The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-10-08
THE RACE PROBLEM
A New Light to Cast its Refulgent
Rays on the Vexed Question.
An Afro American Says no Will Answer
the Prayers That Assembled to Hes.
ven on tho National Day OF Fast
ing and Prayer.
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| Now when you begin to consider this
thing right you will find that even God
does not ask any more of mortal man l
understand that the Colored people of
Kentucky are raising cum of 5000 to
test the separate car law in that state.
They had better take that money and
help to raise fund to buy land in the
West where it is cheap, it will do more
good. Suppose you win the case, it
would only benefit a few individuals
while at the same time it would have
tendency to intensity race hatred. Beat
some white men at the law, and he will
| watch for an opportunity ever after that
to put you out of the way. He may meet
you at the polls year or two hence and
by his bull doing methods, cause you to
say or do something that will Great dis
turbance which the ever present lawless
element glories in for it gives them an
opportunity, and as they think an excuse
to kill Negro, and if you could but
know the truth they are that means
sympa' hizers who you beat at the law.
op adding fuel to the flames and it will
die out, learn lesson from the follow
ing: The great Nat Turner undertook to
right the wrongs done the race by viol-
lent methods, but it cost him his life, he
wanted to be free and he undertook to
fight his way out but got lost in the
shuttle. While on the other hand the
great Fred Douglass had desire to right
the wrongs done the race but be- went
about it in dife rent way and he still
lives. Now which of the two men has
been the most use to his race? Douglass
like Turner had desire to be free but
instead OF staying there and fighting II 9
enemy, he picked himself up and walk
ed away. Turner used his muscle, while
Douglass used his brain. one used physi-
cal force while the other used brain force
one was natural power while the other
was spiritual power mot by power
neither by might, but by my spirit ssith
the Lord" Douglass is quoted in saying
that he used to pray and pray to be free,
but his prayers were never answered
until he began to pray with his legs
meaning he used them in walking away
from the trouble. How many of you
are willing to 90 and do likewise? Don't
imagine that you can kill the devil for he
is much older than some of you are and
there is not much use trying to convert
him for if he is a devil he is liable to re-
main one. Turn your heads westward,
but first let US raise money and buy land
80 you will have some place to 60 to and
be able to stay when you get there.
Oklahoma will not hold you all but it
will hold great many more than what
is there for white man going over from
Arkansas and in writing back to one of
his home papers he gave briet descrip-
ton of Langston, city the only distinctly
Negro city in the United States and he
said, rs the Negroes come in the
whites went out af' or selling their claims
at the Negroes own price. Now why
cant the race raise money and put it in
the hands Of the great Caleb spirit INC
C.be) and let him ap point man or men
to say in all Of those loose claims, some
months ago the PIaindealer made an Of
fer to start fund by giving $500 to be
put in the han 1s Of McCabe or any other
to be used in re Giving actual suffering,
but no one took h II Of the proposal, we
would rather hold conventions and pass
strong resolutions deaouncing the out
RACES perpetrated on our people. 1t is
easier you know, you don't have to con-
fine yourselves to Oklahoma, for know
certain young Colored man who mar
ried in the Cherokee Nation and got a
good farm by it. 1t is said hint to the
wise is sufficient, but for fear you wont
take the hint 1 will go little farther by
saying let you people % to
(To BE CoNTINUED)