The colored American., 1901-11-16


placed IN the same class with the Ig
nOrant, shifIless non progressive Ne
groes.-RichmOnd Planet.
American prejudice is the curse OF
the age. WHAT right has the white man
to hate the Negro because God made
the Negro blac6? II the while man has
right to hate the Negro because he is
black, the NegrJ has the same right TO
hats the white man because he js W hite.
It is very strange that prejudice is
found to be strongest where people
claim TO be the m 0st rel llgiOus DIR. G,
T. Walker in the Christian Banne-.
-WhiI9 they know thst the white
man has decided that all men were
created equal, and in every walk OF life
the Negro has proved hlmsslf to be so
cOnside red, they have bowed 10 his
! custom so far as 2cisl equsltty g ,es.
} What the Negroes ask is Ghat they be
accorded the Fame rights and privilege
OF true citiz nship, tha- are G ivep 9TH
ers, since they are su 0jected TO the same
laws and tax stIon,-Darien (Ga) Spec
tatOr.
/ What right have these copperheads
TO cTltieise President II )Cssvelt? Tney
A" ali ext attempt to dictate the kind Of
N doubt say that he shall walk and
not ride. Why should the country Osy
% much difference to the South? What
| / the South to which snvbOdy should
cater? The South will forever be what
It was prior to reconstruction until
| these old copperhesds aud ministerial
hypOcrites are eliminated from our
Christian clviliz auoa,- Washington
Bee.
President Roosevelt is the Chief Mag
istrate OF the whole people. AS such it
is perfectly natural for him to recognize
the m )st sIioQous representative of
q race constituting Oue eighth of the
population Of the United STATES. esEec
tally since that Tepresen atiVe had been
honored and lauued without stint by
the very men who now take the Presi-
dent to tasx for calling their hand in
the c1urteOus treatment Ofa me 7 tor GUS
man Washington COlOred American.
This little incident has become a
question Of general disussion aud some
very hard aud bitter things have been
said aOOut the President, Prof Wash
1ngtou, and the entire race by the Mem
phts Scimlter, and papers of its class In
the South WhII9 most of the great daIl
les think 1t ally casual aft air and Of
fer n spe ,isI criticism against it. The
infer 3nce that such a rec gnition will
have any unwhO!es Om6 effeot upon the
race is ri6icu 'O1s aud to attribute auy
Yi0l alton of the aw or prophecies upon
ths part of col Dred people to this Incl
de 1T is simply nonsensical. Am erican
Baptist.
But so back nlnetv-siX years ago. |
and behold Thomas Jefferson, DamOc
racY's idol, eating with Berj ,min Ban
neker, q Negro, and then Americas |
foremost astronomer, linguist and
mathematician; and hal not Mr.. Ban. |
neker, who made the first almanac in |
America, died, he would have. by in |
vitation, visited President JEFF 9rson at |
hi5 MontiCe'lo home The son OF Rocke |
feller invited Mr. Washington to his |
wedding breakfast. AT the best 1T is |
swallowing dirty cam Il and choking ,
OF 1cIeau gnsts. s.-Martinte burg wv. Vs) !
Pioneer Press
The white people for years hsve
held Booker L WashtufitOn as q mod. |
el Negro They have auOinted snd stvI-
ed him the Moses and leader Of The Ne
gro race. They have It'd the Negroes
that # they would heed the advice OF