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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
OUR NEED OF JUxrAPoslricN
(From the Boston Guardian

" @SAAA CA4O DOSCOu NIudTQlan-l
That we much rather be, and asso.
clate among ourselves, is a saying bv
Colored Americans that has become
almost trite. That is a mistake: il
Is a feeling of avowed cowardice and
innate 1nferiority. It is an utter i'm.
poss1b1litay for the two races to sub
scribe to common government. and.
at the same time, each race work out
It's own salvation. The theory" has
been tried and resulted into a ghast1v
failure; instead of making for bar
mony and cordial good feeling be-
tween two races, it has increased
race hatred AMI antagonism in leans
and bounds. We have needed too
long the advice from false and treach-
erous leadership that resistance i.
wrong, that it only breeds race hat.
req ana antagonism; that the thing
lor US 10 90 Is to get property and
other rights will inevitably follow.
we nave followed this advice" faitl,-
FULLY and have been rewarded In
terms of residence segregation, street
segregation, conf1scation and loss of
property, anti-intermarriage-which is
al OF the blacklist pieces of leeis-
latlon, since that it leaves our women
de1enseless and at the mercy of white
orutes - separate schools, iimcrow
cars, and even legislating to exclude
1urther Negro immigration. These
are the evils resulting from non
resistance" and rather be by our
selves That with the same degree
OF efontry and terrible legislation
with which our property is taken and
conf1scated, with this same effontry
and legislation will our political and
MANHOOD rights be taken from us
That Is fact. Every congress Of.
1ers legislation degrading and mimi.
ca to our we'll being. Race preju.
dice, therefore, can only be worn down
Dy attrition. We must send orr
children, and 60 ourselves. to mixed
institutions and other places where
we can mix with the other races and
consequently become accustomed to
one another. ABOVE ALL THINGS
WIZ MUST WELCOME AND PRAC-
TlCE JUXTAPOSITION.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
THE REASON WHY.

A distinguished foreigner who is
touring the United States had this to
say relative to his impressions of the
race question in this country:
Il have always been interested in
what is called the race question in
the United States and since my arrival
l have endeavored to study it from
every viewpoint and If possible find
some reasons for it's existence.
After had met so large number
OF intelligent, we'll educated. refined
and cultured colored people / was at
q loss to understand the reasons for
the bitter race prejudice and the at
tempts in various parts Of the country
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
GEORGIAN ATTACKS LYNcHlNG.

The Georgia Society of Washington,
D. c., held it's first annual dinner re-
Gently, with William j. Harris of the
Federal Trade Commission, presi-
dent Of the society, acting as toast
master.
Among the speakers were William
G. Brantley, who for Is years was the
unopposed representative of the
Eleventh Georgia district in Con-
gress; Representative William c.
Adamson and Claude Bennett form
erly president of the Southern So
ciety.
Probably the most notable speech
of the evening was that of Mr..
Brantley condemning lynching.
Mr.. Brantley said the trouble was
not need for more law or more
courts, more education or more re-
ligion, but better law enforcement. II
believe that today in the State of
Georgia" he asserted, "and I say it
because Of my confidence in the
patriotism, in the civilization, in the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
AMERlCANS-THAT'S ALL.

For many years. 1t has been the
custom to treat colored people as
aliens, although they are more than
ninety-nine per cent Of American
birth; and there is a growing ten
dency among the colored people to
regard themselves as aliens. This is
being encouraged by a class Of lead
ers who call themselves Negroes"
and yell about NEGRO Kultur" al
though they have not more than half
and often less than one-eighth Of
Negro blood. Such men ought to
stop the Negro" propaganda and be
Americans and demand justice be.
cause they are Americans and not by
the false assertion that they are
Negroes"
They should not have any rights as
Negroes but every right of an
American citizen should be and will
be accorded them, if they fight for
their rights as American citizens by
right of birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

