Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-04-14
MAN DIS
CUSSES DIXIE CONDITION
REV. RICHARD B. REED MAKES STRONG ARGU
MENT AGAINST THE SOCIAL EQUALITY GHOST

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the North's mind agains an unpro-
tscted people. "'White Supprem-
| acy," they cried; white Superior" "
they proclaimed. "White women
must be protected from 'niegers."
it is a pity the North ever gave evil
dence to this false alarm with the
abuse of slave owners and slave
! drivers against women in chains an
open book before them. An old
man in Virgins told me few weeks
| ago of a save owner near Lynch
burg by the name of Flood who was
the father of his grandchild. That
was common. Thousands of people
, now living can tell how these south
ern gentlemen tied slaves to trees
and beat them into Inconsistencies
for being non submissive to beastly
passion.
The things told at this late day
are not printable, but they still keep
up the cry of white women living
in perpetual fear, which statement
has no foundation in fact. Some two
weeks ago when the Anti-Lynching
Bill came up in the house, Con. Gar
ret of Tennessee said the bill should
be "Entitlel a bill to encourage
Irape." With three million mullatoes
in this country the world evidently
knows the white men of the South
need no Federal encouragement
along his line.
In many places white people
don't want colored peoplpe to live
on nice streets but are perfectly will
ing to send missionaries to Africa
or build up schools in he, black belt
but no charity at home 50 far as
their immediate community is con-
'cerned And Southern members OF
Congress have used the cry of So.
cial equality as mighty weapon in
Congress against our sacred rights
and year after year we see northern
members become passive when the
southerners are lying on US faster
than a mule can kick
In our own State foreigners and
redheaded halfbakes feel priyiledged
insult us in public placs many
of whom refused to defend the Gov
=, - I,,&
who did defend it. Ny friends the
ballot must be our weapon in Con-
necticut, as we'll as in the general
government. Every two years we
make trip to the Capitol to ask for
Civil Rights bill to be turned down;
we come back and wait anoher two
years.
In close election in this state
the colored peoplpep could turn it
either way if we were organized. We
should know every man whose influ-
ence and vote have been inimical to
our interest, whether commissioner,
mayor or state or national represen-
tative. We should know them.
Republicans and the Colored Folks
Last year when we with white
friends asked the judiciary Commit
tee to make a favorable report on
our bill the late Mr.. Spooner told me
that he thought every member of the
hlfaan hta{
they turned us down, knowing chat
if it had been favorably reported it
would very likely have been made a
part of the law.
Here are the names Of the commit
te: Senators Delaney, chairman
Brown. house chairman, Mr.. Buck
ley, Union Clerk of committee; Mr.
Darbie Kilningly, law clerk; Milton
C. Isebell, Ansonia; Messrs. William
son, Darien; Sherwood, Wesport
Perry, New Haven; Hill, Orange
Campbell, Enfield; Nickerson, Corn.
wall; Wall, Torrington; Barry
Griswold; Storrs, Ansonia.
Thsi is the committee that gave u!
the black eye and we must remembei
them the extent that if any soi
them CONS up for office in tn future
we must resent their action at tht
ballot box. If going into places o.
public accommodation is social equ
I'aiity, then again, we want it.
! Two short months ago the Presi
cent of the United States went arm
in arm with southern Democrat II
birmingham to deliver himself on th,
race question and the world know.
how well it was done. No man car
say that Mr.. Harding did not hay,
q chance to prove himself a gladi
ator worhy of his steel but the sauti
lad been feeding him with this falls,
doctrine of social equality and ht
lost the opportunity OF fulfilling hi