The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

| Dy Principal Washington to stick until tht
course is. completed .ssgass
Tuskegee, Ala, June 30, 1900.
- & .-n' - IL CYRUS CAMPFIELD-
Continued from Fifth Columa.a
against anybody whomsoever, be he black
or De ne White, and we pledge ourselves
| to do all In our power, as citizens and
electors in the United States, to bring be-
lore the bar of justice every perpetrator
] OF wrong and outrage. ~
+ We appeal to our people on the farms
anu the plantations Of the south, or
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.
we appeal unto the American people
north and south and the God of nations
| 10 protect US in the exercise of our rights
as citizens and members Of society.
rLYNCHERS MUST BE PUNISHED.
The race problem in America is not
With the ,Afro-American. The white peo-.
Pie made the problem and they must
solve 1t. Afro-Americans do no lynching.
10 stop lynching the lynchers must be,
prcught to terms, and they are all white.
Ihey need regeneration and that work
must be accomplished by some force Or
agency other than that operating in our.
c1Vlllzation at the present time.
The country is drifting into anarchy.
Day by day the lawless and barbarous
spirit OF the mob, becomes more defiant.
But yesterday as it were, the so-called
pest element of Alexandria, Va, the nav
or standing in their midst, without order
ing the arrest of even one man, though
al, or at least most of them, were well
Known TO him, Inundated on the altar of
race hatred almost in front of the church.
where George Washington was wont to-
worship and under the shadow of the
capltoI helpless victim, because it was.
alleged that he annoyed a little white.
girl.
This act was not done by the so-calleas
rough elements in the backwoods Of
Georgia or the rice swamps of South,
carolina or In the canebrakes of Louiss-
ana, out In the ancient city of Alexandria.
Wh1ch DoHcsrs on the national capital OF
the great American people. The specter
OF that murdered man now hoyers over
tnae city and the inhabitants thereof are
frightened by the stir of a mouse. Thew
sent to Richmond for Winchesters. Int
Wnchesters cannot shoot to death nor
luil TO sleep the voice of outraged Justice.
crying from the ground. - =.
SEES CALAMITY IMPENDING. vi;
me lynch law is a national sin, ana
natlonai sins are punished by national
H.,
ment for nations in the hereafter. How
70 put an end to mob violence is not a
tneory which should concern the Afro
Americans alone, but it is a CONDITION
wMch confronts the American peopie.
anu sooner or later civilization will cali
upon them to meet it.
The lynching Of five Italians in the
state OF LOUISIANA may bring about interA
national complications, and it certainr,
ought to cause the arrest and punish-
ment OF all who We're engaged in tha
preparation Of the crime Our govern
ment is known in international law aa
an entity, state, sovereign power
ana II cannot escape the responsibility
OF afording protection to all persons.
within it's borders on the plea that tina
outrage was committed in a part of th,.
Union and the rest Of the Union is DOW:
erless to act That would pervert the
mathematical law and make the parr
greater than the whole. We have abid-
ing confidence in the ability Of the gov
eminent to act in every instance, and
we call upon those in authority to cx4
erclse their power under the constitution
for the protection of the life and property.
OF everybody within the Jurisdiction OF
the United States.
THEIR WANTS ENUMERATED.
AS American citizens we expect to-
receive the same treatment that is ac-
NSANSN
we are willing to bear our share of the
responsibilities. We ask that Afro
Americans in the military service of the
United States be given an equal chance
with the whites to fight for their coun-
try and to share alike the emoluments
of victory.
I'VE ask for the appointment Of an in
dustrial commission to inquire into the
condition of the Afro-Americans in the
United States that we be given fair
representation in the taking Of the next
census of the United Staes, not only in
the clerical force and among the minor
employees in the Office, but the board Of
supervisors and among t1e special
agents; that at least one member Of our
race be appointed on the boara Of COM
missioners to the Paris exposition; that
a bill be passed by the next congress app
propriating $4,000 as an indemnity to the
Baker family Of Lake City, 6. C., ana
the resources at its command. to bring
the assassins OF Postmaster Baker to
justice; that congress be led to SO
amend the revised statutes Of the
United States as to place beyond quib-
bles the authority Of the ge:.eral govern.
ment to act at once in the case of lynch
ings.
AN APPEAL FOR FRIENDSHIP
1--WE further recommend shat our peo-
pie use all honorable means at their dis
posaI to cultivate a friendly feeling
among the races in America; that pa-
triotism be taught in each local Afro
American council and that good citizen
ship be the watchword in every HONS.
and around every ireside where Afrc4-
Americans are assembled. =
Henry M.lTurner, Georgia.
Jesse Lawson, New Jerse..
3 J. G. Napier, Tennessee
John @. Adams, Minnesot a.
e. S. Barnett, Ill. "a
J. e. Bruce. New York. ~
Edward e. Brown, Massa :husetts-
+. A. johnson, North G.lrolina-
s II. Montgomery. Hiss
= l. +. Bradley Kansas.
So J. G.. Rucker, Illinois.
f. i. MeGhee, MinncGota
z. II. Kelsey, Texas.