The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-04

lowed naturally and after church Rev
DR.. Parkh,rst met the Southern gentle
man, who was in waiting to meet him
who tried to di3abusc the mind of tll:
minister, who, however, would not b(
Iconvinced against his i'll. The abuse ano
the vilifCation of the South by the
negro-lawycr, Hayes, is not surprising
but it is shocking to think that a mar
who towers in intellect and information
one who is presumed to be teacher anC
a leader. an example for others TO fol
COW. should have descended to the Level
Of a negro fircbrand in his denunciatior
Of the South. But why waste space or
ti1ne on man who, as minister. stands
as a false pretense, a great mlsht who
may draw. if not too deep dyed i'll Gus
sedness and prejudice, some informa-
ton from the remarks of Bishop Smith,
an able negro divine of New Orleans.
who after condenning in unmeasured
words the incerdiary rawlings of the
2egro-awyer. Hayes, and at the same
tife Gisapproving the policy Of Presi-
| dent Roosevelt as to the negro, said:
1T is unjust and cruel to hold the
masses Of the negroes responsible for
the rawlings Of he negro attorney,
Hayes. We are no more responsible for
| his cranky lttterances than are the entire
| white people in this country for the raw
ings of Herr Most and Emma Goldman
The American negro has not yet pro-
duced a pronounced anarchist Or revolu-
ZIONIST. He believes in the supremacy of
the law,s and obedience to the powers
that be. Whenever the negro has lifted
up the sword it has not been against the
country, but for it. The American negro
is the hest ally that the white man has
He alone has accepted, in SO far as he
has been able to understand it, cheer
fully and in toto the white mans civ
iiization and religion.
I'VE ask that otlr whole people be not
made to suffer for the sins of an indi-
| vidual. If the President Of the United
States has erred, let those who say so
bring him to account without involving
either or Indirectly the innocent millions
of my people. We have not petitioned
the President to invite any one to his
public functions OF to his private table.
With that we have roting to do. We are
satisfied to dwell ri ~eur. own homes, eat
at Our own tables and enjoy our own
society.
In closing I am pleased to emphasize
that even tire new South has no need
to fear the negro, whether old Or young,
will resort to wholesale deeds of vio-
lence to avenge either fancied or real
| wrongs. Il.
| Now. as in the past, we submit Our
cause to the arbitration of an eternal
and just God, and to the Christian con-
science and sense of justice of the intel
ligent and dominant people of the
South
The contrast between the utterances
of the eminent divine of New York and
his no less distinguished colored broth
er of New Orleans is striking. The
words of Dr. Parkhurst breathe of hell
ish. prejudice ard hatred. The words OF
Bishop Smith are dictated by spirit OF
conciliation and of brotherly love, a
Christian spirit which leaves a gladden.
| ing impress on the mind and heart We'll
may Bishop Smith plead for peace, for
right against such anafchistic utterances
Of the reverend gentleman of New York
who with his negro lawyer co-lborer
Hayes, would incite riot and bloodshed
pleader Of so-called religion, mar
who has been feted and feasted, who
has become so inflated in his own i'm,
portance that when he alludes to the
South, even from his pulpit, he will,
fully, if not willfu1ly and lnaliciously
lignorantly misrepresents the South, anc
against such man what greater crime
could be charged than ignorance Of
facts-the facts which concerns a par
of his own country? But DR.. Parkhurst
and there are others throughout tht
North, are pandering to prejudice ane
lsectionalism, while Bishop Smith, ne
gre as an earnest minister, enlisted il
the service of his God, with no ainbi
ton, desire or inclination of panderins
to the select in a grand-Stand play, il
moved to speak patriotic words, th'
words of love and peace, the word
which must win friends for himself int
his race. Bishop Smith understands. tn
negro, and he knows that the negro car
i have no better friend than the Southern
]. white man. It is pity that DR.. Park