The colored American., 1903-06-20

| through all eternity. She has simply
made a fool-a laughing stock-of
| herself and of her pretended friends
who seized upon the incident to ad-
minister rebuke TO President Roose-
veIt. The incident in no way reflects
on DR.. Washington, but will on the
contrary make friends for him every
where and strengthen the regard for
| him of those who believe in him.
God permits what He does not order,
now as ever, and there will always be
| people in the world to do things that
are foolish, spiteful and childish and
| that are bound to react on them. The
South hasn't gained a single thing by
| this exhibition of malice for the sober
| thinking white men and women of the
| North thoroughly understand the dTti-
mus of this spontaneously outpour-
ing of cash(?) and sympathy of a lot
OF ignorant crackers and clay eaters,
many of whose forbears were perhaps
| transported from Europe for various
| crimes IN the early history of the coun-
| Try or were the fndentured slaves of
| the ar1StOcracy of the South whose
ohspr1ng now applaud the act of a SER
want who was above the only work
she is capable of doing. Certainly if
she had education and culture, WHICH
| preSuppoSes the possession of brains
| she would not have been reduced TO
the necessity of emptying slop jars,
making beds, and washing cuspidors
in gentlemen's- rooms in a public
| house. Her dignity has not been seri-
ously injured. But her feelings may
| De somewhat lacerated if she really
had her paws on $4,000 and allowed
a plain niger to chloroform and rob
| her. Poor Louisei how l do pity you.
honey.
There is in process of incubation in
New York scheme TO repeal the XIV
Amendment, and the New York Sun
| Office is the e0hatchery from whence pro-
| ceeds the information that this steD TO
| denatlonalize the Negro will be at
! tempted The Sun is sponsor for the
| thought, and champion of the move
ment, and it is proceeding systemat-
lcaIly to educate public sentiment and
| crystal1ze it up TO the point of action.
when the time comes, if ever.
| When the national government. of
which We are an integral part shall
make a cOwardly surrender 10 the
South, and a confession to the world
OF its base ingratitude to the Negro
and its want of honor in its relation
| TO people wherein every hour of
its danger and peril were as true to
1t as the needle to the pole The con-
spiracy against us has been taking
shape and form for months past. and
Is becoming bOlder and bolder. dav by
day. The climax will have been
reached if the Sun can succeed in con-
vincing the American people that de-
nuding the Negro of his citizenship
rights is the American idea of national
honor.
Years ago Albion W Tourgee Cnov
U. b Consul at Bordeaux, France)
brought north a cOlored boy. me-
chanical genius. The story was told
TO Lake Mohonk meeting of the
friends of the cOlOred man. ex-Presi-
dent Hayes being present. PennsvIva-
ma. New Jersey, New York and New
England machine shops shut their
doors against the boy, who was re-
turned TO the South to get his training
Where under such leaders as Booker
Washington his race can have a han
py, useful future of development with
In its own natural lines ''-Extract off
letter in he New York Sun.
L cite this extract merely IN am-
phaslze fact which l heard stated
by white minister in a conference of
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