The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
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Allen university opened last We'd
nesday, with about 400 students. DR..
B. W. Nance, the new president.
seemed 20 know his business as
though he were a whole term. We as
trustees were Hospitality entertained
with what the appetite could bear.
Bishop w. ID. Chappelle, the new
bishop, knows his business, and per-
forms his duty like hero. He is his
own dictator. Ex-Governor Blease
was present. and was introduced to
speak by the bishop, who prefaced
as follows:
Mr.. President and Board of Trus-
tees: l feel that we are.
-. have one of the strongest white
men in South Carolina, in the person
OF Ex-Gov. Cole l.. Blease, to speak
to this people. In asking the pro-
lection for our people. l watched
carefully the record of all the gov
ernors. and decided on Ex-Governor
Blease. We want the friendship of
our white people. l want money. / am
going to ask him for it to help lift
up our people. / don't believe that
Cole l.. Blease will insult my wife, or
no other colored lady, any more than
re would like for any one to insult
his wife, or any of their white la
dies.
The bishop now introduce -S,sp-
mel Blease, who rose and in
part:
Mr.. President and Members of the
Faculty and my Friends waAt to
congratulate you for having such an
| able Christian gentleman as your
president. If his face is black. have
known him from his boyhood. and
always thought he would make n
great man. l would trust my laugh
ter in his hands as well as YOU are
trusting yours. They said that I am
against the negro. Nay, am q
friend OF the negro. You arc OBJ
bed out of your rights by the unjust
laws of this state. How will the
judges and jurors stand before God
| who will take advantage Of pow
erless race? What kind of a law has
this state that will not allow a negro
representation on the jury or pro
hibit him of his right in any way?
If this State would give you all OF
the moneys from the tax paid by
your people, you would have better
schools and no longer terms. l am
not against educating the negro, but
| only wanted the taxes Of each race
! set aside for its intermediate pur-
pose. Yes, this state is rotten.
They're robbing you out of your
rights, but there's a God above that
! will bring them into judgment /
have never insulted colored wo-
man. The man that would insult a
woman is worse than the darkest
cloud that ever held over the firma-
ment. Girls and boys. your charac-
ter is what God gave you, and can
never be taken away. But your
reputation is what you make 1t, and
what the world says Of you. If
justice was given me, would have
been your governor today But it
i3 white people that is stealing
Cline dropped out)
some years ago, and political
thieves. but the negro is now out of
it, and who is doing the stealing? I
am Methodist, and will never leave
my church, but l do not attend be-
cause thieves and robbers are at the
communion table, and I am not go
ing to associate with them. What
is the use for jails, penitentiaries,
chaingangs and the church too If
all of the leaders OF the people were
righteous, there would not be any
use for prisons, for the leaders of
the people have caused them to err.