The Washington bee., 1901-05-25

ing, so the invitation staes, look
ing 90 the ame'ioration of the con
ditiOn of the negroes, North, East,
and West. The Southern negro is
not invited to join in with his
brethern in the sections named,
and why ? Is the negro South en-
wed? If no, why is he not in
Vited? While the absence Of The
BEE will not stop the banquet, it
has too much respect and regard
for the struggling Southern negro
to attend
The greatest and most successful
negroes have come from the South.
Because the southern negro is de-
prived of his vote is no fault of his
and President Mckinley has a lib
eral spirit toward the depressed
negro in the South and for men who
claim that they want to advance
the progress of the negro to dis
criminate against the southern
negro is an evidence of their in
sincerity Of the material advance
ment of the negro, North, East and
west. Have these men who claim to
want to advance the interest of the
negro North, East and West, m
.stituences ? Have they been author
lied to represent said constitu-
Iences II this were a democratic
administration nothing would be
heard Of such a movement. These
office holders would remain in
their holes and be glad to d. it
If they were not m0lested.
What interest have they to ad-
vance save their own selfish
interest? 1t is not the disposition
Of The BEE to criticise any assem-
bly, Of people b,clusa they demand
wha IS right and Just. But, The
Bee will say that the South has
produced the greatest and most
successful negroes in the United
States. What has the North, East
and Western negro done tfat he
should arogate superiority over the
southern negro Is not the south
ern negro a gentleman.
Every negro representative that
has been in our National Congress,
at any time, has come from the
South. Has the negro North, East
or West ever been represented in
our National Congress ?
Has it come to this? -
Has the negro North, East and
West decended to the level Of a
coward that he is afraid to invite
his brethren south to feast with
bim?
There is too much selfshness
among The northern, eastern and
western negro. In no state nortn
is there sufficient concentration of
the suffrages of the negro to dem
onstrate his power. 1t has been
fully shown that he is a subject
and must obey the command Of the
white man. The North, Eat and
West have produced no great neg
rOes. History is repeating itself. !
President Mckinley has done and |
is doi g with the entire force of !
his administration, everything. |
to obliterate sectionalism. He is
endeaVoring to blot tOuteYery Vestige |
of disaffection among his country
men, to enable the blue and |
the gray, the North and the
South, the East and the West |
and all classes of people to |
live in union and brotherly love. |
The negro is the last one to
attempt to discriminate against
his poor and bleeding black broth
er south, who is struggling for ex-
istence aud praying to God, who
rules the destiny of nations, to de-
liver him from the tyrants' clutches
Away with such subterfuge and
with such demagoguery. No self
respecting negro, who has any love
for his race or the negro south
will respect such a movement.
Notwithstanding the oppression of
the southern negro and the impedi-