Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-04-14
Richmond, Virginia Planet
Produces Entire Address De-
livered
The Sosth's Meaning of Social
Equality.
Ladies and Gentlemen =

| Ladies and Gentlemen -
We are met today to commemo-
rate not only the greatest moral VIC
| tory in the life of our nation but the
greatest of any nation since deprav-
| ity lifted bigots dictatorship among
he divisions of men from whose de-
cisions no appeal could be effective
| ly made save through blood. | be-
lieve the day will come when our
nation will cease to lag behind the
| civilized nations Of earth in recog-
milton of the great triumph of righ-
teousness 50 years ago and will take
the lead in proclaming it one Of the
great victories of Christian eiviliza-
tion since God drew the line between
right and wrong.
It IS generlly conceded that
American slavery was one of the
blackest crimes ever infested any
nation; men were born to cruel ser
vitude, bloody lash and the auction
block; women were born victims TO
rapers, forced immortality, eternal
severapce of children, the witasSs-
ing Of the lash cracking the skull Of
husband and TO life of tourtue and
shame. When the pillars of this
system were cracked by moral war
fare Of good people backed by
armed forces Of brave nation the
scandal had to be atoned for in
blood and the scavenger lost his
sword; the victory at once became
one of the greatest moral triumphs
OF human hisory and Lincoln fell
heir TO the ages.
The South's Meaning
am to speak today on "The
South's meaning Of social equality"
cannot give comprehensive exc
gesis on this false doctrine in linn
tied address; will have to be brief
on points taken up, and necessarily
leave untouched many things of par
amount interest. am not to speak
on "Soeial Equality" for that is a
private matter of individuals, as to
whom they consider socially endow-
ed to enjoy the feleeities OF their
homes and prpivate functions and
no law can rightfully function in the
private choice Of law-abiding indi-
viduals who make choice of other
individuals as their social friends
and comrades. But | am to point
out some of the things the South
means by parading this ghost up
and down the land.
Tersley speaking this might be ex-
planned to those OF us, who know
the South from skin to marrow in a
| few words; for we know that this
| bug-bear is a trick of the South to
gain behind a mask what she lost on
| the field Of battle; it is southern
propaganda launched to leaven the
nation with southern ideas touching
the Colored people that they might
see with a different eye and play
hands off while southern madness
RACES. The South does not want us
| TO be free, nor enjoy the blessings
of citizenship; she wants us TO be
| prescribed against and TO become a
| foo,h,n for mankind
As she dug herself out of the re-
bel stinch into which the war had
flung her, she played we'll double
| game. she must regain her place
/ power and influence in the Federal
| Government and at the same time
work out a system by which she can
keep the coiored people down. They
bowed to the terms of the conquerer
and came back with ha in hand, but
in their secret council, launched
their propaganda under its real
purpose from the despised Yankee.
/ Not a Good Loser
The South was too small of mould
and narrow of soul to prove a good
loser; to ungrateful to b gracious;
had gone too far in wrong doing to
be reformed in Two generations, 80
she must follow the l:rucaone busi-
ness Of human slavery. The fac;
that she had driven pepole in
slavery for two and half centuries
without pay, Kindness, friendship
and human protection counted fol
nothing they must De reinslayed.
So ander the slogan Of social