The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-15
SAYS BLACK RACE
WILL EVENTUALLY
DISAPPEAR
.ntermarnage With Whites Gradual
ly Causes Extinction, Declares Rev.
John w. Saunders, of Ebenezer
Church; Protests Against It,
Insists That Negroes Prove Selves
Equal Of White Race Whenever
Given Chance.

Unless the Negroes come TO this
country from Africa, the black race
In the United States will become ex.
tinct, dramatically declared the Rev
John w Saunders, pastor Of the Eb-
enezer A. NJ +. church, colored, be-
fore the Methodist preachers meeting
in the Central Methodist church, Mon.
day morning when he read paper
on the question, rs the moral tide
rising" He said that the practice OF
intermarrage between whites and
blacks is causing the black race TO
lose its numbers.
1t is not right" Mr. Saunders fur
Their said, that the whites should
marry the blacks. nor the latter
marry the whites. There are now 3.
100000 mulattoes in this country be
cause OF such unions. am black
myself and | am proud OF it, |
wouldn't be white if could although
think lot Of the white people"
After reviewing the moral condi-
lions of ancient times in the old
world, Mr.. Saunders touched on the
period Of slavery in the United States.
In this connection he said:
The curse OF slavery made a
greater stain on the moral garment
of the world than was ever dreamed
OF, and even today the white man is
only partly free. because the black
man is only partly free But, in spite
of all the immoral acts. licensed by
the institution of slavery. the moral
tide has continued TO rise. A few
years ago the moral tide was so low
in the United States that the Negro
had no rights which white man
was bound to respect
The Jim Crow system and The
Acknowledgement OF the Negro i'm the
south will pass away with the ad-
vanoement OF civilization. and the cry
against social equality will find their
own associates. and will regard each
10 he equal with the other Aud That
is equality. Many a white man who
used 10 make much fuss against the
mixing OF races. did much toward mix
ing them himself The millions Of
mulattoes i'm this country and the
many half.whtes In this country are
l.
fact. that these two races will never
he kept apart: they will mix in spite
OF YOU II cannot be otherwise. We
live under the same government,
we breathe the same air, eat the same
food. drink the same water. read the
same books. preach the same gospel,
worship the same God, and learn.
however hard the lesson may be. that
the same laws must be made for us
all
The idea of Negro inferiority is
now entertained only by the ignorant
class The Negro. wherever he has
had a chance. has proven himself the
equal Of his white brother. II is tho
theory of President W, T.. Hamilton,
of the University of California, ihat
the Negro is not member or a dls-
tinct race, apart from the white man
as formerly believed. but is actually
a tanned and shady off-shoot OF the
Caucasian race. Prof Hamilton has
also stated that the practice OF inter
marriage and the climate Of the Unit
ed States will cause the black race
10 become extinct in 300 years, we
believe the extinction will come hut
not in so short a time as 200 years.
Prof Hamilton further argues. with
other eminent scientists, that the
white race is only the direct fruit Of
a Negro race. the European-African
domiciled in Europe from time inn
memorial. having gone there from
North Africa"
Mr.. Saunders ended his paper by
pointing out how the Negro has been
in evidence I'm fighting for the nation,
in taking part in politics and in doing
his share 10 bring about better con-
dltions in regard TO the countrys
morals.