The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-16
APPEAL FOR ColORED RACE
BISHOP TURNER'S AkRAlGN-
MENT OF OUR COUNTRY.
Only Hope For tho. Negro Race IL
to Emigrate to Africa--An Humid
red Million Fund Asked For.

Huntsville, l.rBishop.
Henry N. Turner, D. D., LIZ D.. is here
presiding yer the conference Of the
African Methodist church. When asked
for a signed statement on 1.-The Future.
OF the, Negro Race" be dictated the
following and appended his signature:
The negro, as a race, has no man
hood future in this country. Re-en-
slaVement. emigration or determination
confront him. No man who has any
knowledge Of the degrading surround
1ngs Of the negro doubts these asser-
tons. The negro can no more hold up,
under h brutalizing decisions of the
United States supreme court and all
the degrading laws of, the several state
legislatures that he can carry the
Rocky mountains on his head.
The class and prejudicial laws en-
acted by the legislatures Of the several
states and the cruel decisions by a
thousand courts to blight the future of
the negro would fill a massive volume.
Where is the negro who can get a Gun
VI Tea or conee on any railroad between
the Potomac river and the Rio Grande,
much less a decent meal of victuals?
Nor are negroes allowed to keen an
eating stand for the accommodation Of
their own race, while the admission of
a negro boy to any machine shop north
would make hundreds Of EMPLOYEES Law
down their tools and walk out. Could
the ~barbarous ages surpass such a con-
dition Of affairs?
i am not so apprehersive of re-en-
slavement as I am Of determinations.
n white paupers coming from the
old world and those now here by mill
lions will do the scullion labor that was
conceded to the negro and may pre-
vent REINSTATEMENT, for they are mo-
nopolizing that kind Of labor. The
Jews are the only people recorded in
history the greatest race on earthl
who ever made any progress under op-
preston, and they made but little. COM
paratively. Yet the color Of the skin
was not a badge Of degradation, as in
the case Of the negro here. The ne
groes in the United States are prac-
tically without law, existing upon the
mere whim Of the white man, If thew
fall into humane hands they have some
SNOW but II into cruel and whisky
oesotted hands they are lynched, burn
ed or shot and horrible allegations are.
Mashed over h nation-allegations in
many instances without foundation in
truth. And the negro cannot send a.
correction over the same wires. The
greater number Of wspap manu-
racture hurtful sentiment against the.
negro.
IL the negro could stand up and hold
out.under this SANDER, abuse and mis-
representation, he would be the night
est race on earth today. There ia.
therefore, but one ultimatum-the ne
gro must appeal to the national con
gress FOR 500. 600, 900, and let those who
have any manhood leave this
and go to Africa and do what God in
tended when he allowed him to be
brought here; go to Africa and begin
Inc work I civilizing his kin. We will
thus show ourselves men and vindicate
n wisdom Of the Almighty in our Gre
a.ion. Ther are some fool negroes
VOID OF scholarship and wide reading
who believe that they were born to be-
solutions, who object to this. the on,>r
plan offered by God and nature.
Three millions of US are now ready
to leave n be warmly received bv
millions on millions of our brethren
rising up in grandeur. 10000 of whom I
received into the African Methodist
church when I was in the Transvo.r
six months ago. Unless this nation
helps US, God will overthrow it. as he
did the Roman empire and all other
nations who oppressed the weak for,
the olooo OF thousands Of negro men
n women and children is CRYING 70
heaven daily for retribution and mil
lions of prayers ringing in tho aars ~
the Almighty every minute, and when
God moves men and nations must p,vs
way. e
The white lynchers, politicians ora
lawmakers may turn a deaf ear ona
refuse to hear u groans, our wall.
ana our cries. but God will nor ref,s.
tnoueh ne bear with them long. These
tens OF thousands of churches and hun
oreos OF thousands Of prayer meetings
"hicn are being held in them and IN
private retreats will royol.
nation sooner or later. A hundred mil
non OF dollar for emigration may. how
ever, avert the vengeance :. ,