The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-04-15
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WORDS or ADVICE.

We wish to address q few re-
marks to the coWardly negro, the
negro who seems to be made mp of
more "rabbit" than man. We
grow frantic, more or less, when
reading the press dispatches where
innocent, inoffensive and industri-
ous negroes are ashewed at, and
are made to leave their homes and
belongings on the most frivolous
provocation. They are made to
cross their hands to be tied in
order to be dragged to death, they
are made to open their doors only
10 Be shot down in cold blood, they
are made to tie nooses for their
own Inflated necks and made to
provide boxes, ETC., TO get on and
TO leap of into eternity and have
his body riddled with bullets, this
and more he does, dissenting moth
ing nor offering the least resistance
Tho i indeed a. q sheep led to the
slaughter, he is dumb, he openeth
not his mouth. L. It that the
negro il afraid of dying, il it that
he fears the law or il it that he yet
believes in martyrdom? We are
inclined to the latter. We ad-
dressed ourselves to the cowardly
negro for convenience only. The
many deeds Of valor and heroism
done BY the negro in defense of
his country, his uniinching de-
tense of his masters home and
dear ones and his many deeds of
daring displayed in the common
walks of life take him out of the
category of towards, Is commonly
used. When we remember the
great amount of DIVING that has
been done in this country at the
hand of cruel masters whom he
lived to support and died to defend, /
ct the hFnd of unfair juries, in
prisons and on gallows and a. the
bloody hand of judge lynch, ETC., |
We cannot understand how that the
negro can yet fear to die. But |
when We remember the late out
rSges in Georgia, Mississippi and
Arkansas, we are forced to the
conclusion that the negro thinks it |
necessary to offer himself up upon |
. cruel altar Of mobocracy and
white-capism in order to make it |
possible and passible for those of |
his posterity that shall come after
him. Just here we would say that |
We steadfastly believe in Law and
order, sobriety and decency patience
and endurance, but all these we
think cease to be virtues when they
are outraged and trampled under
foot by those of our fellow citi-
sens and even those who are sworn
TO uphold them-the officers. Be
il far from us to encourage law
lessness in our people but We are
compelled to say that the negro
must gain the respect of his white
brother and this he can do only by
industry, intelligence and manhood.
Industry thst will cause one to
spurn charity, oppose abiect pow
erty and aspire to material indie
pendence. Intelligence that will
raise one's ideas, broaden ones
,ympsthies and heighten ones am
bition. Manhood that scorns the
low and cowardly, man
hood that yearns to live honorable
Z possible and die braVely If need
be, manhood that honors God,
respects the brotherhood and lives
,nly to applaud the brave, console
he unfortunate, manhood that will
.ssert itself, manhood that God
owes and that man honors. These
md these only win save the negro.
The white man has shoGn himself
and brave and for this
re take OF our hat. He loves and
VII honor only true manhood. Let
he negro shake off his superstitions
bout dying and to resolve to live
honestly and to die bravely. This
n our HURDLE mind seems to be
he only panacea for the ills of our
'eopls.-TRe X-RaE, Sea Aat0aio,
Isras. |,