The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-28
a GuLLInLE SECTION.


The allment known az the race aues-
zion In the South is a peculiar eruptive
disease in the North that breaks out in
the press and pulpit and sowing societies.
without regularity but with distressing
frequency For the past two or three
weeks the race question In the South"
has been epidemic again m North and OF
particularly virulent type.
AS in the case Of most yisitations Of
this kind, ignorance is at the bottom Of
the trouble up there. The disease was in
troducod originally through filthy politics
and has been fed by passion and prejudice
and blind rejection of prevontiyes until
now It appears to have established itself
permanently In the Eastern and Northern
States A peculiarly severe type has made
It's appearance In the Minneapolis Tribune
Office Within The past few days, but which
could have easily been excluded had only
tho most ordinary quarantine measures
been adopted. But it appears that some
colored preachers afflicted in their I'm
dginatinn at least. with development
OF the race question" were admitted to
the rribunes company and the coutagion
spread as a matter of course. The fol-
lowing editorial excerpt from the columns
Of the Tribune, which has been sent Tre
Post indicates the hold the disease has
obtained in that quarter:
Tho story told hv some OF the colored
delegates to the Presbyterian assembly from
the Southern States-as narrated Ia yester-
days Trhune-ot the abuse 70 which their
raco rs subjected in their section, and the
danger 10 themselves OF making any nuhlic
protect or COMPLAINT, constitutes a vivid pic
turc Of the seriousness OF the condition IN
the cX-Glave commonwealth The men ar'
described as educated, inVligent earnest
thougNtful. fluent IN conversation, ana al nigh
standing IN the church, VET II tbcH should
sign their names 10 the statement lcy mnfe
IN private and allow Il TO be published they
would not be allowed 10 returb 20 tner tom .
aud I've there In peace Foe this reason the
oolored commissioners have reirained from
speaking IN the assembly, lest their REMARKS
he reported III one OF us opens hts mouth, -
says one and It gets back 70 the South, MS
life wouldn't be worth hg: he wouldn Z
dare to go home =
II was snrewd move on the part OF
these "auent" colored divincs to insist
upon having their names and places Of
residence withhold, not because there was
any fcnr of personal violence but for their
I VI al t'ItNl iNA NNAANtha o. ANAAiN dlAh AuluAAH
the dread OF rldicule, possibly, by their
own nocks. There are hundreds OF good.
honest, faithful negro preachers in the
South who are doing what they can to
make their people better. There are
scores OF preacher politicians and parsons
for revenue only, on the ether hand. who
have done more perhaps than any other
agency 70 keep the Northern mind dis
/ turbed about the race question" and
their own charges dissatisfied with their
condition, This type OF the negro preacher
and the guliiblc and preiudiced press of
the North, are responsible for the spread
of the race question: in tho South" mall
ady in the Northern tier Of States.
The statements in the Tribune are VERT
table rot, of course, and apply to no por-
tion of the South No truthful utterances
the negroes could have made in Mlnueapo-
/ lis would have subjected them TO any ques-
tloning in their homes. II they INDUCED
in Misrepresentation and baseless incen-
disrism they would, II known. be met with
the same kind of condemnation that would
greet white liars under similar circum-
stances.
| The great mass Of the celored popula-