The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-11-01
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Another tells Of the memorabl,
charge when the rough riders and tn,
list N. Y. were pressing up the height,
OF San Juan Hill and the one wa,
singing My Country IT'S of Thee
and the other the Star Spangled
Banner" the black regulars burg
forth with the music Of their hearts
Therell be Hot Time In this Ole
Town Tonight
But why multiply instances! WHY
recount the battles? American history
actually teens with the deeds of hero
ism and of valor, of dauntless courage
and unwavering loyalty on the par
OF the Little Brother in the Nation
The 109 who fought with Perry l1pon
these waters hundred years ago were
but part Of the vanguard Of that army
OF American Colored men who love the
stars and stripes and who suffered,
bled and died for the preservation
of this Nation.
The Height Of Morai Heroism.
But it is not upon field of battle
alone that the Little Brother has
earned his need of praise. The late
Ex-Governor Northen of Georgia paid
this tribute to the Little Brother in
Black. While almost the entire
male population of the South was alb.
sent from hons in war, the women
and children were left without pro.
lection except as it was furnished by
the strong arm of the Negroes, who
were slaves upon the plantations OF
the southern states. 1t never occurred
for a moment that there might be any
uprising or any instruction to DESTROY
our loved ones. We knew their at.
tachment and their loyalty p Pro.
ceeding he said: THE South has
made one great mistake attributable.
| am sure to poverty and the bitter
ness engendered by reconstruction, in
raining to rear monument to the
slaves of 1860 and 1865, for their un-
ceas1ng devotion to our homes and
the gallant protection they gave the
women and children of the South dur
ing the dark days Of our bloody civil
strife. If anything like it has occurred
IN the history of Nations IIhave never
read it. All honor and gratitude to
the Negro as we knew him before
and during the war Did Gov,
Northen speak of building a monu-
ment to the fidelity Of black men from
1860 to 1866? # the bones Of the
countless colored men, snmen and
children who have been murdered,
lynched and burned since 1865 could
be gather together for me, / could
with them build a monument whose
apex would pierce the milky, way.
In another paragraph he paid to the
Little Brother in America this
further tribute:
Before issuing his proclamation in
September, 1862, threatening the
emancipation of the slaves the fol-
lowing January, 1t is a matter. of
record that Mr.. Lincoln, hesitated most
seriously upon taking so important a
step. Mr.. Seward had lived in the
South and he knew the conditions
that offered fearful opportunity for
massacre and blood, with the women
and children exposed to the madden
ing fury of three million angered
slaves if Mr.. Lincoln's proclamation
should stir them to instruction. This
really seemed to be the only way. in
which the slave element should be
for u.s. as Mr.. Lincoln expressed it."
mo wonder" said Governor Northen.
Mr.. Seward was appalled," No