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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
by promising them liberty on this con-

by promising them liberty on this con-
dition.
The situation was looked upon by
the public men Of the colonies as
alarming, and several of them urged
the Congress to adopt the policy of
emancipation. But while the general
question of emancipation was de-
feated, the exigencies of the contest
again and again brought up the prac-
teal one of employment for colored
men, whether bond or free.
Only Freemen Wanted in Army.
In May, 1775, Hancock and War
ren's committee Of safety introduced
the following formal resolution: Re
solved, That it is the opinion Of this
committee, as the contest now be-
tween Great Britain and the colonies
respects the liberties and privileges
OF the latter, which the colonies are
determined to maintain, that the ad-
mission OF any person as soldier into
the army now raising, but only such
as are freemen, will be inconsistent
with the principles that arc to be sup
ported and reflect dishonor on these
colonies, and that no slaves be ad-
mitted into this army upon any con.
sideration whatever
Washington took command Of the
army around Boston on July 3, ITS.
The instructions for the recruiting
officers from hls.,headquarters at Cam.
bridge prohibited the enlistment Of
any "negro:" It may also be noticed
that they were forbidden to enlist
ANY person who is not an American
born, unless such person has q wife
and family and is settled person
In this country" f.1
Many colored Men: Enrolled.
Notwithstanding all this, the fact
remains, according to Bancroft, that
the roll of the army at Cambridge
had, from its first formation. borne
the names OF men Of color" Free
colored men stood in the ranks by the
Side OF white men. In the beginning
OF the war they had entered the
provincial army, and the colored men,
like others, were retained in the serv.
Ice after the troops were adopted by
the continent"
A committee on conference. consist.
Ing Of DR.. Franklin, BENJAMIN Harri-
son and Thomas Lynch, met at Cam.
bridge, October 18, IT'S, with the
deputy governors of Connecticut and
Rhode Island and the committee of
the council Of Massachusetts, Bay, to
confer with Gen. Washington, and ad-
wise method for renovatinE the
army. On the 23d of October the
groes to be excluded from the new
enlistment, especially such as are
slaves?" All were thought improper
by the council of officers. It was
agreed that they be rejected alto
gether.
In general orders, issued November
IL, 1775. Washington says: Neither
negroes, boys unable to bear arms,
nor old men unfit, to endure the IA
tigues of the campaign are to be On.
listed" -:
Permitted TheIr Enlistment.
Washington, however, in the last
days Of the year. under represents
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24

everyone, officials and those in au-
thority. Let the energies of their
souls lean to the task, giving at all
times their best services without
reservation.
Well find the work much easier to
do when it is done right, Men with
last for short time when they are
looking for another job. The sixth
commandment says to Honor Thy
Job as Thysef, That Thy DAYS Nav
Be Long in Employment. If every
employee would adopt these sugges-
tions there would be more and better
work performed and less camouhage.
To be successful we should consider
ourselves as cogs in the wheels of
this gigantic concern, and by demon
strating our ability and efficiency our
every effort will be crowned with
praise and admiration Let us be
agreeable and congenial with one an
other and try to make the best of
everything and WE'LL find that where
harmony exists better feelings are
assured. Men who do right are hard
to find, but oftentimes through pa
thence and perseverance, a slothful
and Indifferent man can be made a
good fellow by being treated as a
human being. Let us not forget that
the abiding consciousness of wrong
doing, tends to destroy the ability to
do right. =
Faithfully yours,
HARRY c.. SIMMONS,
Chief Custodian Washoe Reduction
q Works, Anaconda, Mont.
Editors Note: Mr.. Harry c., Sim
): mons, author of the above, is one
of the oldest employees, having
been in the service continuously for
more than % years.) - -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.

About twenty-five years ago, the
world, was Mortified by the news of the
first Flynching by burning at the stake,
which occurred at Paris: Texas. Since
that time the, rule of the mob has in
creased by leaps and bounds. Even
our own state has been disgraced by
mob murder.
Paris, Texas, has just celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of burning at the stake as
the rule in the United States, when
Scolored men are charged with crime,
by saturating with oil and burning at
stakes, two colored men who We're
charged with the murder of their land
lord, in a dispute about rental of
farm.
Sheriff Clarkson, so the dispatch
reads, said: ''The mob probably
burned the wrong men,"
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~ .'BELiEVE"-sAYs HARDING.

