The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
OPEN LETTER
...ar. Roosevelt, President Of
. r.ted States.

s.-.- Butler of South Carolina, John
-.... Graves and other fre-eating
T.-..-ts are your associates now l
Politics make strange bedfellows
... ...a Certainly, Mr.. President, this
.-..-. af Democrats would make the
democratic party blush. Do you really
r.-.-. trat YOU are able to control the
~.. national Republican Convention?
T.. r the press dispatches that your
candidate. Mr.. Taft, will return to the
p.-.rr.rcs. It IS warmer in Ohio than
.ra-.. Then again, I believe that the
,-----onare will be more cOngenial to
t., anyway. Mr.. President, do you
Relieve that the coIored man has been
a.-y rreatedc You are the executive
ola great nation and you are in posi-
.rr ro do great harm. The ColOred
Americans have been obedient to the
r.rs of this republic and faithful and
---. to the party in power. They have
never been traitors to their flag and
neither can it be said that they have be-
--araa the party that was instrumental
.~ Giving them their freedom. They
r... served the party of Lincoln, Sum
r.- Grant, and all the way down the
r-. The time has come to stop now.
E.-..,. has forced him to think for
himself lie can no longer be the hew-
.-.r- Mood and drawers of water. This
. on the eve of a revolution
.- he does something to protect
himself .. viii go to destruction. He
.r in the affairs of this govern
u "'. government, Mr.. President,
F.. has So faithfully upheld is cater
... aeuument that IS poisonous. 1t
.- menace to a Christian nation. It
r. time should ever come that gives
.. oppressed power to rule, a different
condition of affairs will exist. This
oppressed race will not be the tyrants
that now exist. You are ambitious for
power and fame Your efforts have
been 10 crush the weak and those who
have aided in perpetuating the party
that gives you existence today. The
c5.ored Americans in this country will
never forget and can hardly forgive.
You may do all in your power, Mr..
President to appease the South, but It
will do no good. You can readily see
what the sentiment Is now. You have
ignored every Republican organization
in the South and placed the power OF
appointment in the hands Of those who
have endeavored to destroy the Union
Can you hope for support from the true
blues? Of course you cannot The
byw0rd throughout this country IS Fora
ker the Just Treachery and demagogy
may succeed in crushing him, but
don't think so. God is in this contest
Right is bound to prevail. 1t cannot be
destroyed. You have sent your ieuten-
ants South You will find out that ii
will DO no good.
Your Democratic oficeholders and
your lily white contingent are weighed
In the balance and are found wanting
In every hut and hoyel viii the colOred
voter South organize for his own sal
E-..n Mr. President, if you really
..a. .hat you will be able to unite
aa .orcd vote you are mistaken. You
... make as much time uniting the col
.-.. ..-e as you would bringing the
Democratic party to you in the State
a. Mississippi You know old Varda-
.. Hy the way, it looks like JOhr
Sharpe Williams will defeat the ole
.on doesn't it, Mr.. President
understand that Willie Taft viii return
. III. Philippines in September anC
.. he viii return and enter the Ohio
-.-.. to be defeated I am not GER
.. Mr. President that the American
people are willing and ready to be die.
-.. 60 by anyone. This is a republic
and not a monarchy. We are moi
-ra.ad by a king, although a king
.. would like to be. The time hasn'
come as yet By the time you receive
"r nest letter, Mr.. President, the Ohic
..1 shall have been settled. Don't b,
' certain of your success, because
there is many a slip 'twixt the cup anC
.. .1 YOU know. Well, you have sen
tie c7lored soldiers out Of the coun
..r -0w. Not a colored soldier was II
evidence at Jamestown. What did tha
" There were several Georgia
crackers. YOU know. You are doins
.-.-g to satisfy the rebel South
because the jamestown people did no
desire c7lored soldiers. you thought TIT
" Ching that could be done was tt
send them all out of the country.
.51e You are happy now and the Soutl
Is contented.
Yours truly,
The Editor.