The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-04

, ss.S g IS &
i s En Alss poAI4 :
sests tr,al ana $aey ,sf moral.
}9SNkkSykk .matefiaG worth and
vStna S.SENaf and to the nation at
the sNMAsNMe. Many Of the white
psopte axt1hNthe colored people, you
SsreaWeAN4ethan We are, you are In
terror S0%MM But when the colored
seek care doing, along indus
trlai, edQSNyonal and political lines
10 strenEtN9h themselves where they
are AMAhe white people. of the
natlon. BSeQite OF their boasted
freedom, Ss christianity and oiviliza-
uon, ntythAmselves In the way of
the racaAspfogress from It's weak
ness tho things and qualities, the
power which the whites proclaim 1t
mas not. hut which they also pro-
c!alm tehroNKh their race prejudice it
snall NOT M6ve in America,
Intustice steward us as q race Is
everyWhera increasing. race preju-
dice issS8TOWing In the Republic,
NORTH and South alike. We are here
IN the mt04t Of our country, here
where weshAve given our love, our
best blo0d and our most devoted
services inSpeace and in many wars.
Gratftudey to- US seems be dying
In the heAt4R of the nation, and Bit
ter ana relentless race hatred and
contomptE ara growing to monstrous
strength I'm the souls of the Ameri-
can peonlHs i. Our faithfulness to the
women and children of the South
during thaeWRr Of the Rebellion, our
hero1sm 2ndself-sacrifice in defense
OF the Union during that same war
are olmoat forgotten, forgotten by
the So0thIf0rgotten by the North In
this period of reaction, commercial
glorihcation and criticism of the
race. As.
We approve the stand of President
Roosevelt. In behalf of fair play and
a square deal for all American citi-,
ment of Dr.Erum and the Indianola
post off1casRl9air. We regret his dis,
charge QfS1Aa soldiers ofsthe Twen-
ty-hfth Unttad States Infantry with
out any Competent legal evidence of
guilt, as subsersive Of fundamental
right. WatEust that he will yet see
the injustice, done these patriotic
soldiers who have devoted their best
years to make the nation glorious
and Will exercise his characteristic
In correcting this great
wrong. We also regret that the
President In his annual message, by
implications at least, holds the whole
Negro race responsible for crimes
by the few, pernicious
principle which is applied to no
other. r.->EAS|%
We advocate all modes OF educa-
ton for colored youths applicable to
other classes in like condition of
1N1H&'
posed to any special educational
brand as q badge of racial inferiority.
We as a race suffer great wrongs
at the, hands of the South. at the
hands of:s4he nation. and we are
by those In high places In
and out OF office to be silent and
patient, In which counsel, there are
some coiore4 men base enough to
join But as .colored men we declare
now and here that we will not be
silent or patient at the bidding of
such unworthy counsellors, regard
less Of their high official position or
their race or color. We will cry
aloud against! injustice and oppres-
sion, and we spare neither those
who wrong Us nor yet those who
abet our eqanQies. We will cry aloud
ON the platf6fh, from the pulpit, In
Inc press aSaA2st our enemies and
an@1whenever we can we
will indicate cur position at the
them in municipal cleo
tIons, State egtfon, and next year
at the natioIaal elections. Let us
show no quarter to our foes, high or
low, who In obedience to American,
preach to the co1ored
people PATIENCE and submission to
intolerable conditions and wrongs.
At great perfl-~at the peril of his
political life Senator Foraker has
the cause of the Black
Battalion against the enormous and
injustice and wanton
abuse Of executive authority. To
the great Senator of Ohio, the color
ed people owe undying love and
gratitude. Let them repay him as
part of this debt by standing as
Address to the Country Part two.
bravely by him in his fight for politi-
cal life as he stood by the Black Bat
TALON on the floor Of the Senate, in
the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, and on the platform and in
the press. -,
CKJATNEn TExx3 WITH ANIMAL