=
Among the things which Senator
Harding in his speech of acceptance
says he believes in are the following
The budget system.
The protective tariff policy.
A great merchant marine.
An ample navy.
:, A small army, but the best in the
world.
Eminence in trade abroad. ::
Constitution contemplates no class
and recognizes no group.
Standards for immigration.
Americanization-
Child labor and woman's employ
ment reforms.
Stamping out lynching.
Effective aid in solving the prob
lem of housing.
Making Liberty bonds worth what
they cost.
War tax revision.
Colored citizens of America should
be guaranteed the enjoyment of all
their rights; that they have earned the
full measure of citizenship.
A plain and neighborly understand.
ing with Mexico.
Law enforcement, including the 18th
amendment.
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"cAUTIoN."

BY Harry c.. Simmons as it Appeared
in the ABODE, Anaconda, Mont
The following article appeared in
the Anaconda (Mont.) Standard and
the author was awarded a prize of
$500 by the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Co.:
CAUTION.
"A cautious workman never betrays
the confidence OF those who have i'm
plcit faith in him; his carefulness
in every engagement assigned to him
makes him trusted and reliable en-
ployee; his willingness to advise his
fellows of the necessity of "being on
the job, all the time. and discharge
their duties with neatness and dis
patch to avoid any and all dissen-
sions that arise in the industrial
army; to be obedient and diligent
means that his interest is in the
work and the welfare of his fellow
workmen.
An observation of many wears
service and experience finds no ex-
ception to this statement. Men
should try to do as they are told, do
the job we'll, and strive to please
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
SATURDAY, JULY "a, 1920.
JAMAICA.

Jamaica is a British colony, the
largest island Of the British West In
dies, so the Governor General and
other chief officials are sent over from
England to rule the Jamaicans, but
colored men have risen to the highest
places, to which native Jamaicans may
aspire. The Attorney General, the
Assistant Postmaster General, the AS
sistant Collector of Customs and the
Assistant Registrar General are COL
ored men.
Manysof the largest businesses are
conducted by colored men. The larg-
est department store in Kingston, the
capital and principal city Of the
island is owned by men of mixed black
and white blood, and the sales ladies
are the most beautiful black, colored,
Chino-Jamaican, Japanese-Jamaican,
Jewish-Jamaican, Hindu-Jamaican,
Spanish-Jamaican, French-Jamaican
and Caucasian girls, that the island
affords, all working together in per
feet harmony and with no thought of
color. -
There is no color line, and the diff
ferent races and colors mingle freely
in civil and social life without any
friction whatever. Of course, some of
the English who come over to be pub
lie officials, try to form little clique
of their own, and the few Americans
are Mortified to find that there are
no social distinctions based on color,
but their opinions cut no figure, and
they are compelled to accept the con-
ditions as they find them.
The majority of the people are COM
municants of the Church of England,
though there are many Catholics, Yves
leyans and Baptists. Practically all
of the people attend the same
churches, there being no such thing
as "colored" branch of the Church
of England. In recent years the Bap-
lists and Methodists from the United
States have organized "colored"
branches of these churches.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
.JiM-CROW HEADQUARTERS?

A strong fight has been made
against Jim-crowism in the Republi'
can presidential campaign, and THE
APPEAL was assured by the party
leaders that there would be no segre.
CATION ~, y
We, have just been informed that
arrangements have been made for
a Jim-crow bureau at the Republican
headquarters in Chicago.
If this is true we trust those in
authority will not allow such scheme
to be put into effect. Treat the col.
ored voters just as other American
voters are treated-without any segre-
cation.
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! BAHAl TEN PLE.s
To Be Built Near CHICAGO, II

To Be Built Near Chicago, Illinois.
Plans for the new. 100000 Bahai
temple on the boundary line between
Evanston and Wilmette on Sheridan
road have been approved by the
Bahai council in New York, and work
on the new structure, delayed at the
outbreak, of the war, probably will
be started in the near future.
The design for a nine sided struc-
ture of stone, with a diameter of
225 feet and a height of 1s0v feet,
was made by Louis Bourgeois, a New
York sculptor. According to H. v.
Migoligie, president of the Archi-
tects' League, the temple presents the
first distinctly new type of arcfi-
lecture since the fifteenth century,"
The Bahai sect is one of. the few
religions which practice the brother
hood of man in it's fullness. -
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ems the Infamous caste system in an
effort to deprive the race of it's civil
lights, for that is. what segregation
of any kind leads to. ~: .~.'.
Mr.. Trotter, keep up the fight
against the devil and his works. God
is not Knocked.
Very truly yours,
John @. Adams, :.
Editor THE APPEAL.
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APPEAL FIGHTS JlMCROWISM,


