davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-02-08
azi}em, re umrzec trzeba.

uZl1cul, Ze umTZcc CrZeDd
"Juz gotowalem sic ma nieochy
bna smierc, m6wil Syndbad gdy
naraz dalo mi sic uslyszec re odej
mowano kamien. Spuszczono ME-
|bawem trupa j osobe zyjaea; -
umarly 6w byl mezczyzna. Natu-
ralna jest rzecza chwytac sic o.
'statnich srodk6W W ostatnich ME
bezpieczenstwach. Wtenczas gdy
|spuszczano kobiete, zblizylem sic
|ku temu miejscu, IA kt6rem mia
la bye z}ozona i postrzeglszy re
przykrywano juz okno jaskini, u
Iderzy}em te biedna wiekicm cd
mojej trumny tax mocno W glo--
we, re cd razu rye przestala; ~
a re ten nieludzki uczynck jedy-
ME ola tego popelni1em, izbym o.
CALL w}asne zycie, zabralem vice
.chleb wode z jej trumny, i mia
lem ma kilka dni zywnosci. Gdy|
mi juz jej ME, stawafo, spuszczono
znowu zone umarla i zyjacego me
ia zabi}em go Cd razu lynne sa--:
mym sposobem. A re jakby ma mo
je wybawienic, choroba jakas pc
dobna do powictrza panowala W
'stolicy ME zbywalo mi ma zywno-
Sci poniewaz ciagle skracalem ~
Gle tym kt6rych zywecm sptsz---
czano, bierac pc Mich ola siebie
chleb i wode.
lCCiag daisy nastapi.)
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-02-08

pIZyspOSOUl1clM lcCA .pu-
sci}em sic W dalsza droge i SEED
lem przez siedm dni unikajac "a
wsze tych miejsc, kt6re sic dawa
l1y bye zamieszkane cd ludzi.D rze-
wa kokosowe utrzymywaly mic
PREY zyciu, owoce ich s}uzyly mi
"a pokarm ia nap6j.
Osmego dnia stanalem u brze--
gov NORA i postrzeg}em zaraz lu
dzi, r6wnie jak ia bia}ych, zbiera
jacych pieprz, kt6rego tam by1a
wielka obfitosc. Widok ten napcl
nil mic nadzieja = zblizylem sic
do mich bez najmniejszej bojazni
"Ludzie ci zbierajacy pieprz,
mowi1 Syndbad, jak tylko mic poo-
strzegli, spytali Pc arabsku, kto
Ijestem i zkad przychodze? Urado
wany ZEN ich us1yszaf m6wia-
|cych moim jezykiem, chetnie uczy
ni1em zadosyc ich zadaniu. Opo--
wicdzia1cm i'm wszystko, a miano-
wicie jakim sposobem dosta}em sic
ina te wyspe, ma kt6rej wpad}em
Wv rece murzynow. "Iecz m,1rzy-
mi ci, rzekli mi, jedza ludzi, jakim
zc cudem uniknaIes ich okrucicn-
tstwa2" I W tel mierze zaspokoi--
lem ich ciekawosc, co i'm wielhie
tsprawilo podziwicnic.
Pozosta1em vice z niemi, = i
bawi1cm tax dlugo az nazbierali
lyle picprzu, lie potrzcba wyma--
gala, .potem wzieli- mic 2 soba ia
|bacik, ma kt6rym poplynelismy
do ich wyspy. PrzedstaWili mic
swemu kr6lowi, bardzo dobremu
monarsze, kt6ry lyle mial cierpli
wosci, re wyslnchal ca1ej mojej
przygody ME bez zadowolnienia.
Rozkazal mi dac potem suk11ie, j
~zalecil azcby o~mnie miano stara
nie.
Wyspa, ma ktorcj znajdowafem
Isle, byla bardzo ludna i obfituja
ca we wszystko; i %sto1eczne jej
miasto wiclki prowadzifo handel
!P%rzyjemne to schronienie stale sig
Ola mnie osfoda W mojem nieszcze
sciu, a Heterogeneous wspaniale.
igo monarchy powiekszyla- zado'
wolenie.: Jakoz Mkt W wiekszych
u nicgo nademnie ME by1 wzgle-
dach; ME by1o przeto nikogo ami
W miescic ami II jego dworu, kt6.
ryby sic 0 moja ME stara} przy-
jam i wkr6tce miano mic raczei
"a obywatela kraju, nizeli "a Gu
dzoziemca. s.eea>
W pierwszych dniach zaraz pc
bytu mego " tenn panstwie uderzy
la mnie najbardziej ia osobliwosc
re wszyscy i kr6l sam nawet. jez
dill ma koniach, bez wedziwia
bez siodfa. Osmielilem sic spytai
krola ola czegoby tax wygodnycf
narzedzi nieuzywano? - Lecz OF
mi odpowiedzia}, re mu prawie (
rzeczach zupe1nie tn nieznanych.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-02-08
''WIARuS' Patek, dina $50 Iaego, 1918.

