The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

posed to legitimate restriction of the SURFACE.
Dnt we insist that restrictions shall apply
willing to accept an educational or property
qualification, or both. We insist that neither
OF these was intended or is conserved BY the
new constitutions of Mississippi, South. Caro-
lima. or louisiana. Their trainers intended;
and did disfranchise majority of their citi-
zenshlp because of race, color, and previous
condition., and we therefore call upon the
congress to reduce the representation of
tnose states in the congress, as provided and
made t mandatory by section 2 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-
IN given state we advise that they divide it.
The shibboleth of party must give way to,
the shibboleth Of MISREPRESENTATION.
the republic must be a source: Of regret and
grief to every law-abiding citizen. 1t has
secon source .n; Of rsproach at home and
which viii spread over the Whole body Of the the
sSssi q ;GR he hut e. I'll %
shocked and disguised the nation. We regret
that the president of the United States saw
ut 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
e. g. The separate car laws have grown to,
such provoking proportions, and. tftey are so
unjust, Degrading, and oppressive in their
attentions 20 them here. We urge and advise,
In the interest OF Justice and decency, that
me- Nsrs ro1. rate pre- Tin I'm
famous stem now in force in most OF the
other stsses Of the South. It is a principle
o %ss m Law that man man. shalt Pay for
Under tho prevailing system contract made
in New York with a railroad or other COM
Written on south Of N SSn cas S R Is this
far on Just, or In accordance with common
or statute law practice in the United States.
should be valid in every state-with all othe.
citizens than Afro- Americans it is.
A. In the interest Of humanity, we request
reformed. TSe horrors 1,''e Of them depicted BY
George w. Cable years ago instead Of growing
better. have grown worse. The ndiscriminate
in the convict camps Of the South constitutes
one of the most glazing scandals in the adj
ministratfon Of Justice in the republic Sepa-
Juveniles asylums OF their own and the OPP
portunity to reform. The other states Of the
Union do It, why can't the South? It has
appeal to It's inciinatton. AS a matter Of
fact there must be no less than 500 900 Afro
Americans in the South who are held in in
voluntary service. contrary to the thirteenth
amendment to the Constitution OF the United
States and the peonage statutes thereof.
S. Intelligent citizenship is the strongest
safeguard of the state. The taxation for
school purposes in the Southern states is
wholly inadequate to obliterate the abnormal
illiteracy Of those states due in large part
to the maintenance of separate schools for
the two races, necessitating . double expen-
diture OF monies, we suggest that part Of
the public domain of such states as have
public lands be devoted to school purposes.
!. 6. We feel that q more general distfi-
button Of the ro-American race throughout
CONTINUED on 1ou7EH 1AaIi