Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-28
EMANCIPATION DAY.

The anniversary OF the signing OF
the emancipation proclamation was
duly celebrated in this city Tuesday by |
the colored citizens, IL IS a day that
means a sroat deal more 10 them, than
anyone not born slave can fully APP
probate THAT proclamation wes the
adoption Of outcasts into the brother
mood Of American citizenship; II was
the acknowledgment on the part of
stronger brother OF the rights Of the
weaker, TO the bountles Of a common
country; II was the acceptance by the
superior OF the responsibility OF educat-
ing and elevatng the inferior to the
highest possible plane
Looking backward there Is probably
no cause for complaint as regards the
results achieved, even II much sun re-
mains TO be done Probably all that
could reasonably be expected, consider
ing everything, has been accomplished
The intelligent, Industrious seif-re"
specting negro, Is respected and non
ored. while the worthless loafer Is held
in contempt as is the white man who
,s not worthy Of the respect OF fellow
men. There is in this regard put niue
d,ne,enee. Color does not play nearly
as great n part In race quarrels' as
many suppose. Color does not explain
,he oontemptuous manner In which
,norv sneak about the "dago,' Tor IN
stance. The fact Is that OF all men,
only those are respected VINO resp.v'
themselves and command respect py
vIrtue Of their own personalities
the fact tina, so many Of Americas
oo,ored citizens have, within the short
nor,oa since the Civil war risen !"
n.oroinepee. as bankers, merchants
farmers and even literary men, doc
,ora and educators, amply iustlhes the
emancipation proclamation II proves
the sterling qualities of the race ana J,
nromises a better future PROVIDED
moro "a determination enough to pro-
Dress on the narrow and stony PAIN 10
success
In all probability a great many OF tho
,oce are morally and physically un'
| able 10 rise above their present status
rhese are block to advancement
rnoy n,esent what is generally called q
arace oroblem." They are a burden 70
,he,r colored brethren. But as the au'
yonoe proceeds. this burden VIII De
smaller and easier to carry. In time inc
eolored race problem will' thereioreho'
he different from any other social prom
lem II viii be simply one OF the
host ways In which to promote morality
and combat vice That Is the true
"nroblemo everywhere and among al
races the white by no means excepted
In this connection 1t may DC
s,oted that our country Is MOI
The only one. where negroes have jus'
cause TO take exception to the treat
ment they receive a complaint h4'
inst come from Transyaal, now uhae'
british control, from thirteen American
cclored citizens, through the American
consul at Pretoria They state that they
arc barred from riding In second'clas'
railroad coaches because OF their color
that they are prohibited from watkins
-, tbe sidewalk--"for which we an
thrown about like chattels'--that the'
are not allowed to do business becaua
they are Americans, and that they an
told that "the American natives mus
expect the same treatment as the Am
cans" This and more makes our con
dltion unhearable,' they say
This Il an the more remarkable be
i cause the British fought IN Africa os
! tenslbly for the betterment OF the con
4 dltlon OF the African negroes Who un
a der Boer rule. It was said, were op
. pressed and enslaved. There is on'
= and only one, remedy against sue
K conditions, ard that is work. on IN
/ mart OF the negroes toward that excel
lence which compels justice, Wha
4 can be done In this respect was ampl
h shown by WI Ting Fang who, mol
; withdrawing the prevalent prelude
o against the Chinese race, made himse
Is one OF the most popular foreign states
. men IN Washington. Personal exec
|. lence counts, even against color