Mr.. William M. Trotter,
Editor The Guardian,
Boston, Mass.
My dear Mr.. Trotter:
am enclosing a small check to aid
you in your fight against the proposed
Jimcrow. Y. M. G. A. for Boston.
The attempt of some lickspittle
leaders: to foist this disgraceful con
dnion upon the city in which William
Lloyd Garrison battled for the free
dom Of the slave shows that the col.
ored people who sponsor. such an in.
stitution are unfit for freedom and
are unworthy Of the respect of decent
people. 49,.
If Jimcrow Y. NJ. C. A. is. right,
then lynching, disfranchisement, Jim.
crow cars and all of the denominations
of the South are right. If a Jimcrow
Y. M. c: A. is right, then CHRIS
TIAN1TY rs A LIE. ~
There is absolutely nothing in the
argument, zone should not go where
he is not wanted" when it is applied
to public or semi-public places. A
Y. M. c. A. is a seni-public place
and it is always and everywhere open
to the most degraded Irish, Germans,
Japanese, Chinese, Poles, Russians,
Coreans, Indians, South Sea Islanders
and all other peoples, no matter if
they are the scum of the earth. Col
ored people should go to the Y. M. c..
AS whether they are wanted or not.
To admit that one has no right in
them is to admit that one is not
human.
In the United States, segregation
usually begins in the church or in
some so-called church institution, and
then follows the loss of civil rights
and civil degradation. The Caucasian
Christian church is parody on Chris
tianity and has done the colored peo-
pie incalculable harm. -.
The most valuable thing in the
world is manhood. There is nothing
that will take it's place. It is a jewel
beyond price.
I glory in the fact that you are al
ways ready to protest against Wrong
and do not ,.hesitate even when the
devil. Wrong, comes masquerading in
the habiliments of the Christ.
Remember the words of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox:
To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test Had no voice been raised
against injustice, ignorance and lust,
the fnquisition yet would serve the
law, and guillotines decide our least
disputes. The. few who dare must
speak and speak again to right the
wrongs of the many" ~-...-:
The American Federation of Labor
has just erased the color line, but
hypocritical American Christianity
takes advantage of the colored mans
deep religious feelings and strength
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
THE NOMINATION OF cox.

From the viewpoint of the colored
group the nomination of Governor Cox
of Ohio on the Democratic ticket is
eminently satisfactory. So far as we
know he has always been just in his
treatment Of the colored citizens Of
his state.
And whether Harding or Cox be
elected, the next president of the
United States will be Northern man,
and that is something to be thankful
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"THE TRAGEDY OF THE HALF
- ~" i'NAev r.: -,

! THE APPEAL heartily endorses
every word Of the following editorial
from our enterprising and uncompro.
missing contemporary, The Chicago
Whip. What a pity that there are so
i few whips" among the papers edited
by colored men:
The strongest races of men, and the
most indomitable characters of history
have always either uncompromisingly
demanded every scintilla of their just
rights, or, being denied the full meas
ure of attainment of their ideals have
spurned even life itself.
Patrick Henry in crying out for
"either liberty or DEATH" voiced the
sentiment of the Pilgrim Fathers, who
preferred the unknown horrors of the
great uncharted Western ocean and
the savage-ridden land beyond to re-
l1gious oppression in a comfortable
home. =: ~ ..*
But the American colored man is
apparently satisfied with the HALF
LOAF. For $50 years he was so told
! that he was entitled to NOTHING
that he even enjoyed life itself by suf-
france. His mind WAS so deliberately
dwarfed and stunted that he could not
even think to the contrary.
So we'll was this psychology in
grained into him, that even today, race
leaders OF the old school, finding it i'm
possible to break from this log cabin
philosophy, handed it down to free
men," =.
He was so thoroughly robbed of his
mentality, that he complacently helped
misunderstanding shot and she'll which
enabled his masters to keep him in
slavery. When Liberty and Citizen
ship we're granted::him, his childish
mind could not grasp their signih-
canoe. He took what was given him
with a thankful heart, thanks to the
teachings of the old school.
He has not yet demanded unequiv-
cally all that is due him! He fears
Tefuses TIE Il, ;t,,a
and demand the WHOLE, trembling
lest he be denied any at all. With
apologetic smien and Sinking smile,
he renders gratitude for Jim. Crow
Settlement Houses, Jim Crow Soldiers
and Sailors Clubs, Jim Crow Y. NJ.
G.: AS, Jim Crow Officers Training
Camps, Jim Crow churches, frater-
mites and politics. = -.>.--,
He thus plays the begger's role in
spite Of the fact that he has proven
himself to be an indissoluble and
indivisible entity of the whole warp
and wool Of America, economic, politi,
cal, military and social. He is the
economic backbone of the South. He
holds the balance of political power
as he is beginning to learn. He has
always been the fangs of the American
army. His blood, suspected and un-
suspected, flows in more veins than
any other one strain in America.
He is still slave if he accepts any
thing short of the full unstinted meas
ure of recognition and respect. The
New Colored American will never
again be satisfied with EQUAL
RIGHTS when they are not the SAME
RIGHTS. The NEW Colored Ameri-
can, repudiating the teachings of the
old school, who led him into the quag-
mire of .peonage and serfdom MUST
and WILL spurn the Half Loaf and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
coLoRED coLoNIALs.
Many Colored Men in the American
- War for independence.