morality, in the intelligence, in the
education of the great majority of the
people Of Georgia; believe today that
If any Georgian in whose honesty,
courage and integrity the people had
confidence, would stand before them
with the pledge that if called to the
high office of governor he would ex-
haust every source of power, of money,
of the court, of sheriffs, of the mill
tary to prevent lynching such dec
laration would bring him the support
almost unanimously of the people of
the State.
"Now, fellow Georgians, we might
say to the balance of the world, We
are no worse than you are. Given the
same provocation, you would do the
same thing But that will not get US
anywhere. There ought to be some
quiet thinking among thinking
Georgians. I know the overwhelm-
ing majority of the people of my State
are law abiding in sentiment"
Mr.. Brantley said he had seen ap-
peals for a campaign. of education for
more religion, but reminded his
hearers that the State was dotted with
churches and schoolhouses.
IF we must today carry on a cam
paign of education to suppress law
lessness, then religion has been a.
failure in the State of Georgia and
education has been a failure"
This talk did not suit Representa-.
tives Adamson and Sisson of Georgia.
both of whom directed broadsides
against the "pessimistic arraignment
of the small portion of the Georgians
who were lawless."
Mr.. Adamson lauded Georgia as q
State as we'll in keeping with law and
order as any state.
Senator Thomas predicted "a
greater Georgia than was ever
dreamed Of when, with the march of
progress, the marvellous resources of
the South are developed.
Mr.. Harris the postmaster sum.
married number of wonderful things
that Georgia had done, and the
Georgian sat down to feast
Georgia is great state, favored by
nature and rich in undeveloped re-
sources, but the most important thing
to develop is JUSTICE. According to
the Census the white and colored peo-
pie are nearly evenly divided. The
white people happen to be in con.
troll but they do not give their colored
brother square deal. 'Tote square"
is all that is necessary to bring, the
State up to the level of Christian civ
iliZation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston

Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston,
Mass)
No one can be said to know anv
class OF people who has not been in
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as well as the worst of the
class. We compare manv persons
who live In the South, and think thew
know the colored race, with others
VINO have had no such contact, but
VINO nave come into intimate and SYM
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF that race whom their Southern
friends have never known; and of the
two sets of people we should say that
the second knew the colored people
better than the first. They know aspi-
ratlons among them that the others
40 not know, or, knowing. do not
enter into and appreciate; they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
best Of the race which others are ob]i-
vlous Of; they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
others by their very acquaintance are
blinded. If those who know the COL
ored race through the mass and by
observation merely could know what
Individual possibilities are demon
strated in growing numbers of the
elect, and would be courageously can
did with themselves, they would re-
wise their judgments and possibly sof-
ten their prejudices. At any rate.
they ought to credit to those on whom
they charge ignorance of the colored
race the values that come from know.
Ing how many of that race are the
equal Of any members of the dominant
race in the highest abilities and In the
clearest aims. No estimate is worth
much which does not take people at
their best.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
WALLER AGAINST. "NEGRo"
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says It Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.
(From Amsterdam NeWs.)

Mental and Physical Segregation.
(From Amsterdam News) ~
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: cannot too heartily congratu-
late you on a recent editorial discour-
aging the use of the word NEGRO"
There is no greater delight enjoyed by
the white people of the United States
To-Day than the spreading use of this
unfortunate term. Why? Thew real
lie That 1t is the most potential fac
| TOR at work at the present to bring
ABOUT both a physical and mental
segregation Of the people of color. Its
use Is on the increase only because
our speakers and writer's, especially
DO Bots and Washington feel that it's
repetition, ad nauseam, is necessary to
retain the good will of the masses. The
term negro" Is not only absurdly in.
| accurate as applied to millions of COL
ored people, but it is also alarminly
injurious, for the following reasons:
a.: II has never stood historically or
| IN the present, anywhere in the world.
for anything noble or uplifting. Most
hleh-grade Africans repudiate it.
D. In Africa and out of Africa It was
never applied to the higher types. but
to Guineas, sudanese and senegam.
bans only.
c. Its derivatives, "Negroism," me-
grofy," and it's compounds, Negro-head,
Negro-fy, Negro-monkey, are all clear.
ly, In their associations, degrading.
d. It's feminine form, "Negress." IS
justly and correctly used to define
your wife and daughter and sweet.
heart II you favor the use of the mas.
culine term.
e. 1t has been the word used by the
Southern whites for two centuries.
when formally speaking or writing
about an unworthy or criminal man
or woman Of the race. For when he
speaks Of the worthy he invariably
says "colored."
I: It is not differentiated in the mind
and thought of the whites from their
favorite and generally used (among
themselves) terms, MICRO" and mig.
ger"
g: AS stated by an eminent Japanese
diplomat it has an unquestioned in
nuence In cutting US off from the
thought, sympathy and co-operation
OF the millions Of colored Africans. Ash.
at1cs and islanders of the Yonder
world.
Very truly yours,
OWEN M. WALLER, M. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
HANDS OFF PUBLIC SCHOOL,

