The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-08

honest share, produced vastly more as lree-
stead Of becoming public charges have be- |
come self -sustatning and reliant citizens, who i
share in the " wealth have produced Pro and and |
and the glory of the republic, Of which We |
are as Dr..sDavids Gragg. 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
honest labor and sacrifice ana devotion. a CO.
equal share and participat ton.
at seems to us strange and unnatural that
we! should have to turn from the magnificent
record we have made as slaves and freemen
in peace and in war, to specific grievances
snd t. appeal az saa the Injustice and
manity Of a portion Of our fellow citizens to
the Justice and fairness ana Christian char.
80. We do It with q confidence born Of i
chrstan ath and go years Of
hours than those of today; we have seem
sre S aud death and devastation and come M out
purified by the faith that abldes in the Col
Of Destiny, and we expect to see it do. SO
American love Of Justice and fair play. And
aroused, we do not believe that the world
will give. And we do not look to one DOC
ton for a response but to all sections. and
especially to the South where we know that
furnaces Of experience and found true, s md
who will be faithful in the future, as they
have been in the past, II we shall be true to
out Of the Egypt of slavery into the Judea
of freedom. ~ -. g.
But no race has ever risen out ct the shad-
| ows into the sunlight without fierce oppo-
| rule. And all the way to the top Of the lad
der. where Daniel Webster declared there
me + G 3ha ot o4s il e
economy of God in working out the destiny
Of races and nations-we shall encounter
end for %s aha 5 Ts s6 ana win in the
| fair play on our side. = 90 :.
In view Of the present condition of affairs
attention to the following facts: Deg 70 orect
/ 1. Since 1868 there has been a steady and
persistent determination to eliminate us from
the politics Of the Southern states. We are
not to be eliminated. Suffrage is federal
guaranty, and not privilege to be conferred
or withheld by the states. We are not opi
posed to legitimate restriction Of the suffrage.
alike to all citizens of all states. We are
willing to accept an educational or property
qualification, or both. We insist that neither
new constitutions Of Mississippi, South Caro-
! lima. or Louisiana. Their trainers intended
and ala disfranchtse a majority of their citi-
condition" and we therefore call upon the
congress to reduce the representation OF
| those states IN the congress-, as provided and
Of the constitution. We call upon A AFRO r:
leans everywhere to resist By all lawful means
the determination to deprive them of their
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 self-preservation.
the republic must be a source Of regret and
grief to every law-abiding citizen. It has
become source .n1 ofT rep at home and
polite is breeding contempt for law
which will spread over the whole body of the
nation unless stop be put to it. The re-
shocked and Disguised the nation. We regret
that the president of the United States saw
At to treat with silence this vital matter in
Yet we indulge the hope that he will use his
good Offices to settle this matter to- the salts
| faction of all concerned and the honor and
glory Of the nation. 49,
| g.. The separate car laws have grown to
such provoking proportions, and they are so
| unjust, degrading, and oppressive in their
operations, that we deem 1t urgent to direct
Inc the interest Of Justice and decency, that
North Carolina be substituted for the in
famous H.stem now in force in most of the
| other stk:es of the South. It is a principle
! Of common law: that a man shall pay for
What he wants and get what he pays for.
l
| In New York with railroad or other COM
mon carrier is not worth the paper 1t. is
| written on south Of North Carolina. Is this
| fair or just, OF in accordance with common
| or statute law practice in the United States.
contract valid in one state OF the republic
should be valid in every state-with all othei
f. In the interest Of humanity, we request
that the penal Institutions of the South be
reformed The horrors of them depicted by
better, have grown worse. The indiscriminate
herding ot.males and females and juveniles
in the convict camps Of the South constitutes
one OF the most glaring scandals in the ad-
ministration of justice in the republic Sepa-
rate the males from the females; give the
juveniles asylums OF their own and the OPP
Union do it, why can't the South? It has
wealth enough, It needs only inclination. We
appeal to its Inclination. AS q matter Of
fact there must be no less than 500, 900 Afro
Americans I'M the South who are held in in
voluntary service, contrary to the thirteenth
men to the Constitution ct the United
s: Intelligent citizenship is the strongest
safeguard Of the state. The taxation for
sShSGl purposes in the Southern states s
illiteracy OF those states, due In large part
to the maintenance OF separate schools for
diture Of monies, we suggest that part Of
the public domain Of such states as have
public lands be devoted to school purposes.
button Of the Afro-Amercan 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
trfDutton be encouraged in all reasonable
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
IL We favor both higher and Industrial edu-
cation and we ara grateful at the splendid
by the eagernesssw with which our people ill |
aid avenues of education open to. them.
g. We are gratffed at the development OF
business enterprises OF all sorts among ua !
ana we wish to encourage all such as being
among the strongest levers in the p1ift Of the |
ed men Of our own land and of the world at |
behalf. q,
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