The Denver star., 1915-06-19
Assistant Attorney General Levi.
Speaks Before Massachusetts Legis-
lature On Birth of The Nation.
A STIRRING ARTICLE
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen

Mr.. Chairman and Gentemen-
heartily wish that might have been excused from
troubling you again. and and all of you all upon this
OCCASION in frame of mind to address you with
that camness and pose and dignity which ought always
be brought to bear upon occasions like this
1t is fortunate provision of constitution and laws
that the rea. and assemblies
yearly correction of grievances for the of
by the changing Of conditions of
social industrial life And you gentlemen of the Joint
Judiciary Comm,ee the chosen lawyers of the Great and
Court sit here today alone protect
rights but sit here tor the protection OF human lib
rty and become before you with grievance sore as
distressed free people in any American common
wealth.
An attempt being made by that three miles of filth
film shown the fremont Theatre biacken and degrade
tand bette in the of our neiRhbors the
pie and citizens of this community in Boston, the birthplace
of our freedom An attempt being made Mr. Chairman
and Gentlemen degrade and bette US IN the eyes
of our friends attempt also being made justify the
wrongs expressions and outrages inflicted people
in other of this country has double
here seeking the endorsement Of BOSTON of
Puritan Boston, aboonst Boston, that when is taken
elsewhere you will be held standing for this
libel upon American history this vile and contemplate cal
mny upon the Negro and sur aud reflection the
have the play. Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen.
have seen it twice did have ask the king did in
the play Hamlet rs there ofense sir? it.
knew it Only the other night lady sitting
to me had the of the alleged
construction period she said That's what from Civ
ing the nigRer baotA matinee before when
heard in the audience IF had my
would drive all the niggers out of the country And
friend of said she had heard newsboy
the Common "Why lynch them there plenty of
here l, moving picture gentlemen Perhaps it moves
some of YOU toadmiraon 1t moved shame disgust,
to humiliation. could hold up my head when
of tha. theatre could help feeling that every
woman who looked me- looked at me with different
from little different angle from little different point Of
One has pretty strong personality who and
that show and and that they feel
more friendly towards the people of my Why this
is the product of diseased imagination and disordeed
brain from the surcharged with hatred
and .preudce. the most notorious Negrophobst
Thomas Dixon. They will say this is Dixons play.
Well the legends which they throw the say
adapted the Cansman. The Clansman could be
shown my home. Norfolk, Virginia, in Savannah
or Macon Georgia and they have the audacty
here and Boston eudorse and then take before
the rest of the world Here is cultured Boston, here is
abolitionst Boston, endorsing this play But ought 60
tend corrupt the morals of youth? Well, the
comments of the people who it to be the
answer, Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Whatever the law
forbids immoral The law does forbid ynchng and yn
ching is held up be honorable thing given
what they call trial in the dim halls of the invisible
empire by taxing him and stringng him up tree
who that play with the impression
that if that the thing for which Negroes ynched
ought ynched that such occurred
durna the days of reconstruction The argument the
simply this genteman To justify the hundreds and
thousands ynchng in the Southland and ask the
nle of and Massachusetts America for
and to support and endorse it, Why the Judge told them
to cut out Gus Did they do t1 No. They have
GOT Gus looking the fence these white
with ustfu Riances and centous Then the
oirl goes to the spring. and you Gus taken
rested by the Ku Klux Kan band this vrtuous of
the invisible empire. That does satisfy u.s. gentlemen