The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-10-05
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Gov. Cats is not only the chief
executive of this state but he is a
minister of the Gospel, and now and
then breaches at various places
throughout the state. In his first
address to the people of DeLand ear
ly in the campaign, our notes that we
were fortunate enough to take that
evening, show that Gov. Cats-who
said that he had a pistol in his pock-
ct and was not afraid of any man
on earth-said that the negroes were
brutes, and should be dealt with as
brutes. He also said that all the
learning they needed was just enough
to write their name. Then the gov.
ernor described the black mans head
saying it resembled an ape, etc.
We agree that number of people
believe the negro a separate and in
ferior creation. The governor is a
brilliant student of the Bible, SC
some people say, and by explaining
himself more fully he may be able to
silence man who thinks the people
made mistake when they elected
him governor.
We want to ask the governor-iust
for international few questions:
If the negro is different creation
and of an inferior race, as you said
he was, would it be right to let him
vote or hold office in our land?
In the address mentioned, you said
something about the Bible mentioning
several nations who were not descend
ed from Noah, and one people who
were not descended from Adam.
Does Acts xvii, 26, teach the doctrine
of the unity of the race? Put the
word "blood in or out of it, if it does
not teach the unity of the race, what
does it teach?
Genesis iii. 20, says: "And Adam
called his wife's name Eve. because
she was the mother of all living"
Does this text teach the Adamic unity
of the race or does it not?
Genesis X, 80 says: "These are the
fomilies of the sons of Noah, after
their generations, in their nations;
and by these were the nations divided
in the earth after the flood" I'm
mediately following is the first verse
of chapter ii, which reads: "'And the
whole langua ge, and of one speech.
A little further on, at verse 9, we
read: And the Lord said, Behold the
people is one, and they have all one
language Do these passages teach
the unity Of the race, or do they not
You said it was wrong to spend
any time or money educating the
black man. Then it would be wrong
to give him the Bible, would it not
And if you believe that should be
done, why did you, as a minister
ever waste any time appealing for do
nations to help spread the gospel and
educate the peoples of all colors of
foreign lands?
If the negro is "a high grade ape,
what sort of things are these thous-
ands and thousands of this mongrel
progeny of all colors?
A short time ago you appointed a
negro to office and here-oflate you
have been addressing negro meetings
where they charged 25c admission
Was this admission fee charged be-
cause an ape, an OK, or an ass was
on exhibition or was it for education
al purposes?
Would you object, governor, to the
negro being able to write or read the
name SIDNEY J. CATS when you
run for President?
The last question: II the negro you
appointed to office for services given
in your behalf during the time you
were a candidate for governor, OF
any other colored man, were slain by
white man, during a row while you
were addressing them, would the sin
of the one who Stayed him be homi-
eide or cruelty to an animal?
Since you made your abusive and
ignorant speech here and at which
time you dragged down into the mud
some of the most progressive, most
highly respected citizens and their
children, and by your utterances since
that time in letters and upon the plat
form, the majority of the people be-
leve that it was the saddest mis-
take the people of this state ever
made when they elected you COVER
nor, for all intelligent people in this
day believe che who dares, with a
rough hand, to disturb the sanctu-
ary of the public school, where mil
lions Of children, without distinction
of race or nationality, indiscriminate-
ly or social standing or the fortuitous
church associations of their parents,
are not only prepared for their indi-
vidual life work, but are welded to-
gether into the great American com
monweslth, destined to lead on hu-
manitv to the heights Of civilization
such "a man is guilty Of national
destruction"