The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-04-12

anthropic white men OF the south.
Unfortunately for the south. the
country and the world. and may
add. fer both races, it is true that
Mr.. Kirby is the true representative
Of the flower of the white South. 1t
stands still. 1t occupies the same
ground it did on that April morning
away back yonder in 1865, when he
handed in his sword to Grant and
the over whelming armies OF the
Union under the stars and stripes
disbanded the Confederate armies and
furied the stars and bars forever.
It learns nothing. 1t forgets nothing.
The times, however, have changed;
first by legislation and later by moral
and Intellectual advancement, the
freedman of the days of reconstruction,
have become the free men OF today.
His numbers have increased from
an ignorant and shiftless 100000, |
TO an industrious and patriotic 10000
900. And whether in the peaceful
pursuits of farming. numbering. min
ing, transportation; whether IN ru-
raj or city advancement. he has mer-
tied renown, which race prejudlce
and color hate can not take away
from him.
In the enterprise Of war he has
not been less conspicuous. When
Spanish intrigue sank the Maine, he
like other Americans, Redeemed the
soil Of Cuba with his avenging blood
and made stand for American ideals
at San Juan Hill, which mankind
can never cease to admire.
When our half civilized neighbor
across the Rio Grande-it Is Mexico
to which / refer took up the torch
and began debredations on American
soil, the Negro went with permission
of the government into the hell at
Carrizal and snatched shining victory
from the grim jaws of defeat.
And when Prussian Autocracy had
ridden rough shod over the blood
soaked battle fields of Europe, and
German aggression sought to satiate
its thurst for blood by its approach
to the shores Of the wotld's first re-
public, the government called from
the service OF the Lumber barons
like Kirby, and others of his ilk, to
follow the flag on foreign soil and he
did-His not to reason why! The
world knows the result! He lent
his body for cannon fodder He gave
his blood as ransom. Arm in
arm and shoulder to shoulder, with
American soldiers of another race,
he helped to write a new page IN
history.
am told that he was foremost
among those who saved the civiliza-
ton of the world.
Today. the Colored soldier is not
back, but in the act of returning to
the land for the preservation OF
which he offered to make that sup
RENE sacrifice, and shall II be that
Kirby or any other man beast OF
All an American-shall insult him
and defy the processes of the govern
ment which he fought to preserve?
/ say, God Forbid!
am no prophet. l read history
with my eyes, not my pre1udlce.
Mine eyes have seen the glory or the
coming of the Lord! Liberty is mar
ching on. We are breaking with the
past. However, dear its memories,
they are memories only. The future
has put in a call for the men who
now tread the face of the earth. They
must answer. They must go for
ward! 1t maybe as Mr.. Kirby says
that "In the South we tell the Ne
gro what to do, we do not take
counsel with them" but let him know
| this. that the system which made
that thing possible has been con-
signed to the limbo OF regrettaDie
and forgotten superstition. We are
breaking with the past.
And a remedy must be found Tor
the damage being done by the senti-
ment which Mr.. Kirby champions. In
our changed conditions, this coun-
| try-every section of Unjust come
to the stern realization that 1t cannot
exist unless it continues to make
progress. 1t cannot make progress
headed in the wrong direction for all
| true progress tends toward the bet
terment of man. That progress is
most certain and gives promise of
being the most, which, after taking
all things into account, strives to
bring the greatest good to the great
est number. America must stand or
fall like all other governments upon
its conceptions of right The treat
ment of the 100000 Colored people
by the balance of the population of
the country constitutes its greatest
problem. The question must be set
tied and like all other questions, it
cannot be settled unless it is settled
right.
Don't Laugh-Wanted II Filled.
When / was in Little Rock, in
February last / stopped at room
ing house on 9th street. Not being
pleased with the room to which
was carried by the boy, before he
vert below l turned down the cover.
Under a pillow I found a woman's
night robe. told the boy that the
room would do, but to take the robe
out and get it filled.
The drunken man whom you saw
walking down the street. with me
was my full cousin.
You ask what is the average mans |
idea Of heaven. 1t is quart of ice
cream, pound Of crushed ice and
gallon of NUNS Extra Dry.
What is i'll? 1t is two hours
after you have disposed of the ice
cream, ice and Champagne.
A Late Experience.
met an old friend in Nashville |
and knowing the town. he said that
il / would make I'm as a late one. !
he would take me out to see some
ladies. i was TO come down to his
house and wait in flont-of the
back door. The young lady to
whom l wa introduced was named
Helen Summer. No inquiries came
from me as to her name in Winter.
She vas dyeing to be a chocolate
brown. She was shy some silver in
her dining room. Speaking of her
age she said she was then 10 and !
that 1t made her shudder to think |
of her goth birthday. / suggested
that she forget the past For bash
fullness she was the limit. Whenever
she showed her tongue it Md coat
on it and she absolutely refused to |