The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
Stop Lynching or
Look for Federal
!Bayonets
Bishop Kelley Warns


know IL is hardly necessary to state
that | am southerner.
l have no word of apology to offer
to anyone for the views l hold and the
stand | took in the war between the
states.
| had no doubt then, and | have
none now, of the justice and right
Of the action of the southern states.
] believe that their cause should have
should have restored the union on the
basis of the constitution as understood
and intended by the fathers.
! warmly love the south and her
story, her traditions and her ideals are
very dear to me. ! resent the cnjust
criticism TO which she has been SUB
and untrue than that which represents
the south as not being in heart and
soul loyal 70 our great Union.
But | fully recognize the absolute
Justice of one charge which is made
against her, and | look with grave APP
prchension to the future for no people
that dsregards Justice can ever have
the blessing of God, and we are guilty
of great injustice to the negro. The
negro was brought here against his
will: he is here and he will remain
here, and he is not treated with justice
by US; nay will say that he is often
not treated with ordinary humanity.
Look at the statistics in our own
state. Georgia stands first in the list
of states in the matter of lynching.
Has there ever been a man punished
in this state for lynching a negro'
Lvnching is murder, nothing else.
Besides IS it not the fact that fair
aud impartial justice is not meted out
to white and colored men alike The
courts of this state either set the e1-
ample, or follow the example set them,
and they make a great distinction be
tween the white and the black crimi-
nal brought before them. The latter
rs a rule gets the full limit of the
law. DO you ever hear of n street diff
fieulty in which a negro and a white
man were involved which was brought
before Judge, in which, no matter
what were the real facts Of the case,
the negro did not get the worst of
it,
Gcorgians boast Of being a CHRIS
tian people aud this year they are put
ting their hands into their pockets To
raise millions to bring the light of
Christianity, as understood by them,
to some less favored peoples in Europe.
| would Ike to know If il is entirely
treat the negro as he is treated here?
Nv belief is that the negro and the
white man were redeemed by the blood
Of Christ shed ON the cross Of Calvary,
and that the Christian religion abso-
mtely condemns injustice TO anyone,
and forbids the taking of life.
To me the murder of negro is as
such murder as the killing of q white
man. and in each ease Christian civil
lization demands that the punishment
of the crime should rest in the hands
Of the lawfully constituted authorities
! have lived TO see in Georgia an
appeal made to the highest authority
in the state for protection of the lives
Of colored men, women and children,
answered by the statement that negro
should not commit crimes' The PEG
Pile of Georgia vest in certain officials
the execution of justice. Yet no
lyncher has ever been punished here,
aud | regret to state that public SEN
timent seems 70 Justify the conduct Of
the officials.
As | am writing these lines ! find
myself eagerly scanning the papers to
find the latest news from the strike
districts. What is to be the result :
Only short time ago ! was reading
the strange news of the race riots in
the northern and western cities. Thank
God, we have had none of these riots in
the south. Do you know the reason
The only reason is the forbearance of
,La na,,ra Ia bas hppp treated wit N