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newspaper, every minister of the gos-
pei and practically every other citi-
zen has discouraged lynching in ev-
cry possible way. Whenever a negro
attacked white woman or commit
ted some other horrible offense they
said, "Let- the law take It's course. y
Things went from bad to worse, until
one morning the whole community
was shocked by one of the most hor-
rible crimes ever committed by hu-
man being.
A beautiful little girl about 13 or
IA years of age, lived just on the out
skirts Of Memphis, was waylaid on
her way to school by a negro man
VINO was more than SO years old. He
secluded himself at the only point on
the road where this child had to pass
out of sight of a dwelling house, and
I when she came along he seized her,
dragged her into secluded spot, out
ragged her, mutilated her little body
beyond description and then took his
AK and chopped her head off, hid her
head among some bushes and then.
threw her little body into an old
slough, and went on his way. When
they captured him he confessed to the
crime and told his captors where to
find the remains. Is it reasonable to
suppose that those people would re-
main cool under those circumstances
In one town in the district which l
have the honor to represent, several
years ago little woman was standing
before the mirror combing her hair,
when she saw in its reflection the
countenance of a black demon ap-
nroaching stealthtely from the rear
She knew at once what he meant. She
reached and got her husbands pistol
but she was too weak to pull the
trigger hard enough to make it fire.
He saw from her trembling hand
that she could not defend herself, and
he walked up, took the weapon from
her hand, choked her to insensibility.
outraged her and then took a razor
cut her throat, and left her weltering
in her own blood in the parlor of her
own home. | wonder what would have
happened if this had occurred In your
community? This was married ne
gro, and when he went home he told
his wife what he had done. A Few
days later he gave her beating, AID
she told on him. He confessed, told
Just how he had committed the crime
ard where the razor and the pistol
were to be found. What if this had
been in East st. Louis? They would
possibly be killing negroes yet.
Laughter.)
l relate these three instances as il
lustrations of the conduct you are en-
couraging on the part of the criminal
element of the negro race by this in
iquitdls bill, and some of you by more
iniquitous arguments.
Your Time is Coming.
You will say that these are isolated
cases. But can recall large number
OF them that are just as revolving as
these. A vast number of innocent
white women are outraged by negroes
in the South every year and now this
evil is creeping into the North. Your
time is coming; the negroes are mi
grating to the North and the day is
not far distant when you will awake
to a realization of the fact that you
have a more serious race problem on
your hands than the South has on
hers.
l shall not attempt to discuss the
constitutionality of this bill. That has
already been done by some Of the
ablest lawyers in the House, and they
have established its unconstitutional
ity beyond question. But what does
the constitution amount to with the
demagogue who is bidding for negro
votes?
You will probably pass this measure
regardless of its unconstitutionality,
but want to warn you now that you
are not dealing with momentary
question OF tampering with any trivial
affair. This is one phase of the great
est issue that ever confronted the
American people-the eternal race
question. Upon its proper ISOLATION
may depend the peace, the happiness,
the prosperity of the American people
for all time to come. Upon its ulti-
mate outcome may depend the destiny
of this republic. Upon its conse-
quences may depend the life of Am
erican civilization.
1t is an issue that is as old as man
himself. Its history may be traced in
the records of those nations whose
monuments mark the path Of time.
For thousands of years it has arisen
to vex the minds of statesmen and
mar the progress of the human race.
1t is the <evil genius Of our civiliza-
ton, the sprig of poison ivy in the
laurel wreath that crowns Americas
wonderful achievements.
1t rent this republic in civil feuds
and drenched her soil in fratornal
blood and has kept our people divided
by partisan strife and sectional feel
ings for more than hundred years.
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