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Heodwait ers to Organize .

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There Is movement on root to or.
gantze, an Afro-American Headwaiters
Mutual BENEFIT Association. There II
no doubt that this is good move and
in the right direction, for, t'in union
there Is strength" The following com.
mittee IS pushing the ASSOCIATIONS pros
pectus. Over one hundred headwafters
have dgned the call for a convention
to be held in Chicago during the com
ing summer. All those who have moi
signed the call are cordially invited to
send their names TO the corresponding
secretary at once. Full particular in
regard TO date Of the convention, etc.
will appear IN The Appeal later.
COMMITTEES Forrest Co1art, chair.
man, The Beckel, Dayton. O.; Jno. B
Coins, corresponding secretary, Hotel
Nelson, Rockford, ILL.,; F. G. Long, The
Willard, Omaha, Neb.; G. r. Johnson
The Lexington, Chicago, ILL.,: w. p
Landon, The New Southern( Chatta-
nooga, Tenn; Chas. E. Buckner, The
New Tint House, Buffalo, N. Y; w. w
Banks, The Maxwell, Nashville, Tenn;
W. H. vandusen, Reed House, Erie
Pa; J. W. EnRanks, The Gault, Louis
vile, KY.
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hearts the law which enjoins us not to
covet our neighbours wife nor his daugh-
tiers. No crime that has ever been alleged
against the Negro has so stung him a,
that Of the charge Of rape it being. ex-
tended even to the child Of tender years.
He remembers with what painful solicit
tude and undagging watchfnlness he pro
tected the wives and children Of the
Southland when their own marital and
paternal protectors had been called away
by the demands of war; and that he was
then, though slave, true to sacred trusts.
Is he less trustworthy now that he is free?
Whatever others may think, he knows
that he is not. In pleading for the main
tenance of law and order, and that all
law-breakers shall be tried according to
the established forms of law, the Negro
cannot be justly branded as an apologist
for crime. He is by every impulse of his
being disposed to law and order. He is
not a revolutionist, an anarchist, nor a
traitor, and I thank God that the people
with whom I am identified have not yet
given birth to Judas Iscariot or Bene-
dict Arnold.
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the white women and girls of the South
from violence as will their own fathers,
brothers, and sons. I have never yet
heard a Negro of any hue or condition
offer an apology for the crime of rape PEI
&c. 1t is not possible to organize court
with Negro judge and jury that would
fail to convict a Negro Of the crime Of
rape where the proof warranted it. So
far from palliating the crime, he devoutly
wishes that all rapists, whether white or
black, were banished from the earth.
Put our sincerity to test, if you please.
Let the white men of the South enter
into compact with us to 60 as far with
us in helping to protect our wives and
daughters as we will 60 with them in
helping to protect theirs, and neither
the jaws of death nor the gates of hell
will cause us to falters or fail, Be this as
it may, we pray God to write upon our
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lido not hesitate toisay that the Negro