In strong report to the Religious
Education association, DR.. George A.
Coe, professor of religious education
in the Union Theological seminary,
New York, gives reasons why church
and public schools should be separate:
"The opposing religious bodies are
still watchful Of one another. No
workable plan for increasing the reli-
gious functions in the public schools
is likely to be agreed upon.
"The argument for teaching the
Bible in the public schools on tho
ground of it's literary merits seems to
have had little weight because it has
been advanced by religionists from
evidently religious motives.
THE forces that are devoting them
selves assidiously to the reform of re-
ligious education are rarely, if ever,
eager to commit religious functions
to the state. The demand that the
public schools provide religious edu-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

Mollere! Though the cathedrals quar-
rel together and sing praises with
slege-guns to their own little foolish
national souls, and rain bombs on
each others naves, take my stand
by the great bells ringing in their
towers, by the souls of their poets
overriding the years, by the prayers
and songs of their heroes, artists. in.
ventors, by the mothers and the little
children.
We are all in the same world. We
are all alike. I will not say of any
one nation what will not say of the
others: and will not say of any man
what I will not say of myself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
% segregate people of color.

to segregate people of color.
"The problem was largely solved
when ! attended at Evanston, Illinois
recently a conference of the various
branches of Methodism and in which
the colored branches had representa-
ton.
That a body so-called Christians
should find it necessary to even dis
cuss the question of segregating any
class of people was so contrary to
the spirit of Christianity that 1 was
greatly surprised; but after South.
ern delegate had in vigorous speech
opposed segregation, I was dumb.
founded to see bishop Of a colored
Methodist church arise and make q
speech favoring the separation of his
branch from the proposed union of
Methodism. He referred to his men,
bers as white folks Negroes" and
said they wished to be set apart
1t was a disgusting revelation.
The whole thing is now clear. Some
ignorant, short sighted self-seeking
leaders are seeking segregation in the
church for some personal reasons
Evidently they are not versed in his
tory or they would know that thew
are playing with fire. If they are
segregated in the House of the Lord
segregation civilly and socially fol-
lows as natural sequence. Old col
ored men who were reared in slavery
are apt to have slavish ideas and
tne only hope of the colored people
is that the young men, the clear.
headed thinking young men, will take
charge of the situation and push to
the rear the trucking leaders who
are willing to sell their birthright
Tor a mess of pottage.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

The Columbia Heights Athletic
Club, composed mostly of present and
past pupils of the Monroe graded
school, have just given a minstrel
show at the Wilson Normal school,.
washington, D. c.. The participants
were white, BACKED up with burnt
cork and the evening was given up to
burlesquing colored people. It is an
outrage that a public school should be
used for such a purpose. Colored
washington ought to get busy and
see that such an outrage does not
occur again.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

are IN many cases un-American, but
that does not change the basic fact
tnat all persons born here are Ameri-
cans and people who teach their chill
dren That this is white mans coun-
Try and advise them not to salute
the nag, are traitors to the land of
their birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

cation proceeds in large measure from
persons who feel that something needs
to be done, but have not yet become
absorbed in the details of thu. recon
struction that is already under way
within the churches"
The reasons are logical and those
who wish to carry religious teaching
into the public schools are enemies of
the state.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

The Young Woman Christian CD AS
ISOLATION is patting itself on the back
and rejoicing in the celebration of it's
fiftieth anniversary. It has no right
to use the word Christian as a part
of its title because it draws the color
line and refuses membership to Chris.
t1an women who happen to be Of
darker hue.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

Vice President Marshall in a recent
speech put President Wilson in the
Abraham Lincoln class. He hardly be.
longs there, for fifty years after Lin.
coin gave freedom to the slave and
their descendants had advanced in
education, morality and good citizen.
ship to equality with other citizens.
Wilson has endeavored to turn back
the hands of time and treat them as
if they were lepers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
OF One Blood.