niezzyjacym. Mkt mic Cd tego u
wolnic ME jest mocen; wszysc,
podlegaja u mas temu praWu.
Podczas kiedy ze nina moWilt
lynn tax dzikim zWyczaju, ktore-
go wiadomosc srodze mic zatrwo
zyla, krewni j przyjaciele jego pc
schodzili sic ia pogrzeb. Ubrane
zW1oki zony W najbogatsze szaty
.iakoby " dzien Wesela j we wszy
stkie szacowne jej kosztoWnosci
W}ozono ia potem W odkryta tru
mne j zaczeto isc w procesyi. MAJ
szedl najpierWszy przy orszaku
pogrzebnym "a cia1em swojej 10
ny. Wszyscy postepowali ku wznio
s1ej gore, do kt6rej gdy przyby
Ii, podniesli wielki kamien fanny
kajacy okno glebokiej jamy; spu
szczono do niej trupa ME zdejmu-
JAG z niego STAT j klejnot6w, POI
czem zaraz MAJ marlej usciskal
swych krewnych j przyjacio1, j
bez najmniejszego oporu polozyl
sic do drugiej trumny proznej,
wziawszy sobie tylko dzbanek wo
.dy i siedem buick chleba, i spusz
czono go tuz "a n%ieboszczka do
jamy. - Cora ia bardzo gleboka
Pc skonczonym obrzedzie nakry-
to nowu kamicniem otw6r i or
szak ~pogrzebowy wr6cl spokoj--
ME do miasta.-
Zbyteczna byloby rzecza opo--
:wiadac wan, moi panoWie, z jak
niewypowiedzianym ma TEN po-
grzeb zapatrywa}em sic smutkiem
Wszystkich innych obecnych te--
mu obrzedowi bynajmniej to ME
obeszlo, poniewaz, przyzwyczaili
sic do tego dzikiego widowiska.
Pewnego dnia osmielilem sic OF
worzyc kr6low mole zdanie W
tel mierze. "NajjaSniejszy panic,
rzek}em, ME moge sic wydziwic,
re " panstwie waszej kr6lewskiej
mosci, tax okrutny zakopywania
ziywych. z umarlymi panuje ivy
czaj. Przeszdlem juz wiele swia-
ia, poznalem obyczaje wielu naro
dow, a ME slysza}em nigdy 0 tax
okrutncm prawie.' - Coz cheese
czynic Syndbadzie, odpowie kr6l,
prawo to jest nam wszystkim pow
szechnem: mnie sameg0 pochoWa
noby zywcem obok kr6lowej mo-
jcj zony, gdyby mi, bron Boze u
maria" "Lecz. najjasmejszy.
panic; rzek1em powt6rnie, radbym.
Sic Cd Waszej Kr6Iewskiej moSci
dowiedziec, czy cudzoziemcy obo
wiazahi SO takzc zachowywac to
prawo? = "Bez watpienia, odpo-
wicdzia1 mi kr6l 2 nsmiechem, cd
gadujac pytania mego przyczyne,
= ME SO cd tego prawa uwolnie-..
nj, jezeli sic tn ozenili."
q ta odpowiedzia powr6cilem
smutny do domu. Bojazn azeby
moja iona pierwsza ME umarla, j
zeby mic 2 MIA zyweem ME zako-
PIANO, przykre ma mnie uczynila
.wrazenie. Lecz coz mia1em uczy-
mic? Potrzeba bylo uzbroic sic W
odwage i zdac ma VIOLA nieba. z
tenn wszystkiem odtad najmniej-
sza slabosc mojej zony przeraza-
la mic trwoga, lecz niestety! trwo
ga Ia nicbawem doszla do najwyz
szego stopnia; = iona moja zacho
rowa1a mi smiertelnic W kilka
sdni umar}a.
"Zwazcie teraz, rzekf dalejSyn
dbad, jak wielka SERGE mole opa-
nowa1a bolesc. R6wnie okrutna
zdawalo mi sic rzecza bye zywo
|zakopanym, jak zjedaonym Cd liz
dozerc6w! Zmuszony bylem atoli
'pogodzic sic z moim losem. Kr6l
Il falym dworem uczci1 obch6d ia
lobby i osoby najgodniejsze iowa
rzyszyly mojemu pogrzebowi.-
Gdy wszystkie do tego przygoto
wanna pope}niono i cialo mojej 70
ny ubrane W bogate szaty i klej-
noty wlozono W trumne i zaczeto
za}obny poch6d, ia, jake drugi ak
tor W tel okropnej tragedy PREY
samej trumnie nieboszczki SEED
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-02-08

