The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-11-21
CIVIL RIGHTS.
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derness, it was not expected that i'll the short
space of thirty Years we should have reached
our present stage OF advancement: It is
accredited us, that we own $263' 0oo,-
600 worth Of property In the Southern
Ala 6anaa, ss,2oo.ia5: Arksnsas, $s.oI9,;i5;
Kentucky, S., O,4OO; Louisiana, SIS, lou, 52S
Mississippi, $13 49O, 213; NJ ssouri, $6, 6OO, 343
North Carolina $l1,OlO,652; South Carolina,
ST., 500, 900: Texas, $18O1O,5 45; Tennessee,
| d complete answer the charge that we are
thriftless and all Inferior race, and incapable Of
advancement in civilization?
Next, please look at us from a civil and patri-
otto standpoint and see if our citizenship has
been git or was it bought with d price and
whether when this nation was III peril We tried
us the enjoyment OF the fruit of the preservation
of the Union? Thousands OF colored soldiers
marched into battle and gave their lives for the
saving OF the nation. We therefore hurl back
our
in government with our white fellow citizens
The South has wrong idea-it is that the
North would dominate over it. The North
would only lead it from the path OF injustice
into the ways OF justice. But we have not fully
| tried to contend with the South in its erroneous
Northern brethren Kept aloof from the negro
instead Of fighting the BATTLES OF his wrongs side
! by side with him, as q matter concerning the
| whole people. II our Northern pulpits would
| resound the declaration THAT God is no re-
| specter of persous he looketn not OH the
| countenance," and practice the same, the senti-
ment of the brotherhood OF man would be bet
ter recognized Instead OF this. have lived i'll
cold theories. We have satisfied ourselves that
| we have no separate coaches for cOlored people,
and that orr laws in the main apply to black
and white alike.
| But while have advocated an awakening of
public sentiments against Southern expressions,
| I cannot fail to see that the treeman's Lest pro-
! lection against wrong is his ballot when living
so19n IS IN the OF
his franchise no right he may secure Can be last
ing. Some politicians who love power more
than right, would relegate the question of q free
ballot and a fair count to the rear of national
| issues l advocate the protection OF American
ga lah6r ,5 steel and
to human life, liberty aud the pursuit OF happi-
ness as well, and would draw the line i'll advo-
eating any man for d seat III the highest legisat-
i've body in the nation. and vote against him
d ne b ws ge 81 III
the South.
But. before conclude let me say that there is
enc essential element needed for our success and
that is unity. Unity OF purpose and OF action
Harmony among ourselves Confidence in each
other. Perseverance. All these are needed IN
In the struggle for our right to cast our ballot
and have the same counted fairly, as well in
Mississippi as in Maine, in South Carolina az in
PEide and that have c6e
mag strate who looks upon platform pledges as
more than mere words, but as an obligation
from party to citizen and a duty upon an ex-
ecutive to carry out i'll his admin
We need on,S uphold President P H@rrisone.
hands in protecting our civil rights and we shall
also lie Sale from the loss Of these rights within
our own boundaries much longer. The citizens
whom the South would thus degrade in their
rights are. men of the North, your fellow citi.
zens your brethren in black and i'll humanity.
! L heir protection Is as necessary as is the pro
lection Of the products of our land; their lives
AS precious as ours. Let US unite in seeking &c
secure their rights and protect them against
wrong, to the end that our country may be in
TACT country united, d people prosperous and
living in harmony and peace, so that there be
no North, no South, no. East no West, but a
common country loved by I'll. enjoyed alike by
all, aud for which all stand ready to die in Re
curing those means as will give it lasting ell
uurance. Long live such republic.
THE FINAL ADDRESS
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of the evening was delivered by the Rev
w. s. Vail.
/ 1.-The demand OF the colored man is not ar
aggressive movement" said the speaker. HE
only asks that privileges guaranteed in theory
should be his i'll reality. He asks that public
sentiment be strong enough to sustain him ir
the enjoyment OF his rights as citizen, and il
meetings to revive or create that sentiment
But if we must take all argumentative attitude
| want to recall the TACT at the very outset that
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