The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-14
The RACE PROBLEM
BISHOP HOLsEY SAYS CHRISTIAN
ITY ONLY WILL SOLVE 1T.
SLAVERY WAS A BLESSING.
BECAUSE 1T DEVELOPED THE
HIGHEST TYPE OF NEGRO.

Presiding Bishop of CoIored Metho-
dist Conference Discussed the
Race Issue Under the Subject
separation and Segregation"
of LynchiDg, the Bishop Said,
'the More Negroes Lynched, the
cOmes''-Delegntest to General Com
ference Chosen.
Bishop Holsey of the Colored Meth
odist Episcopal Church, discussed the
race question last night before the
South Georgia Conference. Ford s
Opera House was filled by a crowd
anxious to hear the bishop on the race
problem. Until he appeared the audi
ence was entertained by the State
Normal and Industrial College Band.
Bishop Holsey said the race problem
is one of the greatest, if not the great
est questions of this country. He be-
lieves that Christianity will solve the
problem, but when it is solved it will
be by applied Christianity, and that
this form of Christianity is one about
WHICH Lie Willie IIldI cares IlOlulIiSs
Among other things he said that if
slavery was right then the present
freedom as applied to the negro is a
farce. II think" he said, that slavery
was a blessing to the negro race, be-
cause by it the negro attained the
highest form of civilization" He said
also that the negro is the only author
of religion; that the religion of Zorro
aster is the only one to which the
white man can lay claim. The negro is
great, he said, because of his fecun-
dity. The more negroes the white man
lynches, the more popular the negro
becomes.
THE white man." Bishop Holsey
said, regards the negro constitutional
ly inferior to him, but the only differ
ence is that of environment and &C
complishment. If there is any innate
inferiority in the black man, and a
corresponding innate superiority in the
white man, then Jurisprudence has new
er found it out. Two peoples living
together should live in peace and har-
mony; the black man has proved his
ability to do this.
The third days session of the confer
ence was held at the Georgia State and
Industrial College by invitation, eX-
tended the day before, by President r.
r. Wright. Bishop Holsey presided as
he had done at the preceding meetings
The delegates to the conference en-
barked for the college at the Bolton
street junction. The meeting was held
in the Meldrim Auditorium of the col
lege and was attended by many in
terested auditors in the persons of the
pupils of the college. y
The chief business of the meeting
after many reports had been heard
and the character of some of the min
listers of the conference passed on, was
the election of delegates to the gem
eral conference. These, nine clerical
and nine lay, are as follows:
Clerical-Rev. J. A. Rogan, Rev. L.
A. O'Neal, Rev. II. L. Stallworth, Rev.
F. M. Hamilton, Rev. N. T. Everett.
Rev. J. A. Cobb, Rev. G. A. Thomas.
Rev. r. j. Johnson, and Rev. n. T.
Patterson.
Lay-Dr. Williams, DR.. Stafford, Prof.
E. B. BARGE, Prof. Tinsley, and 9TH
ers.
After the election, which, in the case
of each delegate, was unanimous, the
conference adjourned to dinner at
which President r. R. Wright was the
host and POSTMASTER. He introduced
to the diners number of the
delegates to the conference, the last,
Bishop Holsey, who made an address
on THE Mind of Man" Before the
delegates returned to the city Presi-
dent Wright conplimented them on
the size and business methods of the
conference, and told them that the
meeting at the college would prove a
source of inspiration to its pupils.