The Denver star., 1914-04-11

nesses which, through the gambling
den. the saloon and the brothel, thrust
themselves upon public notice in our
ill regulated towns and cities.
"Then let lis record that there is the
remedy of knowledge. We. none of us,
north or south. know more than part
of the facts and figures of the prob
lem. least of all the southerner, who
Keeps no vital statistics and few Off
cial figures of any kind; hence there
has been submitted to the president of
the United States and rejected by him
proposal for race commission sim
liar to the Roosevelt rural life commits
sion. which should mass the true facts
as to Negro progress or retrogression
and give us real survey of the case
as it is. 1t is the truth which sets us
free. and. believe me- those who
would befriend and defend the Negro
are not in the least afraid of what a
competent and unbiased race commits
sion would find out
"Sir Sidney Olivier says:
IF the race differentiation formula
is held to dn the United States) it
will doubtless in time bring about civil
war. If statesmen face in the con
trary direction do not say that they
Will Immediately attain civil peace.
but believe they will be travelling the
only road toward 1t. I believe that
nesrophobia. unreasoning race preju-
dlce. instructive race prejudice, II you
VIII. Is course of danger, because ]
see that more wholesome and hope
1ul equilibrium has been attained in
other mixed communities by the stead
fast exclusion of all theory of race dis
elimination. Whatever mob preiudices
may dictate. statesmen and educated
observers cannot fail to recognize that
the allegation of inequality. of in
superable race differences and degra-
dation, is sin against light that can
not fail to aggrayate the disorders al
ready distracting the south
obstructive actions help not at all.
and those actions which depress and set
apart are destructive. not constructive.
More than that. they insult and flout
the Saviour. for they are directly con-
trary to the fundamental teachings of
Jesus. When he said. Suffer little
children to come unto me. for such is
the Kingdom of heaven, he did not
say. White children only. please
When he took up an erring sister to
uplift her he did not say. White cour-
tesans this way, black the other
When he died for humanity he died
for all humanity and not merely for
the whites.
And so those of us who still believe
in the Declaration of Independence. in
the brotherhood of man-yes in Jesus
teachings-can say with confidence to
those spirits of the dead of Lincoln's
day above us: BE OF good cheer. Be
not despairing. The battle is not lost
merely well begun. We fight on for
you. We lay the wreaths of daily
pleas for human justice. for national
peace and honor. Mt your feet. and
know them to be the most enduring
and the best of monuments. AS you
faced bullets. so we who servo today
in your cause of Negro freedom and
the country's integrity cheerfully face
misconception. misrepresentation. per-
haps even calumny. and believe still
that after our Wilderness shall come
another AppomIttox. glorious. radiant
in the triumph of the principles of Gar
rison and Phillps-that is, Of justice
and liberty"
United States Senator Moses f.
Clapp of Minnesota gave a general re-
view OF the situation as it relates to
the colored race throughout the coun-
try. His speech was delivered with
great earnestness and was n master
piece in eloquence and thought. He
said that he had nothing but contempt
for any force that would keep human
ity down. black or white. Senator
Clapp said the question of justice or
injustice to 100000 Americans was
far more vital problem than any
other confronting the people of this
country.
1t is far more important than the
one now being thrashed out in Wash
ington. he continued. There is a ques-
ton Of foreign nations attempting to
domineer the American people, while
here 1t Is question of American peO-
pie practicing domination against their
fellow citizens because OF prejudice of
color. Strange though 1t may sound.
yet 1t Is true that today the negro en-.
counters n greater feeling of prejudice
than he did fifty years ago.
The opposition Is not to the man. II
is to his progress and development.
new abolition movement is needed, and
just as fifty years ago great men were
risen to carry out the struggle for the
liberty of the colored race SO also now
champions will appear In the lists in
the new fight for freedom.
DIR. w. T.. r. Du Bois in giving -
general view of the work Of the asso-
citation said:
THE object of the National Associa-
ton For the Advancement OF COiored
People il not revolutionary In the
largest sense we are seeking to make
the United States true democracy.