lem, rzewne Ivy Wylewajac mad
moim niieszczessliwym losem. Ia
MIN stanelismy u mety chcia--
lem nak1onic do mi1osierdzia.
WNszystkich pogrzebowi menu Ia
skaWie toWarzyszacych. Obr6ci-
lem sic najprzod do kr6la, a po-
TEN do tych, kt6rzy mic otaczali,
j ukloniwszy sic i'm nizko az ku
ziemi, upraszalem pokornie, axe
by nademna ulitoWac sic raczyli.,
Ia coz ia. mann umierac, m6Wifem
do Mich, miejcie wzglad, re jestem
cudzoziemiec, a przeto ME powi--
nienem podlegac tax surowemu
prawu, re gdybym Q MEM byl vie
dzial, to nawet 2 aniolem plci ME
Wiesciej nigdybym sic ME byl ole
nil!.... a pr6cz tego mann jesz--
cze zone j dzieci z utesknieniem 0
czekujacych ma mnie W mojej OF
czyznie! - Lecz nadaremnie sta
ra1em sic wymawiac z wielkim ia
lem tie slowa. Nikogo ME poruszy
lem do mi1osierdzia.; przeciwnie
starano sic jak najpredzej spuscic
cia}o mojej zony W jaime zaraz
potem wlozywszy mic do innej
trumny, z dzbanem woody i re sled
miu bulkami chleba, spuszczono
"a MIA. Krzyczalem, przeklinajac,
nazywajac ich glupcami, szalony-
ale mic ME pomoglo. Gdy
ten ~pielielny ola mnie obrzadek
wype}niono, przykryto okno ja--l
my wielkim kamieniem, niezwaza
JAG IA bolesc j za1osne me jeki.
I'm bardziej sic zbliza}em do
dina jamy grobowej, tenn dok}ad--
niej majac cokolwiek jeszcze
swiat1a z CORY, poznawa}em Was
nosci tego podziemnego miejsca,
Jest to rozleg}a jaskinia przynaj
ma piecdziesiat 1okci glebo
ka. Uczulem natychmiast zabija-
jace powietrze, z mnogosci trup6w
pc obu>stronach rozlozonych; ida
walo mi sie,, ZEN nawet slysza},
niekt6rzy, niedawno zywcem
spuszczeni, ostatnie wydawali je-
XII! z TEN wszystkiem, jak tylko
ujrza}em sic juz ma dnie, wysko--
czylem predko z trumny, rzucilem
ma ziemie opodal trup6w, ably
nieco wolniej: oddychac i lezac
przez dlugi czas, rzewnc Ivy wyle
walem. w tenczas. to rozmyslajac
mad nieszczesliWym losem moiln
jest, m6wilem sam dol
siebiie, re Bog rozrzadza nami We
dug wyrok6w syY&jej opatrznos-
ci; lecz p~rzeciez nieszczesliwySyn-
dbadzie,nie samzess :tcmu winiencs,
re masz dzisiaj nmierac smiercia
tax niezwyczajna! 9 czemuzes
ME zginal podczas rozbicia ma mo
rzu, z kt6regos lyle razy sic wyry
wal. Me umarlbys teraz smier
.ia tax powolna, re wszystkich
najokropniejsza!. J.. Zasluzy1es So
bic ma MIA przez przeklete twoje
1akomstwo! Ach nedzny czlowie--
cze niepowinienzcs byl zostac W
domu + spokojnie uzywac sfod--
kich owoc6w twojej pracy!"
Take byly niewczesne i na mic
nieprzydatne mole zale kt6remi
napehialem Gala jaskinie, bijac
sic ~piesciami W glove i W piersi z
rozpaczy i wscick}osci i trapiac
sic okrutncmi myslami. Jednak
wan p%owiedziec prawde?|
zamiast zyczenia sobic smicrci,
chociaz w tax okropnym stanie,
miloSc zycia odezwala sic we
ona to doradzi}a mi starac
sic Q przed}uzenie dni moich, j W
tym celu trafi1em pc omacku do
trumny Pc chleb i wode j |
posililem sic troche.-
Jakko1wiek ciemnossc jaskini by
la tax gruba re niepodobna bylol
rozeznac, dnia Cd nocy, lyle pre-
ciez nloglem zmiarkowac, re byla
nier6wnie wieksza i wiecei mia}a
W sobie trupow,. niz 2 poczatku
.mniemalem. zy1em przez kilka dni
moim chlebem i woda, lecz naosta
tok o1v mi ohnipa n~iastawaln ca.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

