The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-03-25

uiOp uoWn INTO FioTida at this time
of the year you would see God in
nature, and get a greater conception
of God, and then here and there you
would get good idea of the devil in
his kingdom directing men on earth
some of them calling themselves the
superior man, the man made by God
to rule His earth, and if you were not
strong, If would drive you into inf
deity and land you right square in
hades or some other hot cline pre-
sided over by his satanic majesty
King Devil"
In some part of Florida as we'll as
IN Georgia, me and my people have a
heluva time and It is hard to tell al
times just where in the II this thing
will end. For | saw advertised in the
daily paper-in fact it was sent out
by the Associated Press-that there
was going to be lynching in Georgia
last week. / said a lynching, but il
announced that the man would be
burned at the stake, and If l have
said something that don't belong to
Sunday School and in the ouarterlies
at this time, God will forgive me and
you will do so because of the occa-
sion.
Here we are in a civilized country,
a country which boasts of its high
culture and civilization. the country
which boasts OF THE Land of the
Free and the Home of the Brave" yet
announcing through the public press
the burning of human being at the
stake, just as if it was going to be
grand circus, or some other great
festival. Going to cook human flesh,
barbecue it. and then let it 90 to
waste. Every man who took part
should be forced to eat some of it, and
| will bet you a dollar he would not
want to join another burning.
In the face of this blot on civiliza-
ton there are men and women who
would fight against law which you'd
prevent this kind of disgrace. Pass
the Dyer bill and let it become a law,
and / will bet you my head to
ginger cake that there will not be any
more of that kind of stuff in this land.
Now is the time for the real manhood
in our country to assert itself. Let
the manhood of the United States
assert itself, and you will then see
where we are at. This would bring
about a change, because / feel that
as sure as the Senate passes this bill,
President Warren G. Harding'will put
his signature to it, and it will become
a law. OF course it will have to go
before Judge William Howard Taft
and his associates, and there is man
hood enough there to rule on right
and justice. / believe that he is going
to speak out right in this matter, and
some day he may return to the presi-
dency. l pray God to take charge OF
the affairs, and / do not fear. Let
Him into the hearts of the Senators
and the Supreme Court and all will be
we'll, and / can feel that am little
more protected in my country. /
have mailed ten letters to my Sena-
tors, and l will write ten more.
l have been moving some since /
wrote to you the other day, and / am
still going, but then this is a going
world. l must not tell you that ]
have been near the crossing over place
down here in Florida, and thought at
one time l would have to send for DR..
George c. Hall TO come down here
and either bring me back to say a
word over that lifeless body, but /
just stuck to the medicine which he
has given me before, and / have i'm
proved some more, and may remain
here a few days longer, or ] may
cross over any time When l see and
read about those crossing over, it
makes me think that my time may be
next.
That brilliant young man, Daniel A.
Murphy, of the Afro-American Balti-
more, right in the prime of life, just at
the time he was enjoying life with his
wife and children, the death angel
came and found him way down here
in Florida, and returned his soul to
the God who gave it, while his life
less body was conveyed to Baltimore
and consigned to mother earth. Side
by side, father and son came to Flori-
da, but in the baggage car, encased
in a casket, was the body of Dan,
while his father in the rear car, heart
broken, wept until he reached Balti-
more, where the rest of the family
joined him in the weeping.
But why weep? The will of God
hath been done He came here for a
brief period. He lived well his todays,
and when tomorrow came he but
wrapped his drapery about him and
went home to be with his mother and
sister, and all others who had gone
before him One by one the other
members Of the family viii join him
Let US all look for love, for joy, for
everlasting coming together through
Him who wore the crown of thorns