The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-02
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years residence IN this country. been
source OF soIicitude. a problematical
quantity, in our national equation,
which We seem as far from solving
this present day as when we first
commenced It's solution.
All the wisdom and far sighted
acumen of the people is bafhed, and
in spite Of every imaginable barrier
thrown in his way. he has managed
. to stand up, and contend and struggle
for existence, giving as his right to
live, the possession of wealth, relig-
ion and education; the three most im-
portant forces in the rise and progress
Of any people.
Big Strides Made.
Every question affecting the devel-
opment of a people IN strength and
efficiency has its dark, as we'll as its
bright side. That the Negro has
made unparalleled strides toward the
meridian of the highest and best
achievements, no student OF history
will deny. Ht cannot be denied by
our most persistent enemies. But
while the Negro has shaken the dews
OF dark and ben1gnted night from
his locks, and helped to burst the
bands and chains OF his own enslave-
ment SO that he might stand with his
face towards the rising sun, new en-
vironments and stronger barriers, al
most unsurmountable, have thrown
themselves in his path and he finds
himself face to face with ungodly, un-
reasonable, unmercifUl conditions,
that must now contest his right to
live, and that among people, whose
traditions, language, institutions and
laws are against him. Whatever
sympathy he enjoyed in the morning
of his freedom, is now passed away
like the mists of the mountain tops
before the burning rays of the upris-
ng sun; whatever friends stood in the
fray in his behalf and battIed for his
betterment. with voice and purse and
pen, have disappeared from the arena
OF public life and usefulness, and he
is left without sentiment to make SEN
ttment; without law to create law for
himself; without a representative
voice-yet expected to make himself
heard, crying in the great barren
wilderness of American prejudice.
and Caucassion hatred, for the right
to live and move and have his being.
not as slave, nor pauper, not as a
criminal, nor moral Ieper, but as a
man, citizen, brother. Here he
stands, interviewer into the life and
blood of the American people menac-I
ing their peace and progress, four
teen millions strong. Here he stands,
within his sable hands he bears the
implements of toll, upon his sable
face he wears the marks of intelli-
gence and character; within his heart
he bears no il1will to the hand that
has forged the chains that ens1aved
him, nor the wild, ungodly. senseless
prejudice that blinds It's sight toI
every evidence of his progress, and all
the record of his devotion to the best
interests OF every community where
he lives.
Negro Patriotism.
Here he stands; with history for
patriotism that was written in the
life blood, that flowed from the body
of Crispus Attacks in Revolutionary
times and curled itself through
every war waged by the American
people, until it wrote of his daring
and love of country, amidst the how'll
ing crash of shot and shell upon the
bloody fields OF FL Carney and San
Juan Hill, and even now carries his
life in his hands. along with his white |
brother in the Philippines, to attest
to the world, that though hated, OPP
pressed, damned and villifed at home
on every side, crushed, bruised and
mangled in the land of his birth-yet !
he is fighting brayely for the flag
that honors all and protects all, but
the Negro, who dies willing sacri-
fee for it-away from home and
native land.
Race Hatred Increases.
Gradually. before our eyes, we see
state after state sweeping away from
us everything that stands for citizen
ship, which helps to make a people
happy and prosperous. In every sec
tion OF this country race hatred and
prejudice are on the increase.
In many places. where Its poison
BUS breath has never been felt before;
in sections noted heretofore for fair
ness and justice. 1t has forced men
to forget even the common laws of
and decency and join the
bowling mob that cries: Down with
the Niger! Kill him! Lynch him!
Burn him! Disfranchise him! Jim
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