(The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio.)
At the great Afro-American Con
ference, held in Washington, D. C..
a few weeks ago, the only change
made in it's splendid resolutions was
a sentence along the line of the com.
planned of part of the July Crisis edi
torial. When approached by the
writer and asked if he had written it.
DR.. Dubois, secretary of the commit
tee on resolutions, laughingly admit
ted that he had done so. This we
were loath to believe, and did not do
so until he arose in the meeting and
undertook to defend the Objectionable
sentence, but in vain, for it was
stricken out and proper one unani
mously substituted for it. The Incl
dent started us. to thinking (and inves.
tigating), but not until we learned that
he had been appointed (since the con
ference) to a captaincy in the army
intelligence department, and stationed
in the army Department at Washing.
ton, D. c., did we understand his IRE.
versal of form"
More Compromising than Washington
We do not believe that DR.. Booker
T. Washington in the hey.dey of his
doctrine of surrender" preaching
would have dared do such a thing. O
DuBoise! Et tn Brute!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
HIST 0RIC CoLoRED LIBERTY CONGRESS-

In seeking to wipe out the inconsist-
ency of their country at home and
were race loyal In selling this world
opportunity to seek for their race re-
lief from senseless and undemocratic
prescription, they notified the Chief
Executive by sending a written re-
quest to him to convene both houses
OF Congress to hear them and send
ing delegation to get his answer.
Then they notified the heads of both
houses OF Congress by sending dele
cations to the Speaker of one and the
President of the other to ask for a
joint session. And in Speaker Clark
they found a responsive hearer
though the extraordinary opportunity
could not be secured. They further
sought the advisement of the govern
ment by inviting two members of
Congress to address this Liberty Con-
gress.
Congressman Martin B. Madden of
Illinois and L. G. Dyer, of Missouri,
author of the anti-lynching bill, who
declared all true Americans at home
should be bringing about democracy
in the U. S. A. while the soldiers are
fighting in Europe for world democ-
racy.
Senator Penrose of PENNSYLVANIA
presented the petition to the U. S.
Senate. ,"~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
UNCLE SAM NEEDS MORE CLERKS

Although the civilian workers in the
national capital have increased from
10000 to nearly $4,000 in the first year
of the war, the government still needs
specialized clerks. The United States
civil service commission announces
that there is an urgent call for appli-
cants for the positions of stenogra-
pher, typewriter, bookkeeper-typewrit-
er, erk-bookkeeper, cost accountant,
accounting and statistical clerk, sta
tistician, clerk qualified in accounting,
clerk qualified in business administra-
ton, index and catalogue clerk, sched-
ule clerk, passenger rate clerk, blue
print file clerk and assistant to bust
ness manager. These positions are
open to both men and women.
Representatives of the civil service
commission at the postoffices in all
cities are prepared to furnish definite
information and application blanks.
According to the civil service COM
mission, the full extent to which the
specialized clerk is needed is perhaps
not generally understood, and it is in
this class Of work that women have
the best opportunity to be of real serv-
Ice to the government at this time.
Eighteen thousand stenographers and
typ1sts are at work constantly in the
government offices at Washington, D.
c., on the tons of correspondence and
records made necessary by war prep
arat1ons on scale such as the world
mas never known before.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

