remarks, with tie currec-
| tions that he authorized.
WHAT HE DID SAY.
~ am glad the blessing of the
| Creator was asked for the Presid INT,
said Fortune, speaking of prayer
that mad been offered Il few minutes
before, for If any body needs it he does
| He is now down South, clarifying re-
|
women and children.
I'VE helped 10 elect him; did Joe
Wheeler, Butler or any other Of The
traitors who now haSk in the sTuiles OF
Mr.. William Mckinley? If the Re
publican party wants 10 unload u.
we are willing to unload them on their
own line. | am willing to eXalt treas III
by paying taxes to keep green Confed-
crate graves, but their widows and
orphans should be pensioned, too, If
the movement is to be carried to its
logic Al conclusion. Butler and Wheel
er were promoted, let us now raise a
monument to Benedict Arnold.
II wish that for every colored man
killed in the Carolina riots white
man had also gone TO his death.
Though | am a grandson OF q South
ern white man, they would want
to lynch me if | looked at white VIC
man. Yet for $50 years large section
of the planter element OF the Soutl,
were organized rapists OF women VIII"
were helpless, given over to them by
the Constitution, and as product OF
this today we have , 800, 900 mulattos.
Il despised Hayes, but he was s.
Solomon alongside of Mckinley, for
believe that :uap who is false to his
friend is false to his God. We hav,
been trying to get few negro officer
appointed, but it was useless, as Ho't
had to be either a traitor or grad
of one of the pauper institute MS
West Point or Annapolis. Grover
Cleveland had more backbone in hi
big toe than Mckinley has in his
back.
MIXED SCHOOLS AND MARRIAGES.
Il think the colored man should
have all the rights that his citizenship
entities him to. L believe in mixed
schools and mixed marriages, but Of
course in the latter case the consent
would have to to come from both side 6
| want the men to whom we have
been friends to be friends 20 us, ant
/ hey are untrue the proper place fol
is Ia remedy things is at the ballot
box"
the -Egis in its last issue, editorial
ly commented upon the race problem
and we then believed that all emphati,
statement of the conditions attending
the solution of it should be laid before
, the people for their earnest considera
, ton. But we did not anticipate suci
an immediate and apt illustration 0
our remarks upon the subject, as tina
} presented by the negro editor quote,
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