The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-12-01


The Negro, simply because he is 4
Negro"
Among his statements were such
remarks as these: THE white man
and the black man are brothers
The Negro is wholly human. as has
been proved by the fact that inter
marriage between the two races has
proved fruitful "One-third of the
whole of the United States popula-
ton declared Father ellis, has
a strain of Negro blood. No matter
how much the white man may re-
volt at the idea. that fact still re-
mains" "A mulatto has been CON
seerated and ordained a bishop. that
has been done in the United States. =
Square Deal
Pleading for square deal for the
Negro. Father ellis said: "All
rights belonging to man must not
not be denied the Negro. Indigni-
lies have been heaped upon him
because he is a Negro. In some sec
lions he has been denied the vote.
in some sections he is paid lower
wages than the white man, for the
same work, because he is Negro.
He has been refused admittance to
certain trade unions, denied MEM
bership in white churches; he can
not attend schools with whites, ex-
cept in the North, and the schools
which are set aside for him are in
ferior to those made for whites, yet
the black man pays his taxes just
like the white man.
Where the dim Grow law is in
effect he is taxed for entertain
ments which ha cannot enjoy. One
wealthy Negroes home in Chicago
has been bombarded seven times, yet
he is denied redress. He is lynched
THE Negro is considered as an
alien, he is ostracised, he Is con-
sidered as an outcast, like a leper
More indignities must be suffered
by him necessarily and If he were
to rise in rebellion, he would be
shot down like a dog
"Fellow citizens of the white
race he pleaded, "let us consider
We have treated the Negro more
unjustly than the Red man. No mat
ter what we have done to atone for
our crimes to the Red man, we are
doing nothing to atone for our
crimes to the Negro.
IF the curse of God can pass, as
the Bible says, to the third and
fourth generations, it will be true
for the sins against the black man
that 1t Is up to us to wash them
out. In the name of God, let us
give him simple justice,,! We are
storing up danger for our descend
ants.''
Father ellis declared that the
black man is now progressively
hrowing off his shackles. He has
been tainted by his leaders in the
North into coming up North, and he
come North and he is feeling
his freedam." He emphasized the
TX of restraint which the Negro
felt in northern sections, relative to
churches. etc.
He lauded the capacities of the
Negro. saying: yes, they have
abundant talent, talent which can
be used for this Nation, or against
It. Some of them have become
He then quoted from a poem by
Claude Mckay, in a most resonant
tone, saying that ''if we must go
down fighting, let us go down
back" pray God that he
does not rise in rebellion" said
Father ellis. Father ellis deelar-
I'd that If a poem of that nature
had been written and read in 1875,
it would have been called pat
'iotic. And then he added: "The
black man has suffered more from
Is than we ever suffered from King
George" And he concluded by re-
oeating that: 1.-The black man and
he white man are brothers, so or
lained by God"
His address was made at six o.
lock, f. S. T.. and came from
under the auspices of
he National Council Of Catholic /
den, with headquarters at 1921 +
Massachusetts, Avenue, N w, here.