The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

ton for response but to all sections, and
especially to the South where we know that
we have friends who have been tried in the
who will be faithful in the future, as they
have been in the past, If we shall be true to
ourselves, true to the God who brought us
Of freedom.
But no race has ever risen out of the shad-
5oWs into the sunlight without fierce oppo-
rule. And all the way to the top cf the lad
der, where Daniel Webster declared there
was plenty Of room, however long it takes
economy OF God in working out -the destiny
Of races and nations-we shall encounter
fierce antagonism, but we shall win in the
fair play on our side. e.$ u" q
In view OF the present condition of affairs
in which we ind ourselves we beg to direct
attention to the following facts:
1. Since 1868 there has been a steady and
persistent determination to eliminate us from
the politics Of the Southern states. We. are
guaranty, and not privilege to be conferred
or withheld by the states. We are not OBJ
posed to legitimate restriction of the suffrage,
but We insist that restrictions shall apply
alike to all citizens Of all states. We are
willing to accept an educational or property
qualification, or both. We insist that neither
OF these was intended or is conserved by the
lima. or Louisiana. Their trainers intended
and did disfranchise a majority of their citi-
aenghiIp because Of race color and previous
congress to reduce the representation of
those states in the congress, as provided and
made mandatory by section Of article XIV.
leans everywhere to resist by all lawful means
the determination to deprive them OF their
suffrage rights: + it is necessary to accom-
In q given state we advise that. they. divide 1t.
The shibboleth Of party must give way to
the shibboleth of self Representations.
2: The increase Of mob and lynch law IN
grief to every law abiding citizen. 1t has
become source of reproach at home and
abroad. We feel that this. cancer on the body
which will spread over the whole body Of the
cent outbreaks Of It in the carolinas have
that the president Of the United States saw
at to treat with silence this vital matter in
his second annual message to, congress.
good Offices to settle this matter to the salts
faction Of all concerned and the honor and
glory of the nation. SIS 5, SD
3. The separate car laws have grown to
unjust, degrading, and oppressive IN their
operations, that we deem It urgent to direct
attention 10 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 tn-5t
famous -. stem now In force in most OF the
sEte.SoS VI LIE
Of 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 q railroad or other conf
mon carrier Is not worth the paper It is
written on south OF North Carolina. Is this
fair or Just, or In accordance with common
or statute law practice in the United States.
A contract valid in one state OF the republic |
should be valid in every state-With all othei |
citizens than Afro Americans it is
Il IN the interest Of humanity, we request
reformed THE horrors Of them depicted by
George w. Cable years ago instead Of growing |
better, have grown worse. The indiscriminate I
heniing OF males and females and juveniles !
In the convict camps OF the South constitutes
one Of the most glaring scandals in the adj |
OF justice In the republic Sepa-I