The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-04-23
WHY THEY WON'T SING
Rev. D. A. Graham Devotes Prelude
C. Trihnna E,d1tnrial

Rev. d. A. Graham Devotes a Prelude to
Tribune Editorial.
Kew. u. A. Graham in adding to speaking
out in the afternoon. meeting had his say on
Ibis subject at his church (St. Peters A. NJ.
E.) in the evening. He devoted a prelude
20 it and the bulk thereof was reply to
something he road in the TRIBUNE on the
matter of colored men refusing to sing
America. He said:
The TRIBUNE of the 18th inst, comments upon
the slgnlncant fact that the colored men in
many parts of the country are refusing to sing
America on the ground that America is not
sweet land of liberty" 1t also accredits
this unpleasant feeling to "short-sighted past
ors.' 'who," it says. have emph asized this Bit
terness by unwarranted threats of appeal to
arms IN case colored grievances are not i'm
mediately righted in the South
Now the TRIBUNE is generally quite fair in
the consideration of the race problem and wa
give it credit for honesty of purpose in all it's
utterances. Yet the article referred to only
understand this question in all its bearings.
This very article from most friendly paper. is
both =, unjust and misleading. True the colored
ing "America.' True their pastors are leading
them out of sentimentality and to more
practical considerations of thoir citizenship.
pu' UAlo IureaC OIL appeal TO arms If their
wrongs are not immediate righted," is alto
gether misleading.
We have waited patiently for years for our
We have settled down to ask merely the rieht TO
pc, Of the Southern negroes is unparal-
coward unworthy of the rights of man. Still
we Kept on preaching peace. peace" when
their was no peace The colored preachers is
| Southern negroes down by this kind of preach.
| ing and promises OF "a better day comm by
But at last the preachers are losing faith in
the power of Christianity to bring white Amer.
! leans t" deal justly with black Americans and
they have begun to preach Moses instead Of
Christ; An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
| tooth they say now is tho only protective pol.
| icy. '0
The TRIBUNE discusses the question ONLY from
a political stand point and insists that the col.
ored man should have a fair ballot. BIT that
very idea is one of the things that has initiated
aHathhss us. Inc great Republican party, as
has lost sight of human rights and onlv asks
and that very modestfy too, for political rchts
i ic the negro human rights have been dead
issue in politics since '76, because the Republi
can party felt that it could carry the country
without the black vote of the South. Since the
here arsos "" BECOME so
| and that is all This is why the preachers hav
LOST fath aud begun to stir up their people tc
f rad thems les They do not advise them
| 70 resort TO arms to secure the right to vote,
put the far more important right of trial b;
Jury, Jury, that AIS is constantly denied them in the
south. The government ignores the daily VIC
iat1ons OF the constitution in this respect.
hence there IS no other remedy but in re-
tt 'an;a which the colored preachers are
hesitatlngly beginning to preach. The TRIBUNE
presumes upon the ignorance of its readers
wnen II tries to make them believe that the
greatest war in history was fought for the free
dom OF the negroes" Every person of ayerao,
information knows that the war was not tough
Of the union. The promise Of the North . aut
inc republican party was that slavery shall b,
| territory. + A'elo Az
The freedom of the slaves was a most ham,
result o. the war, brought about by the domi