The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-26
THE TWO RACES.

tunities more or less favorable for
self-development The heritage
Of the Afro-American for centuries
has been slavery, and, 7vth skaUe1y,
limited opportunities for self-bet-
terment The people who have
been free for centuries have made
lustrous history in the arts ofpeace
and war. The peaple who have |
been free for scarcely single
generation haze, in their struggle /
advancement, as the New York |
World Ia Democratic daily) de
clares "done remarkably well I'M
der extraordinarily adverse circum
stances.
In less than 80 years, represe IA
tive Negroes, and uot few otthem
in number, have reached moral
aud mental standards by which
the capabilities Of the race, as we'll
as all noble manhood can tested.
To quote here from another ex-
chage, the ST. Lens Ad0amce:
| By redundant vital force and
intellectual vigor individuals OF
the race have reached the topmost
round in various lines of skill and
learning from Peter Jackson to
Frederick Douglass, from George
Dixon to Clement Morgan, from
Isaac Murphy to pr. E. w. Bly,
J den, from Capt. Robt. Small to
! Gen. Dodds, from the little black
girl carving out an image in clay
To Edmonia Lewis chiseling a pic
ture Of the death Of Cleo patra
Z in pure Italian marble, from the
Negro who re-captured sloop OF
! war BY his personal process to the
black soldier Of the 9th calvary
rushing through binding snow
storm on Our northwestern plain:
, to rescue white regiment from
slaughter by savages.
1 Courage, mnsic, art oratory, SCI
ence, invention and genius hav
each woven a garland for som
II Negroes brow.
n The AngIo-American, in his cen
i turtles Of frsedom, has added bill
n lions To the country's wealth-th
~ Afro-American, in less than
N years, with meagre opportunltle
n has added millions, Give the la
ter reasonable time and equal OF
portunity, add he, too, like tt
former, will add billions to tf
y wealth Of the NatiIn. The ra'
for which has enjoyed freedom +
only a quarter Of a century carrie
, j TO-DAY as a matter of course, i
~ norance in its ranks, and alor
with ignorance, crime, This ia
NJ, has startled not few ''hasty CT
I. ics" and caused them to rush
iii, the conclusion that the Negro h
made no progress since treedo
~ Is this fact one for marvel, no
U. ever, when viewed by the side
;na another and a truly r9markat
fact, namely, that the race, viii
II, has enjoyed freedom for 10
centuries freedom with enlarg
aan and grand opportunities-oalr
Still more Or less ignorance in
ranks, and With this ignoran
mn crime?
Ten 1he leaders i'll the vast fields
,faP human energy are the "stre
HIT, shirts" Of all races that cannot
mt shackle BY hckle public sentlm
and by arbitrary powerin the ca
anu UT efforts they put forth Tor s.
-"eu advancement, Among the pc
lation Of every race createp by {
for some wise purpose, there
,... strong and weak elements-sul
nm ior and inferior types OF men
vas women. The strong types
lnty. far III advance Of Of the veal
att, literature, poetry Scie
runs craftsmanship invention
'ranc what ever you please. They
or forge a way out of evey 81
.o,,,.s ton however, simple or comp
w;,h however pleasant or disagree
III aud thus make history Inc