The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-11
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South or the nation, does this-we must
ceasingly and firmly oppose tnGni: DS
,svarv civilized and peacefui smetnouo, n,S
must strive Tor the rights wn,cn en to
those great words which the sons OF tne
fathers would fain forget: We !holGs tlese
truths to be self ThaL AT n.st 1
are created equal; that they are enooWG7o
rights that among these are life liberty
and the pursait of happiness 81 Il n Y Il, Il
The writer is intensely in earnest, po-
etc, eloquent, passionate and sincere IN
of the country. and he speaks for millions
of the race. There is, however, one dis
cordant note, and that is the adverse crit
icism> OF Booker T. Washington. Mr.
been misunderstood by the learned pro.
fessor, and he does the great advocate or
industrial education !. a great lnJustlce.
There is no contradiction between the
cultured advocate Of higher education:
The adoption of industriallsm does not
mean the abandonment OF any constltu-
tional rights. Nowhere IN ms writings OF
his people to give up their rights; he as
ever advised them to hold on to every one
now accorded and by the practice OF in
dustry and thrift to secure firm posses
edgment Of those denied, which the &C.
QUESTION of wealth will surely give. r.
Let Washington speak for himself. IN
one of his latest public utterances, an
address delivered before the Brooklyn In
stitute of Arts and Sciences, among other
things he said:
The Negro has lived for over two cen
from pulpit to rostrum through the press
and in school, in legislative. halls ana on
many a battlefield, have been constantly
niete DEVELOPMENT OF each human being
can come only through his being permit
ted to exercise the most complete freedom
compatible with the freedom of others.
urally had wrought into every fibre Of his
being a belief that if freedom is good TOR
one race, it is equally helpful and neces-
sary to the Well being Of others; 1t IS IN 5m-
rick Henry, Give me liberty or give me
DEATH should have had no influence upon ,
our black citizens. If the black man did
not have in him that which spurred him
toward the acquiring Of those qualities
| which you consider most essential, nelIner
| the white man at the North nor the white
man at the South would have any respect
for him or CONFIDENCE in his future:
Patiently, quietly, doggedly, persist
emily, through summer and winter sun
shine and shadow, by self-sacritice, by
foresight by honesty and INDUSTRY ns,, we
| One farm bought, one house nullt' one
| home sweetly and intelligently Kept, one
man who is the largest taxpayer or mas
1 SSAAOS~
| church maintained, one factory running
| successfully, one truck garden prontaply
cultivated, one patient cured by a negro
| doctor, one sermon we'll preached, one
these will tell more in our favor than all
| the abstract eloquence that can be sum
| moned to plead our cause. Our patnWay
must be up through the soil up throughh
| sWamps up through forests, up through
| the streams, the rocks, up through COM
| merce, education and religion.
I'm connection with our presence IN TINS
country it should always be borne in
mind that, unlike other races, we not only
were forced to come into this country
against our will, but were broug int here IN
the face of our most earnest protest: Botn
as slaves and as freemen, we have st ,It
to serve the interests of this country as
best we could. We have cleared forests
| builded railways, tunneled mountalns,
grown the cotton and the rec an ana a. W. 81
have always stood ready to defend the mas
We have never disturbed the country py
riots, strikes or lock-outs ours mas oeen
! a peaceful faithful service and life. :,
| SIN the face of all this 1 cannot bel1eVe
I will not believe, that country that IN =
vftes into it's midst every type OF EURO.
pean, from the highest to the very dregs
of the earth, 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 l repeat here what have often
said snecd IN 1 taS sggh All tn that ffs he T
portunity-that the same law when Is
made by the white man and applied TO the
one race be applied with equal certainty
| and exactness to the other.
which I have said directly to the members
| of more than one state constltutlonat coli-
vention in the South--namely' that any any
| revised state constitution that is capaoie
| Of being twisted into one Interpretation
| when an ignorant white man is CONCERNED
and another when an ignorant black mar mar
is concerned, will not represent ens: :
| Justice nor the highest statesmansnlp
These new constitutions should place
premium upon good citizenship for botf
races. and wherever they fail to do TINS
they are weak and are not IN accoro VIII
the best interests of the state
.When in any country there are law:
which are not respected, which are tram
pled under foot and made to mean orf
race, there is not only injustice TO
Which ya in the end the nation mus
pay the penalty but there is non safaen
there the is sapping of the growth o
human beings, in kindness, JuselcV,h i a, o.
ali the higher, purer and sWeeter thlng
in life. No race can degrade announcer W..
in lifting up another without itself oeln|
broadened and made more Christ-like.
we must not grow disapponted or de
spondent because terS TSars Az has no
t .Gp Mace lust exactly as we wish, o
as had been planned. Mans way rs ~
always Gods way. The ten comrnaina
ments and the golden rule were proclalmi4
growth and strivings, the Anglo Saxon
Citing him as an example, has not, tnln'
YOU will agreee with me. reached IN
point where he is. living up to them n, !; ~
daily life. And yet, because Of this tall
,re no one has vet been bold enough t
p prei rse that we should repeal the , te'
commandments and the golde3 1 rue; WHY ~
must have standard of perfection that i
.innm'oyable, Interchangeable. applicable u
all races. rich and DOR, black and WhlIe
towards which its people must contlf'ua'ls
THE age for settling great questl sIa
either social or national with the s no
gun, the torch, and by lynchlngs, ma
passed Az appear Ipo .d 10 sn nav he in doub;
about some things connected with on
future but of one thing l feel periectN
/ sure, and that is that Ignorance ana race
earth. No one can ever lift up a race by
continually calling attention to its wear
points. The Negro, like other races rs;
be Judged in aarg by t.
1T is hard to find those who can SO 1a'
control themselves as to discuss this SUP
iect with complete absence OF preJuolee
In most cases there is an enort 10 il p, nei
! ther hut lust an ordinary human being
! I deplore the spirit and, the disposition OF
/ any person who can extract seeming com com
Ing upon the mistakes and weak points Of
any individual or race. without trylns -
suggest remedy for those mistakes ano
weaknesses. Anyone who Is gllllty OF ~
ling this lives among the briers, the thorns
the stubble and the s;umps of life: He
Who is not content with cold, captlous,
negative criticism: but enters WITH afo nfq y
strengthen and make more useful the
most unfortunate Of Gods creatures, Is