The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-02-03

with the Afro-American. The white peo-
pie made the problem and they must
solve it. Afro-Americans do no lynching.
To stop lynching the lynchers must be
brought to terms, and they are all white.
They need regeneration and that work
must be accomplished by some force or
agency other than that operating in our
civilization at the present time.
.'The country is drifting into anarchy.
Day by day the lawlessr and barbarous
spirit of the mob becomes more defiant.
But yesterday, as it were, the so-called
pest element of Alexandria, Va, the may
or standing in their midst, without order
ing the arrest of even one man, though
all, or at least most. of them, were we'll
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
capitol helpless victim, because it was
alleged that he annoyed a little white
girl.
'"This act was not done by the so-called
rough elements in the backwoods of
Georgia or the rice swamps of South
Carolina or in the canebrakes of Louisi-
ana, but In the ancient city of Alexandria.
which borders on the national capital of
the great American people. The specter
OF that murdered man now hovers over
that city and the inhabitants thereof are
frightened by the stir of a mouse. They
sent to Richmond for Winchesters, but
W1nchesters cannot shoot to, death nor
luil to sleep the voice of outraged justice
crying from the ground.
SEES CALAMITY IMPENDING.
1.-THE lynch law is national sin, and
national sins are punished by national
ealamities, because there is no punish
ment for nations in the hereafter. How
to put an end to mob violence is not a
theory which should concern the Afro
Americans alone, but it is a condition
which confronts the American people,
and sooner or later civilization will cali
upon them to meet it.
The lynching of five Italians in the
state of Louisiana may bring about intern
national complications, and it certainly
ought to cause the arrest and punish
ment OF all who were engaged in tho
preparation of the crime. Our govern
ment is known in International law as
an entity, state, sovereign power,
ana 1t cannot escape the responsibility
OF affording protection to all persons
within it's borders on the plea that the
outrage was committed in part Of tho
Union and the rest Of the Union is DOW
erless to act. That would pervert the
mathematical law and make the part
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 ex.
ercise 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.
LAS American citizens we expect to
receive the same treatment that is &C.
corded other citizens Of the republic, and
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 a 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 tile special
agents.; that at least one member Of our
race be appointed on the board Of COM
missioners to the Paris exposition; that
a bill be passed by the next congress ap.
propriating $4,000 as an indemnity to the
Baker family of Lake City, S. c., and
the resources at it's command to bring
the aSSaSSinS OF Postmaster BAKER to
justice; that congress be asked to So
amend the revised statutes Of the
United States as to place beyond quib-
bles the authority of the general govern
ment to act at once in the case Of lynch
ings.
AN APPEAL FOR FRIENDSHIP.
1--WE further recommend that our PEG.
pie use all honorable means at their dig.
posal to cultivate a friendly feeling
among the races in America; that pa
triot1sm be taught in each local Afre-
American council and that sood citizen
ship be the watchword in every home
and around every iresida where AfroA
Americans are assembled
Henry NJ Turner, Georgia.
Jesse Lawson, New jersey.
J. G. Napier, Tennessee. Q
John @. Adams, Minneso, q.
F. s. Barnett, III.
J. E. Bruce, New York.
Edward e. Brown, Massachusetts.
B. A. Johnson, North Curolina-
I. Il. Montgomery, Miss.
I. F. Bradley, Kansas.
J. G. Rucker, Illinois.
F. l.. McGhee, Minnesota
L. H. Holsey, Texas.