The Appeal., 1903-06-27

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onnoses the higher training and ambition
~ our brighter minds-so farsas Ne tue
South. or the nation, Goes ,ona them 1By
e,,arx1 Civilized and peaceful methoo we
4...r . or tine siiknlS Wnlch tne W. =.
accords to men, clinglng unWdVet
those great words which the sons OF me
fathers would tain forget forget. Mhat noI All men
sra created equal; that they are endoWeo !
Nv their Creator with certain lnallenapie
rights; that among these are me- loet ~
and the pursait Of happlneS'| szEls~sEz
The writer is intensely in earnest, po-
etic, eloquent, passionate and sincere IN
his appeal to the prejudice e-bound people
of the country, and he speaks for n mlllGns IONS
cordant note, and that is the adverse crit
icism Of Booker T. Washington. Mr..
Washingtons~ teachings have eVldenty
been misunderstood by the learned pro-
industrial education a great 1ln9ustlce.
There is no contradiction between the
Washington theories and the words OF the
cultured advocate. Of higher education:
The adoption of industrialism does not
mean the abandonment of any constltu-
tional rights. Nowhere in: his writings or
his speeches has Mr. washington @ 4. advasse ha 60
ever advised them to hold on to every one
now accorded and by the practice OF m
dustry and thrift to secure a hrm posses
edgment of those denied, which the ac-
quisition of wealth will surely give.
Let Washington speak for himself. IN
one of his latest public utteranGes, an
address delivered before the Brooklyn IN
stitute of Arts and Sciences, among other
'1siH "The Negro has lived for over two cen
from fro M pulpit to rostrum, through the press
and in school, in legislative halls and on
many a battlefield, have been constantly
upholding the doctrine that the aG most he;ne con
can come only through his being permit
| ted to exercise the most complete 1reeooI1
compatible with the freedom OF others
| Under. these conditions the Negro NAT
urally had wrought into every fibre, OF ms ms
being a belief that if freedom is good 1or
| one race it is equally helpful and neces-
nossible that the impassioned plea Of Pat
rick Henry, Give me liberty or give me
DEATH should have had no influence upon 2a
our black citizens: the plack sad man ,i,,, G,u
| toward the acquiring Of those qualities
| which you consider most essential, neltner
the white man at the North nor the white
man at the South would ma have sa,ny any respect
''Patiently, quietly, doggedly, persist
ently. through summer and winter sun
shine and shadow, by self -sacrlnce' py
must re-enforce argument with results:
One farm bought, one house bullt, one
home sweetly and intelligently kept one
man who is the largest:tax-p h, OF mas az
the largest bank account, one schOol or
church maintained;. one factory running
successfully, one truck garden prottably
lcultivated, one patient cured by a Negro
dSster dte wen Sne led ONE VIE life cteeay
these will tell more in. our favor tnan an
the abstract eloquence that can pe sum
moned to plead our cause. Our pathWaSy
must be up through the so1l,' up througn
swamps, up through forests, up through
the streams, the rocks, up through com
merce, education and religion.
/ s'In connection with our presence IN this
country, it should always be borne In
mind that, unlike other races, we not Only
were forced to come into TINS country
tagainst our will, but were prougnt mere Patt -
the face of our most earnest protest Botr
as slaves and as freemen. we nave strlVei a
to serve the interests Of this country as
best we could. We have cleared forests
builded railways, tunneieo 1se ,ca naoa1 anG W.
have always stood ready to de1end tne nag -
We have never disturbed the country by
riots, strikes or loek.outs: Ours 2a 5fs has peer
I'm the face of all this cannot believe ~
I will not believe, that a country that 10.
vites INFO its midst every type ltstl o. Euro. o
tt5efe tt5efe4tn 4tnr f1sarth and gives these corners shel'
ter protection and the highest encourage
ment, will refuse to accord the same pro.
lection and encouragement to her BLACK
citizens I repeat here what have Otter
said IN the SOuCn. Lie 1NcS1O SOO!Ao AAN
Special privileges. All that he asks is op.
portunity-that the same law Wnlch n - : II
made by the white man and applied to tn
one race be applied with equal certainty
and exactness to the other.
"And when say this, l repeat also ina
, which have said directly to the; members
of more than one state constitutional con
vention in the south-namey' II that dli1
of being twisted into one Interpretation
, when an ignorant white man is concerned
and another when an ignorant black MAJ MAJ
, is concerned, will not represent entr'
, Justice nor the highest statesmanshlp
These new constitutions should place
! premium upon good citizenship for botl
races, and wherever the! fail to 90 iI5 thiS
they are weak and are not in accord witt
1.-the best interests of the state.S ' -.
4 '.When in any country there. are law:
which are not respected, which are tram
thing when applied to one T race G. and "a an n
, other thing when applied to anothe
race, there is. not only Injustice TO
which in thG end 6, the i6ern s harden
! there the is sapping of the growth o. o
: human beings, in kindness, justice, an: an
all the higher, purer and sweeter thing 1;as
in life. No race can degrade another with
out degrading itself. No race. can assls
in lifting up another without itself bein'
broadened and made more 9;i,ted wnirStu'nT or de
:, spondent because, forsooth' al tnat va
,, hoped for thirty five years ago has no
> taken place just exactly as we Wlsh' O
always Gods way. The ten command
, ments and the golden rule were proclaim
ed centuries ago, and yet with an 1t:
growth and strivings, the Anglo saxon az on
! | citing him as an example, has not, thlnf
) YOU will agreee with me-, reached TN
point where he is living up to them II
daily life. And yet. because OF this ian
ure, no one has yet been aa1 noa enGugn ~
Commandments and the golden rule. Ev'
all races, rich and poor: black ana Wmte :,
must have standard OF perfectlon that i i
> immovabIe, Interchangeable, applicable tf
| ali races, rich and oor. black and Whte
towards which it's people must cont1hoaiiS
strive. -.,. t.'..<
1.-THE age for settling great questions, yes s4a,
4 g11n. the torch, and by lynchings, mas
passed. An appeal to such methods M tn Ss,,hs Is
unworthy of either race. may be IN doun,
4 future, but of one thing feel perfectly
/ sure, and that is that ignorance and race
hatred are no solution for any problem on
earth No one can eyer tt1 up p itE az Weat ak
! points The Negro, like other races
] should be Judged in large degree ny its
best element, rather than by It's WeaKest.
. | s.It is hard to find those who can SO Tar
q control themselves as to discuss this sub
iect with complete absence of prejudice:
In most cases there is an effort to prove
1.-The Negro a devil or an anger. ne Is .el-
Il ther. but Just an ordinary human being:
1 I deplore the spirit and the disposition OF
any person who can extract seeming com
fort out of the habit of continually dwell
ing upon the mistakes and weak points OF
any individual or. race, without trying to
suggest a remedy for those mistakes and
weaknesses. Anyone who is guilty of do
i ing this lives among the br1ers the thorns,
the stubble and the srumps Of life. He
! who is not content with cold, captious,
! negative criticism, but enters with. body