The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

increasingly and firmly oppose them. BY
every civilized and peaceful method we
must strive 1or the rights which the Wor!a
accords to men, clinging unWaVerlhsy ~
those great words which the sons or the |
fathers would fain forget: We hold these
truths to be self-evident: That al! men
are created equal; that they are enooWeo
by their Creator with certain ina1 nhn4
rights; that among these are LIE, nDerty' |
and the pursuit of happiness -. 5.
The writer is intensely in earnest, po- |
etc, eloquent, passionate, and sincere in |
his appeal to the prejudice-bound people |
of the race. There. is, however, one dis
cOrdant note. and that, is the adverse crit |
icism Of Booker T.. Washington. Mr.. |
teachings have evidently |
fessor, and he does the great advocate Of
industrial education great injustice.
There is no contradiction between the
Washington theories and the words Of the
The adoption of industrialism does not
mean the abandonment Of any constitu-
tional rights. Nowhere in his writings or
his speeches has Mr.. Washington advised
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 possess
sion Of all now enjoyed and the acknowl-
edgment Of those denied, which the ac-
QUESTION of wealth will surely give.
Let Washington speak. for himself. In
one OF his latest uCIeTduCeS, Ill
address delivered before the Brooklyn In
stitute of Arts and Sciences, among other
things he said
1.-The Negro has lived for over two cen
from pulpit to rostrum, through the press
and in school, in legislative halls and on
many battlefield have been constantly
upholding the doctrine that the most com
plete 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 for
one race. it is equally helpful and neces-
sary to the well being Of others: 1t is i'm
rick Henry, Give me liberty or give me
DEATH. should have had no influence upon
our black citizens. If the black man did
toward the acquiring of those qualities
which you consider most essential neither
the white man at the North nor the white
man at the South would have any respect
for him confidence in his future.
patiently, quietly, doggedly, persist
emily, through summer and winter, sun
shine and shadow, by self sacrifice, by
foresight, by honesty and industry, we
One farm bought, one house built, one
home sweetly and intelligently kept, one
man who is the largest taxpayer or has
the largest bank account one scnooa OF
successfully, one truck garden profitably
cultivated, one patient cured by Negro
doctor, one sermon well preached ea5a 3i,,o one
these will tell more in our favor than all
the abstract eloquence that can be sum-
moned to plead our cause. Our pathway
swamps, up through forests, up through
the streams. the rocks, up through COM
MERGE education and religion.
In connection with our presence in this
111 Hn in
mind that, unlike other races, we not only
! were forced to come into this country
against our will but were brought here in
the face Of our most earnest protest. Both
to serve the interests of this country as
best we could. We have cleared forests,
builded railways, tunneled mountains,
grown the cotton and the rice, and we
We have never disturbed the country by
riots, strikes or lock-outs. Ours has been
peaceful, faithful service and life.
I'm the face of all this 1 cannot believe
will not believe, that a country that in
vites into it's midst every type OF Euro
pean, fro1I3ssae 5fsighestzto the very dregs
of the earth, and gives these corners shell
ter, protection and the highest encourage
ment, will refuse to accord the same pro
lection and encouragement to her black
citizens. I repeat here what l have often
said in the South me S s Seeks o NO
portunity-that the same law which is
made by the white man and applied to the
one race be applied with equal certainty
and eXactness to the other.
And when I say this repeat also that
which have said directly to the members
of more than one state CONSTITUTIONAL con-
vention in the southLnamely' tna1 dns
of being twisted into one Interpretation
when an ignorant white man is CONCERNED
and another when an Ignorant black man
is concerned will not represent entire
he highest craftsmanship.
These new constitutions should place
premium upon good citizenship Tor noth
races, and wherever they fail to 90 TINS,
they are weak and are not in accord with
the best interests of the state.
when in any country there are laws
which are not respected, which are tram
pied under foot and made to mean one
thing when applied to one race ana an
race there here is not oily Injustice for
which in the end the nation must
pay the. penalty, but there is harden
ing and sappng Of of the the growfh Of
human beings, in Kindness, Justlce; ana
all the higher, purer and sweeter things
in life. No race can degrade another with.
! out degrading itself. No race can assist
in lifting up another without itself being
broadened and made more Christ-like.
1--WE must not grow disappointed or de-
spondent because, forsooth an that was
as had been planned. Mans way is not
always Gods way. The ten command
ments and the golden rule were procIialm9 n
growth and strivings, the Anglo saxon,
citing him as an example, has not; think
you will agreee4 with me, reached the
daily life. And yet, because Of this fail
ure, no one has yet been bold enough TO
propose that we should repeal the ten
commandments and the golden rule: ~
must have standard Of perfection that is
in1movable. Interchangeable, applicable TO
all races, rich and DOR, black and white,
towards which it's people must continually
strive.
1.-THE age for settling great questions,
either social or national, with the shot
gun, the. torch, and by lynchlngs' mas
passed. An appeal to such methods IS
unworthy of either race: may De IN ooa o,',
future but of one thing I feel perfectly
sure. and that is that ignorance ana race
hatred are no solution for r. any problem on on
continually calling attention to its weak
points. The Negro, like other races,
should be judged in large degree by us
best element, rather than by us Weakest.
1T is hard to find those who can so far
control themselves as to discuss this sub
ject with complete absence OF pre]udlce.
In most cases there is an effort to sprove
Their but lust an ordinary human being:
I deplore the spirit and the disposition of
any person who can extract seeming com
fort out of the habit OF continually owen
ing upon the mistakes and weak points OF
any any i Individual o. race. without trying to
suggest remedy for those mistakes and
weaknesses. Anyone who is guilty OF 90
the stubble and the stumps of life: He
who is not content with cold, captious,
negative criticism. but enters with body
and soul into positive, progressive enort 10
~ASHSsn
most unfortunate Of Gods. creatures, is
the individual who is living in n,-: green