The broad ax., 1897-08-07

and respect virtue and true woman
hood In our women? Do not the
glitter and gloss and sham of mod
ern society cover all looseness con-
corning any of>the ten command
ments?
Gust as long as you or prac-
tice falsehood, deceit, hypocrisy,
revenge, sel6shness, intemperance
and RIGHTEOUSNESS, just so long viii
we continue togo down, down from
their lofty thrones. Virtue will
lift the poorest of mortals up, up
until the sunlight of Gods prov
idence viii shine round and about
them.
1--WE must be educated; we must
send our children to school. Send
them, send them, make them 60!
We will never be respected If We
are too lazy or unconcerned when
such opportunities for learning are
within our grasp.
1--WE must keep our young men
from the saloon, gambling bells and
houses of infamy, and put them on
the farm, in school, in business or
to learning trades. (Applause.
"Our women must practice and
esteem virtue ss a pearl without
price. We Tausf cleanse our
churches of hypocrisy and deceP-
ton. Shouting until you are
hoarse on Sunday, then living a
life of immortality and disgrace the
balance of the week will not elevate
us. To say that we are as good as
white men should not be satisfae-
tory. We should place our ideals
high-high as heaven-and strive
70 reach them with every nerve.
jim CROW CARS.
"Stop yelling about Jim Crow
cars. Stop bowling because you
cannot sit in theaters and other
public places; but strive to make
ourselves of true Importance and
these evils will vanish. Railroad
officials are as anxious to do away
with Jim Crow cars as we are.
Theater managers run their houses
not for sentiment, but to make
money. / am a negro from top to
bottom. Every impulse of my
heart is for my people. l want, l
pray, / expect to see them walk the
streets of even this beautiful South
land, with nothing between them
and heaven itself except the beau
tiful sky above. Yet we must con-
fess that as we see the conduct of
many Ieputed best men, ana incest
women, take note of their actions
In public places and on public car
riers, deep down In our heart, of
hearts we are forced to confess that
were we white, negroes would suffer
more than they do. Jim Crow
cars were erected for sef-protec-
ton.
"Black men, be brave, be watch
full, be ready, be men. l cannot
believe the Southern white man
hates us. Moral courage will en-
able us to stand as firm as the hills
for what is right. Let us have am
bition and race pride. Let us aim
high.
"Wemusts SO equip ourselves that
if every white man and woman in
this country were to suddenly lose
their power we could in a moment
take hold of the complicated ma
chinery of government and run it
with success.
"When we have done all things
that make others great; when we
have instilled into us the principles
of truth and true manhood, then,
and not till then, viii Ethiopia
stretch forth her hand unto God
and rejoice
"Haye We not strayed away from
the paths of our Savior? Do we
live up to his blessed precepts, left
for the guidance of all mankind?
We ask ourselves, why all this op-
preston and wrong? They are but
the admonitions of the God who
made as at one time one of the
master races of the worldwide for
sin allowed us to be enslaved-who
has freed US from physical bondage
again, and is now plagueing us with
the locusts and frogs and flies of
black laws and determinations that
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