(Gerald Stanley Lee in Mount Tom.)
l am a human being. l do not pro-
pose to be cooped up or shut in in my
love and criticism to mere geographic
cal streaks or spots of people on a
planet. This planet is small enough
as it is, when one considers the
height and depth-the starry height
and depth-of the human spirit that
wavers and CLOVIS through us all
Wagner and Shakespeare, Tolstoi and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

Many colored people are advocat.
ing self effacement" for the race as
the solution of the race problem. The
more the race gives the more it's
enemies will demand Never willingly
relfnquish any right. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

At Miami, Fla, the segregation line
is a long fence painted with tar on
one side. The district on the black
side is known as Black Town while
the implanted side is called White
Town.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

American Christianity is a travesty
on the real article. The main object
in the life of the average Caucasian.
American Christian seems to be to
hold his colored brother down.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

The word negro" applied to the
majority Of the colored people is just
as much Of lie after it-has been
capitalized as it was before. Be
Americans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

No question is settled until it is set
tied right. There will be no peace in
this country until the colored man
has every right guaranteed under the
Constitution.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
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SEGREGATION IN ST. LOUIS.

SEGREGATION IN ST. LOUIS.
THE APPEAL hereby subscribes
five dollars to the fighting fund and
and has forwarded that amount to the
National Association for the Advance.
ment of Colored People at New York,
the same to be added to the fund for
carrying the matter to the court of
last resort. Who will follow suit?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
CoIored Lady Leads All.
(From Martinsburg Pioneer-Pres,

tFrom Martinsburg Pioneer-Press.)
The worlds record in stenography
ana typewr1ting is held by coiored
lauy' IN spite OF allegations that as a
'eople we lack in grey of brain. Keep
l-com1ng sisters, for we are q new
ssae Unused through and through
Win the worlds best blood, and lis
'ound to tell, because it is in giant
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
THE MAN WHO DARES

honor the man who in the consci-
entious discharge of his duty dares to
stand alone; the world, with ignorant,
intolerant judgment, may condemn,
the countenances of relatives may be
averted, and the hearts of friends grow
cold, but the sense of duty done shall
be sweeter than the applause of the
world, the countenances of relatives or
the hearts of Charles Sumner
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08

T. R. discovered a new bird on his
visit to Trinidad and T. r. is some
thing of a bird himself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-04-08
GOD GIVE US MEN.

Goo give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith and ready hands,
Men whom the lust of Office does not KILL
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a. demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries without windng!
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
j. G. Holland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-14
since the election OF Abraham Lincoln

since the election OF Abraham Lincoln:
ave are compelled in the highcs'
sense of the word patriotism nc salu'
putting country before party. 10 eh'et
upon the discussion, whether We Ike II
or not, OF the courage, wisdom and POL
icy OF the present Administrations.
What is that police? can ask the
question. but | cannot answer II. III il
is true tha, while the President was
writing note his Secretary or state
was telling the representative OF the
country to which il was directed that X
was written merely for home consunp-
ton. then say the Wilson Admini5fra-
ton has no foreign policy.
THE Administration so Tar, eNcep'
for the unfortunate events III Mexico,
has kept this country out OF war, ana
that is what we all most desire. but the
methods used 20 bring :. about nave
placed us in the same dangerous 20 %.
tion with relation 70 Europe as we arc
to-day i'm Mexico. This Administrator"
destroyed the only responsible govern
mCnt in Mexico three wears ago.
Not since the European war BEGAN
has this Administration written or
spoken one word to express the indig-
nation of the American people at TINS
whole horrible event. The Administra-
tion has never risen above the purely
legal disposition Of the case"
DR.. Butler recently returned from a
trip through the Western states. He
declared they were all aroused to the
real meaning OF Americanism and were
looking TO the Republican party for
the leaders IN this crisis who stood for
Americanism in its broadest sense.
"The Wilson Administration has told
u.s." he continued. that We cannot be a
real nation, but nothing more than q
sublimated police force TO be used IN
time Of domestic trouble. The people
are not disposed to quarrel as TO from
which state our candidate may come.
for they are more concerned with r
principle, a purpose, and are looking TO
the solution of this great world problem
BY responsible and constructive leaders
in the crisis of the next four years. The
Republican party will not fail in that
crisis. There is something in this si.-
uation far transcending any personal
ambitions or any fractional differences.
We must think and plan together