The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-02-15
ANOTHER CHANCE TO RESOLurR

We call the attention of our mAny
readers to the letter of Rev. . l.
Davis in this issue Of the CITIZEN.
and ask can it be possible that such !
thing can happen in the Sta.e 81
"Old John Brown" in the capital
city of that State, while there il in
session u legislature almost unani.
meusly Republican, and so Jealous of
human rights that it passed resolu-
ton asking congress to look after the
outlaws in Arkansas? Can it Be po,.
slble that in Kansas, where there il
an eighty thousand Republican ma.
Jorlty that peaceable, law abiding
citizen and rank Republican at that.
cannot live in security in any part Of
the State where he has money to paw
his way simply because God, BIZ
some mischance perhaps, made his
skin black? To people living outside
of Kansas this may seem strange.
but it is nevertheless true. There
are houses lots and additions in and
near this city where no Negro can
rent or buy at any price, let him be
ever so talented, cultured or refined.
and there are others where If he
rents or buys his life and property
are in danger. There are places on
Kansas Avenue where colored per
sons cannot get a dish Of cream or 4
plate of oysters nor even = cold
lunch, sitting on an old stool, for
love nor money. What does this
prove! 1t proves that the great ban
ner Republican city Of The state q
Kansas and the Nation fosters q pub
lie opinion which is deeply saturated
with a most beastly, brutal and iR
norant prejudice against the Negro,
its most loyal and faithful ally. This
foolish prejudice does not come only
from the lower classes Of the whites;
1t does not come only from our demo
cratic element, but it Comes from
high influential sources and from
that class of citizens, who. at or
about election times almost demand
the Negro vote as their just claim
for what the Negro himself and some
brave white men did twenty-five
years ago. 1t ts claimed by some
that this is a matter that cannot be
treated or reached. but that is not
true. If the business men anI prom
inent citizens Of this community
would frown down upon these acts #
injustice and inhuman insults to
which we are continually sub jected
IN their presence and in their places
of business il would not be long le-
fore these Negro haters would DO
forced to at least a state 0f scmi man
illness toward us. Marion. Illinois.
furnishes US another evidence Of
northern hatred for the Negro. Let
week a number Of colortd men who
had been employed in . tobacco lac
tory there we're ordered to leaye, and
because they did not obey The order
their homes were fred into BY .
white mob. We would like 10 ask
the gentlemen Of this State and the
State Of our martyred Lincoln. has
not the Negro in two hundred and
sixty years ear ned the right to live
in this country and enjoy the bless
ings of liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness? Have not the grand in
3 buttons of this country been ce-
mented By the blood Of our ancestors
as we'll as by that Of yours Have
We not helped make this country
what il il! Are We not a. loyal and
patriotic os any class Of citizens in
this land: Then Why DO you stand
lerenely BY and sec insult and in
dignity, pillsge and murder perpe-
trAted upon u, our wives and chill
dren when il Is within your power 70
check and prevent them By the IT
tempt, at least, to cultivate ; more
healthy and les prejudicial public
sentimen? These are contemplate
outrages that should be vigorously
condemned and fercely denounced
by you and in such . manner that
the perpetrators thereof would feel
tia. public opinion ID against them
and their vile conduct. viii you
take that course Let u wait and