The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.

Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.