The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-13
ONLY PEACE
SAYS MISS JEWETT
The Anti-Lynching Agitator Reaches
Richmond and Tells of
Her Plans.

Tier Rams.
81 wish to ask The Times to do me the
justice to state that I am not trying to
stir up feeling. between the white people
of the South and the negro but to prevent
it, said Miss Lillian Clayton Jew.ett when
seen a the jefferson Hotel last night.
Hiss Jewctt came to Richmond yester-s
day afternoon from Cincinnati, where she
had been making addresses three or four.
times day, and While she appeared cheer
full and fresh, declared that she was prac-
tcally worn out. She is a beautiful wo-
man and has a most bewitching smile, and
her converse tional ability carries personal
magnetism with it.
The New Orleans episode in reference
to the sensational threats of the Green
Turtle Club of that city was referred to,
and Mss Jewett was asked if she had
given the matter serious thought
well, 1 should think so,' she said.
How else could 1 regard it? L under
stand that my life was threatened by this
club. / am not afraid Of them, however,
no matter who they are, and nothing they
may have said or done will change my
course hairSbreadth.
She said she had heard something of a
meeting, that it was alleged, was held
N New Orleans by q body of representa-
tive colored people protesting against her
crusade, and she said she did not believe
such a meeting was held.
Il have received letter from repre-
sentative colored man. she said, lin
New Orleans imploring me to do what L
can to prevent q repetition of the depior-
able work in that city several weeks ago.
The letter is from an intelligent colored
man, not the hysterical utterance of an
unlettered negro.
IF any such meeting as the one referred
to ever was held it was because Of the
fear for lives and property. There isn't
a reign Of terror in New Orleans and other
sections of the country. The better class
of whites are striving to put down the
lawless element. This element can stir
up strife in almost any community. It
was such a class that caused the outbreak
in New York the other day.
1.-THE white people as q class throughout
the country are opposed TO slynch:ng. 1t
is the weaker. laWless element that causes
all the trouble.
i do not care how my methods are
criticized; by the papers, but I want my
against the white people. But L
am against lynching, wherever it may be.
1.-The lack of educational facilities for
both white and black is the deepest dis
grace of the South. The lack of more
universal education is the cause of the
widespread destituton in the South $50
far as learning goes.
TT is out of this condition that springs
the fierce lust for blood that finds express
sion in the wholesale murder of colored
people by uneducated whites, simply for
the Joy they derive from wading in gore
OF helpless victims
81 love the people of the South; it was
not far from here that l was educated. L
was sick and was tenderly nursed by
them, and my heart goes out to them.
The terrible thirst for blood that our
whole country seems to be STEPPED in Is
awful. Talk of the Boxer trouble in
China, what have we to say of our own
mobs, and where should our missionaries
T be sent?
you notice how quietly the negro re-
ceived their disfranch-sement in North
Carolina? Well, there is sometimes a
scalmness more significant than strife.
When North Carolina took that step it
made move that will be regretted.
81 have nothing special TO offer for the
tightening of these burdens under which
the black man IS suffering, except that l
feel that the Christian manhood OF our
people is going to assert itself and that
the abused, disfranchised, down-trodden
negro is going to be restored to the free
dom that his Creator destined him for.
He is gong to stay right where he is and
work out his destiny. We are going to help
him accomplish this The limit of endur-
ance has been reached.
Mss Jewett will remain in the city for
several days. She has established anti
lvnching leagues throughout the country.
and will proba bly, make an effort to es-
tablish one here. She will attend some
of the meetings of the Colored Baptist
Convention now in session at the Fifth
Street Baptist Church.
"There is little to say in refernce to my
own part in this work, - she said. u nave
worked hard and faithfully to do what l
could for the upbuilding of sentiment IN
both the North and the South, and = . teei
{ that have accomplished somethlns.