The Washington bee., 1903-01-31

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the place be held when liberated from
slavery
There is nothing in Virginia for the
negro" ne said, "Uut degradation un-
less the negroes make a firm stand,
oontend for their ights, and, if neces-
sarv. die for them. | am not an anaT-
Chist," he added, ''and | don't mean
go out and kill anybody, but 10 let
somebody else kill you" This yelled
sally provoked loud applause and
laughter. ''in Virginia, " added the
speaker, you aIe Jim Crows You
| opened the meeting tonight by sing
! ing My Country. fis of Thee. bu'
wonder how negroes can sing that
! song. For myself am man with
} out a country.
| The time has come when the negro
must fight. not theoretically, not In .
| tellectnally; hut fight with his hands.
/ he disiranchisement of the children
of Israel in Egypt has been followed
letter for letter hy the disfIanChise-
ment in the South
He then spoke about Moses being
called TO lead the Israelites from their
bondage, and drew attention TO the
fact tnat slavery for 400 years had
made them towards, so that they were
obliged to turn back, drawing a paral-
lell TO the case of the negro in Amer
lea.
MAY FIND MODERN PARALLEL.
"a second time" he continued.
1.-THE children of God arose, This time
they had the leadership of Joshua, and
when they went forth from the land of
their bondage. they did not 90 meek
! ly, but carried the sword in one hand
, and the torch in the other. In this coun
Try" also he added, "a second geneT-
alton has grown up in the forty years
since the war. The Atlanta ConStitu-
ton has threatened us with the Ku-
/ klux if the growth Of Federal appoint
ments in the South continues. I'm Ike
the prediction that when the Southern
people start TO Ku kluxinE this time,
/ they will not have as the objects Of
their oppression, the same timid peO-
! pie as they Ku-kluxed in the COS.
Negroes are leaving the State OF
! Virginia because OF the treatment they
/ are receiving. What We want 10 do IS
| TO start something, and keep 1t up uuul
the white people stop something. Ne
/ don't intend TO be oppressed any long
| eT. We don't intend TO be crushed. |
! am afraid We are anaTChiSIiC, and that
we are anarchists, and give the warn
| ing THAI if this oppression IN the South
! continues the negro must resort ID the
/ sword and torch, and that the South
| land will become q land of blood and
| desolation.
PREDICTS TROUBLE IN VIRGINIA.
~ want 10 make the assertion right
/ here that We are not going 10 be dis
! franchised in Virginia 1t is written In
! the heavens and engraved upon the
stars that the Virginia negro does not
! intend to submit 10 6isfranchisement
| We are told, Let the negro obtain ed
ucatiOn and wealth if he would gain
| the political equality which he desires.
! ! say thai never was bigger lie utter
! ed. The more the negro advances the
more Will political rights be denied
him. II is not the common negroln the
| South who is cut off the registration
lists. 1t i not the ditch digger. 1t IS
! educated negro, the doctor and law
! yer and preacher who are deprived un-
| lawfully Of political rights and manhood
by the iniquitOus constitution OF Vlr-
| yinia, which cost half q million dollars
1
the time We get through punching
holes in the constitution 1t will cost the
State of Virginia half IA million Tore.
alt is claimed that the nsETo lddS-
trial schools are the proper ines OF st-
fort for the race. Talk about education
and wealth, and say that they make
votes for the negro. It's lie. No, they
are destroying votes. Every negro who
puts on q clean collar and tries to be
a man is destroying a vote. believe
God will take care OF US. And JuSt one
word about the question OF the absorp.
tion of the races" The speaker added
significantly:
"No two people, having the same re
liRion. and speaking the same tongue
living together, have ever been KEEP
, apart, This IS we'll known, andit is ON
OF the reasons why the dominant rae
I is crushing out the strength o.. the ne
, gro IN the South.
Other speakers were Rev. Georgt
8 Lee, Rev, ]. Anderson Taylor, J.. "
q Thompson, of New York, treasurer {
= the Afro-Ame rican Council; Cyru
Field Adams, Secretary; H. l.. Johnso
20 of Atlanta, Ca; Bishop Walters, OF thi
city, and John Z. Dancey. Recorder
D deeds.
Every body seemed to be in perie'
accord with this meeting.
le The address of Ex-GOy. PinChbac
; was an unanimous Endorsement
- Mr.. Hayes utteranCes. Recorder Oa
re cey advised united action on the pa
!, of the negro. Nh. Jesse Lawson to u
~ surprise of c ,erybody, when he was
n tr duced, declined TO speak. He sa
that after having heard a speech as gre
asthat of Mr.. Hayes. he had nothing
saw. Rev. Geo. w. Lee was as po:
tive in his utteranCe as Mr.. Hayes.