The colored American., 1903-03-21

anyways Dc great 1OTOngS until they are
remedled by a crisis such as DIR. Lori
nef Iears, as logical sequence of
them- That this crisis aUiII not be
db6rteG except by the interposition of
oFluence or mlrcle, no man
eyes Will deny. l am not a pessimist.
neither am l as optimistic as I used
10 be on this Negro question so-calIed.
peIleVe L can see as much as any
man OF my age and inches, and
see ana hear much these days which
cOnVIhceS me that We are approach
ing the crisis with considerable
CELEBRITY. Unless, as [ have said.
something out of the ordinary hap
pens, the crisis and the Philistines
VIII be upon us. Blood is thicker
than water. The campaign of slander
ana Vlrtuperation which has been
carried on against us by the ennis
sarleS OF the white South, in the
South and out of it, has been much
more effective in the North than many
OF us are aware. We seem to answer
the description given of us by Nc
Emery or Lou1slapa, in his article
10 the lndependent-of Indifference
ana apathy to our own best interests
where he says that when the South
was lighting to rivet the chains of
slavery more securely about us, and
when We had a chance to slaughter
the women and children of our former
masters we didn't raise a hand. He
concludes rather illogically that this
was an indication of the existence of
a species of moral cowardice in the
Negro quite objectionable in brute
| saVages., OF course, McEnery's mouth
isn't prayer book, and he doesn't
know 1T all simply because he
happens to belong to a race of saw
ages That the Negro is not a savage
is attested by their magnanimity and
humanity to the women and children
Of the white savages who went forth
to kill their brethren of the North on
the battlefields of the South, in order
to keep these "black savages" among
them. These senile senatorial SLAM
derers of the Negro, and their allies
Of the third estate are precipitating
the crisis by appeal to the passions of
| those who think even less deeply than
themselves.
Mr.. Lincoln's second inaugural is a
wonderful state paper, and is peculiar
| ly interesting reading about this time.
because the political atmosphere ap-
| pears to be about as muddy now as
when that speech was uttered. ''Woe
1 UNIV Tic WOII III UtCduSC OF OH6nSGS,
| for it must needs be that offenses
| come, but woe to the man by whom
| ofense cOmeth. If we shall suppose
| that American slavery is one of those
| ofenseS which in the providence of
God must need come, but which hav-
| ing continued through his appointed
time He now wills to remove, and
| that He gives to both North and
South the terrible war, as the woe due
| to those by whom the offense came
! shall we discern therein any depar-
ture from those divine attributes
which the believers in a living God
always ascribe to him? Fondly do
we hOpe-fervently do we pray that
| this mighty scourge of war may
speedily pass away. Yet if God wills
that it continue until all the wealth
piled up by the bondman, two hun
dred and fifty years of unrequitted
toll shall be sunk, and until every
drop of blood drawn by the lash shall
be paid by another drawn with the
sword, as was said three thousand
| wears ago, so still it's must be said
The judgments of the Lord are true
and righteous altogether"
In Gods appointed time the crisis
will come, and the offense will be re-
moved and He will judge this nation