The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-12-08
SENATOR TILLMAN'S LECTURE IN opct5rcTD.
HALL. TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 9TH, A.
REPORTED BY L. W. WASHINGTON

a
monkey, from a creature to a beast
from something to nothing, from the
heights to which we have attained, to
the deepth of de pravity, from a Chris.
tian gentleman to a rayisher OF
women, from a valiant soldier to a
dismal coward, from an obediant ser.
want of the law, to a destroyer of the
moral code, from a rational being to
A demon or a devil, from a burden
bearer. to a burden to be carried, from
an American citizen to an enslaved ba-
boon, slandered, vilified, criticized, be-
lied, dishonored, degraded, made in
incorrigible, characterized as vicious.
corrupt, depraved, lost, with not a raw
of hope for redemption and that by
a Senator of these United states of
civilized Christian America, all for the
sake of charity" We listened with
shame for our country to a sworn pro-
tector Of the law; openly acknowledge
ing the fact, of his being a violator
of the legal status of the constitution:
because it gives the Negroes the right
of citizenship. And then We thought
as We sat their noticing with eager
ness, the actions of those, who gave
applause to the sentiments expressed
By this enemy of the race, that ours
as a people was a forelorn hope. But
the spirit reminded us that :: l am
the God of the oppressed" as we
thought about the purpose of the
event, and that for charity" and to
allow the Senator to make a little
money honestly" we were reminded of
a truth that money was the root of
all this evil: AS We sat there hearing
the Senator demanding his right of
free speech. We were reminded, that
the shoe was on the other foot, and
was pinching him who was attempting
TO wear it, wrongfully. And then we
noticed some vacant seats, a small
number Of ladies, a few socialists, a
number of detectives and the audience
mostly of Southern men, and that the
effort of my people was not in vain;
We also saw the platform or the stage
upon which the Senator sat was void
of ladies only one standing. The tick
ct we purchased gave us good view
OF the entire hall, and yet hid us from
the sight of the Senator for he seem
e to have attacked every Negro pre-
sent but us, just few seats in front
of us we noticed a countrymen of the
Japanese government silently though
earnestly listening to the speech Of
white man against the black, with a
thrust of the Chianese position in 1t,
And the question of the future pre-
scented a different phase of the situa-
ton and then the musical strains OF
Master Wood broke upon us and we
thought; cursed be the man who
would contaminate that mind with
evil, when Jesus babe him honor his
God, and the nation
While waiting with patience to hear
our doom pronounced from the lips OF
this patriot, this defender Of the con-
titution, this protector Of the rights of
all the people" as proclaimed by the
chairman Of the evening Mr.. M. S.
Macon we were gratifed If not salts
ned to see, and hear the Senator OF
South Carolina for ourselves. The
following are the remarks Of him who
spoke for the sake Of charity, whether
t was the charity, that means to love
relations and neighbors, and ones
self, in subordination to God" or the
gracious habit, principal, or DISPOSE
ton, wrought in the soul by the spirit J
Of God, by which we esteem, desire.
and delight in God in Christ, as our
chief good and sum of all perfection
and excellence and the fountain OF
all blessings, and take pleasure to
obey his laws; and by which we are
inclined and unable to esteem, desire,
and delight in spiritual fellowship In
such as bear his image and to do good
to all men even to enemies. This
love or charity, is of great impor-
lance; without it no gifts can be truly
valuable; where it is not, there can
be no true afith. Love continues for
ever, when once implanted; and 1t
renders US patient under trouble. slow
to anger, ready to forgive injuries
and inclines US to deny ourselves; 70
help our neighbors; makes us mourn
for his faults and affections, and kind
" bear with his inhrmities, 1t Is the
bond Of perfection; and, In fne, II