Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-27
OFFICE OF THE DEFENCE OF THE
COLORED AMERICAN RACE.
To the Editor Of the Washington Post.


DEAR S1R:-I see in your issue
of the 9th inst, that you discuss
ed at some length what you
termed the "Mahone Slander," on
Miscegenation or Mongreliza>
ton" between the two races of
"whites and blacks" and the dan
gers which follow in conses uence.
Before going further, 1 would ask
you to inform your readers also,
which of the two races is involv-
ed in the greater ISLANDERS, the
"white race" against whom truth
full allegations have been made,
or the colored race, who have
been disgraced through compulso-
ry miscegenation or mongreliza-
tion by the whites. 7 ask this in
justice to the colored race OF
which L am a member and espe-
cially that intelligent portion
which go to make up largely the
American nation and too, to give
you an opportunity to set your
self right before this race as be>
fore your own, I claim that we
have some rights in the race of
life as we'll as the whites, but you
ignored ours trying to defend
theirs and involved yourself with
US in your attempt to escape
their wrath. In your editorial,
you refuted slanderous charges
made against you by the Rich
mond Whig, charging you as be-
ing favorable to "miscegenation
or mongrelization of the races,
which charges you resented in a
manner rejecting upon the color
ed race. "Although it could"
said you have charged us with
equal propriety with advocating
baby broiling Or assassination or
any other abhorrent crime. Now
sir, you may inform your readers
in connection with the before
going words, whether or not, that
the Richmond Whig could with
equal propriety have charged the
white race conscientiously, truth
fully and knowingly with baby
broiling as it could with compul-
sorry miscegenation or mongreli-
zation with the colored race, to
say nothing about assassination
or any other abhorrent crime for
which no volume could be coded
to contain. In order that, the
public may be relieved of this mi
quiteus impression Of any further
evil than has resulted already, I
am preparing to deliver an ad-
dress on Thursday, Thanksgiving
day, November 29th, 1883, at
some church and hour yet to be
named through the daily and
weekly papers of the city of
Washington. Had you been more
thoughtful and used the term in
telligent blacks and self: respect.
ing whites, it would have been
more suitable under the circum-
stances to establish the kind of
defense that you will need AS a
protection to the white race
against "miscegenation or mon
grelization with the colored," for
in this case stubborn facts must
be admitted before successful
defense is insured. Indeed if the
of "miscegeuation or
mongrelization" were the cause
of other nations greatness and
there is no other way remaining,
then the American nation can
never hecome great, because such
q road to greatness would be in.
imitable by US Americans. Ma
tiOns are like individuals, great
men can come only from good
children. and great nations from
moral generations, therefore, in
order that conference of compi-
less may not convene and COM
plete its work without hearing
from this race. 1 bog to record
in favor OF 'smiscegena-
ton" rs shall be shown hereafter.
n,