The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-12
coLORED PASTOR SPEAKS.

To the Editor of The Spy
These are trying times for the Afro
American people Of this country.
Everywhere there is cry raised
against them. The character of the ac
cusations against us varies according to
the locality in which they are made but
when we sift them thoroughly we find
them resting upon one foundation. viz:
southern hatred of us as a people. The
south hates the negro, and employs
every means possible to create a SINH
lar feeling against him in every part
of the country.
Fearing that the wholesale murder of
the negroes would in time arouse the
people of the north and elsewhere, our
inventive southerners have brought for
ward for sympathy of the whole world
the preservation of the home. They
have nearly succeeded in making our
friends believe that our immortality is
having a baneful effect upon southern
home life and will, if not checked, do
tne same Tor the homes of other parts
of the country.
What have we to offer in refutation
to their grave charge? Simply our SOL
elnn denial. We do not own the means
or communication in this country and
| consequently cannot present our side of
uhe question to the world Everything
done by us savoring of wrong is mag
nlfed a hundred fold, while the good
ana yirtuous things done by us are sell
dom, if ever, published.
No one pretends that the coIorad
| officials of NVi1f11inofar n
recently SO summarily deposed bv a
MOB, were Incapable or were not admin
lsterlng the affairs Of that municipality
wisely and economically The only ac-
cusation against them was that they
We're black men, and, therefore, unfit TO
govern. -
No one pretends that those colored
voters of Greenwood, S. c., who voted
the day before the regular election were
violating any law. Certainly not: but
they We're black men, and according 10
the unWritten law of that state, had 10
right to vote. -'''N 40
Ihese are outrages which stain the
escutcheon of the nation. The victims
VIII not be avenged the murderers will
not be punished.
what are we to do? Is it a time for
eXtfaVagant speeches or for sober re-
lecUlohF Inc few of us who can pro-
''SANS2 sll z eiS lOlnlllR COmnaTe0
with the vast number who cannot do
SO. FOR the sake of the many the few
should exercise sound Judgment now
Let us remember God is not dead Ter
us not run away from Him. but rather
run to Him The persistent use of the
spiritual weapons God has given us will
nrlng about change as surely as He
lives.
Let our enemies remember that wa
raise no insurrection; that we usurb no
power; that we give the country no
trouble of our own making. Patience
VIII bring its own reward. We are ac-
curing education, and one of these
days we will be in a position to main
tain our rights the same as white men
do and we will do it with the helm Of
white men. iP u
We implore our people to stand firm,
! The blood of innocents paved the u,a1,
for the redemption of the world. and ~
blood now being shed is SLOWLY bnf
surely paving the way for the redamne
ton OF our outraged people.
Faith in God is by no means to bo
forgotten in this emergency. Nav Cod
take the whole matter in His hands on,i
then the work will be done.
K. j. H. Taylor.
Pastor Bethel A. M. e. Church
worcester December Q.