The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

re- we cannot get recognition wit hout
opposition, In the n orth. VII ere shall We
go a. 70 the " East, to S8cul tured a Bost ton
where our triend Boo y Z! Ilee
Will find 1T In that State where the fires
| OF abolttonlsmS first burned !, and the first
move was made for tn 81 negro g free
DOM fsit aB
Lat US see. Y When Presid ent Rooss-s
Welt appointed q the ne gro Lewis toe
minor post ion Ia the District Attorney'ss
office, believe y t y was, did 9 ppo ton
develop with few except ons, the press II
and the people from Main g to Calf rnia$s
! (exclusive of the South, mind YOU'D raised
their hands in holy horror. go ying itlss
would never, never do. And this vas aAs
only ninorBposltion. What would they
mot have said, aye, and done, had the spo NJ
! isition been a .:hlgh' one z q True, the ap-8
|pointment stood, and tho n ggo# is doubt.
LESS serving the dear peop pie to- day, Dul
stil,a It was not ecognit1 on optS
position. 53 81 III -
we have LETT only the mighty est
Surely on her broad bosom Their g isE room
and recognition for all, and Their the poor
negro Nv Ill find the desired haven. rhuaA
i far in the world g his tory. no sPresident
has seen mt 10 inflot upon the good peo 90
pie Of the West an al intment 8. that
meets the case In hand but there haYas
been times when negroes soug It u honest
work In that land of edom, 80 we g uss8 I
accept their treatment as q sam PIE. How
about those poor black devils, carr ied Nto$
mines i? What OF the treatmen they re! res
celved IN 8 the house Of their friends Ysss
Beaten with many stripes. stoned II $ ana i
stamped upon and finally driven from the \
State. N }55 ~ i
T 1f Opposition Of q rather serious nature
wasn't it7 And this, too, IN tho adopted II
State OF Abraham Lincoln the great. ID. ~
|yocat Of freed ON for the negro, and II In
We mistake not, the native State OF ~ rs,8s
Logan Where next shall we tu m y y yes
have clrcled the globe. @as .it were ~
out finding that field w here the negro
nav 20 and receive recognition, wit bout
meeting wi til opposition Of ever turn
True, vo have not 8yislt ted B every state Il
of the sections named but we elected
the most representative OF each. ". g W.
York Of the North, assaehusettss Of Y 9 q
East ana Illinois OF the Nv es y ana have
! right to conclude that the con d tons
existing in these. exist largely y in he
sections they repre- ent Ism, ha VI me
! AZ tho South is judg ed Z Are not Y so-1S "A,
lated cases Of mis- treatmen Of the +lns-ss
gro taken BY tho world Mt large to re pre-
sent the general conditions preYetlsng y
throughout the South 81 tSSsf 2sSS .ssS
l.'Snuce for the goose.;s m ust be sal CO
for tho gander," and we only ask Ina t55S
We be allowed to Judge others as as n they
judge US. IS II " rs. = !. 38
giants article. and I am done, iowa rdsA A
/ the close she says ut has been astq Ms
ishing that so many colored men " no! no
+ have attained y prominence by their in-8S
tellgence and their achlevemen In 7 he%I
North, have gone back to the South 10 To-
practice their professions. i. or to pursue
their Ivocatlons. whom they knew II would
'be Impossible to live down the preju dicesA
against them. u. ;, /,
lit isn't so very astonishing afterYall .SSS
when we remember the opposi + on.sSth "A
negro met with In our search around the
globe for that ''leld" n Every; negro who
has ever come back to tho South, shaag Il
done SO because he knew II he behaved NJ
himself and kept his place. he YOU r e.
ceive better treatment and find ne .doors n
or opportunity wider open here than elsef.sS.s
where under the sun, .s 4 y. St
In quoting from the article IN question q
have tried to do SO in such q way az
to give the meaning the writer intended tlael
to convey, IS s4 W.. {. !S$8
THAT is, II have not selected quotatlons
that have a different meaning when used Ii
alone than when used In connectl lon with #
the entire article and those who have M
read It, will, 7 am sure, agree that n 9th. 81
Ing OF the kind has been done. ssS.
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