The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-07-11
Mason City. Iowa.

EDITOR THE APPEAL:-As [ was once a
citizen of vcur city in the employ of T.
H Ly les, one of your grand good men.
How grandly stands forth that truthful
advice he gave to me more than six
years ag'. He did not know it found
resting III zee in my memory. No man
ever ploughed into the conviction of his
fellows without this Christ-lke sacrifice
of putting his purpose above himself.
These personal illusions no doubt will
seem fattery to him. can make no
other on this occasion. am satisfied it
will be distasteful to him, for he shr;nks
from praise as other men do from CEN
sure. He is as modest as he is munifi.
cent. While fortuLe has showered her
golden gifts upon him with lavish pro-
fusion his Chri<t- ike manner has alv avs
kept in sight his fellow-man, unlike
some of the other wealthy Afro Ameri-
cans of your state, when Culored State
Convention is called be responds men
tally, financially and physically. There
is Colored man that lives in the State
Of Minnesota reputed to be worth up.
wards of quarter of million, whose
name is linked 10 every prominent call,
but that is all. By careful inquiry 1
have never heard of call loud enough
for him to respond with his cash to help
the Afro. American cause along. l see
by persuing the papers that the Afro.
Americans of the State of Minnesota did
meet in convention pu' suant 10 call and
have done noble work. We the Afro
Americans of the State Of Iowa, con-
slider this eift, and such gifts are twice
blessed, it blesses both the giver and
taker, it proves that the great princi-
plies defended by the leading Afro
Americans of Minnesota live immortal,
and for the patriotic principles en-
bodied in those resolutions adopted. 1
extend to you the thanks of the Colored
people Of Iowa, and with the thanks I
voice for them mingled congratulations
of all lovers Of race wei are, that you
have been 30 generous to there link the
names Of those noted Afro Americans of
your state with all that is worthy, noble
and heroic in the history of your citi-
zens. A number Of men who have led
their generations, and whose fame will
grow with time are very few in any
nation. Their unapproachable position
has been reached because no one else
could have done their work, they only
appear in those c1isises when the life or
future of their country or nation is at
stake. a.,
| The Afro Americans of the U. S. are
surprisingly rich in having poss sspd
such men as Douglas, Langston, Bruce,
Lynch and many Others Those MT n
are ALWAYS sound on important ques-
tons Brother Afro Americans let us
continue to fight PREJUDICE with that
weapon that will be sure to win the bat
tle-honestv, industry and education
Race pride in the North and poverty of
mechanical industries in the South,
force us into the outskirts of labor, for
eigneIs are welcomed to our shores with
assurances Of employment. But for the
sons Of those Negroes whose blood was
spilled for American Independence,
j whose sweat flowed for American
wealth aud whose bones are bleaciirp
now on Southern battle. fields there is
not even an apprenticeship. The Irish,
the Swedes, Germans and French who
migrate to ourthores, lose their national
characteristics within few generations
and all are Americans alike, difference
8 in ancestry does not effect their social OF
political relations or hinder their
q mutual Intercourse or support. Not SC
with the Alro-American the Negro OF
two centuries ago is the Negro OF to-day
i To-day we stand alone, wit no backing
no we'll defined social affinity; a relic
OF the past too, crowded with imp 'easant
memories; prescribed, malisned and
j hated: barred out from entering the
sancitum ssnctorum of the literary and