The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-09


tho crime is to be stamped out the people
tnist address themselves 10 a remedy Tor
Tie cause, not the effect. OF the evil.
LET she better element OF the negro
race take upon itself the responsibility OF
notwithstanding and socially outaWls
people do all within their power TO en-.
courage such work
Upon this subject. The Post presents
views OF prominent negroes OF the state
VAN II, M'KlNNEY, HOUSTON, EDITOR
OF THE VAN
THE race problem has been given consid-
cradle attention recently by your paper
md ] must also admit that some pertinent
Things have been said from time TO time
OF vital Interest TO my race.
IL has been demonstrated thnt zero stand
Ing on to itself It meaningless ana cntlfely
without Intrinsic vaiuc. 1T has force ms
great as that OF amy Of the ninc digits
ut FYAt force Is hidden aud of no use
until It forms union with one or the
nine When this intlinsically insignificant
character Is associated with ngute Whleh
has Significance It has u tcnfod capacity
Of strength,
The faculty Is In the figure prenxcd and
It leads ana controls the forces az thc
zero at Will.
There is great element of our race
that represents the zero worthless, use
less vicious. rhey arc detrimental to our
association OF controlling influence, and IT,
Is inconsistent OH our part to allow TINS
element 20 stand alone and prey upon So
cfety. We have the faculty ANA we must
become the prefix, to lead and control TINS
element OF OUT race which IS causing Us
80 much alarm ana giving tue uatEn So
much trouble. Unorganized MS we are ~
TX impossible FOR us 10 rcach them. lhele'
fore we must admit that our tnllurc 90 or
paniZe IN the past has been the means or
our being helpless. Standing apart as we
down sympathetic relation between us
and Of closing our visions to the enotmlty
of the crimes and the sins those OF our
raee have been committing.
Consistency Is virtue, and IL there Is a
c1iwe OF Inconsistency we are MI mere or
less guilty Of this crime.
silence ts not always rewarded, especial
~ where there Is cause needing Nndlcd-
Ton or crimes recding condemnation, /
knew our silence ~ the matters affecting
lur moral status ana social welfare rec
tectS upon our standing as good citizens.
and II has been the means of encouraging
a sentiment OF revenge mud hate from tnc
dominant race. This sentiment has been
fed by the crimes committed by the young
tde, vicious element OF our race and seem
lueiy acuuesced IN ny our silence, tiil rae
condition that DOW confronts MS Is appau
Ing There should be criticisms az stHNSre
and dsapproval as loud from us when one
Df our number is charged with committing
a heinous brutal, heudiSh crime as though
the person assaulted was our blood relative
and next door ueighhor. RMS ntttudc ON
our part would meet with the favor ana
the approval OF the liberal and conserVu-
tive element ~ the white race aud the
alleged criminal would be horuc with to
the extent that the laws could investigate
the charges ana mete ont justice.
There Is one thing We must admit IN
this connection ana that is that we have
been too silent IN our condemnation of the
brutal crimes of our race. In this we have
failed to WELD an influence for good,
As the under, subservient race, we must
do all we can To promote peace, thereby
making ourselves worthy Of the respect
of other races and the protection guaran-
teed by the laws
PROF. G. W. JACKSON. CoRsIcANA.
do not believe that lynchlng or even
legal hanging is the proper remedy for
the crime Of which the negro is now
charged an over this land. Il IS q remedy
for the marty that Is hanged or mobbed,
but 1t is not effective upon the living, 10
the first place, the masses are not cau.
Gated ana do not read. They therefore
DO not even read or the hapg'ne OF lyhrh.
ing Of the criminal In Georgia or Alabama
or Mississippi VI some one does not tell
them of It they never know of IT,, only In
the immediate locality.
In the second place many people who read
do not take the newspapers, some because
they are too poor others because they do
not care to spend money for newspapers
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