The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-04-20
MISS JOANNA P. MOORE'S
MEMORY H0N0RED
SERVICES HELD AT ALL CHURCHES
Monument to be Erected FfyOu Years Of Service Among
Negroes
,ES HELD AT ALL CHURCHES
dore Peary at the North Pole and with
Perishing in Mexico. Therefore

lore Peary at the North Pole and with
Perishing in Mexico. Therefore
Whereas, our Government is now
engaged in another foreign war into
which it has been forced to reassert
all of these principles of right and
honor to safeguard our honor, to guard
our prestige and perpetuity as ma
ton, to defend the freedom of our
to compel respect for our
long established rights, to protect the
lives and liberties of our citizens on
the high seas, to rebuke aggressive
tyranny for its brutal disregard OF
the claims and pleadings of humanity, .
and
Whereas, in its relations to other
the United States for two
years past has borne and is now
bearing, with dignity and credit the
gravest responsibilities this or any
other Republic has ever been called
upon to face; and
Whereas, every honorable effort has
been made conscientiously to keep
this country from being drawn into
this most savage, sanguinary destruc-
tive and unnecessary, but far reach
mig war the world has ever witness,
and
Whereas, the German Government
has denied to us the freedom of the
seas, has destroyed our ships and
shipping, and, without justification or
warning, has ordered or approved the
treacherous assassination of American
seamen and citizens on neutral wa
ters outside Of any defined or pretend
ed zone of danger; and
Whereas, under the guise of friend
ship and hospitality of the United
States, the German Government has,
through its accredited official repre-
seitatives plotted to embarass this ma
ton by fomenting racial and political
intrigues among our people, black and
white, by the use Of money or the
promise of support, by the establish
ment of secret cabals, hostile organ
izations and hosts of spys, within our
borders, and irIflaming the minds Of
people in foreign lands and trying to
incite them to make war upon this
country; and
Whereas, the loyalty, unity and soil
darity of the American people of ev-
cry creed, color or race in support of
the President and Congress in such a
grave crisis as this will prove most
effective barrier to the insolence, OPP
preston of foreign foes; and
Whereas, the time has now come
for all the patriotic citizens to take
stand with the Republic and the
flag and the Congress, and to so an
nounce their decision to the world;
Therefore be it
Resolved by this Mass Meeting Of
the colored citizens of Nashville, State
Of Tennessee assembled in st. John A.
M. d. Church. on this the 10Th day of
April 1917 that, as in the above and
aforementioned foreign wars we the
said colored citizens here and now
most sOlemnly assert and reatfiEm our
allegiance to the flag and the Republic,
our undaunted faith in the constitution
of the United States, our mistaken
confidence in the COMMANDMENTS chief
! of the Army and Navy, our devotion
to the principles of liberty and to the
4 rights of the weak to exemption from
torture, Slavery, starvation and debase
ment and destruction by the strong;
and we solemnly pledge here to Loyalty
support President Woodrow Wilson II
whatever course may become neces
sary to enforce our rights as a PEG
pie, to preserve our honor as ma
and to protect the lives of our fellow
citizens at home and abroad, on lant
and on sea, with our service. with on.
blood, with our lives; and
Resolved further, that we stant
ready to enroll our names in the foot
supply brigade, to enlist in the Arm!
and Navy of the United States of t
join the fuIrow organizations and to ID
our part in furnishing supplies for GU
friends at home and abroad.
Resolved further that the chairman
and secretary of this meeting be di
rected to send a copy of these resolu
tions through our representative, Hon
Jos. w. Byrns to President Woodrow
Wilson
]. C. NAPIER, Chairman
D. WELLINGTON BERRY, Secay
T. w. HAMPTON,
w. H. PATTON,
Miss ELIZABETH MOORE,
GEORGE HALL
WESLEY WOODRUFF,
JAS. FLETCHER,
T. CLAY MOORE,
C. N. LANGSTON,
G f. ANDERSON,
!. HORACE STARNES.