The colored American., 1900-08-11

armed to kill men. The honest. hard
WORKING Negroes has nc time for law
less and riot0us conduct.
ORGANIC FORCES IN THE SOUTH.
The few disturbances and outbreaks
IN the south show the wonderful organ
ic forces in the south. We have here
tnore than ten millions OF Negroes and
fifteen millions whites, aud yet we have
probably in the whole south only one
Negro and white man ia ten thousand
who clash. The other nine thousand
nine hun fred and ninety. nine rub
against one another every hour of the
day, in every walk of life, transact
their business and go their way in per
feet friendship. These peaceful rela
tiOns Of the 8, 1899 give bolder promi.
nence to the one exception which Is
held up by the enemies of the south as
the general rnls The love aud attach.
ment between the races OF the south are
more than wonderful when we consider
the nntiring efforts Of busy and med
dlesOme enemies-the politician, the
newspaper. the magazine. and even the
pulpit seeking to scatter seeds Of dis
cord and break up our peace. We 1889
will stand firmly for good will and
happiness OF both races IN the south
No enemy shall take that one sinner In
ten thousand and disrupt and tear US
asundeT.
SALVATION THROUGH NEGRO WOMEN
We complain too much OF lack of
honor among our youth when we do
not exert ourselves give them proper
encnuragem eut. We mplain of the
hard hips OfOur women when we never
do one thing to Ielleve them. Oar te
male clement, under mother IL fiuence
attends school and church, escheWs
the brOthtlI, stay at home, works. anG
to our shame, Is the backbone IF the
Negro race today. Were 1t not for the
Negro woman the outlook would b
dark. | am aware of the breadth OF my
speech when | say tn st the rid has
never furnished u higher WON An hOod
under like conditions than the Negro
woman Of the south today. With strong
appetites and passions, penniless,
hOuseless, working on starvation
wages" practically left to Shift alone,
amid stumbling, falling. rising, fleeing
she goes on washing, cooking, ploW'
ing, sewing, reaping-educating her
daughter, building the cottage, erecting
churches and schools, often supporting
hus band and SON this black woman
deserves the admiration OF the gods.
Every business man will say that
Negro woman's word is worth just
what she values it at. Herein we see
the nobility OF white southern woman
hood Of long ago. running through the
black slave WOmanhOod and lifting up
her offspring OF tCday-still lifting her
up regardless of great ara Wbacks and
weights
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOUTH
No ten millions of people In history
have ever enjoyed better chances for
material progress han the ten millions
OF Negroes in the South today, Every
avenue in which we are apable of walk
ing is open to Us. Now and then there
are exceptions, but every Negro of the
ten millions IN the South can get work,
can make maney, and can save it. The
three great clvilizing, refining agenc ncies
the workshop, the school room, and
the church are wide open to Us. These
agencies are to us what we make them
and we are " at we .et them make US.
Ten millions of people in the childhood
Of development never before in all the
history of the world stood face to face
with so great opportunities and posi-.
bilitles, and so few oppositions as con-
front Us In the South today. Our few
troubles are only che pressures which
have been found among all people, ne
cessary to all ages to crystalline racial
tendencies into sturdy cbara cter.
\ COWARD: BRAVE MAN.
Any coward can Oppress a people
oao ba unfsiT-hUt il takes a brave man