Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-12-01

| and of daily papers, The church has
played a poor part-it has failed to
teach the doctrine that sail men are of
one blood" failed to instill many of the
truths taught by our blessed Christ.
The papers bow to the people and fail
to help mould their ideas into grander
thoughts. The result is justice is never
given to a Negro in case of law when
white man is involved. This is true,
the poo est degraded white person has
a better chance before the bar of the
court then our leading Colored men. l
know this to be true, saw two cases of
the kind in Georgia and only few days
ago, one in Texas. It is true as well in
New Orleans. If white man insults
you it is best to take it. On several O!
the railroads especial cars are provided
for our people and such are of the
cheapest quality, and unless you are
servant with some family do not dare
to put your head into sleeping car.
The press fails to decry any wrong done
Colored person by whites. At a meet
ing in which I was present short time
ago to take action upon a white man
raplng Colored girl of twelve years,
the paper next day said, 'The coons
held an indignation meeting last night
and denounced the court for the heavy
imprisonment e months in iail) it put
upon white man, ETC., truly the
Nlggers are risin." In most places
here our people are compelled to 90 to
the back door when they would see the
person of the house, and as to eating,
we eat in the kitchen and sleep only at
Colored peoples houses; the writer had
to walk over two miles short time ago
to get bed at Colored mans house in
a little town of Texas, and amid all
these wrongs heaped upon our race
they are coming. I have been in par
lors, and seen there on the walls beauti-
full pictures the work of a daug hter; fine
embroidery work, neat sewing etc., the
work of the children. Our people are
not doing the excursion acts so much,
they are crying down camp meetings
and are fast learning this is an individual
fight, as | rise raise the race: men are
working hard to that end, and [ see
large forces Of Negro laborers under
men of their own race, obeying them
and doing business with them as they
do with the whites. And now as to the
Negro as a voter. He is as truly and
closely connected with the Republican
party as the Irishn man is to the Catholic
religion all that you read Of his fidelity
is true with more. The recent victory
| be has prayed for, worked for, rejoiced
over more than the North will under
stand. He feels it is his Saviour, and he
believes it. The South is complaining,
I it claims through their Journals they
tear Negro Domination- Negro Rule.
/ They will not give the Negro credit of
his progress they fear he will rule with
rods of iron; fear they will be paid back
in their own coin, But such will not be
the case. I have talked to quite few
Colored leaders and they will doubles
be very conservative. Mississippi and
Louisiana will have Republican Cover
nors next election. and our peoples
4 ambition is already raised to point far
above that, men who live in the North
think. Let us hope that the white Re-
publicans of the North will show their
appreciation for us as a race too. While
4 politics is the ladderson which most of
1 them climb to fame. it is also one of the
chief ladders upon which we, as a race,
must climb to success. All things being
equal let us hope some Of our Republl-
can friends will open the doors of their
respective business houses for the adj
mission Of our children so that we too
may have opportunities to cope with
I other races besides in the political
arena. What shall the young educa-
ted Negro do? is a question; one that
. men Who are identified with the Re-