Phoenix tribune., 1918-08-24
TRIBUTE TO LOYALTY
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country, and the press and people of
this land will give you every encour-
agement. ! do not mean that every
man, woman and child shall receive
college education, any more than any
other race, but those who are capable
should attain this, and general move
ment must be made to improve the
industrial condition of those who are
not able to secure the college educa-
ton. For instance, take the man who
is laborer, OF the boy who may ex-
pect to follow the industrial line; teach
him that whatever he does to do it well
and to make of himself or herself an
efficient citizen.
This can not be done with all in a
few years-it will take time, but with
this aim uppermost in the minds of the
thinkers among the colored race. and
life of self-sacrificeNon the part of
many to the cause, the ultimate result
will follow
I'VE have ample illustration of the
loyalty of the negro in the ranks of
our army; he has fought, bled and died
on the field of battle, that the princi-
Piles of democracy shall be maintained.
At San Juan hill, in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, he faced the bayonet without
finch, and today in the trenches he
stands shoulder to shoulder with men
of every allied nation--his thoughts
of home, wife and mother or sweet
heart are just as sweet as those of
any other man, and when his torn and
wounded body lies on the shell-pitted
field of No Mans Land, God will look
down on him with the same grace as
that of any other soul; when his life
has ebbed away or to those who may
come back with the laurels of victory
on their brow, the time-honored express
sion, Well done, thou good and faithful
servant will be yours to have and
feel.
Soldiers at the front, have courage,
for at home the women of your race
are doing their bit, and more, too. for
| know in San Jose of a poor colored
woman who has not as yet paid for the
little home she owns, but when the
call came to buy Liberty bonds, she
went to the chairman of the commit
tee, who knew her financial condition,
and he told her she could hardly af-
ford it, but did she falter? No, sir!
She answered promptly and said: 4
know am in debt, but fell as though
must take a $50 bond She sub
scribed for it and today is washing
and working at any thing honorable
that presents itself to pay for that
bond. That dear soul has heart as
big as an OK and she is depriving
herself that she may help Uncle Sam
raise the money to keep the boys in
the trenches or wherever they may be,
with the comforts and necessities that
shall give them courage and bring
glory and honor to the allied cause.
She does not think Of color or race;
victory for our soldiers is in our hearts
and it will come back, boys, to all of us
alike
"Since the federal government is
now taking over much, and as Uncle
Sans shoulders are broad. let us see
that mob violence shall never again be
practjced on any race under the Stars
and Stripes, and let us so arrange
that in the future such crimes as may
need drastic attention will be taken
over by the federal government. that
the federal courts may deal with each
to the satisfaction of all the people.
ITO the colored people, let me say:
Look up, not down; keep your face
forward, eyes front, to the betterment
of your people; let each do his bit and
do it cheerfully, wherever or when
ever he or she may find it to do; life
is short at it's best, and when the end
has come, if you can say at the conclu-
sion, 81 have done my best; / have
tried to help some poor soul on to
better and nobler life; have lived the
religion of the brotherhood of man.
with my personal creed" then you win
have done your duty to yourself. your
country and your people,