The broad ax., 1920-10-16

ACdhs " soy am tht must llulhESoA Il
man in the country and believe me
when 1 tell you it is a long ways from
the farm to riding around over the
country see what people are doing, and |
then touching the vOrious civilizations
in one country.
1 am of the opinion that there is
not country in the world with as
many civilizations and semi-eiviliza-
tions as you will find in the United
States, and think that when we
change world you will not find it so
varied. Such is life, and life is such.
One day am in a city where l can
get on and off a street car like a
man and then next day, have to pull
off my hat so to speak and go way
back and sit down. I must not get
near a white face, for that is getting
near holy horror, and I must pull of
nv hat. One man believes that my
color is fast and will neither run nor
rub. and the other is afraid that he
might turn black if he gets too near
me. I consider all this thing heluva
mess. and believe me the white man is
going to get his fill in the next world,
for we are going to be represented in
large numbers both in heaven and in
hell.
1 am sure that he wants to 90 one
or the other place TO show that fine
shroud in which he will be cladded.
He don t want to be like a fellow who
died and his friend looked at his life
less body and laughed, and when asked
why, his reply was "There is old Jim
dressed up finer than he was ever
dressed before and amt got no where
to 90, for he didn t believe in heaven
and he didn T believe in hell, now
where is he got for TO got"
I have been here this week attending
the National Race Congress, and to
me it n4s been an inspiration, for these
men have spoken right out in church.
and the meeting was held in the John
Wesley African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church. one of the best church
buildings owned by our people in this
country. and they purchased it from
the white folks. I tell you them peo-
pie attending this Congress did not fail
TO tell of some of the ills. and they
are going to put forth remedy for
them.
The National Race Congress was pre-
sided over by a remarkable little man,
DR.. W. Fl. Jernagin. of Washington,
pastor of the Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church. and he has back of him n re.
markable career. He has been IN
Washington but a few years. but be-
lieve me he has made the world know
that there is a man in Washington, and
he takes advantage of every oPPor
tunity to put in a word for this race
of ours. and for that reason I am
proud OF MIN.
You could see that there was some
thing heavy on his mind when he
called the Congress to order, and the
Rev. DR.. Checks. made a strong open
ing PRAYER. DR.. Checks is from up and
around Newark, n. J., and do not
,, need to tell you that he knew no"
TO carry our troubles to God. He
prayed in the latest improved manner
and brought tears to many eyes. lie
nut in one for President Woodrow
Wilson. He told God o. the struggles
of the President over in France tC
establish the League of Nations, and
returned home to take it to the eoun
trv. and the country received II not
and he broke down in health, and nov
If was time for God to put it into the
hearts Of the people to give the Presi
dent and his party a rest on earth.
When the prayer was ended and thu
Congress opened, DR.. Jernagin wal
seized with a vision, and believe m'
he had all them people thinking. Id
called attention to how the white folk
of Alabama were in rebellion agains
the United States, how they were rob
hing the Negro out of what had beer
given him and all other American
women. the ballot. through the adop
ton of the 10Th amendment to the
Federal Constitution. Alabama had re
fused to register women Of our race
which indicated that the state though
itself larger than the United States
and was drifting backwards TO the day
when this country was thrown into
blood conflict because Of the same knC
of stuff, open rebellion.
wonder if this country is going Z
permit Alabama, and some Of the othej
states to refuse to carry out the pro
visions of the Constitution, and theK
eount them electoral votes against on
of the greatest men that we have giveI
to the world, Senator Warren G. Hard
inpf God forbid. I think now is tn
time to give these Negro hating states
q lesson in craftsmanship. DR.. Jerna
gin said a plenty, and it was sent on
over the country of course.
Now there was another man wit
spoke right out also, and that was tn
Rev. ]. T. Brown, D. D., Of Cairo, Ill