Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-11-24


Vention has sent it's wedge Of d,se :,
sion down to the very bottom of .he
heart Of the beloved Denomination
anu Ill al quarters the paralyzing eff
1ects and the disgrace ar. fet
UNDERLYING CAUSES.
nave followed the Convention
closely for twelve years; know all
the leaders intimately, and | am pre
pared to say that this fight is he
tween few men over office and
money
IL Is estimated that during tho last
ii1'W years OF slavery in America
mere were about thirty mi lions
population in the United States and
towards the middle of She Ninoteenth
century about tmee hundred forty
etght thousand Save holder who RI
ce'Ved about thirty five per ceny pro
IL. on their Investment in slaves
inns large profit was not confined to
the slave holders, bu'' extended tn tho
northern cotton mills and hank. o,,d
TO the stock exchange. This tbirty
I've per cent profit influenced phe
.ninklhg Poop In all sections of the
oouln'rv. III opposed the work and
propaganda of the abolitionist is
e.oquence rang out in the halls Of
congress and its will was written IN
ooth state and national law.
ohderlying this great Baptist war
ana the disaster that has oyer.a ken
inc denomination Is the finenc,oI nro
~ *hat few have reaped. This snir
l. or greed is jukJ as strong on ono
sac as on the other and tho pr,ot
lisnt lor the "35 per cents profit" is
ooha,ned 10 both sides, This 35 cent
pioiic largely caused the tisruntion
anu IS disgracing the Denomination
III the Courts today and stands m
posed TO peace md reunion i"
,.a nnotner cause underlying our
~. spiiit OF 1air play. This is a princf
PIE i"..s acid dear by Baptists and
wherever 1t Is disregarded the De
no nomination encounters rocky road
VINO d, mas forgotten the election of
oiricers in New Orleans and otber
eieo' ions, where the same snirit ~,
vailed? 'piiiI pre-
IN the Convention in Muskoo..
on.a''5 last September, a resolution
was read asking that a committees IA
NC appoln9ed- from both sides 10 CON
, nui OH terms OF peace and reunion >,
-, nc request was made that the resoIu
1,on DC referred to the COMMITTEE on
l'esoiu'ions. A Baptist minister ob
1ected to this cous4esy and moved tb
inc resolution be tabled. Two bo,,,.s
later two white brethren came hafora
VIZ convention and made the same
oposals couched in the resolutions
ana were voted approval. Whatever
the price the spirits Of autocracv mus
Nc wiped out Of all our Baptist Con
Vehtiohs' and these organizations
must more and more become piac,s oe
i"i play and free discussion.
ABOUT a decade ago this sernent ~
autocracy raised his head. in tho Not
sohal baptist Convention. The ,roat
" same structure buila by our fatbers
nas peen demolished, and ia ruins
dc scattered throughout the nation
must vacate. ""'oora's
EFFORTS AT PEACE
IN Chicago after tha conyo,+,o
mad Spit and both sides had aIantoI,
u, oillcers and settled down, Rev
~, Jerhagln, d. D., Of Washing
,U', -. o. and Rev. r. G. Judkins
VINO were members OF the Convention
over which DR.. Morris presided offer
Gu JOINT resolution asking that con,
'i''ees DO appointed from each sida
10 corner on terms 20 "peace and w.
union. The resolution was voted
uo"n put forty three mon yo:nd 9or
IL lnese men will yet have n bearing
ana the cause they stood for IN Chi
cago will yet triumph.
IN the Muskogee, Okla, Conyen
tion' Rev. r. G. Judkins offered resolu
siohs asking that a committee of
1iVe De appointed from each side ia
CONFER on terms Of "peace and rem
lon." There was no opportunitv DIV
en- FOR the discussion of Tho
aeso.a.,ohs but many ministers
assured the author that they
favored them Heartily. The matter
had been discussed in She southern
white Baptist Convention, and its
president, DR.. J. B. Gambrel and
Df. ". -. Haley both Of Dallas, Tex
were sent to the convention in Atgan
Ia and the one in Muskogee to offer
the services of the Southern white Ban
list Conventional help the colored
brethren 10 get together. In his
eloquent address, DR.. Haley used
these words: eve have come TO offer
our good offices in assisting the two
conventions to get together :" Those
significant words were uttered before
the MUskogee Convention In Septem
her. 1917. Our white brethren see the
folly Of our present course: they sec
that our work Is hampered because OF
our division. and they offer their heir
| for our beSterment. We do not believe
that these combined efforts ut peace
WIFI come to naught. We believe t1lat
they are seed sown that will spring