Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-26
SENSIBLE NEGRO'S IA1n
Arkansas Colored Preacher Wisely Ad"
vises His People ON Various Matters.

Hamburg, Ark. and printed In lhc
Memphis Commercial Appeal Sunday:
| have noticed of tate the amazing
amount Of discussion going on through
the public press regarding the negro
and his future in America, and for
one. | believe better understanding
is being reached.
Those who are becoming alarmed
and claim that they fear that the
negro will dominate in the south, are
dreamers. and only look through the
eyes of p, eiudice But the cool head
ed and conservative element oil both
whites and blacks know and under
stand each other. and are working for
the common good Of our great south
land.
have been constant reader on
your great paper for several years.
and have found that though you stand
for the negro to have back seat" in
the politics of the country. you have
1t
and otherwise that tend to help and
uplift the negro to that plane of edr-
cational and moral qualifications that
will fit him far gGcl citizenship.
All CT this nonsense in negro papers
and small fry white papers about SO
cial oq,ia'itv" OF commingling of
whites and blacks, is mere rot. EV-
cry sensible negro. both educated and
uneduCated. is as much opposed to
social equality as the most ardent
southcrner that exists. And, if laws
were enacted by legislatures of the
southern states making it a penlten-
tiary OlTonSe for a white man to con-
cubne with negro woman, ana
would prosecute the offenders against
said enaetnents with as much Wig
or as the "lynchers" dispose of ne
groes charged with the Gnpardonabie
offense against the purity of south
ern white women. the negro man OF
the south would breathe sigh OF re-
lief that would make his heart leap
FOR 10Y Net only would the negro re-
ioce, but the fair and angellike white
maiden Of the homes of this beautl-
f,l southland would feel happier go
inc to the marriage altar, if all of
them could know that their husbands
fo-be were as free from being immor-
ally connected with the negro as they
themselves are.
IT is en- appreciablc fact that the
white woman of the south is the
and dear to southern men-and they
cling to the will and wishes Of their
fathers. husbands and brothers with
a tenacitv unparalleled by any other
women anywhere in the world.
It is also q recognized and an ap-
preciable fact that the negro man
who transcends his limits, and breaks
over tho wishes so dca~ to southern
men. and held SO sacred by their wo-
men, that they Just as we'll so and
face a thousand cannons. charged to
the rim With deadly missiles. and
make bow to all earthly existence
and say: Send me eff" fer go he
must.
In the light of the above, one among
the things that We as a race plead
for. is help Yes. help us throw a
safeguard around our women. "Oh.
one might say. ''your women are
nothing" Let that stand uncontra-
dicted by some. yet we have learned
the lesson of love, Affection and to
cherish morality and virtue We have
further learned that no people or ma
tion can rise above their women. We
do not plead for that equal respect
for our women that you give yours
but since We have cut down these
southern forests. and leveled these
hills. and made prosperous these plan
tations please do allow the poor ne
gro girl to keep what little modesty
she already has. If you feel duty
bound not to say one word to her to
lift her up. let her pass the lanes and
streets and through the stores with
out saying one word to her that will
bring her down. She is black. her
hair is kinky, her feet large. her lips
thick and her chee''s rude. but to us
she is sweet pre- 9ious and dear-and