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lido not hesitate to say that the Negro
is as unalterably opposed to rape as he is
to murder or any other heinous crime. It
is mistake to suppose that he has no
sympathy for the rapist's victim. He has
compassion forthe outraged, and would
avenge her wrongs as speedily as any one
else. Moreover, the Negro does not covet
the white women Of the South or Of all
other section. Why should he? Has h,
not fair maidens of his own? If a white
complexion is the desideratum, can he
not crafty his taste among his own peo-
pie? Unlike the white man, whose wom-
en- are universally white, the Negro can
select from among his own females varie-
ties of colors including white, black, and
all the Intermediary hues. But, in a
more serious vein, I most emphatically
declare that he will go as far to protect
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Take up the White Mans Burden
Send forth the best ye breed
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On huttered folk and wild
Your new-caught. sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child
Take up the White Mans burden
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror '.
And check the show of pride;
BY open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
TO seek another's profit IT..
And work another's gain.
Take UP the White Mans burden
The savage wars of peace
Fill full the mouth of Famine,
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how to, hoe cotton and plant corn, such
is us far from the reality as the east is
from the west; as the Negro has long
since graduated in the accomplishment
of hoeing cotton and planting corn, and
his diploma was stamped on the great
majority of the 100000 bales of cotton
which were marketed in this country last
year. Therefore aspire to add to the Ne
gro's present limited fund of knowledge
by teaching him how to do something
which he does not now know how to do.
Not by Any Means New.
The necessity of the Negroes training
in industrial pursuits, either as theory
or a dictum, did not originate with this
generation, but is coeval with his exist
ence on the American continent. With
equal propriety might one term John
Wesley the apostle of Christianity as to
term the Master of Tuskegee the apostle
Of industrial training for the Negro: The
former was simply the revivalist of long
existing doctrine; the latter is merely the
revivalist of an ancient dictum, "Teach
the Negro how to- work." and in reecho-
ing this dictum has struck popular chord
in the minds, if not the hearts, of large
element of the American people, some Of
whom emphasize their approval by
throwing dollars into his open hands.
Mob Law. II. 81
That Grape means rope" is quoted as.
a fayorite expression. Of persons promi-,,
nent in public affairs, which is to be
regretted since they are in a position
to influence thousands Mob law il a
menace to good government, and is de-
structive and revolutionary in it's tenden:
cies. It is without reason or conscience,
and is as uncontrolled able as an exasperated
bull. It does not always seek out the
guilty, but demands victim whether
guilty or innocent. It does not investi-
gate, but assumes; does not seek for
truth, but takes everything for granted.
The greatest danger to the South from the
reign of mob law is the fact that it is an
easy thing for any white villain to blacken
his neck and face, his hands and arms,
put on wig Of crispy hair and spersonate
9 Negro, and in that disguise commit the
most nameless and shameless of crimes
for which some innocent Negro may be
made to suffer. tits not known that any
Negro as yet has attempted to personate
white man-that is practically impoa-
sible. t
The Position Of the Negro q to Rape.
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SATURDAY MARCH IL, 1899,

We are glad to note the fact that
cease and attempt at burning in Hope,
Ark, was all miserable fake, utterly
destitute of the truth. If the good peo-
pie down there were to capture the
wretch who deliberately concocted and
isent forth such miserable falsehoods
they would perhaps give him scorch-
ing of some kind. . -.
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''Why brought We us from bondage.
Our loved Egyptian night?"
Take up the White Mans burden.
Ye dare not stoop to less
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloak your WEAKNESS.
By all We will or whisper,
By all We leave or do,
The silent, sullen peoples
Shall weigh your God and you.
Take up the White Mans burdenl
Have done with childish DAVIS
The lightly proffered laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise:
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years.
. Cold, edged with dear-boupht wisdom
The Judgment of your peers.
-McClure's Magazine for February
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The Masonic Grand Lodges of the
country are falling in line in con-
demning the Grand Lodge of Washing
ton for recognizing the legitimacy of
Negro Masonry. Lately race preju-
dice is making great strides. 49, Il
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mary in the South. His citizenship is
scorned, and his right to exercise it is de-
MED. Therefore, if the Negro does not
vote with the wealth and intelligence of
the South, it is because that element re-
fuses him the opportunity to doso. When
he seeks afiliation with this class, he is
invariably met with the cry: "This is a
white mans country"
The suffrage of the Negro in the South
may be suppressed by arbitrary constitu-
tional amendments, procedure which
cannot obtain in the North. There he
can vote at Republican, Democratic, or
Populist party primaries, and his vote
will be counted. To-day he holds the
balance of power in Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
New York; and unless party politics are
recognized on lines radically differing
from those Of the present no political
party Gan win in Presidential election
without his support. = Il the South insists
on rssuppressing the Negroes suffrage it
win eventually lead. thousands ofthem to
migrate is selected parts Of the great
Northwest, to the remaining Territories,
New Mexico, Arizona, ETC., and help to
make them solidly Republican. What
will be the result? A solid political
North against solid political South, with
the latter always in the minority.
Now, the Negro does not take kindly
to the thought Of being forced to leave his
Southern home. He fully realizes that
the Christian white people of the South
are in position to help him forward
much faster than are the people of any
other section. He is anxious that no
strife should exist between him and those
who furnish him the employment which
yields him his daily bread. He would
gladly help to readjust political lines so
that he could have representation in the
management Of political affairs according
to his character, intelligence, and prop
erty interests. He will never protest
against an educational qualification in
state and national elections which will be
applicable to all in every essential and in
every detail. In municipal elections he
would not object to property qualifica-
ton in addition to an educational one.
1t is by no means happy thought TO the
Negro that while his suffrage is dishon-
ored by the Democratic leaders IN the
South, i is courted and honored by the
Democratic leaders of the North. James
Matthew'S, Negro in. Albany, N. Y,
holds q twenty-year tenure position, with
an annual salary Of S., 600, ~ the votes Of
white Democrats; and the hGhest diplo-
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''Facilis est descensus averni'' in
North Carolina The law makers of
that state seem determined to break
the record in disregard Of all rules Of
Justice, good policy and comon sense.
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THE WHITE MANS BURDEN,
BY RUDYARD KIPL1NG.


