Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-16

nEQOIS LudL our E0lt Cdu manu- 4Ns way
REV. I. 5. LEE, of Summerville, S.
c., asserts ''that it cannot be said truth
fully that as race we are one whit
better off to-day than we were twenty
years ago, either socially or political
ly." He believes the colored man him
self is largely TO blame, because:-
II is almost impossible for US to form
strong social ties Tor want OF race love and
affinity. There is no race OF people on
earth that thinks less of US than we think OF
ourselves,
He believes that the colored man
should let politics alone" and that
''that Afro-American is blind who fails
to see that he is a burden TO the Repub-
Iican party"
This may be; but the reverend gen.
tleman should remember that the Re-
publican party would not exist were it
not for the cOlored vote, aud that,
hence, it is burden it gladly bears.
Mr.. Z. J. WAXING, q lawyer of Bal
timore, thus lights into the subject:
The white people of the country degrade
religion, patriotism. science common sense,
fair play and decency ia their insane effort
TO Cypress the negro. The white people OF
the country have no religion or Christianity
as a great mass. A man who hates negroes,
who passes laws against negroes, who de-
cides against negroes in the jury box and
on the bench because Of their color is no
Christian. He is worse than any intidel,
skeptic, agnoStic, and hypOcrite combined.
This demon, this poison, this disease, COM
monty termed trace prejudice has made
the Amricau white people mad.
Another Baltimore colored man, Mr..
IL. 5. CUMMINGS, q politician, takes
hopeful view of the situation and thinks
that "the forces at work now among
our people will bring forth results UNI
dreamed" What these forces are, how
ever, he neglects to state.
Editor MURRAY of the st. Louis
Adrqnce, thinks that "the negro as
negro cannot succeed in America. He
says:
The intelligent negro believes himself
the equal Of the white man, but he knows
that neither public sentiment nor law
allows him to assert or enjoy that equality.
The man who thinks himself inferior 10
any other man is only fit for slave.
But he sees a hopeful sign in "the
fifty trades schools of the South, now
filing up with colored pupils. Some of
them have as many as thousand pupils
already. The honor with which
CLEMENT MORGAN came out Of Harvard
University is not worth as much
to the race as the fact that the
equatorial telescope now used at the
Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis,
was made entirely by colored pupils in
the School Of Mechanical Arts at Nash
vile, Tenn" Editor MURRAY has
level head and his advice applies with
equal force to whites and blacks.
Hon. J. NJ. TURNER, ex-United States
Minister to Liberia, takes rose colored
view Of the situation. lie SAYS:
THAT the negro has high estimate OF
MS OWN IN~Sl Tics anu az tsbANAAe AeAANA
IN his own power under the protection of
our own Institutions of government TO
work his own destinies, Is an unqualified
satisfaction Schemes of colonization and
dreams Of expiration no longer take root
In his mind. Having learned from BOOKS,
as well as most trying experiences, that ms
labor is necessary IN that beautiful South
land, where the fragrance Of the honey
Suckle sweetens the air, and the mocklng-
bird sings him 10 rest every night he mas
determined to remain where he first saw
the LIGHT. ana by honesty, frugality and in
dustry. always hewing closely to the line,
he believes that he will ultimately come TO
own the soil where his unrequited toll
feled the forests, redeemed the lagoons
and built the cities"
Prof. o. N. WooD, of st. Louis, thinks
that mo race of people under COPS
shining sun have made the material adj
vancement in the last thirty years that
the negro race has made" But he
adds that "civil rights for the black
man in the United States is a pleasant
little deluSion."
Rev. G. Z. SCoTT, of Louisville, be-
lleNtS luaL lAAt pApsAOSo ANNNAN'S 'H'N@N
by the colored people of Louisville,
especially in the matter OF acquiring
property, was very gratifying, and
augured we'll for the future. He added
this common-sense advice:
eve have had too much politics. think
that a colored man should vote in every
election, and vote for the best candidate or
nrincipie. lust AS a white man should do.
Rut do not think that our race is % be
lifted up through any devotion to politics.
This must be accomplished N the schools
and workshops"
These are samples of the various
views of this subject held by the fore
most colored men OF America, and they
contain much food for thought. While,
naturally, all express confidence in the
ability OF their race TO work out their
own destiny satisfactorily, the under
current Of discomfort aud unrest is to be
noted in almost every line, and mean
while cOlored speakers all over the
country are preaching the doctrine Of
emigration, and complete separation
from tho whites.