ment departments, and to other in
dications of broadened public opin-
ion; nevertheless we believe today
that justifiable grievances of the
colored, people are producing not dis
loyalty, but an amount OF unrest and
bitterness which even the best ef-
forts of their leaders may not be able
always to guide unless they can have
the active and sympathetic co-opera-
ton of the National and State gov
ernments. German propaganda
amoung US is powerless, but the ap-
parent Indifference Of our own Gov
eminent may be dangerous.
Discreditabla utterance-Seek to Put
Race Loyal on Defensive, to Ex-
agoerate Difficulty Of Redress ana
Then Cringe and Leave all Indefi-
mite.
The American Negro does not ex-
pect to have the whole Negro prob
lem settled Immediately; he is not
seeking to hold up a striving coun-
try and distracted world by push
ing irrelevant personal grievances as
a price of loyalty; he is not disposed
to catalogue in this tremendous
crisis all his complaints and disabili-
ties; he is more than willing to do
his full share in helping to win the
war democracy and he expects his
full share of the fruits thereof.
Gentlemen of the Minimum.
But he is today compelled to ask
for that minimum Of consideration
which will enable him to be an efici-
ent fighter for victory.-From the
Boston Guardian.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

share in the Rights of Man. While
the Revolutionary patriots met to
initiate war, those race patriots met
at the seat of Government when the
country was in a mighty world war
and without equivocation set forth
the denials to their racial element OF
those rights of democracy to spread
which their country was avowedly
taking part in a world war.
This National Colored Liberty
Congress- keynote sounded by Maui
rice w. Spencer, local chairman, the
first night, which echoed and re-
echoed in every speech and in the
petition, was that when the U. S. A.
was proclaiming world.democracy as
its purpose in world war, all race
and color discrimination in federal
departments, in public places in the
national capitol, in government
schools, in public carriers under gov.
eminent control, in the election OF
federal officials should be abolished
by congress, which should also make
lynching a federal crime.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
TOUCH NOT COTTON!

Fear is expressed in some quarters
that the Democrats may lose some
seats in the House because the Demo-
cratic President vetoed the provision
for a price of $40 for wheat. They
will lose the seats alright, but that
will not be the reason. The farmers
have never asked nor desired special
legislation. They have asked no special
favors. All they have ever asked
or desired was to be treated the
same as others are treated. They
are indignant, and have very good
right to be indignant because the
Democratic administration limited
the price of wheat and did not limit
the price of cotton or tobacco-South.
ern commodities. They are indignant
and have a right to be indignant be-
cause the administration limited the
price of what they sell and did moi
limit the price of the most important
things they buy. A farmer who would
not resent that sort of treatment would
be an unworthy citizen of a nation
whose fundamental principal is equal
ity-equal rights for all and specia
privileges for none. This has beer
sectional, partisan administration
from the beginning, and there are {
lot of people who are not going te
forget the fact on election day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
INSTRUMENTATION.

Inc basic need in America at this
moment, and for many years to come
is the fusion of our Heterogeneous
population into an American entity
II we fought a civil war to prevent
geographical division, we should find
1t worth while now to make some
deliberate and mighty effort to pre.
Won't more insfdious and fatal di.
VISION This effort should not be
spasmodic and sporadic. It should be
constant.
The foregoing from the CHICAGO
Tribune hits the nail on the head.
And it is especially necessary for
the colored people to stop trying to
segregate. The colored person who
advocates jimcrowism in church or
state is an enemy Of the Nation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
ON THE RIGHTS OF MAN,

