The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-13

by the contact of the moment, or that
the individual black man may not be
bettered by the association. If that
were all there would be no race prob
lem. and the rule would rest upon an
unseemly prejudice. President Roose-
welt was not hurt by the dinner with
Booker Washington, for with all re-
speet to the host, it may be said that
the guest was individually worthy OF
the hospitality But in the mathe-
mates OF races, the honest, hublest
black is Washington's equal; and
since Washington was made equal with
Roosevelt, the lowest black became
equal with chiefest of the white race.
That is the philosophy of the black
mans reasoning; that is the corellary
that finds unconscious lodgment in the
white mind moved to an association
by whim or temporary advantage.
Jack Johnson had white wife, who
is now dead, and nothing i'll may be
said of the dead But the example
has borne fruit in the weak brain of
this poor child of passion who would
give her birthright for the gratifica-
ton of a diseased or insane fancy.
The suicide Of the other one, pro
Ivoked perhaps by belated realization
of her racial debasement, is no warn
ling to the younger victim lured by no
Itoriety and intoxicated by adventure
And that isn't ALL "Oh, some of
the best white women in Chicago ride
lin this car said Johnson TO the girls
mother when she shrank from being
seen in his automobile. OF eouse 'the
best white women" in Chicago do not
lride in that car, but Johnson sees no
reason why they should not; other
lbrutish negroes there and elsewhere
Isee no reason why they should not;
and thus in millions Of negro minds is
born the purpose Of impudence and
insult and outrage to be visited upon
white women any time and anywhere.
What have We of the south to be
Iconcerned about in this unspeakable
linfamy which .he undiscerning North
Itolerates? May We not be content TO
lpreserve our own standards, maintain
our social integrity and let others in
ldulge animalism and amalgamation to
the utmost of their destial bent?
i No, for we have knowledge they do
mot know; we have experiences which
should teach them to beware, and
we are not faithful as our brothers
keepers if We do not cry loud and
warn them of their peril
Besides, they can not conceal these
blacks, and our blacks will be
tempted to more wicked deeds. Quick
and sure vengeance awaits the least
encroachment here, but it would be
little less than criminal not to en-
deavor to prevent the occasion for
vengeance.
/ Thousands of black brutes all over
the land will be moved by this cir.
cumstance to entertain the nameless
desire which always turks in the mind
of the low and lustful
We may not calculate how many
white women must suffer the conse-
quence of such example-nor how
many black men may be destroyed to
hold the others of the race in leash.
Will men never learn that nature
can not be Knocked without punish
ment? That the God of Haven is the
God of races? That the pigment of
the skin, while not q badge of dis
honor. is an outward and visible sign
of a status decreed from everlasting
to everlasting? Association, dalliance
or trespass, by whatever action or Gus.
tom. is outlawry which invites the
wrath of the Most High.
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