The Washington bee., 1902-11-01

negro IN the case. white man with
face and hands blackened can commit
any crime in the calender. The first
friendly stream soon washes away his
guilt and he is ready to join IN the hunt
to lynch the 'big. black burly brute"
When a white man in the South does
commit a crime, that is simply one
white man gone wrong. If his crime
Is especially brutal he is a freak or
temporarily insane. If one low, igno-
rant black wretch commits a crime.
that is different. All of us must bear
his guilt. A young white bows badness
IS simply the overflOwing of Young an
lmal spirits; the black boys badness is
badness. pure and simple.
Young colored boys, TO small for
other work, who need the work more
than white boys, are not allowed 10
sell newspapers on the streets in most
OF our southern cities.
When We were shouting for Dewey.
Sampson, Schley and Hobson, and
were on tlptOe TO touch the hem OF
their garments, We were delighted TO
know that some of our Spanish -Ameri.
can heroes were coming where We
could get glimpse of them. Had not
black men heloed in a small way to
give them their honors2 In the cities
OF the south, where these heroes went,
the white school children were assem-
bled, flags were waved, flowers strewn,
speeches made, and "My Country, IT'S
OF The, Sweet Land of Liberty" was
+ sung. Our children who need 10 be
taught so much. were not assem- bled,
their hands waved no flags, they threw
no flowers, heard no thrilling speech,
sang no song of their country And
this IS the SOuth's idea ofjustice. Is il
surprising that feeling grows more Bit
| ter, when the white mother teaches
her boy to hate my boy, not because he
/ mean, but because his skin is dark ?
| have seen very small white children
hang their black dolls. Its not the childs
fault, he is simply an apt pupil. No
self respecting negro fails toe ndemn
a mob, and especially for killing a sus.
| peCted thief or barn burner. A negro
woman is killed because she had used
| abusive language. Her provocation
| was great. Her brother had been al
| most Killed bV mob because he had
/ been suspected of taking pocketbook
| that had been dropped IN the public
| T ad. Ii one of New York's "Four
! Hundred gives an especially unique
ball IN his palatial stable, it is tele
graphed and Cabled around the globe.
! Things past. present and future stir the
! people OF the United States; but its
own citizens are butchered and burned
alive and only few mild waves of ever
| IesSeniug indignation sweeps by. Gov
| ernorS are vehement and determined
! Uor day TO discover the identity Of
the mObS OF unmasked "beSt citizens. "
When think of these things, | ex-
claim, Why are we forgotten Why
! does not the mlStreatment ofthOusands
! OF the citizens of our country call forth
| a strong, l. fluential champion? 1t
seems TO me that the very weakness of
/ the negro should cause at least a few
| OF our great men to come tOthe rescue
! Is II because an eSpOuSaI of our cause
would make any white man unpopular,
or do most of our great men think that
we are all worthless? Are there greEter
/ things TO do than to champion the
rights of human beings and to mitigate
human sutfering?"
! The way seems dark, and the future
almost hopeless, but let US not des-
pair,
! For right Is right, since God is God. -
And right the day must win"
Some one will at last arise who will
champion our cause and compel the
world to see that we deserve Justice,
as other heroes compelled it to see
that we deserved freedom.
THE END.