The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-23

70 SUBMIT some observations touol
Ing the present movement of NJ.
sroes away from the South 10 otbe
poiiions OF the United States an,
the causes of the movement
Inc causes of this movement ar
lar 100 many and stretch over IN,
lengthy a period to be covered in
brief discussion.
snail, therefore attempt to re
cite some of those which l oonceiv,
70 De the most deep seated and fa,
reaching and in doing so | feel tba,
they should be submitted with ner
lect frankness and thorough direct
ness yet without bitterness y,
rancor, l feel deeply, more deenlv
man 1 can express the seriousness
vi ILLS negro migration and an
proach Its discussion as a dutv and
al lurtherance of that dutv sball
noIhlng extenuate nor aught set
down in malice" SGT
Nra,,a the culel causes of
Negro unrest and disturbances oq
niind are as follows: The destrur.
eion OF MS political privileges and
curtailment of his civil rights NJ
protection OF life, liberty and nron.
erty under the law; Insufficient
wages to the laboring classes VIII
winch to buy the necessities of life.
Jim Grow car, residential and labor
sesresatlon laws; no educational
tacuiltles worthy of the name for
tne education of Negro children in
most OF the Southern states. These
oelleVe, are the most notent
causes which are now impellinp ths
p Soutnarn Negro to seek a,nn1o,
ment and fHd homes in Nortbarn
anu western sections of the conn
Try l shall endeavor to discuss
them in brief detail 0N''
Ihese causes date back nrac+ioo,
~ to the day of the Negro's ans
sence into freedom. Then the for
ller slave was pauper, the formar
master Impoverished: the former
save was forced to labor for encb
wage as the former master was o,hIn
or would pay. With the same ma.
tiehce and faithfulness exhibited as
d d save the Negro began life az a
Ileeman' to learn upon the very
threshoM of freedom that ha was
lenanded by law, DESIGNATED &C Tho
BACK Code" to a condition worse
tlan the slavery from which he had
Sus oeen released. Then came en-.
reimbursement, given to him in the
nope and belief that armed with
me attributes and muniments ~ I
ctitizenshlp he would he ohio
through their power and infIuenoo
DIS is the case with all other citigens
Vi lhe Republic, to protect bimself
It's possession was brief and or
u r,l with violence, and tho
most serious shock and disturbances
VI Inc Negroes content came when
,mo Suffrage was rudely and vio.
iently wrested from him. his noIi
llcal rights destroyed, his civil ripbts
,neilaced. restricted and renressed
70 limit as extreme as the fodoroi
constitution permits. ~ ioUoi al
:. IN south Carolina and, be,ieve
!. TO De equally true of every South.
'eb On state except those classed -
|. t tu,uei States" statute after
statute has been passed to cnr,aiI I
.ne rights of the Negro, but in not not T
single instance can a law be no;nt
orrn No WINCH cs was enacted for the II
.un m, RVSe .,r Oh charging his oppor, f
,a aniuy, surrounding himself and his c
-amiy with the protection Of tbe f
, NV, OF ior the betterment of HE a
,onoitlon' On the contrary evorn =
, aw passed relating to the Neoro h
,as Deen passed with the intent 81 q
his labor and draw;n -, C
rs circle of freedom into smol ras
md smaller compass SMALLER :.
ro SENATORS and Representatives q
rom the South for several ~ ~aaes g
ave bodily and openly beeun 0a an . h
sitaVon in Congress for the reneai h
i the Fourteenth and Firtea pvI -
to the Federal Consti a.
ltion for the avowed nurnoSe o"' ~ b
e ears been loud and frequent in e.
10a complete control of the 81
beir ,h, anese same men have for
ielr abuse of the Negro some NJ
o ZEN carry their message of
ave aIe and prejudice into nearly everv :
Sate where it had not ALREADY F
ea,thy growth and perfection
Aitnough eliminated from nol.
cS m the South, the Negro is more
evidence in Southern politics 81
ian When he enjoyed the franchise &C
fullest freedom; he is a live and Ii
nrlng issue in every primary "
lmpaign; politicians, from magis. Sc
ate to United States senator an. it
al TO the white electorate upon by
eir record of hostility TO the Ne. N
Q or their future schemes FIR si
'ep,ng him in his place and crush. M
3 nus aspiration to measure nm 10 st
. requirements OF America civil. III
atlon and progress. til
IL is amazing how enlightened RI
en- can so bitterly denounce by
ipless people and stir to the Tf
pms the fires OF racial hatred and
I when it suits their purposes [,
clare that they, and they onIviD.
st friend. 1t never seems TO oc. fl,
to such men that the Negro let