Ottumwa semi-weekly courier., 1903-09-15
coLoRED PREACHER WHO LIVES
AT KEokuK. MAKES DIRE
PROPHECY.
lis DIR. ]. W. CRUSHsHONG
In Fiery Speech At centerviIIe DUR
ing Annual Meeting of State Baps
&
tist Association, colored, He Says
Negroes Will Return to Africa.

centerville, Sept. 14.-(special.)
"The white man brought the
negro here and God will
make him send us back to Africa
where we will raise UP mighty em-
pire in the rich interior of that fa-
vored continent and attain to wealth
and power that will enable us to go
to war with the country that has
wronged us, and now spurns us, and
be the victors,' said DR.. J. w. Crush,
shong of Keolluk, before the State
Baptist association, colored, which
closed it's annual session here to-
day.
Race Hatred Growing.
Race hatred is growing in the
north" he said, "and see that day
coming when the white man and the
negro cannot live together. For
years our enemies were confined to
the. south, but now the north is be-
coming prejudiced against us and we
have the Spanish war to blame for
that. The northern man met the
southerner, got his views and came
home here with his prejudice Al
mighty God is Furnishing the people
that brought us here and put us in
slavery and if he makes them send
us back to Africa, l, for one, shall be
ready to CO."
is Well Thought OF.
DR.. Crushong is one of the most
intelligent younger men of the race!
and has the respect and affection OF
every member of the great association
/ of which he is a member. He is Of
| ten referred to as the colored Spur
geon OF the Baptist church. He is a
student of race conditions and sees
| the outlook growing darker and dark
er for the negro.
"The growth Of race hatred in the
north is evident" he declared, when
| John Temple Graves can get a re-
| spectful hearing before the Chicago
university and defame the negro as
he did recently. 1t may be, as he
says, that God has given this country
/ the islands of the sea for the negro,
/ but rather believe we are to go back
| to Africa and there build up mighty
! nation in that rich undeveloped coun-
! try which will flourish while the Uni
/ ted States sinks into decay. This is
dying nation The ideals Of the
! fathers are fast disappearing and the
negro will have the power to assert
his rights by war. We are poor in
this country But the negroes of the
world are not all poor. Where they
have had chance they have accumu-
lated wealth and administered govern
ment justly 1t may be that the white
, man wlll yet learn lessons of us, id
!, not willingly, then unwillingly, be-
{ cause we have the superior strength" !"
Resolutions Adopted.
1 His sentiments created a great sem
sation in the association and when
the resolutions were adopted on the
state of the country, a rather unusual
:, proceeding, they embodied these ideas
as follows:
I'VE pledge our influence and sup
port to all worthy movements on
the part of good citizens for law and
! order. We believe in the equal
: rights of men regardless of race or
nationality and are willing to defend
: the inalienable and God given right to
free speech, liberty of conscience, civil
and social privileges.
Mob Violence Denounced.
eve denounce mob violence and
condemn rape as crime unworthy
true civilization and the American
: boast of ideal principles. We call
4 upon our race and people to rise
81 above race prejudice and occupy a
t higher place in the human scale OF
t manhood that teaches love thy neigh'
e Dor as thyself.'
l. I'VE brand Senator Tillman and
e John Temple Graves with the infa
y nous design to defame the race when
g they charge 1t with being dangerous
# to life, home and the virtue of whieC
J. women. We deny the villianous
t. charge and stand ready to be tried
+ by honest opinion.
e ''In order to veto these charges an6
e vindicate our innocence it has become
e necessary for the negro to be Law
abiding citizen with pure heart, clear
mind, and a moral life in every com
munity where he lives.
I'VE command the President of the
g United States, the governors Of I'LL
nois and Indiana, and the sheriff a
- Danville for the impartial stand taker
"a against lynching and endorse them al
=. worth the SUPPORT of all good citi
al zens."