The colored American., 1902-02-08

OOuIn since GfdnC ShOOk handS WITH
Hayes on the east front of the Capitol,
March 4, 1877? Has anybody heard
OF such an election being held?
pause for an answer
The only way to cure anarchy is to
live up to the Constitution and en-
force the law, and the only way to
make the life of the President safe in
this country is to make it safe for the
life of every man in the republic.
II Congress has power, and | think
it has, to pass a law against anarchy
IN one form, it also has the power to
pass laws against anarchy in any
other form; and if this nation can
punish the anarchists it can also pun
ish the persons who are guilty of mob
violence in every part of the United
States.
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Our cause is not without hope. When
the Lord called Theodore Roosevelt
from the mountain fastness of the
great State of New York, on the 14th
day of September last, the day of Pen
tecost, to take the oath of office as
President of the United States, He
bade him be faithful in a righteous
execution of the law without respect
to persons. "That awful God is ours
Mr.. Roosevelt assumed the respon-
slbilities of government under unusu-
al circumstances, and 1 am thoroughly
convinced that he made up his mind
to so administer the laws as to dis
charge every obligation named or i'm
piled in his oath of Office. There is d
great deal of native force and moral
strength in the man now in the White
House, and I believe that he has come
into thes kingdom, as it were, for such
time as this. Let us strengthen his
hand, and support him in the effort TO
run the Government on a high moral
plane.
Let us also speak a good word for
Hon. John M. Harlan, associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, who, dur
ing the quarter century just past, has
had the courage to stand up for right
and justice, though he stood alone!
Nor should we pass over in silence
the manly fight made by Hon. George
H. White, our last Representative in
Congress, for the maintenance of the
rights of his people. And still would
[ mention the name of another man
who is now upon the stage of action
rs the real leader of his people You
all know who he is. Way down in the
southland is his voice heard, but,
What he does now We cannot know,
but ye shall know hereafter" Genera
tions of American youth, yet unborn,
Of every tribe, race and color, shall
vet rise up and call Booker T. Wash
ington blessed.
The AfrO-American Council is doing
its work along certain lines. It now
has in progress the testing of the val
idity of the constitution of Southern
States which aim to nullify the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments to
the Federal Constitution, and thereby
making the citizenship of the colored
American of no effect. 1t has en-
Uloyed as it's attorneys in the case
such capable and well known lawyers
as Hon. A. e. Pillsbury, Ex-Attorney
the greatest lawyer New England has
produced since the days of Jeremiah
Mason; Hon. Arthur A. Birney, form
er U. s. District Attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia; Hon. Armand Ro-
main of Louisiana, Hon. George Fl.
White of North Carolina, and Fred
erick L. McGhee, Esq, of Minnesota.
We have expended about $4,000 on the
case in Louisiana, and we are doing
all in our power to bring the matter
to a successful issue and at the earli-
est practicable moment. The case is
now going through the courts in
Louisiana.
Friends, the suffrage question is up
for consideration. Last night the Re
publicans of the House of Representa-