The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

posed to legitimate restriction of the suffrage,
out we insist that restrictions shall apply
alike to all citizens of all states. We are
Qualification, or both. We insist that neither
Of these was intended or is conserved by the
new constitutions of Mississippi South Caro-
lima. or Louisiana. Their trainers intended
and did dsfranchise majority of their citi-
zenship because of race, color, and previous
condition." and we therefore call upon the
congress eS to :. reduce the representation Of
made mandatory by section of article XIV.
Of the constitution. We call upon Afro-Amer-
leans everywhere to resist by all lawful means
the determination to deprive them of their
suffrage rights. If it is necessary to accom-
plish this vital purpose to divide their vote
in given state we advise that they divide it.
The shibboleth of party must give way TO
the shibboleth of sef-preservation.
-, 2. The increase Of mob and lynch law in
the republic must be a source of regret and
to W at home
abroad. We feel that this cancer on the body
polite is breeding a contempt for law
cent cent? outbreaks Of It in the Carolinas have
shocked and Disguised the nation. We regret
fit to treat with silence this vital matter in
his second annual message to congress-.
Yet we indulge the hope that he will use his
faction of all Concerned and the honor and
glory Of the nation. =. ,.t.-.-. -.- "a.
). The separate car laws have grown to
such provoking proportions, and they are so
operations, tiar we deem 1t urgent to direct
attention TO them here. We urge and advise,
in the interest of justice and decency, that
the graduated passenger rate prevailing in
North Carolina be substituted for the in
famous stem now in. force in most Of the
other sts:es Of the South It is a principIe
CT common law that a man shall pay for
what he wants and get what he pays for.
Under the prevailing system contract made
in New York with railroad or other COM
written on south of North Carolina. Is this
far or just, or in accordance with common
Or statute law practice in the United States.
A contract valid in one state of the repuSlis
should be valid in every state-with all othe!
citizens than Afro-Ameriears it is.
~, A.: IN the interest Of humanity, we request st
reformed. The horrors OF them depicted by
George W. Cable years ago instead OF growing
better, have grown worse. The indiscriminat ate
! in the convict camps OF the South constitutes
one of the most glazing scandals in the ad-
| ministration of justice in the republic sepa-
rate the males from the females; give the
portunity to reform The other states Of the
Union do it., why can't the South? It has
appeal to rs ncnat a AS matter of
fact there must be no less than 500, 900 Afro
Americans in the South who are held in in
amendment to the Constitution OF the he United
States and the peenage statutes thereof.
S. Intelligent citizenship is the strongest
safeguard Of the state. The taxation for
school purposes in the Southern states is
wholly INADEQUATE to obliterate the abnormal
illiteracy OF those states. due in large part
to the maintenance of separate schools for
the two races necessitating a double expen-
diture of MONIES we suggest that part Of
the public domain OF such states as have
public lands be devoted to school purposes
g. We feel that more general distri-
button Of the Afro-American race throughout
the states Of the Union and the new terri
tories Of. the republic, in order to reduce the
congested population OF the Southern states.
would do much to simplify the race problem
in those states, and we urge that such dis
tribution be encouraged In all reasonable
way. We have no sympathy whatever with
the schemes OF those who wish to have the
race leave the United States for foreign coun-
tries. We shall remain here and fight out
our destiny in the land Of our fathers
7. We favor both higher and Industrial edu-
cation and we are grateful at the splendid
growth of the love Of education manifested
by the eagerness with which our people fill
all avenues OF education open to them.
8. We are gratifed at the development OF
business enterprises OF all sorts among ua
and we wish to encourage all such as being
among the strongest levers in the uplift Of the
race. We submit our cause to the fair-mnd-
ed men Of our own land and of the world at
large, and invoke divine interposition in our
behalf.