The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-03

owed you, lived In peace beneath
POUR smile. You have given US lib
5rty and many privileges. You made
Us American citizens. You placed
The greatest glory that can come to
any race Of men on our boys. But
10 you know that during the years
our interests have not been defended?
While you have been interested here
md there, the man whom you stood
Tor and for whom your fathers died
has been robbed Of his citizenship"
We were startled by this informal
ton. We could not dream such q
thing could be possible. Then we
Listened to the story as published in
The Southwestern Christian Advocate.
the most outstanding journal among
the Negroes In this country, always
sane and Trustworthy. The editor
writes long article discussing
Fighting without Representation Is
In two paragraphs on
the situation OF the Negro In Ameri-
can life he says:
Now, what is the concrete situ-
alton In American life? Practically q
whole race Is disfranchised and one
section 10 dominated by q political
party that many or many not be a
Of party. There Is no chance
for self-expresston on the part OF
millions OF citizens, citizens who
fight and citizens who pay taxes and
citizens who form the backbone OF
the industries. More votes are cast
IN the State OF Illinois than In all the
Southern States, and yet the South
has over one hundred more congress-
men than Illinois. Now, this is not
because Illinois has a larger popu-
lation than the South, or that Illi-
nois is more important that the South
or more intelligent. It is because
we have in the South a political
autocracy and political slavery.
There are men in tie South who buy
Liberty Bonds by the hundred thou
sands OF dollars and who in the ag-
gregate hold land by the millions of
acres and who in individual cases
hold diplomas from the best uniyer-
stiles OF the world, but as class
they are prohibited from voting. They
are throttled, they are intimated, and
II necu DC tney are nioopeu " hS1p
them from the Daiiot Dox' II tnls
Is not tyranny we do not know what
tyranny Is. II it Is not a m0ckery of
American principles, we do not know
what mOckery is. II 1t does not
breed discomfort, we do not know
what discomfort is. We are willing
to prophesy that from this day for
WARD uisccntent WIZ STOW more ore, an V.
more y IL lneylIaDie. NIL VIII n.y. ~,
ngnt ana one lot = prlncipie wnicn
does not apply 70 themselves. tnsy
would rather ule ID the lutiie AZ
Tempt 70 resent IT, they WVuLr Ia'n-
or pc $1,000 up ana snoL neLe y
: serious SITUATION mat mus. " Iac c''l
AIRY lranhiy. anu pIotneIly ny
Spirit oi ioyaity 20 tne nasioh nnu
n the spirA o. lusuce anu ~ .nv !,
spirit OF tne protnernooq q nan;
Is THIS euls2r Iisne wnu.s :
race aisirancniseo IA THIS country
u 30, snen AmerlcA mas neI y,op
lem WIN the NEGRO - Srvs. Din
AIN mas WIN me trlsn: wpas nas
become o. 'ee AneLasan sp'ils. Z. -, I
play We Ieei tnuisntn.' ou,aseu.
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tne delnopin1eu Nesio soiuaeis, pal-
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overseas, "a .ne,r pia.es On sle.r
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soldier, wne,ne, WIZ ~ piasA r, Ia =, y
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a renection on tne american soiu =, .
we resented sucn an accusae'uh; 2u'
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