The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-01-16
SENSIBLE TALK
BY A NOR II CAROLINA NE
GRO.
He is Opposed to Emigration and is
not Ashamed that He is Black.

livered, at Chester. 5. c., a
speech that is attracting much
attention. In Ills speech he
says:
81 have no faith in the doc
trinc Of assimilation. The an
cest"ai pride Of the white man,
the growing pride Of the negro,
forbid that this amalgamation
take pace save on the high
ground Of matTimOny, and there
is only one internlarriage out Of
every 100000 Some blacks
want this. They say that their
color is against them. If that
could only be changed all would
be well. ! believe that color
has nothing 10 do with the qurs-
ton. Black IS Il favOrilc color.
| A black horse we all admire. \
black silk d e&s is a gem. \
black brOadClOth suit is q daisy.
| Black only loses its prestige, its
dignity, when applied to O. hu-
man.
at is not because of his color
but because Of his condition,
that the black man is in disfA-
vOr. Whenever a black face
appears 1t suggests q poverty
| ttrt III 10 nfsDf fs,.
f Change your conditions eX-
change immortality Cor morality
ignorance for intelligence, pOv-
erty for prosperity. aud the
prejudice against our race will
disappear like a morning dew
drop before the rising sun.
"Cthers would have US disap-
pear by emigration. Your dis,
tinguished Senator has just in-
trOduced into Congress a meas
ure intended to help US away
: AS for me | don't want to go
"No, mop frnm the audience
This sunny Southland, where
,, lie the bleaching bones of my
fathers, is dear to me, and I
D too, feel to the manor born
0 This soil is cOnsecrated by the
0 labor, by the tears and the pray
ers Of my ancestors. Talk abou
Ethiopia, talk of Africa, but
= believe that God intends the
negro race to work out here il
| the South the highest status ht
has ever attained. If anybody
wants to go to Mexico Or Kan
If sas or anywhere else, let hin
pack his trunk and go of hi:
!, own free will. Let Congress
F appropriate if it wants. | viii
If respectfully ask it to take back
s my part.
j at may be that God means
/ us to go some day, but that il
:, not the way and this is not tn
time. Remember, friends, tha
$ long ago two little barques cam
!. to America. One landed at Ply
mouth her load Of freemen, tn
other came to jamestown will
;. freight of bOndsmen. TW
separate civilizations spran
into being from these two ships
but we are away from home
The red man alone is at hom
here, and he won't be muc
longer if they keep on pushin
him westward into the Pacific
III When Congress legislates tn
% black men back to Africa
. would be just as wise to legi
VS. late the white man back to Ell
;. rope. When one goes the othe
- ought to go too. / am here
, stay. | have an unbounded col
fdence in the future Of til
Southland. Her broad river
her rich fields and we'll store
mines will one day produce til
'e, richest harvest of prosperit
the world ever saw, and [ wal
to help reap it and enjoy it.
j "What though a man be XII
id, ed now and then? He wi
would try to crush Us deserv
the pity-not the crlshe
- Though a hundred men ia
~ around me | will stand firm ,
the rock of my faith with ;
mistaken hope.
"The negr, is an imitati
IL creature, and this is a sign
OF much hope. The Indian alwa
40 does the opposite from what
III III sees the white man do. Hen
in he has gone down. 1t is ju
son the reverse with the negro.
ay- white man gets house paint'
Wis white, with green blinds; t.
as negro does the same. The viii
eoc of man rides in a buggy, the neg
ms m gets one too. The white M
ase drives horse, the negro bu
dit him a horse. The white IN
ov- buys a house, ihe negro dc
It'll the same. 1t may be built
the gothic order, with raftt
,,'r. in view, but it's house. tt
promises well. Rome imitat
Greece; England initiated Ron
- America initiated England. |
IA. help every time, and the
,si- gro is following right on in
@s er: white mans steps"