The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-01-03
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We had it when the colonies struggled
for independence from the British
crown, and gave the blood Of Crispus
Attacks ( to make indelible what
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declar
ration of independence. This Comics
sion of Faith has become our con-
fession of faith. We believe in the
equality of man. We believe that
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness are the inalienable rights of
every American citizen. 1t is the
faith that gave power and life to
this republic. We hold that no new
construction should be placed upon a
single article of this faith to accom-
modate the prejudices of any race OF
the weakness and corruption of mod
ern politics. We call upon legislators
and patriots everywhere to stand by
the declarations of the fathers. That
they be true to the ideals of those
who constructed the great ship OF
state. This immortal confession OF
faith should not be denied; should not
be repudiated. The warning has been
sounded. Jefferson says: when any
form of government becomes destruc-
tive of the liberty of the people, it
is their right to alter or abolish 1t
and institute a new government"
Says Abraham Lincoln: mo govern
ment can long exist half slave and
half free"
When freedom from her mountain
height
Unfurled her standard to the air,
; She tore the azure ribe of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
Freedom! Freedom! the brightest
{ jewel in the crown of our civilization.
) It was the love of freedom that gave
{ to America her Patrick Henry; to
England her Charlemange; to France
? her Napoleon; to Cuba her Maceo;
to San Domingo her Toussaint L.
S Overture, and to the American Ne
gro the matchless orator and superb
t statesman, Frederick Douglass.
e But say the new constructionists:
e "All men are created equal" They
J. would intimate that the trainers of
e the republic did not mean to include
l. the Negro in the scope of the decla-
e ration. Is the Negro a man? Let US
inquire what is a man and what is his
l. mission? Says Shakespeare: What
Is a piece of work Is man! How noble
IS in reason! How infinite in faculties!
,e In form and moving how express and
T. admirable! In action how like al an
lie gel! In apprehension, how like a
D. Cod" Says Gladstone: Man him
Of self is the browning glory Of crea-
ton; the study of his nature the no
ID blest study the world affords" Man"
lie says another, "is divinity wrapped in
lie human flesh and perfecting a visible
re mastery of the creation" Govern
ments, religion, property and books
I'd are nothing but the s%caffolding to
OF build men. Earth holds up to her
If master no fruit like the finished
ii. man." says Humboldt.
re When the Creator had completed
he the charming beauties of the natural
of world, following the Celestial Con-
fe ference, He said: "Let us make man
" in our own image and after our own
". likeness. Man was given the do
ur minion over the things created and
n was told to replenish the earth and
m subdue it. Man has been busy at his
Ip- task. The mountains, the valleys,
Id the rivers, the oceans, the lightning,
in the winds and all the matchless re-
ed sources of the physical universe are
IN responding to the magic touch of
it mans genius and industry. Is the Ne
I'd gro a man? Answer, We spirit OF
i'd Attacks, whose patriotic devotion to
.fe the freedom of your country is com
In memorated by a monument that
stands on Boston Common. Is the
ed Negro a man? Answer, We black ba'
ra- tallion that snatched old glory from
ly, the coulds Of defeat and saver the ia
he nous rough riders at San Juan Hill
IL in the Spanish-Amercican war. Is
re, the Negro a man? Answer, we spir'
ID its of Douglass and Bruce and
It; Revels, the immortal triumvirate OF
ELF Negro statesmen, who shine as stars
OF of the first magnitude in the galaxy
of of Americas greatest men. Come
~ forth, Dunbar, reincarnate the mus
ur ings of the cabin era and lull us to
nd sleep with the melodies OF your
we matchless poetry. Come, Coleridge
lie Taylor, tune your instrument and
US transport us into the realm where
oil only the masters are heard. Come
he Tanner, dip your brush in gildeC
err paint and blend the scenes Of Beth
int lehem and Paradise into a lovely pic
lin ture for the admiration Of the Chris
mt tian world. Go across the ocean, Mr.
ed Mary Church Terrell, and tell th'
"ue French, English and the Germans thu
'ty strivings of your race in their owl
tongues, in a manner so graceful ant
Ike so cultured as to silence the de
be famers of your people. Behold
Iay Booker T. Washington, the world
ess schoolmaster who, in casting dow
ra- his bucket where he was, has givel
AN aspiring youth such refreship
or draughts of industrial and materis
the inspiration as to settle his claim
its a glorious Immortality. Your ow
rit, DR.. R. H. Boyd has sci machinery i
ON motion. the hum Of which has bee
his heard around the world, while tb
md nations currency awaits the gent
APP touch Of your eminent J.. G. Maple
ion To give it validity for circulation |
DIV, the rounds Of commerce. The Negr
lrit aaust be a man entitled to all th
me rights and privileges that are tn
les heritage of other American citizen