The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-23

] gentlemen sho had ever known. Dcins u
colored gentleman from the States. ! eX-
| cused myself" he continued, Dy l .,.is
her that in. my state we diu NJ, sve ma.
ceedcd in making her mao, a i,!i III
tried 10 get out OF the difficulty With
out offending" liz
have said what he did to your report,eii
had he experienced the same thing as thls
south Carolininn. was not az me gu, Bnl-
den reception OF the most eminent u, i,n T.
fist divine in England, but was toiu ~
a great many who were there. q Iatse
number OF tllem minister's OF the NORM
orn States, anu one Of them mcinner VI
my own church, that the S guests o. p aogro
aud his wife, These received a great
deal moro attention than any OF Amerl-
cas- scholars educators or pulpit orators.
delegates came into tho place where, VIC
wait until he was served. The mail dis.
trbutors even laid down tho puck r., g o.
letters and made the white men wait.
There is no hearsay about this. ! met on
tho streets Of London one OF america
greatest educators, Il man VINO ls at ING
head OF one OF our great schools .,n o nna
he said to me and Judge DAWN T. JONI
son, of my city: d,
"Thompson. the next time come TO
England I'm going To- inash my nose
nat stain my race olaGk or p tnnn NIL
cor some recognition, or, to use street
phrase, be In It, l am nothing over
hero when there Is II negro around.
This man was on the programme. uild
mndn ono OF the most profound addresses
| OF the Congress. He Is not Southerner.
| and never lived In tho south ! was IN
! formed that there were about nity negro
! delegates from America, yet, despite me
| fact that we had some OF the best taieht
| of the United States present at this con-
gress. on Sabbath twenty-seven l2nd ,
pulpits were filled with negroes. ! ne
| pressed on this subject were nose OF
| our Southern delegates. The hardest
things heard were. spoken by Northern
| delegates These latter were thoroughly
disgustcd on the subject of the I, negro
| IL the negro was ever greatly llohlzed.
| then It was By our English cousins on
| this occasion.
| ton paid the negro. and also at the denee
| Ignorance displayed BY the English peo,
| pie on this whole subject ! travelled
| The island. to the Highlands, on, the
| North, and from, the East TO the West.
/ stopping Mt many places. and nearly
everywhere this subject e..ne up; IN ,, 4Fs
/ an editor connected with the LONDON
! Times. IIe. Englishmcnt like. proceeded
to tell me many things about. me negro.
things about which never heard before re:
! asked him for his authority for this
| wonderful knowledge. and he referred me
to a Chlca go ,paper.. Every. American can "a
easily see what the English EDITORS re-.
1 fuse to see. that he had been reaalns
some SOM political slush. ! found teachers;
/ nraachers. intelligent men and women OF
other callings n with the same I9 pth
| Isirtenhead. whose pastor Is negro,
he H. Only only negro in the city. The English
did indeed treat the negroes ACE according ra ~
| 10 their own IDEAS. rs Or. Garansr says
i,,,+ tbnana IA cas- Involve not only eQuality,
b Sut two Il Would Seem superiority 50 far as
! anorican whites 60 Is it any wonder
that European seent' hs a ao Hmer Ran
lisIeu d 1870 ~ forth" the doctrine that in
h amsepjca tho white race is rapidly reach
Ing a state OF degeneracy Z i or S os,e
link XXI these things ought not TO DC KEPT
back nor lsh oteu q Fl. THOMPSON,
Pastor Of First Baptist chureh'
| I2luoHeld ", Va. ft