Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-08
THE RECENT lYNCHINGS
Representative White Of North Carolina
Takes Them as Theme for Address.
Tribute to the Loyalty and SeIf-Sacrf-
flee of His Race-Other
Addresses.

The meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Second Baptist Church of the local branch
of the National Afro-American Council was
presided over by former Lieut.. Gov P b.
S. Pinchback of Louisiana,and was attended
b. an audience which packed the large
structure to it's doors.
The prncipal address was by Representa-
tive George H. White of North Carolina,
who spoke on The Recent Lynchings in
the South. and the Duty of the Colored
People" In part MIR. White said:
Possibly at no time in the history of
our freedom has the effort been made to
mold public sentiment against us and our
progress so strongly as is now being done.
The forces have been set in motion and
we must have sufficient manhood and cour-
age to overcome all resistances. A race of
people with me patience, forbearance,
physical development and Christian man
hood and womanhood which has character
lied US during the past 80 years will not
down at the bidding of any man or set of
men, and it would be well that all the
bloody host of lynchers and assassins all
over this country should learn this now.
True to Rulers.
LAS slaves we were true to our rulers
true to every trust imposed in us. While
the white father and son went forth to
battle against us and the nation, to per-
petuate our bonds, the strong, brawny arms
of the black man produced the food to sus-
tain the wives children and aged parents
of the confederate soldier, and kept in
violable the virtue and care Of those in
trusted to his keeping and nowhere Will
any one dare say that he was unfaithful
to the helpless and unprotected over whom
he kept a guardian Watcn.
But of these brutal murders. Let US
revert to a few facts and figures. Since
January l of last year to April "a OF thls
wear there have been lynched In the Unlted
States 1876 persons, and of this number 100
occurred in the south. OF the whole num-
Der lynched ten were white ana l3o were
coored. -.
II have taken the pains to make some lit
tie investigation as to the charges against
the persons killed, and fnd as result q.
my efforts that thirty-two were charged
with murder fifteen with assault, criminal
or otherwise, two were charged win rape
ten with arson, two with stealing, one
charged with being impudent to White men,
and, am ashamed to acknoW ledge II, lhls
last took place in North Carolina. Seventy
two of these victims were murdered with
out any specific charge being preferred
against them whatever. This Is pretty
black record to be held up before the en-
lightened Christian civilization OF this
country at the close of the nineteenth CEN
fury.
But these barbarities will not stop with
the murder of negroes. Acts of vandalism in
garding the recent horrible affair in Georgia
already seen in Atlanta. There the
lynchers and their sympathizers have en-
tered and desecrated the church of God IN
a way that would make a blush of shame
come to the cheek of a savage in the heart
of India. The white ministers who have
had the Christian courage to raise their
voices against these species Of mob Vio-
lence have been threatened with injury
and even death for their utterances.
Pulpit and Press.
"But with all this mobocfacy God still
lives, and His heralds of the cross cry
aloud in the north and In the south, in the
east and in west, against these inhuman
atrocities. Nor is the press silent, but peo-
pie all over this country irrespective OF
race or section, see the results OF the grow
ing evil, and with one accord will Join
hands in wiping 1t out of existence. The
lance must be placed at this fostering sore,
which tends to sap our life blood, before the
Purifying cancer destroys our body polite.
The negro Is patriotic, loyal and true
to his country as is any race of men living.
He will fight whether commanded by
black officer or a white one, the opinion of
Governor Roosevelt to the contrary not
withstanding. What the colored man needs
most now is diversity of trades and profess
sions and callings Of every character, and
an opportunity to place himself after a
trade or profession has been acquired.
Fewer bosses and manipulators in politics
ana more masters and directors Of our own
fortunes are the demands Of the hour"
Snort speeches were also made by Mr.
Judson w. Lyons, register of the treasury;
Mr.. John z. Green, United States stamp
agent; Mr. II. P. Cheatham, recorder OF
deeds of the District of Columbia; LAWYERS.
T. NJ Hewlett and T. L. Jones, Prof Jesse
Lawson and Others
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