The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-03

In the present condition Of the race, which
is abnormally disturbed in one section of the
country and comparatively composed in the
other three. it is easy to reach the conclY-
sion that We cannot arrive at the desired ends
wholly through any one method. There are
certain things which those Of US who live
IN. the South can accomplish, and certain
North can accomplish. We may take differ
ent methods to reach thezsame ends, but the
results will he for the common advantage.
test and petition and of political conduct. is
essential to the cause. The Northern and
Western mind needs to be constantly agitated
upon our grievances and accurately informed
as to their nature and extent. In the South
the work of education and internal develop
ment can best be determined and carried on
by the wise men Of us in the Southern states
who have done so much since the War Of the
Rebellion to pave the way for our future
status as men and citizens in all the walks Of
life. We think that it is important that this
view of the matter should not be loSs sight of
for moment. &t "
We must be broad ant, liberal in our policy
and Interpretation OF the intentions Of all
members of the race who have capacity and
probity, and who are working for the general
good. The vast extent of our country and the
multiplicity of interests and the local preju-
email ethnic AUTHORIZATIONS, which must have
proper time for inevitable assimilation, makes
imperative a broad liberation among US of
wide difference Of opinion mo- as as to the best ways
localities, which must determine the final
result for veal or woe. .-...
So much OF a general character may be ac-
cepted without sacrificing one principle Of
manhood or citizen right, Tor that would be
repugnant to our sense of absolute justice.
to which we adhere without deviation or
bubble. ."
AS a fair statement Of cur convictions we
affirm it that there is no manhood or citizen
right guaranteed to US by the federal consti-
t.tion which we do not claim ana denial OF
do not protest. y "",' a.,,.. "
Passing from abstract statement of senti-
ment to concrete statement OF fact, we have
to congratulate ourselves that the race has
everywhere grown stronger and stronger in
all the elements of Christian morality, Of
thrift and of intelligence. There Is no con.
it. Those who predicted that we should starve
in a condition of freedom have lived to see
us produce more and consume more than
in a condition Of Slavery; those who prophe-
sled that we were incapable Of mastering the
common rudiments of education have lived
to see US fill 200 colleges in the South with
tent teachers in the public schools of the
South. upon whose competency white super
intendents of education passed Judgment;
while our Ignorant ministry has been trans
formed into one of the strongest and most
Intelligent forces for good in the republic,
and the high professions OF law and medicine
tives in every considerable community in the
republic which command the respect and
confidence of their fellows.
We affirm it as matter OF fact, which
cannot be refuted, that the Afro-American
race is stronger and better today than ever
before in its history; that it is more hopeful.
more moral. more religious more intelligent;
that it has larger bank deposits, owns more
real and personal property and lives in bet
ter homes. As ex-Gov. r. B. Bullock, of
Georgia, recently expressed It In the New
York Sun. no people have ever made greater
progress In a given length Of time. Where
it was confidently expected and predicted that
we would become dependent. pauper race
In a condition or freedom, we have proved
ourselves a self-sustaining race, producing
more cotton and corn and other wealth as
freemen to the enrichment of the commerce
OF the states of the South than was ever
dreamed of in the philosOphy sof the slave
master We appeal to the statistics eof cot
ton and cereal and mineral production before,
and since the wa- to sustain our contention.
We have not produced all the wealth OF the
South since the gwar-we have produced our
honest share. produced vastly more as free
man than we produced as q slave-and, in
stead of becoming public charges have be
come sef-sustaining and reliant citizens. who
share in the wealth we have produced and
rejoice In 1T and in the strength the expansion
and the glory of the republic, of which we
are, as DR.. David Gregg, OF Brooklyn. re-
Gently affirmed, among the first families, and
in whose past achievement and present glory.
in war and in peace, we claim, by right OF