The colored American., 1903-06-20

dofa 90 not bear arms :;
uelense or the State. They are ms IN IN
encouraged :! TO cultivate patrio+ituI loI
mas peen repeatedly stated hv rlsli' "ISIIi
autoriIy that they are sbra+-5
sin u successIui traders, easily ontUi.
t lhe sluggish Russian Deasanr,
.,iaI III an incredibly short time af-e,,
III sao aLIiFdI OF Jew in any commnnttr
~ nos nearly every family in his A.,
pl,. unuer oOIgauons to him. and NJ
pelleVe our recollection 10 We
when we state that not MAJ. ooIFecr
ago the Russian governman+ years
an imperial edict defining tbo issued
TO which trading with the lev oAlent 1AttLt
be permitted and restrict; "Ould
amount OF money involved Ihe
transaction to an almost inonry - any
bic amount pprecla-
All this is no excuse. we tror
murder or brutality, but the %, rac;.,,, lot
made TO show how radically 1tal 6ifyans IS
Is the condition of the Jew in P,-'Sl
from that Of the American Naas NaSSla
Our blood has been shed and or sio' Is,
bravely yielded up in every co.'s It,es
Waged by the country for ire Iisa 'ssI s
conquest or for human Iibartv W., tUI
the muse of history tell of a mr., III IN
role act than that of the ADariaas ile,
Negro when he sprang to arms in i0ea eti
at the call of Abraham Lincoln -
out promises Or conditions ignoran.
even then whether the issue Of +bo
war or the rebellion meant his abSo.
lutte freedom? Has he ever faItoras
at his country's call?
IN civil life has he not been indr,
trious, law abiding, ambitious for bia
chlIdren, patient under humiIiation
peaceful even amid the loose and mn
orldled passion of his white neigbhorS
sincerely religious, trusting in God9
What mas made the great South conn.
Try blossom as the rose but the stout
Done, the sturdy sinew and the unrn.
Quilted labor OF the Negro7
Do white Americans comnraband
Ihelr debt to the black race in tbfs
country? Are they aware of the dAntb
ana breath, the volume OF gratitude
tney owe to our forbears for so mar
FeIously increasing the wealth of This
favored land?? And how have they
requlted him? Ask the Trades Tn.
ions! Seek information from mercan.
uIe housesi Search the records Of
lynch1ng beeSi He is burned AZ the
stake for the mere suspicion of crime.
Our children are Hiding about onr
streets because every avenue of honor
able employment is shut fast in their
races. Our criminal records are in
creasing and are made a reproach to
US, when the blind zealots OF prejudice
know IN their own hearts that idleness
Is the father of crime and that they
make the Negro idle.
Look at the testimony furnished bv
nearly every city-the weary. humili-
ating and so often futile search for
decent habitations. Think of the in
EQUITIES of Southern legislation and
the spread of Jim Crowism like a
malignant contagious disease through
out that section and right in the doors
or the Capitol of the Nation.
The white American who sympa-
thlZes so earnestly with foreign people
and is obliyious of the greater evils
permitted in his own country would
DO we'll 10 sit down and chew the bit
ter cud OF reflection over his rebukes
from crowned heads, and when next
MS redundant sympathy needs an out
let or safety valve he will find am
pie opportunity for its exercise in join
Ing hands with those who could mete
out justice to that loyal native born
son OF America, the Negro.