The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-11-02
AN APPEAL FROM "CAESAR DRUNK
TO CAESAR SOBER"

1t was the intention of THE APP
PEAL to make no especial publication
OF certain recent rotten racial doings
in Chicago, because it was thought to
be scarcely worth while, as no matter
what might be advanced by THE AP-
PEAL it would "cut no ice" with col
orphobists. But here comes a white
American, born in the Empire State,
who has something to say anent the
subject, and space is given to his
communication, as follows:
Caressed into luxuriant beauty by
the ardent rays of a tropic sun, the
earth's equa torial regions glow in
splendor of vivid celebration which de-
lights the eye and appeals to the ina
gination. Subject to the same law of
environment the pigment, present in
the skin of even the light colored race,
is so developed in the inhabitants of
the torrid cline that there is marked
contrast in their aspect to that of
their lighter hued brethren. What is
the result9
Because the Supreme Being has seen
fit to create dark compilations, the
hapless victims, guilty of the crime of
appearing as their Creator made them
have endured martyrdom which can
be paralleled only in the sufferings
of the "Son of Man" and His loyal
followers.
If there is any reason for this, if we
are to account for the fact, we must
believe that Whom God loveth He
chasteneth.
Does this view seem ridiculous? Let
us see.
In the late Southern war, while
Southern men were fighting to con-
tinue slavery, their homes were de-
fenseless. This was the opportunity
for their victims to repay in blood and
rapine the indignities that had been
ruthlessly visited upon their man.
hood. How did they use the chance
for revenge9
BY friendship so loyal and stead
fast that their oppressors must have
been "put to shame if, indeed, there
were any sense of decency in them
Nor can it be said, or even suspected,
that such action was due to cowardice
The conduct of the black soldiers in
honorable warfare gives the lie to any
such idea
taken in account in their bearing up
on an incident which has lately hap
pened in Chicago. A black man and
a white woman, both having arrived
at an age of discretion, desire to form
a legitimate matrimonial connection.
The general public have little, if any,
real concern in the matter, but it has
fallen into frenzy. 1t writhes in
spasm of virtuous Indignation Why9
The mans complexion is unsatisfac-
tory and he is of a prosecuted race.
1t is we'll known that the malice of
a criminal toward his victim is of the
most persistent kind, and the white
race can never. forgive the sons of
Africa the degradation it forced upon
them. Dark as the skin of the back
race is, far darker are the pages of
American history upon which are re-
corded the treatment this race has re-
ceived in the Land of Liberty"(?)
Now, if our enlightened citizens
wish to deal with the degradation of
white women, let them note we'll this
pertinent fact: for every girl of their
lations with a black man, thousand
nave USSu lOiCcu 1luCO PROSTITUTION Ill
ministering to the lust for gain who
were, because of such selfishness, re-
spected. They were successful" they
were Smart"
Observe how numerous are the peo-
pie of mixed blood. Can you see no
connection of this fact with the 9TH
er fact, that for over century black
women had no defense against the
white mans lust?
If the brother whose complexion diff
fers from our own is willing to forget
his ancient humiliation, let us not re-
mind him of it-not, at least. without
the decent blush of shame. He shows
no especial desire for intimate social
relations with us. The exceptions to
this rule are rare. He only asks that
our blackguardism be a little modified
by self-respect.
"Of one blood God created all the
nations of the EARTH and all are neces-
sary to accomplish the destiny of man.
For the honor of my own Caucasian
race have written this.
F. r. Hayes.