The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-02
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

substantial labor element at the South
/, and is now doing very commendabl
work in the factories at the North.
Gin no instance it be pointed on
that the Afro-Americans have undertaken
{ to interfere with the rights Of other PEG
Of their freedom. r." ~
THE GOLDEN RULE HIS GUIDE.
"The Afro-American has observed tn
golden rule in that he conceded unit
others what he maintains for himself
: he uphOlds the doctrine taught by tn
. Declaration of Independence as he de
tends the faith delivered unto the saints
The constitution of the United States il
to him the bedrock upon which is found
Il ed all true civilization, and he wants i
enforced in it's entirety. He seeks M
special privileges and asks no favors
All he wants is fair play, and this HI
demands 49,, Iii -.,-.. Nee 81
HE has placed himself in line with the
best thought Of the present day and he
now assumes to speak for himself and
to present his case to the American peo-
pie. Having now complied with every
condition Which our civilization imposes
upon him, he asks that that civilization
guarantee to him immunity from outrage
and wrong in the exercise of his rights as
an American citizen and in the enjoyment
of his freedom as a member of society.
=. $50 long as the rights of the hulnblest
citizen are trampled on with impunity
! civilization fails of it's purpose and the
ends of government are subverted. Men
1 do not respect institutions that are not
| potential in scope and execution. Paper
1 blockades are not recognized in the laws
4 Of nations, nor are they respected by the
powers of the world. To receive recogni-
I ton they must be effective in execution.
In every walk of life men want the thing
| ~ TO 10 rnr.fo rnr1n &c a not
| tern of what is to follow.
| BLOW AIMED AT CASTE.
'The white people of this country claim
to be superior to the Afro-American, and
| the Afro-American demands proof Of that
superiority. The first attribute Of a. SUI
perior nature is it's consideration for the
weak and the humble.
| did the slave trader comply with that
| condition when he separated husband and
wife, violated the sanctity OF the Afro
Americans fireside and tore the helpless
| babe from it's mothers breast and sold
| him for sordid gold to distant parts?
What wrong had the Afro-American done
him? What wrong does the Atro-Amer-
| lean do him now? (
Another evidence Of superiority is to
| suffer long and be patient. Had half the
| insults and outrages ,heaped upon, the Al
ro-American people Of this country by the
|
by Afro-American people of that section
upon the whites. the land had hardly
been able to contain the graves Of the
dead. For $50 years the Afro-American
women of the South We're oppressed by
the best blood Of that section, and the
mixed blood in our population is largely
due to that fact. They were then sowing
to the wind and now they are reaplng
the whirlwind.' a.~
| when the white men. We're away light
4 ing to dethrone the stars and stripessand
to erect in it's stead the emblem of the
Southern Confederacy we had their
women at our mercy and could have
slain them, but our superior nature as
serted itself and not a hair of their
heads was harmed. On which side of
the balance should superiority be placed?
ADVANCE IN EDUCATION. . b.
"At the close of the war the Afro
American had no schools and colleges;
today he has fully 200 institutions for
higher education; the best colleges and
universities are ooen, to him, and the
public institutions in which he is permitted
to be educated run high up into the thou-
sands He has demonstrated his capac-
ity for education, and as a student in our
Northern colleges he has proved himself
second to none. In the senate OF the
United States in our national house OF
representatives, on the bench and before
the bar, in the chair as college professors,
in the editorial sanctum, in the world
as a man of letters, in the medical pro
fession, in the Industrial walks OF life, In
the exacting and difficult department OF
surgery, in the arts and sciences ana d.
a sweet singer the Afro-American has
shown that under like conditions he II
capable of producing the same results
as are produced by men of other races.
PROUD OF D1ETz, THE ENGINEER.
..Whenever the test has been made the
Afro-American man has never been
shown to be the inferior. Men look WIFI
wonder and amaZement at the genius and
ingenuity displayed in the plan and con-
struction of the Brooklyn bridge. They
=. regard that bridge as the result OF
wonderful piece of engineering, but they
forget that the first bridge spanning oul
navigable waters was constructed by an
Afro-American engineer of the name OF
Deitz. '"
Far be it from our purpose to claim
for our race in the United States perfec.
ton in any department of life, and we
condemn unsparingly every act of VIC.
lence committed by any Afro-Americar
against anybody whomsoever, be he black
or be he white, and we pledge ourselves
to do all in our power, as citizens and
electors in the United States, to bring be-
fore the bar of justice every perpetrato1
of wrong and outrage. Ea ~
1--WE appeal to our people on the farms
and the plantations Of the south, OF
wherever they may be found, so to con.
duct themselves in their relations among
one another and toward the other race
that they may avoid even the appearance
} of evil doing, and, having done every
thing to merit Justice and fair treatment
I'VE appeal unto the American people
north and south and the God of nations
to protect us in the exercise of our rights
as citizens and members of society.
= LYNCHERS MUST BE PUNISHED.
''The race problem in America is not
with the Afro-American. The white PEG.
lple made the problem and they must
Esolve it. Afro-Americans do no lynching
ITO stop lynching the lynchers must be
brought to terms, and they are all white
I They need regeneration and that work
! must be accomplished by some force OF
agency other than that operating in oul
} civilization at the present time.
! 1.-THE country is drifting into anarchy
E Day by day the lawless and barbarou!
J spirit of the mob becomes more defiant
j But yesterday, as it were, the so-callet
J best element of Alexandria, Va, the may
!, or standing in their midst, without order
) ing the arrest of even one man, though
| all, or at least most of them, were wei
: known to him, inundated on the altar o
race hatred almost in front of the churcl
! - Wa oto wnnf II