The Appeal., 1910-09-24

country. The sAfrO-Amer1can iS0 a
citizen by right of birth and the Fed
eral Constitution specifically places
all citizens on equality before the law.
2. THE APPEAL believes that the
idea advanced by certain persons that
the Caucasian race has been espe-
clally commissioned by God to rule all
OF the colored races is blasphemy.
8. THE APPEAL firmly believes
that in republic there can be but
one kind of citizen, hence challenges
the right of the government-Feder
state or local--to discriminate in any
way between citizens by the enact
ment of any law which specifies that
the Afro-American must be separated
from or treated differently from the
great body of citizens. THE APPEAL
is opposed to class legislation of every
kind.
4. THE APPEAL believes in man.
hood suffrage without any educational
or property qualifications whatever,
and contends that the law-abiding man
of good character, who does his duty
as a citizen and risks his life in de-
tense of the flag, should not be de-
prived Of the ballot because he is poor
and cannot read and write. Disfran-
chisement works irresistibly for. the
denial or abridgement of all the re-
lated rights of citizenship, because a
voteless man has no right which any
one is bound to respect
5. THE APPEAL believes that the
schools supported by public taxation
should be open to all regardless of
race, color or creed and that every
parent should determine the kind of
education he wishes his children to
receive.
6. THE APPEAL believes that the
statement that the Southern Cau-
casians pay the taxes necessary to
educate the Southern >Afro-American
is an economic absurdity. That each
man m his place pays as much tax as
anyother man in the community is an
economic truism which has never been
disputed by any reputable sociologist
or political economist from Adam
Smith down to the present time.
Z. THE APPEAL knows that the
Afro-American has been misrepre-
sented in the matter of crime. Enemies
have endeavored to prove that Afro
Americans are criminal people. but
their statements have been disproved
by statistics. Caucasian-Americans
commit more and baser crimes than
Afro-Americans.
8. THE APPEAL is opposed to
mob law and believes that mob license
is more dangerous to the well-ebing
and perpetuity of society than the iso-
lated infractions of the law by indi-
viduals.
9. THE APPEAL does not believe
that the Southern Caucasians are the
best friends of the race. The South
ern Caucasian idea of friendship is
the relation of superior and inferior.
In many cases the Afro-American who
gains the Friendship" of a Southern
Caucasian does so at the expense of
his manhood.E THE APPEAL is not
willing for the settlement of the race
question to be left to the unjust, un-
American, unchristian South for set
tlement.
10. THE APPEAL refuses to con-
slider any proposition that the Afro
American relinquish any of the politi-
cal or civil rights now possessed by
the race. Every effort should be made
to retain those which exist and to re-
gain those which have been lost
THE APPEAL reaffirms it's unalter-
able determination to continue to
battle for the right to the end and
come what may, THE4APPEAL will
never give up the contention for
justice and the absolute equality of
all citizens under the law.
THE APPEALS CELEBRATION AND
SOUVENIR EDITION.