And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
(The end for others sought)
Watch sloth and heather folly
Bring all your hope to nought.
Take up the White Mans burden
No iron rule Of kings,
But toll of serf and sweeper
The tale Of, common things.
The ports We shall not enter,
The roads We shall not tread,
Go, make them with your living
And mark them with your dead.
Take up the White Mans burden,
And reap his old reward =.
The blame of those ye better
The hate Of those We guard :.
The cry Of hosts ye humor ="
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light
Copyright. 1892 by Rudyard Klpling-All Rights
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-. I - 1 :
on the highway: That cities like O. alta
nooga and KIN xville,, Tenn, and Atlant
and Macon, Ga; should tolerate luncl
counters in connection with railroad sta
tons which refuse colored passengers tn
privilege Of purchasing food is, to say th,
least, a cankerous blot upon civilization
and in so-called Christian communit,
lis an impeachment, a contradiction OF
and travesty on that mandate of thu
gospel Of divine love which says: L
thine enemy hunger, feed him." Yot
cannot find a5Negro in all the land so ig
norant, so poor, so degraded, so destitute
of the milk of human kindness as to re-
fuse to sell a cup of coffee and morsel O.
bread to white wayfaring traveller. Dc
not be worried; the Negro will not seek
to force an entrance into any private
abode. He is delightfully."- happy in the
circle of his own chosen associates.
Will the Negro Eschew Politics9
Will the Negro eschew politics? tt
this question but one reasonable answer
can be given. No. Why should hei
What is there in existing conditions t.
warrant him in voluntarily surrenderine
his political rights? Why invite him to
do what the Revolutionary siresl refused
to do submit to taxation without repre-.
sentation? It is estimated that the Ne.
groes in America pay taxes on $264, O00,.
600 worth Of property the accumulation
of less than thirty-fve years. Are the
owners Of these millions entitled to no
representation in political affairs? Shall
they contribute to the support of the
Government, and yet be barred of all
share in the management of its concerns?
Some so-called leading (?) Negroes may
announce their willingness to eschew pol
itics, but no manly Negro will do 30: In
the exercise Of his suffrage the Negro has
always been prompted BY motives that
he has regarded as patriotic. The rank
and file have never placed q money value
on their vote. Not all Of their leaders
have been wise; but some Of their leaders
have been wise yea, q majority Of them.
His misfortune has been that he has been
forced to array himself against the domi-
nant element in the midst Of whom he
lives, and TO- him this has been q contin-
ual source Of regret The /" white Demo
cratic primary IN the South is as much
of q Chinese wall barring the full opera
ton Of the Negro voter as the Trades
Union in operating against the Negro me.
chanic No Negro, though he be 9 Demo
crat. can vote il 4 white Democratic pri-
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Not to Any Great Extent.


