The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-14
A VOICE FROM ATLANTA.
THE REF. DR. moran TON ON LYNCH
ING AND THE NEGRO.


He Says tho Col"red Man Has No Com
science and Is POLITICALLY Tor SAFE
Would Take the Ballot from Iiin-Mu't
Keep the RAG J" INC rn'''ppine'
The Rev. Dr. Len T.. Broughton OF Atlanta
ca, who has recently awakened opposition In
tho South by his denunclatioh oil lynchnRs
and those concerned In them. occupied the
pu' pit Of tho Hanson Place Baptist church.
brooklyn. yesterday In the evening his
sermon was on Christian Citizenship. or
Common Sense Religion and dealt largely
with the race problem. Hc said the greatest
enemy Of the colorcd man ia politics and that
the one thing needed in tho South above all
others is the elimination OF the colored man as
political factor. When mat Is done. he
asserted. the race question VIII be solved
This was DIR. Broughtons text: Nhetner.
therefore yc eat OF drink. or whatsoever We DO.
do all to the glory OF God lie SAID; There
10 n good deal said about practical religion but
much ofit stops little snort OF the marx. III
ought to carry us far enough to embrace civic
life otherwise It is OF no practical Importance
St Paul evidently meant. In the words which
have read. TO announce the principle OF relig-
ious citizenship. Yet when we take these
words ard attempt to apply them to tho solution
Of the problems OF daily life we raise regular
storm cloud OF objections. me average puSl-
ness man who ptsthis principle understands
that he must follow the tolueh kule' ana where
is the man VINO follows the uoiuen huie IN
busIncssf
objections come from tne sociai Wor'u
wheh you Try 10 Apply inc apoS'ohc princ'p'e'
Society people know that IL IS Just as wrong
to play game oil progressive euchre ior
prize as IL Is ior Two coioreu men 10 tnro"
craps In back alley Bntthe objections from
the roIlticai word VIII he tho louueSt OF ALL
inc politician unueretanus 'ha' "heh men ac-
cept that command OF 81. raul ne IL gong 10
be ont OF Job QUICK AS iar Us KNOW 'here
Is not political boss IN th's country WHO
would NOT nav" 10 give up ms ]"o III sucn an
event and go TO the 1901 OF the ranks lhey
are nothing but n set OF stupendous irauus ana
they are gong 10 Keep PrcacnerS anu chutch
people away from thls principle as long as they
can But the trouhie Is 'hat we nave aIio"eo
all these people 10 ool't untll 'he' nave ooject-
Ell us OH our plaliorh' lh' "e'As ko' inc
woriu ana iols Vi us Nhils''an 'eope ahu
preachers 100.
me preacher Shlu III reGaru 10 inc hlip-
pine question: Nhat are we gong 10 90 WIN
the islahos' 90 lar as can III eoihs 10 hoIo
on 10 then' 'hlhA th't inc man OF the parry
tha' goes over 'here III the heAC po''''c'' CAM
palEn anu 'ries 10 pun uo"h va uioly Is gong
to be the most helpless I'm oecl'e IN the world
ana the man or the party tna' docs IL win pe
crusheu INTO ho'h'hs oy 'he ha''ohs oa''o'.
Ana yet 'hlnk the flhpihoS nave Eo' JOKE
on us anu on the men VINO arc over 'here
hRh''hs 'hen Inc riipnoe ean say YOU 10
trying 10 cl'ii'He us anu Set we NAYS nj u"rneu
anybody at tne STAKE III ions '"e' lou TO
trying 10 teach us no" 10 peha'e "heh the
people OF your Nor'n anu "est are pio"ihg
each other up win uynaihite anu destroying
property III iaoor 'iouoies' why aon you De-
gin al holne' Anu 'heS are r'Eh'' 'ney w
recently In the south there mas been
great zeal Oh Foupie causeu p' uiSegaru Oh
law Ihere nave oeen many iShchihgs which
regret very much' nave zone everything 1
couid 90 10 suppress that tnihg IN the south.
anu WIN INC Loru help' nave uohe so'he
soou' an Eo'hs W w sonie hor'' ic' there 10
much 10 De aohe' ana no" sha'' we go aooutn'
know Won never solve THESE propIems by the
polltlcal route. which sthe route OF pre)udice.
Inc nest people IN our com immunity arc not
In sympathy with ynchlnG' Ihey believe IN
upholulhg inc law Inc pest among 'he oiacks
are trying 10 prevent IL. IL IS only inc low
down. immoral eien'eh' tho' keeps inc thihg
alive. Inc troubie Is that We allow such things
70 go on without trying 10 arrest 'he men VINO
dot what Is needed If real men IN Official
positions. from Governor down. don't claim
TO be very brave or nave much nerve. put put
me In the Governors cha'r anu Ia STOP this
lynching IN snort order.
we can stop iyhchlhe ana we can stop mop
law out the question: is' no" can we overcome
the gross immorallty IN the colored people
which Is the cause OF iynchihH More than
seventy-hve per cont OF the crime IN the South
is committed by negroes Ihey may not be to
blame, but the fact remains We are trying to
lit them up by churches and schools. and In