The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-11
APPEAL TO STOP LYNcHING.
Made BY Gilchrist Stewart, Negro
Speaks at Foraker Memorial Service.

Cincinnati, O., June ia plea for thu
protection of the negro from lynching
burning, disfranchisement and segrega
ton was voiced by Gilchrist Stewart o.
New York, in an address which he deliv
cred here yesterday at memorial mass
meeting in honor of the late Joseph b
Foraker, formerly United States senator
Mr.. Stewart, negro, was an assistant
to the late Senator Foraker in the in
yestigation of the raid by negro sol
diers at Brownsville, Tex.
Il have responded with heart burn.
/ ing with righteous Indignation as ! have
read of the Armenian massacre by the
Turks declared Mr.. Stewart. "The de.
vastation of beautiful Belgium is a blot
upon civilizations fair name. But
say to you citizens of Ohio, | appeal to
you senators and congressman, to the
press of this country to the fair minded
men and women all over this land, to the
enlightened conscience of the American
public, let us also set our house in or
| der.
while negro soldiers are carrying lib
erty and freedom across the Rhine, let
us carry it down the Mississippi. We
will infuse Europe with lofter democ-
racy of the peoples rule. Let us inject
some antitoxin in the colorphobists of
this country, to the end that the valiant
black soldier away on the firing line
in the trenches of Europe may know that
this property will not be burned or his
female relatives harmed by mobs or Klu
Klux Klans of blood thirsty demons.
Fighting for the uplift OF the OPP
pressed across the ocean, he will have the
consolation of knowing that when he
returns home, if he ever does, it will not
be to discrimination and debasement but
to a republic purified by his sacrifice and
yoicing the cry of 100000 colored citi-
zens.
Il ask you to stop the lynching and
burning of human beings in this country
to the end that every man, regardless of
his color, shall have his day in an inn
partial court, that disfranchisement and
segregation shall cease, and that the pa
triotic black sons OF this republic be
given those civil and political rights for
which Senator Foraker and the great and
glorious legions fought"
ne HeEIOf MI t'tSNait doaci tths hhs
been true to the highest ideals of Ameri
can citizenship. mo hyphen," he said,
"has ever bridged our loyalty to the flag
or our devotion to the best interests of
our country. Our loyalty to the flag
and the American institutions is proven
bal We fought with Washington to
establish this nation, we fought with
Grant to save it and we will fight with
President Wilson TO stay here and enjoy
and transmit it. / am anxious to see
this record paralleled and kept unsullied,
anxious that the flower of the manhood
of my race should emulate the example
of Senator Foraker by enlisting to fight
on foreign soil at this crisis or do their
bit in this country towards furnishing
the sinews of war for the liberty and
freedom and rights of others, because we,
who are denied our rights here, can best
realize what boon liberty is TO Others. !
We will offer up our lives upon the altar
Of our eountry's destiny in the fierce
shock OF battle side by side with our
white comrades"