The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-25
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Louisville, KY, Aprh I6, 1907.
he Advocate, sSsCh arIestoH. w. Va.

Louisville, KY, April Sc, l907.s]
The Advocate. e oh arlestoh, w. Va.
E. My dear Rrother.~4-I rave tust
read your editoriat unders the oap-
ton "Ohtoa stSs&fo Vote,'tsaffd notey
among othSEsthtnEs, your lticisnns,
on Senator Ofa ker !: Y9n sSy, They
claim to have SSnrgey eyi. oarehfallY the,
motives and toun a. that, heais 4ctNa-5
ted not wholly by ,tinad ltaSAted lpye|
for the brother In black {. They Biosl
poet that there ~ tiiPPo sttion III ca.
nse them aas oats paRsl al c0nsida
this ~ an, onpor TN tlmS resent;
who are wont "a EtaSSi ~ $ke Negro
sratuitoualy, witho1 & rexaM to the,
issues before sthS psSpls ys !, :. !. SO;
Are not sentiments Hike the q boye.
depressed BY leaders Of ths race good
reasons why we &RYe go few white
friends who In State Legislatures
Or in the halls OF the National Con-
gress, are ready. to cha npi0H our.
cause? The Germans, the Irish, the
Italians, and indeed any: 8ther ma.
t1onality or race, when q man comes
to her rescue show a sense of ap-
probation by defending that man.
All Of the papers that oppose Sena-
tor Foraker or are favorahleH to- the
national administration, delight TO
say, Senator Foraker ish4 playi1g
politics" In his present light for the.
discharged Negro soldiers. Once inSa
while some y Negro bays the same
thing. Is there q Negro out of the
luhatic asylum today hut who knows
the quickest way TOR q politician to
find q political grave, rts to- champion
the cause, OF the American Negro
Has not Ben Tillman. Gov ernor Var
daman, John Temple Graves, Hoke
Smith and - ong line Of living and
dead statesmen H(?1 found their way
to place and power by vilifying and
damning= che Negro p Do we not
know Senator Foraker Is more hurt
than helped by taking QUIZ part?
Whatever; may have been his mo-
tives in the outset, has not this fight
saved us from the awful vortex into
which we had been thruaE by, the
su mmary discharge OF the Shree bat
aIlfons OF the 25th Regiment? Has
not this trumped, up charge already
been made a pretext to bar the Me-
gro from the SUnitedt Stafa3s service 2.
II our leadersfa are going ia Join our
,snemies in4 bounding out OF public
lffe. men who take our part, will
there not eom4 q time when all good
men will shnnE us 9as they Would the
most venonnoas reptile which hiseas
and stings thoss who warm 1T to
NE; #aSt43his,&, !. ~ 49,, -
/ Abraham FI,incoln's proclamation
was not signed because ofasany spe-
cial love he had for the Negro, but
as a War Measure, and yet we are
the recipients OF freedom by that
act 1t does seem to me that any Me-
gro leader who, cannot advise the Ne.
groes Of America to stand; by Sena-
tor Foraker .. tsho uld give this
knight OF equal 5&sfisa" the hanefit
Of hts silence. 70 my mlaaE there has
been no fight since the war that
means SO much to, us and even to
| our children, as the fight for a fair
trial, champioped by Senator Fora
kerr -. .,'n&r, :~..;. = r-". -
J. The American" Negro aunttedly,
Qughtsto be able to- say With tke old
Iewamaa ygghQs prayed, ,foE sbHaad, f:the
lord. sent ~, even IL = the dsyiI
brought it, land out of gratitude to
almighty God regard, Senator Fora
ker as the LINCOLN of our times. -
Your eomrade In service. - . . :: :.
- = ;, I. y. L. G.. JORDAN.