The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-20
SOUTHERN METHoDlsTs

In'n&a SAID About Their
Section and us
People.
Understanding as I do tho excessive
bitterness Of many English people to.
wards the south. watched with con-
sidtrable interest for tho first Discus
sions ct the Eoumenioal council attend.
cd by tho followers Of John Wesley
from all over the civilized world. This
Esumenical council 10 now in session in
the city Of London. The meetings arc
held in a building which is intimately
associated with tho aosiyo work Of Rev.
John Wesley during his noted oaroor.
10 this spot the hundreds Of dole
.gatoe woro attracted and a program had
been arranged covering ovory hour of
tho ontiro session of ton days or two
weeks.
Some GeorRians arc supposed to be
present and Bishop Galloway preached
tho opening sermon by invitation Of The
committee on program. Ho i, south.
ern Methodist bishop T.
So for, so good. Bishop Gallaway
preached his aermon ard fow hours
later negro bishop from the state of
Now Jorsoy took occasion to aenouuoe
tho southern states as favoring ly1ch-
ers and porseoutiDe negfoes. This NO
gro bishop from Now Jersey declared
that ninety pegroos were lynohtd in
the southern states during tho yoar
1900, and only eleven wore found guilty
OF assault or tho persons Of white
women. q
The Britons ohoorod the negro bishop
to the eoho and it 10 reported that u
good many southern delegates left tho
building in disgust.
With the lights before mo [ respect
fully assume that the southern mon
found themselves in the wrong pew.
and unless there is courage enough
uncovered in tho southern delegation
to tell in detail Of the LsAvenworth3
krc; :;
tility Of dozens Of other localities ins
THE north and west to negroea, here
sdeclsre 81 hat$ our Ssont thorn delegation
would DO IVA to aheke of The 1st3 az
EL0nd on and laaye the ne 10 his hop and
British negrophol Ii tog close oin rafls8,
mon si Sd d Saoial syTnpssIy withou q t:s
steripg another word in that pres on oos
l!hoae 81! beipg kiSked shout;
S5y sgttishs ishst igg, B silsd by slfiSRiof
sbighops may of course endure the kick,
Ing exercise, but [ protest 4 they shaye,
ceaaed to BIO representative men from.
Southern Methodist church iffthey fail
to reply in strong words to the New
Joraey negro, whose poses as q bishop.
before the Eoumenioal conference.
Tho story told by the negro bishop AZ
to the number Of rapists as before sta
ted, is q palpablo mistake, to speak re
speotfully of his utterances. Suoh
speakers as this negro biahop arc among
the informers who have padded" the
reports Of tho Howard association Of
London with falsehoods Of vicious mag
nitude in regard to the excessive bru-
tality OF tho southern white mon Of our
country towards the southern negroes.
And it is such cunning, crafty pro.
Yarioators who withhold all mention Of
tho burning alive Of negro rspists in
northern and western states.
Tho same crime brings the samo pun
ishment wherever white mon are brave
enough to protoot their own women
from violence and rapine. And I
measure my words in the sight Of
heaven, and in hearing Of tho Ecumon-
ioal council, If need be; @hon l say it
IS sorry white man, unworthy of tho
name, thst will refuse to punish the
black fond with quick and oommensu-
rate. punishment that has thus destroyed
his innocent daughter or wife on tho
public highway or in her own homo.
1t makes every drop of blood in nv
anatomy tingle with indignation to hear
of these apologists for rape fiends. on
this or on the other side Of the Allan.
tic ocean.
1t passes understanding that the ra-
pist's victim finds no sympathy among
such go called religionista as ohe cred
tho negro biahop ovor yondor in tho
oity of London.
Woman as | am, I'd tell that crowd
Of pietists fow wholesome truths in
tho prosonoo Of the entire body Of dole
gates, or d wash my hands of the con-
corn, and seoodo from tho organization
quicker than you could say ''Jack Rob-
inson."
I'd tell Tho story Of tho Georgia wo-
man, we'll tdacattd, tho happy wife
and mothor tf four children, in her own
homo, at psaoe with all the world and
trying to do her duty to her Makor.
who was outraged for hours beside the
woltoring, bloody body Of hor murdered
hueband, in the presence Of her own
young daughters, and I would ask that
ecumenioal council to namo the pun.
ishment that would moot tho indignity
and inhumanity Of the situation. They
should roply, or the town Of London
would not be big enough to hold us TO.
gether Ia so.oalled meeting Of preach.
erS and official laymen OF tho Metho.
dist followers Of John Wesley.
After their applause Of tho words of
the negro bishop, that body Of Metho,
dists should hear tho truth in plain
language, or southern delegates should
nevor attempt to fellowship another
hour with such gang OF fakirs and
ftauds, masquerading in the Rsrb of
religious followers Of John Wesley.
! am no apologist for any Of the OWLS
OF slavery, but | am the ,dofonder Of in
nocenoe and virtue. do contend that
the wrong inflicted on the innocent wo.
man nv tho h1aok fand t,ok n,..,,,n.,