The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-28

surround and confront us forbids
white man from having any palpable
knowledge of the negro, and / could
bring a hundred illustrations to estab-
liSh this fact. 1t was verified the other
night in DR.. Bradley's address when
he said the negroes were American
citizens and did not wish to be segre-
gated. l grant that the doctor repre-
scented large portion, for as the Sa-
vannah Morning News says, The ne
gro is not yet building race
but if he will put a steamer between
here and Africa, and make the rates
OF travel as chaep as white immi-
grants get from Europe to America,
four millions will leave just as soon
as they can adjust their little affairs.
while l am not burdened to death
with intelligence, l have too much
sense to say that all would go. l do
not know that half would go. jain,
in his Biblical Archaeology, says that
not half the children of Isreal ever left
Egypt for the Promised Land, but the
vast multitude of which remained has
never been heard of from that day till
this. No people in the worlds history
who were not self-reliant, and who are
not prompted by their inner natures
to sue for better conditions, have ever
reached the plane of responsibility. l
nave DGGD ISdQlllS 1tAoAOlJ AOA navy
years and over, and if there is any
exception to this rule, outside possibly
of the Saxons who were absorbed and
also did much of the absorbing by viz
tue of being of the same color and hav-
ing the most beautiful women on earth
at that time, / would be pleased to
have them pointed out.
Is Denied Citizenship.
1.-The doctor says the negro is an
American citizen. / wish he were cor
rect Twelve millions of colored peo-
pie of the United States would throw
their hats, parasols, and umbrellas
heaven high if this declaration about
the citizenship of the negro was
reality or could be established. Sure
ly the doctor has not been appraised
of the fact that the conclave in Wash
ington, D. c., called the United States
Supreme Court, has issued a legisla-
tive decision taking away every vestige
of his civil rights, and in the recent
Alabama case has declared his politi-
cal rights a nullity, and outside of
the right to pay taxes and work the
roads he has not single right that
would prompt him to be a man.
II would mention the aggregation this
decision. or these decisions (for there
are three of them) have inflicted upon
the negro, in detail. but it would be
too yoIuminous and do no good: but
1 will give $500 if any man will show
me such a decision from any court
or last resort in the world. Its
uniqueness stands in the fact that they
legislated and decided at the same
time. No instance of the kind is found
in the chronicles of the nation.
But just at this point | beg to ask
the doctor if he could have any respect
for any man, or any set of men, who
would sit quietly under the condition
of things that confront the negro in
this country. If he wants to know
what I mean just let him color his
face (for white is not COLOR and at
tempt to be a man and gentleman
for the day, and he will understand the
meaning thoroughly. God is charged
with folly for attempting to make a
man and failed to complete His job,
and he is consigned to the realm of
inferiority. Yet more laws have been
enacted by the different legislatures Of
the country, and more judicial decisi-
sions have been delivered and pro-
claimed against this piece of inferior
ity called negro, than have been issued
against any people since time began.
1t would appear that the negro Isl the
greatest man on earth, If we are to
Judge from the judicial decision in the
code books of the country to keep him
down.
.'The Pilgrim fathers did not have
RI contand with one-half of the legal
letters, but they left the old country
and sought a land where they could
develop the mighty forces that heaven
had implanted in their natures, ana
the result is a great and WonderIul
people has been developed. Whlch
does the doctor have the highest re-
snect for. the early settlers of Plymouth
in Massachusetts, and jamestown, Va,
or the docile negro who viii not try
to help himself?
Many Would Go to Africa.
~ have been singled out in this
country as the chief factor in the
African emigration movement and as
snch I believe that / have received
ali of 100000 letters, some OF then
containing dozens and dozens OF names
who are clamoring for TRANSPORTATION
conyeniences, and cheap rates ron
This 10 the land of our ancestors "
order that they may return 70 AIIlea
without having to pay their way =
Rev York city, then to Liverpool, an
t,,a,, 70 Africa, which they have to dc
az present. costing them more on tns
cars ia New York than white people
have "a nav from Queenstown. Liver
uool Hamburg and other points t'
come 70 New York. Philadelphia, Bos'
ton, New orleans and savannah;
"Think of il. 557 steamers, oeslde'
sailing ships. are hugging tho shore
az Africa. the year round. from Eu'
rope. and not one from the t ,l.i,,se
states. some Of as have been trylnh
~ Years TO get this government Is
subsidize "a ship for mail purposes, ahe
lei il serve as a TRANSPORT tor e ny,
Grafton. and commerce, but W 20 ~
,sass,,t o,,r efforts have been fruitless
This nation. or ~ aggregated people
tylli either have 10 open up a hlgn~AS
10 Africa for the aiscontented plac'
man on the negro question VIII houHl
~ me government There will be NJ
,,eare t0 Inc unitei states 40 long ~
~ negro question IL an issue NlEh
may h0ld the arepire. and aNag lrsl1
tntiye and judicial pgWer FOR time
ana even suppress free slieecn IN.
syTspnlso over enc disaaiisfefiio9n =
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