Evening journal., 1904-02-01
C0LORED PARSON
ON DEMOCRATS
In Sermon He Says That
the Party Is a Menace
to His Race
DENOUNCES GORNAN AND TILLMAE

Before a congregation OF negroes that
packed Bethel A. M. T.. Church last
evening. the Rev. Monttose w. Thorn
ton, the colored pastor who obtained
much notoriety right after the lynching
OF George White by delivering a SEM
sational sermon. preached what he
called a message from God" on the
suggested disfranchisement Of the
negro voters in Delaware.
Chief of Police George Black occupied
a front seat in the church to prevent
any outbreak or incendiary utterances
by the clergyman. There was nothing.
however. To which the authorities took
exception.
The church was filled to overhowing
and many egroes were forced to stand
upstairs and downstairs. The aisles
and vestibules were choked. Several
times during the attacks on the Demo-
Gratis the pastor was loudly applauded.
The Inspiration Of Thornton's rermon
was the address delivered the other
evening II the Democratic League an
niversary by Joseph Marvel, who sug
sested as a way to better conditions
here that the venal negro vote be dis
franchised.
THE Moloch Of Negro Disfranchiae-
ment' Rev. Thornton announced as
the subject Of his discourse.
My dear people, enthralled In the
meshes Of despair. hated and bounded
for no other reason than the misfor-
tune OF our birth, the color Of your
skin and the texture Of your hair ON.
how my heart bleeds this night for
YOU and soursl How terrible 90 the
wrongs you suffer gnaw at tho very
roots Of my soul 1 breathe. I exist
In a detested body unwelcome TO the
world and scorned by all men, / live,
tits true. but It IS as though I were
dead"
Warns Against German.
During the 40 years OF your fran
chise." he continued. "the Moloch OF
Democracy, the Bourbon Democracy
the hend Of negro hate. has. through
constitutional and legislative subter-
fuge, robbed you Of your blood bought
liberties until there is hardly a South
ern State that respects the victories OF
q nations battles, the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments, so dear and
precious 20 the wounded and bleeding
NEGRO. This serpent Of perditon has
crossed the Mason and Dixon line anc
is now splitting its slime and poking It.
scorpion Lead upon the shores Of Del
aware.
'rhe tocsin has been sounded. Cor.
man and his nesro-hating crowd arr
trying to force upon that State th'
same Bourbon prescription Of Demo
lcratic perndy. Il has now crossed tn
line, and the negroes OF Delaware mus
meet and challenge this monster. Th
Democrats OF Delaware would disfran
chise the so-called venal colored voters
but when they win once have gotte
the ball rolling q. means the negro re
gardless OF state or condition, as OBJ
b tains in the Southern States toda,
p which policy they mean 20 copy if the
can steal the chance for its inaugura
ltion.
They talk Of the 'venal negro an
his bartering votes What about IN
lvenal. barterlng white man? What
worse than venal. bartering man VIII
is allowed TO offer and distribute tn
barter? yet they are citizens OF higl
standing. and the creatures who are Z
receive the real benefits Of the barter
lings. There are States in the Uniol
where a bakers dozen of negroes d
not reside. and yet ikis same barterln
lgoes on. The same is true OF Mon
ltana, Pennsylvania and New York am
Vermont yet the venal white man
mot disfranchised."
The preacher said the Democrats ar
and always have been the dragons am
scorpions Of the country's woes.