The Washington bee., 1898-12-24
WHAT MUST WE No
SAVED ," ~ Be
BY BISHOP A. WAIr,

the leaders of our race tson p.Hlon anon,
look just now for the nao,.S y,,a' TIE ou
ca is gloomy. STU IN Amer
President Mckinley in ol
a command from the So,,.g ,D.pgenlience i,
mt IN his lengthy message ~ 5iaS tiaS ses
10 remain silent on tb,. - COl2rss
Illinois and North and som5 = ases /
recent events in the Son.h G-d'0.iu,
Vealed his real motive for -. "a'e
The Governor of Illinois o's 8
olo~ to pieces with GarIIn, gn ,sady
negre es who dare enter his doa suns u
take the places Of wb,,e 1Sul'a
nave refused to work "sN d
The officials OF the Sta,as
and south Carolina claim y " Nos
are power'ess to protect NJ Ia';
rights. Us To-
he city officials of EjImi,
-, were the leaders of I'm s'oa
ruthieSsly murdered more ,, ''O a
en- Afro-AmerICans on IN -"A , tt
November. '''A Vi H
South Carolina, Lou.sia1,..,
lsSippi by statutory ensc,rsa. a,.l 's
pracucally diSfranchiseo ,..'S r.. hae
population. '"'' aesn
The southern pulpit AMI
aideu by number OF nor,b.-- pes
and not a few daily papers ,,'' Yu'P6
magazines. are doing d. m ,'1 ,.es '5esl
er 10 mould public Sentin-a, ''' p'E
us. as4IG
truly the outlook is gro,u
We nave seen gloOmle~ i'm ,. oi
present Ia Snort while bet,r- ., s''' a'
when the Fugitive slave '.- Va,
PaSsed) and were 5rouJb, %
phdntiy through by the sGd Of a."- ,',--,
Inc most astonishing ,niDy ,'a p,
is, that IN the face of these dI,'.,' -. ~'
mentS there are a number ot IS,
leaders vi the race NRDara 80 ,''''-
to our unIug for self pry,ectipp nv n
advise US to be silent and t-rtb-
man have ms own way; burn 1,. r-"
rob, insult and discriminate ag.in,,
IN every way. and We are 10 S,~ ~
hand that SmiteS US.
Nay, nay, my DrOtnreu .he lime h,
come when the negro-, mn.
unite. The President of the r'1n.J
States, whose duty II is to see rb,,,,'
citizens are protected, has abandor.,
US TO our fate. The on.y sources y
which we can turn for hep IN h,
dark nOur are, ISt, 10 our be,y-r.,
Father, who has fought our battle, I,
the past; 2nd, TO our iowa, vrt.
friends who have ever De4n !.
I ar play and equal justice, and Ia,y.
to ourselves. Ihr Crisis is upor 4,
We must face it like men. n Vs. >.
main silent and surrender nj M,
has been given Us as citizens, We ,,,1
prove ourselves unworthy Of h.
name of freemen.
Let AfrO-AmenlCan men and won-
from all parts OF the United S7s
who are interested in the future aa
fare of the race, gather at Was5lv
ton on the 2oth Of December; MOI h
angry mob, Dui as sOUer, Iowa. ir
thoughtful citizens, anu consul, u
gether as to what is the best 10 do \
this crisis. rne effect of such uss.
ing cannot be otherwise than begaI
to US 1t will show TO 10 the vaa
that since the President and GOyeeI
ors mentioned above have abanIoas
US, we 10000. 900 AfrO-Amvrca,s
have decided by the assistance Oi6a
10 help ourselves.
We have IN our possession saving
agencies, such as character. Indugr.
intelligence, and a irm trust in Go.
what we need to DO is to get tOge.hg
and agree among ourselves as 10 ID:
best way to utilize these dgraCs
Now IS the time to mould sentmrntn
our favor, since the South i, doInl
everything in its power TO create sen
tlment against US.
Our cause is just, for We Simply As,
for our rights, which have been gar
anteed to us by the Constitution
our country; thetefore We are ar
that God Is on our side.
Let us meet together and agree 10
on day ofprayer To Almighty Goth
nelp- Let US meet together and 0rg3
lie permanent CouHCil, that will b8
the following Tor something b-tterml
may be suggested at the coming med
lngJ as ITS objects:
ISt: 10 create a healthy publ
sentiments In favor of TAR play q
wards the negro.
2nd: 10 urge that a fair repressr
tat1on be given to Afro Americans
the government in the government
the country, both state and national
3rd: 10 devise ways and means
raise funds To prosecute all pgDeta
tors of lynchings and other outrage
and TO test the COnSt,u.lonaii,y
laws enacted by some Of the sOli
ern states which have for their o5le
the diSfranChiSement or the negJ
and which are contrary 70 the Isli;
and spirit Of the I4tn Amendment
the Constitution of the United STATE
4th: TO resist to the utmost b
tyTdnnicdI usages Of railroad'
STEAMBOATS,, and O,her corporation
that discriminate against us.
SIN: 10 labor tor the reformaag
of OHf enaf Institutions, where ~
barous, cruel and unchrls.ilani "'
men, of our co1victs is praciicsll. d,
9Th: To urge tina, moneys .,.l =. y
prrpriated bv Fedora, Qo'e'...".s, I
(which should have been done ,o.. a, /,
time of orr emanciPato1' % ,.t. .,.,
ment the school funds % '15 s-, 49,,
states, in order to make HI'e.l'.r, late,
great mass Of ignorant co.o'7-
IN that section, ..r... m
7th: To recommend a A7'.-..:Io -.:I.o,t
grafton from tOrrOr-ridden 'V-'.g .,,oa.
our land 10 more law abiding 'J- I,.,T.
Sth: To encourage DOih ''''
and higher education. d, ,fb-;
9th: To promote all Ni''U' ~
mess enterprises. I'm. day
18th: To recommend tef'a.4,', = ,,ars
during the year for fasting a'+ 5gl
TO Almighty God 10 aid Us III '''