The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-01-07
TIC SAVANNAH TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY JANUARY Z
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eraa,,,a. arrested for no CRANE that ne mac
any knowledge OF hay hg oee,l c',,'' I,xIa
Of a violation of law. II 1t was ~ ms PTS Ies-
ence in court he might be Jus'!hanie ", 'ssu-
~ sncn mn order, otherwise | think, ne eN-
cesied his authority. If this Is law then Deg
vour pardon for saying that see no improve
ment that can be made in me Itw ,,iS a ~ taoI
enough of ~ lawyer to say whetheL TINS Is Jaw
or mt but do not believe IL is ii u rs IL Is
bad Jaw When came out OF the ourt house
I felt NOR. Impressed than ever that what we
naede.I wasa union among us and adetermln-
alton TO stand by each other and see mat JUS
tice is lone II these boys had hhn at tielr
hacks a united race with money and educatfen
and manhood, believe they could have had
fine error of Judge Adau-s corrected by the
Supreme Court There are many such cases
hut we can correct them all.
WHAT WE MUST DO
What We must do. We had Just as well turn
our eyes from Washington. All that was ior
long long since. Neither one OF the great po-
ltical parties in this country VIII make the
Negro great. so far house rent meat and
bread Are concerned 1t does not interest he
Negro as to whom is president Do not under
stand me to urge or advocate ulVlSloh OF
the Negro vote The time for that, In my
oninion has not come yet, and will not me
with the true-h hearted Negro while memory
holds its sway All talk OF such division is
idle folly and the hope of such is a vain delu-
sion 1t looks better on newspaper than any
where else and will be seen no where else, as
long as We can remember that the boys In Dine,
the brave and true, bled and died Tor us. Be
fore the Negro changes his vote, let him wait
for the party to which he would go to do as
much for him the party which he W. uld
leave. This would require him to wait % years
yes, he would need TO give the party TO which
we would go D years probation To ascertain
whether il would do as much for us MS the Re-
publican Party has done But for that Party
we would not have been free to-day from
human standpOintl and would nave no Eman.
clDation Proclamation to celebrate. Ii did
not vote Redubiican ticket, would vote
none This should not create any bitter feel
ing between the races Whlie we should strlv'
in every manly way to retain the confidence
and friendship of those who fought 10 pur-
chase the liberty which we now enjoy, 1t Is
good sense to cultivate the confidence and
Friendship of those who live nearest us In
both cases, we should be manly, and tue
friendship thus Obtained Will be far more gen
uine and lasting Those who live nearest to
us can do us most good If they would and
most harm if they try, We should not allow
any party to hood-wink as and lead us at Will
We should be more independent and think
and act for ourselves. No people can be great
by proxy and should not think nor act by
the Sor WA and pay Let US ceSSe
to be t.,ols and be men and we will be felt
mo e. Let 1t bs no longer said that our votes
g ~ I've bought for whiskey, tobacco or money.
Tpi us cease to be ESau who sold his birth.
right which laid the foundation fol lOOsing tn
blessing for which he found no repentanc"
though he sought 1t in sorrow and in tears
If ne Negro is anything he Is and must b.
a Z publican Gratitude alone, would max
the Negro Repu0iRen nf to 9 he tim 1'n nrb c0u
not zee that 1t is paying the Negro anything t.
be. either [ mean the masses very few
get something out of it,. All Fred Douglass gOl
on of IL he gave to the white race by marry
Ing white Woman who really had more senst
than he had He testified III this one singh
act that he believed his own r'cc inferior
that the money - that he had made by Inrr
accident ana good luck I" be used by giea'
men at an oppOrtune time, not Negro woman
in all the land was worthy 10 Silttre It's com
Amalgamation whether legal or illegal il
damaging alike to bOth races While we
hn "a pitiZnnS n a
common country, socially, we ought to be as
diStinc' as a race as the turkey and the chic X
en- They may rOOSt upon the same pole ana
drink ont of the same trough, but they never
forget their nationality The Negro should
be as wise. believe miscegeneration is sill
disgountenanced by heaven. Things are pureSt
unmixed | believe that God would not have
allowed these different races to have sprung
nm if he intended to make them one again by
INSTRUMENTATION The Gospel of Christ alone
is ordained to make them one again, and
heavea is the place. One, a. race: mean
and that is time enough for me, and heaven is
close enough by for me, to wait with job like
Datience to become W"tte man. ana II am 10
die to get this do not care how often the
Snorenle Judge con inues my case. DO not
understand me to put all the blame at the door
Oftne Negroes In the dreadful sin of ANAL
0a nIation the white man and the Negro are
FARMERS and the white man is senior member
81 the firm They are equally guilty and both
deserve to be fIowned out of society. wish
conld see in some intelligent, candid and fear
less newspaper the position of the products OF
Amalgamation logically, inteliigently, candid
ly aud feai lessly defined. To what race do theJ
belong? The father Is white ana The mother Is
black If it is the rule that the child takes the
noother's name, it must be consigned to our
race Ii il taxes the name of the father then 1t
must be consigned % the white race If
equally divided. 1t belongs just halfway be-
e.n 1t appears to me that a father is NOR
alIy bound to love and support his children
regardless of who the mother is. They belong
to ais family, They are Those that the Lord
has given him ~ and morally have as much
ri0hf in his house, to mis- property or any where
he is They could not be more his. The Negro
must work out btSown destiny. The greatness
of any people must come from within them
No neonls have ever become great that did not
nro; ect the virtue of their women If the
xomen are not great the nation will not be 1t
is said that men rule tue world Let II be ad-
I'D that the women rule the men. The saying
is lrue that "The hand that rocks the cradle
goyerns the world. Ii lynch law must prevail
In this age as a result of advance civilization,
then let the Negroes apply this law 10 those
VINO destl oy the virtue of their women. re-
neat it that the Negro must look away from
anv and every political party for personal
worth and greatness. he must look To himself
. I ufge that our people get an edneatiOn, save
their money, live within their income, buy
homes be honest and virtuouS, unite together
in doing a business, form real estate and mer-
camille associations, have confidence in each
n other be true to the race, have faith in our
oreas possibilities, have andying love for race
bride scorn legal or illegal amaigamatiOn, be
so,er STOP being milliOnaires on the streets,
ond hampers at home, pay your debts contract
. 40 more tnan you can pay and protect to the
extent of the last drop OF blood in your veins
the virtue ofOur women ana we Will get All the
"a meet, rights anu recognition we want. Make
a man feel that you are his equal and you
thereby compel him TO respect you. The Ne
Gro mas been free twenty-five years and If he
ever Intends to marry bis own cause, 1t is high
time rl No. ,,,. =. -.
bie own stores banks and loan associations
There ought to be lawyers anu , oGcto d, ana