The Denver star., 1918-06-01
Lynching Increases While
Americans Fight For
Democracy Alb DAD
Negroes Make Strong Appeal For Justice
And al Square Deal


During the past three decades nearly three thousand Am
ercan coored and children have suffered butch
and death in almost form the hands
of the ynchers of America Last year alone the number
thus murdered hundred twenty two The report
ed for such appalling brutality the from al
legged violation Of the honor of white dsputng the
word Of white The fact that only about five
OF these murders reputed have been inflicted
accused voators of woanhood almost concu
sively that the desire woanhood almost negg
BILE among the SO called causes Of lynchings.
We accordingly regard lynching than Prussan
ISM which we destroy. Lynchng is not a
cure for crime either imaginary real decreases faith
in the boasted justice called democratic institutions
1t wdens the frightul chasm of unendly and suspicious
feeling between the and the spirit OF
antipathy and We accused of conceang
criminals Who has concealed the many criminals that
have mercessy murdered three thousand
men, women and children of Que rice? That these muir
derers frequently ply their broad day light and in
PLAIN view Of the entire citizenship does facilitate
heir punishment detection Within less than
has and burned the stake three
colored without the sembanc= of trial ef
fort apprehend and punish the murderers In the last
stance entire helpless coored population marched
round the FIRE amid fumes Of burning human being and
notice that that black suffering they too
should fear suffer. Thus TIE defiant ynchin0 giant
strides apace. While sacrificing the best blood
OF Nations altar to help destroy Prussan
ism beyond the call nigh Offices
to destroy the ynchng institution doors.
We are the group of American people. than whom
there loyal which marked for dscrmina
on humiliation and abuse In the patriotic and hu-
public carriers in federal service
the accorded is humiang dehumanzing and
eprehensibe the This persistent and unreas
enable practice but thrust the coloed mans self re-
object being merely separate the races but
impress with the idea of supposed natural nferory.
Such razing discrimination is only violation oil
the fundamental rights of citizens of the United States but
the segregation of element of country
population and distinct the sole ba
of color is creating condition under which his nation
cannot long endure.
When reflect upon these bruates and ndgnities and
remember they due fact that almost South
State have systematically by law chcanery been
deprived of the right of that manhood suffrage which,
democracy would guarantee every citizen in The
republic This propaganda of hchinR from coored AmeriI
the ballot is but effort enslave and to
force assent and impotence against, eRsal
opponents To this policy the black doest
and will agree. OF it, intolerance isl
cumulative Against it, shall exert righteous efforts
until not only eligible black but eligible
blnck shall be welding the ballot in defense of our
liberties and our homes.
We are appealing to neither as vassas as nfer
Bull Run and Appomaox fixed our status in this
ton. We are free We sovereign American
citizens freemen who purchased with own blood
cry battle field from Bunker Hill Carrza full rights and
mmunties such freely granted others but
ically refused us We writing gentleman, that
you give the and which
mercan citizen ought have without reference color
We are loyal and will remain sobut not blind. We
help seeing that white soldiers who massacred
black brothers and East ST. Louis have scot
free We help seeing that black brothers who