Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-07-17

OF III nldhlIS polHOo' ~ PANNNNN'
however, that the men OF MS race
would not aNp .ilS be dead 10 CAG uoc~
Ines tat the foreigners are tedca-
ny in TINS country.
Inc sur on his race, tnat God had
put a curse upon it, ne answered by
the declaration that CIc AluAB.-4s
had blessed the African race above
all races of earth. Japan, on It's
barren reef, had been left alone 10
fight out its own destinies, until IT
had developed into q power VITA
which all the nations OF the world
reckon. Had the Negroes been 4eto
alone in the wonderful land that was
the spot of their nativity-Whlch he
declared was far richer than the
United States-they would today be
the greatest power on earth.
Contact With Whites a Calamity
The greatest calamity that ever
overlook the race was when 1t made
the acquaintance of the white race.
He cautioned his hearers against
self depreciation and warned them TO
beware of believing that a man had
to be a white man in order to be
great man.
The British empire he character
lied as the finest nypocuIe IN Ine
world" which had pulled the wool
over the eyes Of every nation on
earth," adding, "She is going to get
hers if God stays on his throne"
Lloyd George, in the peace confer
ence, he said, in constructing the
league Of nations, took SIX votes for
Great Britain and gave the republic
of Hayti and the United States one
each, telling America it was an hon
or for her to be on a level with Hay
ii.
Il am a Negro from tie heart,
asserted the preacher, but | want
to see justice done to America, whose
citizens burn my people. | only wish
to God that America had had some
body there to pr3tcct its rights. II
Mr.. Wilson didn't object to my going
at the time | could have done more
for America
England, which he characterized
as "a two-by three island,' he said,
swung "an ungodly and vicious
sceptre" over hundreds Of mia
of people, but it was the sentence OF
Anglo-Saxonism that its people shall
turn their swords against one anoth-
er
20, the war is only just begin
ning," ne continued. This Is only
an armlstice. There is going to be d
tremendous war when 1t gets on It's
way.
He challenged any one to search
the court records Of the British
colonial world for evidence that
crimes against women are character
istic of the black race and sad that
they would search in vain.
Cites Loyalty OF Former Slaves.
He lauded the 100000 Negroes
who were left by their southern mas
tiers to protect their wives and daugn-
ters while these masters were away
lighting to keep the blacks in slav-
cry, and declared that no charge OF
violence against white women was
ever made against them. Yet, ne
SAID, the Negro soldiers had fought
in France had been painted to the
French by their white officers as
thieves and attackers Of women, but
the French found them to be more
gentlemanly than their traducers.
The truth, he said, was that the
Negro was lynched in the South for
being insubordinate-for answering
back" in ways that white women
consider impudent.
The white people Of the South
must stop lynching negroes" he de
clared. The white men of the coun-
try have the power to tell the white
men of the South, You are running
u.s.
He demanded laws that would make
it possible for a Governor, sheriff, OF
otner public official who surrendered
prisoner to a southern mob, to be
deposed. If such law could not DC
passed, then the WhOIe country sym
pathlzes with the South, nc sad, ana
massachusetts IS just as guilty as
Texas.-The Boston Traveller, July
IA, 1919.
NOTICE.
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