The colored American., 1903-02-28

ucaIly Withholding from him the very
means which made him prosperous.
The actual worth and capabilities
OF the Negro should be measured by
the competent, intelligent and ener-
getic element of the race, and not by
| the paupers in the poor-house.t Grimm
ais in the jails, and idle vagrants to
be seen upon the streets of all large
cities
Out of the miseries of slavery with
| its Immortality and debauchery. have
arisen eminent ministers, doctors,
missionaries, philanthropists, LAWYERS
scholars. tradesmen and artists of ma
tIonal and international fame What
| other race of a once enSlaved people
| can make so proud showing in thirty
and few odd years?
The idle, Shiftless. criminal Negro
| is no worse than the same element OF
| the white race. If he is, it is slavery's
| legacy to mankind; and those who'
| held him shackled should bear with
| his vices until he reaches a higher
moral, intellectual and physical plane
Mr.. Roosevelt is the Greatest man
that has ever sat in the presidential
chair. Greatest because no issues of
State are forcing him to champion
the Negroes cause. Invincible. cour-
| ageOus and conscientious, he proves to
hood of Man and the Fatherhood of
God" by giving many competent Ne
| groes an opportunity to find an outlet
| Tor their talents, and receiving in re-
turn remuneration in keeping with
their labors.
We believe that mis- actions are
| based upon noble Sympathy and not
PlaIn Politics.; but if he has "adopted
his means of securing national dele
gates to the Convention of 1904" we
trust he will have the honor of be
| coming an elective president of these
United States. If Hearst's American
has taken this means of booming a
democratic president for 1904 we re-
gret that they attempt to depreciate
Mr.. Roosevelt's treatment of the much
abused Negro Policy" He has en-
1eared himself to all race-Ioving Afro.
Americans, and our white friends
must learn that an amicabIe settle
ment OF this race question will never
he reached by vituperations, prejudice
and misreDresentations Yes. ''THERE
DOES EXIST RACE PREJUDICE IN
THIS COUNTRY" and it will remain
80 long as the laWless element of
either race agitate the question on
She "FEMALE' basis
The Negroes need more such friends
o encourage him in his professional
9uucatlonal and Industrial struggles
Perhaps Mr.. Rooseve1t's attitude will
he the cause CT stirring up strife
between the two races in the South
fod fOrbidi But if it should come to
his, let every Negro prove himself
NAN-take Charles of Louisiana. as
his prototype, and die for that price
'ess gem-freedom of thought. actions
md body. No race or cause has been
without its martyrs. Better to fiji a
hero's grave than that of a Sinking
slave
Sovereigns of the Old World enter
tain and associate will some of the
9lackest potentate CT Mother Nature
President Roosevelt has the Same
privilege; and whether he entertained
any Negroes ''in his Madison Avenue
house in New York City, or not
greater honor is then to be bestowed
Upon the Negroes who have had the
pleasure CT dining with him as tbe
Nations hero, the President of the
United States-and are therefore
greater objects of envy and scorn from
hat class of white citizens who would
g1ve fortune for the honor.
Treat the Negro as a man. Give
him living wages. Treat his women
With the same respect you treat wo-
men of other races. and demand he
prove himself worthy Of