Influential colored men in various
parts of the country have signed a
strong memorial to the President,
Cabinet, Congress and the Governors
Of the states. We quote a portion of
it.
We are one group of American
people than whom there is none more
loyal, which is marked out for dis
elimination, humiliation and abuse.
In the great patriotic and humani-
tartan movements, in public carriers,
in Federal service the treatment &C.
corded us is humiliating, dehumaniz-
ing and reprehensible in the extreme.
This persistent and unreasonable
practice is but thrust at the colored
mans self respect, the object being
not merely to separate races, but to
impress us with the idea Of supposed
natural inferiority. Such demoraliz-
ing discrimination is not only a viola
ton of fundamental rights Of citizens
Of the United States, but the persis-
tent segregation of any element of
our country's population into a sepa-
rate and distinct group on the sole
basis of color is creating a condition
under which this nation can not long
endure.
When we reflect upon their bru-
talities and indignities, we remember
they are due to the fact that in all al
most every Southern state we have
systematically by law or chicanery
been deprived of the right that very
manhood suffrage which genuine
democracy would guarantee to every
citizen in the Republic. The propa-
ganda of filching from colored Ameri-
cans the ballot is but a supreme ef-
fort to reenslave us and to force our
assent thereto. To this policy the
colored man does not, can not and
will not agree. OF it our intolerance
is cumulative. Against it, we shall
exert our righteous efforts until not
only every eligible colored man, but
every eligible colored woman shall be
welding the ballot proudly in defense
OF our homes.
We are appealing to you neither as
vassals or interiors. Bull Run and
Appomattox fixed our status in this
nation. We are free men. We are
sovereign American citizens - free
men who purchased our freedom with
our own blood on every battle field
from Bunker Hill to Carrizal, full
rights and immunities such as are
freely granted to others but syste-
matically refused to us.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
DUBOIS SURRENDER.
Dubois Misrepresents Race as he
Compromises Says Singleton.

Especial to the Pittsburgh Courier
by Walter J. Singleton.) In an edi
torial article dealing with the war
The Crisis for July contains the fol
lowing advice to colored men.
LET us, while the war lasts, for:
get our special grievances and close
our ranks shoulder to shoulder with
our own white fellow citizens and
the allied nations that are fighting for
democracy"
The learned Doctor Dubois has sci.
dom packed more error into a single
sentence: He says three things in
this sentence: CD forget our special
grievances; (2) close our ranks, and
60 fight for democracy with our
white fellow citizens and the allied
nations.
Raises a False Issue in Order to
Compromise.
Let us consider the last two things
first. Our ranks are already closed ;
they have never been open; they are
not open now; they will not be open
in the future. So that the dear doc.
tors advice. being predicated, as. it is,
on the assumption that our ranks are
open, is baseless. The same is true
as to our fighting for democracy.
That is the one thing the colored man
has always desired, prayed and fought
for; he desires, prays and fights for it
now, and will in future desire, pray
and fight for it. Again the dear doc.
tor is offering advice where it is not
needed.
How Are We to Forget Our Griev.
Now as to forgetting our special
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
A GREAT JOKE ny

Recently some colored editors under
the direction of E. J. Scott and J. E:
Splngarn met in Washington and
asked the government for "that mini
mum of consideration" for racial
wrongs, and they evidently touched
tender chord in the breast of those
dear friends of the colored people
the white South. For instance, the
editor of the Lexington (Ky.) Herald
quotes this conclusion, praises it and
naively adds, "Assuredly he is entitled
to nothing less"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
THE SECOND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Washington, D. c., July, 1918. A
second Declaration of Independence
was enunciated and entered in the
records of the U. S. Congress at the
end of last week. This is the con-
sensus of opinion among thoughtful
Washingtonians who heard the petit
ton to the Government read at the
closing one of the five public mass
meetings of the National Colored Lib
erty Congress or who have read the
document as printed in the Congress
sional Record of June 29th.
Like the first Declaration, this one
was the creation of delegated as
sembly. a citizens congress with a
national membership. The Liberty
Congress was composed of 115 dele
gates from 20 states and the District
Of Columbia, men and women, pro-
testing injustice and tyranny, re-
spending to a call. Like the first
one this Declaration represented the
voluntary, uncompensated, sacrifice
and natural feelings and yearnings of
Americans for liberty and an equal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
PlUTOcRATS DOING HARM

Says the Saturday Evening Post:
The modern plutocratic ideal ia to
soar far away from the common lot
and then voloplane gracefully back to
1t. Why take the trouble to soar at
all? Why not distribute the millions
for the common veal before they are
collected in the capacious Individual
reservoir"
Many Of the men who have made
:reat fortunes by questionable methods
IN some cases. and in nearly every
case. by paying employees low wages.
Carnegie made a great fortune and
is now aiding race prejudice by en-.
downing jimcrow libraries in the South
and Rosenwald the Jewish muitimil.
lionaire is using some of his money to
aid the Christians in proving that their
religion is fake by building Jim crow
7. M. C. AS all over the country.