Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-11-25
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Il W.R ONGS.

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DANGER IN MORO OppREssIoS.
"But in this new usisy Of ssc.ioas, indis-
psnsabIs = il = = fs.srs prosperity, Tiers
Turks serious peril, and when msn talk
Of he improved stats Of feeling between
the North and Soath ! fear they msan The
white men of ~ north and Soath-
The oolored man hes won new rsspset
for bic race BY his courage IN the trenches.
From bis lips fell no complaints through
ont the campaign, and BE- aotsd - Il the
best blood Of Virginia o. MASSACHUSETTS
were in bis veins. Colonel Turner hiss
said that ths Cuban campaign was the
potheosis of the. Negro We have SINH
alsr testimony from Shafter. Wheeler, and
Roosevelt II was colo5ed regiment
that saved the Rough Riders ftom ami
hilation an preserved for the State of
New York its Governor-elsct.
can this should have the effect Of sof-
tsning the harsh eatment generally
melted out to the Negro and of bringing
forward new champions in his behalf, but
judging from the past this is not to be ex-
pected. At the recent peace jubilee only
ona av,oo 10. IN Eo,oN n thu uropuo IF tho
Negro. and he himself was Negro
Booker r. Washington. 1t will emily be
by constant vigilance on the part of bis
friends that the Negro will not be alto
gsther overlooked. In tho face Of the new
era of fraternity which has dxwned The
recent startling facts Of history show that
our vaunted humanity Is more shadow
and . name. The property Of colored
people in North and South Carolina has
been destroyed. men and women have
been driven from their homes, and MUIR
ders have been committed. The more the
story Il read, the worse it appears.
NONE TO UPHOLD THE NEGRO
The alarming thing is that while we
might talk freely abousthe wrongs inflict-
cd by the Spanish. government On sne
weak and helpless, and be cheered TO the
echo. prudence and propriety seemed to
require absolute silence concerning the
wrongs inflicted on the weak and helpless
inside the borders Of the rspuOllc. H. :.
going 10 be = delicate thing hereafter to
deaouse the wrongs Of the Negro. Is De-
wey, for instance. going to be quite 50 in
dignant in view Of the inhumanity practi
ed against the colored folks in the gulf
States when he remembers the section OF
country from which Hobson came? Is
Roosevelt under no temptation to curb
the language in which he would naturally
denoucs the schemes to deprive the solor-
ID vo,ss Of his right TO express an opinion
through the ballos when It may oil come
to the knowlsdgs Of msa 50 nes7 70 sis
hsars - General Whsslsr? Will the pso-
pie At large through the North. in view Of
This change attitude Of the leaders Of the
south toward tho honor and wslfars Of
this republic think il wiss 70 b Is AZ
grsssivs = fosmsrly in their efforts % -
cure 70 the cslored people the rights aud
privileges t. which they are entitled under
the law? It sssms audacious to ask
these questions. but The popularity Of the
situation must answer for the sudseity.
"But the people Of Illinois perhaps will
do veil 70 keep silent o. tho crisis Ia the
Csrslinas on the analogy that people n
glass houses should not throw s,onss.''
BRING DISGRACE on ILLINOIS.
An iguorant and uusesupulous dema-
gsgss IL in the chair Of government who
in assuming, to override the people, has
compromised and brought reprsach on ~
al. In due time this will bs corrected
a4d the false position illinois has been
plassd in before oil Will soon be right
ID. Again The irony Of The situation lies
in our sending regiments 70 suffer hard
ships TO free the Cuban, The Porto Rican
aud The Filipino when the snfranchised
Negro d homo il trsatsd with contumsly.
''No ethics srs knswn . ne which will
warrant sxpslsios. arson and murder %
solution Of this question. That the
Liberty Of the oelolsd maa is made mere
moeksry 10 seen in the shameless discrim-
inatioa made sgainst him whsn hs tries
to pat up at hotel or cat st . decent res.
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