The employment of colored men be-
came subject of much Importance at
an early stage of the American War
of independence. The British natur.
ally regarded slavery as an element
Of weakness in the condition of the
colonies, in which the slaves were
numerous, and laid their plans to gain
the colored men and induce them to
take up arms against their masters
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
Shaved Lincoln; Is Dead,

:: Trenton. N. J.-Samuel w. Gordon,
colored, rs years old, of this city,
messenger for governors of New Jer-
sey for Al years, died at his home
here He was messenger for the
United States Supreme Court before
coming to New Jersey, and while in
that capacity frequently shaved Pres
ident Lincoln, and accompanied the
president upon the occasion of his
address. at Gettysburg.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
THE SIN Of SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guiIIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-EIIa Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
True Race Pride.
From the Boston Guardian)

On equal rights do not be misled
by the talk that you are lacking in
race pride for wanting to be where
you are not wanted If it refers to
affairs for the public. Race pride,
self-respect require that you insist on
being permitted to be present where
you have normal right to be as a
citizen, and where there Is no reason
for you not being wanted except con-
tempt merely for your race.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
BIG CROP OF CANDIDATES.

Chicago CoIored Men File for Leais.
lative Honors.
Chicago, In.-The following colored
men have filed as candidates for the
Illinois legislature at the coming pri-
mary: First district: James T! Brew
ington. Jr., Sheadrick B. Turner, Ben
jannin H. Luacs. Third district: War
rem B. Douglass, Adalbert H. Roberts,
William G. Anderson, William J. War
field, Morris Lewis, James G. Cotter
and James Hale Porter: - :.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
Refused Service, Sues.

Rockford, Ill,-Alleging she was re-
fused service in a local ice cream
parlor because of her color, Mrs.
Alice Holt. wife of the pastor of the
African Methodist church, has sued
the proprietors for $500 damages.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
THE KINGS HIGHWAY,

Some may choose the broadened way.
That may be lighted and bHthe and
gay;
And leadeth not to realms Of day,
But I'm walking up the Kings High
way
Ebert W.. Giles,
Minneapolis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24

The First Standard Bank is being
launched at Louisville, KY, with a
capitalization of 100000. Wilson
Lovett is the organizer with the title
OF Business Agent. One hundred and,
one thousand dollars has already been
subscribed and the plans call for the
establishment of million dollar
bank within a year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
JAMAICA WOMEN TO VOTE.

Under a new law the women of
Jamaica, British West Indies, are to
have a vote in the elections for the
parochial boards and the legislature.
Every woman is entitled to vote if
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
Pythians in Session.

Springfield, Ill.-The twenty-ninth
annual grand lodge session of the
colored Knights of Pythias and the
Grand Court of Calanthe convened
here recently.
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"HUAlAN NATURES FOULEST BLOT" 49,
-: 49, My ear is panied
My soul is sick with every days report -. s...
Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
There is no flesh in mans obdurate heart
It does not feel for man: the natural bond
+ Of brotherhood is severed as the flax 9"
q THAT falls asunder at the touch Of fire. -
r He finds his fellow guilty of skin
Not colored like his own: and having power
r To enforce the wrong for such worthy cause
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. H.;
X X ...:. X
Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys:
IT'S human natures broadest foulest blot.
z :-Cowper. i