Moreover, the acquisition of scientific
agriculture cannot possibly profit the
masses of the Negroes to any great extent,
seeing that they are not the owners of
the soil. By this refer to the diversified
ton of crops as the result of a knowledge
of scientific agriculture. The diversified
ton of crops is not dictated and controlled
by the til'ers Of the soil, but by the own
crs. The plantation hand in the South
exercises no choice whatever as to the
number of acres he shall plant in cotton
or the number he shall plant in corn or
wheat or any other cereal. In this re-
gard he must obey the mandate of his
employer. In view of this, is the sugges
ton valueless that so far as the utility OF
q di>ersification ofcrops is concerned, that
this advice should be pressed upon the
owner Of the soil rather than upon the
tiller? It is the own: alone who can
change the existing condition Of things.
The advice Which Secretary of Agricul.
of the South in his address at the McKin-
ley ban. UT, in Savannah, Ga, was mcs'
nppo' tune, and should inpv IS the pres
ent clinf revivalisl of industrial training
for the Negro with the fact that in insist
ing on the study Of scientific agriculture
by the masses Of tie Negroes, he is build
ing IL cage Fl r IL bird chat is yet to b.
caught; II lie :, pcrrhance, the Negroes
should bee me the owners of the soil
There can g 10 '!oubt that the practi a
application Of the principles Of scientific
agri.rl T. ia Wili increase the Weld Of
:''>en '"' : iii a>'a'"d area but if by thi
is II cant t At Il tnowledgeo of scientific
-yr'cuAure Is essential to teach the Negro
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Cells R.dlat,nx from /. Huh.

With the demolition Of Mazas pris-
on. on. IN Paris. the first prison in France
constructed on the old cellular sys-
tenn has disappeared. There were 1000
cells, radiating like the spokes 81 :
wheel. and 20 arranged that each pris-
oner could see the chapel from the
door and listen g divine service With.
out leaving his cell.
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and the Negro, being man, is irremova-
bly within the sphere of this automatic
verify. Hence, unless it can be estab-
lished that the Negro is not an integral
and component part Of the original plan
Of mans creation, but the increment Of q
mere accident, the capitalization Of the
particles Of the surplus dust that marked
the creative place of generic man, it must
BE accepted as the corollary of the axio-
matte verify that the Negro, in common
with all the other race varieties, is en-
dowed with mental and spiritual capaci-
tics, capable of varied and illimitable ex-
lansion; and that, as whole, his sphere
Of operation cannot be limited to the till
ing of the soil; but that his development
will be marked by variety of attachments
and accomplishments, thus proving him
self to be an originator as we'll as an i'm
i!ator. .t
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Conclusion.

In all that have said I have only
sought to express my true convictions in
a frank and candid way. That they will
give offense to some perhaps to many
1 d" not doubt. AS to the sincerity of
my purpose an approving conscience at
tests. l love the South, which has been
the theater of my activities for nigh thir-
ty years. That the blessings of peace
may soon come to it; that the voice of
discord between the races may be speed
lily and riiect'';lily flushed; that it may
quickly rise to that high estate which it
will reach through the development of
those resources with which nature has so
lavishly endowed it, is my cherished wish,
my most fervent prayer. =.r,',-.
@.r4 IN CHARLES SPENCER SMITH.
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matte position ever rendered i Negro vas
that Of Minister to Bolivia, whicl. was o.
fered to G. H. ]. Taylor by former Pre<i
dent Cleveland. The suffrage Of s 100000
people cannot be permanently suppresse,
in a republic; neither is it desirable that
it should be, if it could be.
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