The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

! ton for a response but to all sections and
especially to the South where we know that
have end in the
who will be faithful in the future as they
| have been in the past if we shall be true to
ourselves ut st Is, frue to the Coo who brought US
OF freedom. -
But no race has ever risen out of the shad-
sition.,. We have been no exception to the
rule. And all the way to the top Of the lad
der, where Daniel Webster declared there
ne i }he most o4 it n
economy of God in working out the destiny
| Of races and nations-we shall encounter
end, for We shall have God and Justice and
fair play on our side.
In view Of the present condition of affairs
attention to the following facts:
I. Since 1868 there has been a steady and
persistent determination to eliminate US from
not to be eliminated Suffrage is federal
guaranty, and not a privilege to be conferred
or withheld by the states We are not op-
but we insist that restrictions shall apply
alike to all citizens of all states. We are
willing to accept an educational, or property
Of these was intended or is conserved by the
new constitutions of Mississippi, South Caro-
lima. or Louisiana. Their trainers intended
zenship because of "race, color, and previous
condition." and we therefore call upon the
congress to reduce the representation of
made mandatory by section of article XIV.
Of the constitution. We call upon Afro-Amer-
leans everywhere to resist by all lawful means
the determination to deprive them of their
suffrage rights. If it is necessary to accom-
plish this vital purpose to divide their vote
IN given state we advise that they divide 1t.
The shibboleth of party must give way to
the shibboleth of self-preservation. ~
2. The increase of mob and lynch law in
the republic must be source of regret and
grief to every law-abiding citizen. It has
abroad We feel that this cancer on the body
which will spread over the whole body Of the
eent Of t in Se hf have
shocked and Disguised the nation. We regret
that the president of the United States saw
his second annual message to congress.
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
g. The separate car laws have grown to
such provoking proportions, and they are so
Unjust ama IN drec
attention to them here. We urge and advise,
in the interest of justice and decency, that
the Mat6 rs rate R5eva tha
famous S.stem now in force in most of the
other sts:es Of the South. 1t is a. principle |
OF common law that man shall pay Tor |
what he wants and get what he pays for. !
Under the prevailing system a contract made |
in New York with railroad or other COM
mon carrier is not worth the paper it is |
written 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'
A. In the interest Of humanity, we request
that the penal institutions Of the South be !
reformed. The horrors of them depicted by
George w. Cable years ago instead of growing
herding of males and females and Juveniles
in the convict camps Of the South constitutes +
one of the most glazing scandals in the ad-
of justice in the republic Sepa-