The colored American., 1902-02-01
,uCuIGAN PHILOSOPHER
Our Cartoonist Makes Him Tir-
ed" Organization Discredited-
should RaciaI Identity Be Aban
doned?


former private letter given it as my
s,D,bIe Lpiniou, that the editorial page
of YOUR paper is ally conducted, sufh
cieotly conservative ard expressing
uro,onpd thought BruceG j." Is very
soa but the cartoonist makes me tired
T,;,s,negie has done nothing thus far for
+bo 70 q it shov that he is Z OF as friend
10 disrosed as he might be. but surely
the Illustration adornIng the whole OF
the first page of your last weeks Issue,
"a not calculated to ar )use his sympa-
+bv or frier dahip. II this be so,what has
baen gained by allowing the 1nserti IN !?
Imagine when this cartoon is shown
him as it doubles ss will be, he Will ex-
claim: sDau 'emu' They Will get none
n, nv wealth They are not yet 1ar
enough removed from the jungles OF
Africa and the slave pens OF the South
n thua criticize me and my methods. D."
mWnat might be excusable in an equal
NAV be thought criminal in those held
ss interiors: From my point OF view
would be lesders Of the cOlOred race
are often very impo' itic in their public
concessions. Our last c. l)rd Congress
man think made a mistake when he
srrogan'Iy assisted in his last speech in
.pgress that the cOlOred man would
soon return. How does he know thi :?
Who is to send him there, If not white
vote? CertairI Iy white protection of
the c. pred vo'er-snd the protection
will not be forthcomiOg unless there Is
sentiment TO IL ltain 1t. When wa bray
ard b ast of what we are going TO co
our enemies redoubIe their energies TO
see that we don't do it and usually ca
~ others with them. II there IL any
thing the whites oppose more tn Il
all else, is the political union Of the
colored people to b'o't ore OF their
kind into high sitiOn. This touch
es the feelings of all classes and all pO-
lilical parties of whites. They say, in,
substarce-''if the Niger want hOnors
he must wait until we choose to confer
them; otherwise we whites W l. comb ns
and kick him entirely out " And what
are you 60 ng to do about /? At p-es-
ent we are helpless in the matter.
The humble opinion of your sub
scriber is that we should see to 1t that
the very best friends the Neg gro have
should get the most OF the official hon
ors, and IN time they woCld shape mat
ters so as ID help US and in the mean
time public sentiment would be mould
ing in our favor, and thus we would
eventually reach honorable positions by
and with the consent of ali. Here il
the North, ma i've born white Americana
are often denied q caucus nomination
for office and it is given some foreigne
usually an Irisbman, often a Catholic
This is done simply be eau The foreignel
can often pool the most votes. Boil
parties do this-the great object is sue
cess at the polls. fhey "dam" the
Candidate, feel FOre because q native
born was sacrificed. but as success is
the luIirg principIe they must submit
niger" could be swsllOwPd IN the
ssme wsy under simil Ar conditions. The
only thing to do is o become p"pula
with the masses. I call to mind seversl
Tstapces here " here coloIed men have
be- elected to flee where there were
practically no coIOTed v)ters. II bour.
oon rule in the SoDth C uld be over