The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-12-04
THE EVERLASTING STAIN

y dying ana ucpSc.dtc pOducal
parry Ciutuhca az ,n, sud0 90 race
natlcu a. ttS Lr., od5pna nope.
DuurOOn uCmOCIa.s ia iruc 40 It's
ruiInB PASSION ST. u IA dcatn. Inc
crafty puntCIan - SCnulu5ilcu me
ialDiiC anu len q. area tnat me CiA
ui LOiOrcu DlOOu Qua mrOW II IN
- a SpaSn or ucuiiuul. me inIamy
uf lniS talnt was ucemed to DC more
uctcSlaDlc tnAn me mul uciOuS brand
upon Inc IOIcucau Oi cam. II was
lnOuSnt to outweigh IA puDiiC cSti-
IuaiIon the CnuTc CataIOS Oi mlcl-
icCtua, moral ana pOiiuCa virtues.
10 Cnargc an American with tucit
arson % muTucI MOulu Dc a mllu
accusation as compared 10 TINS. ne
lllnc was sci WIN dramatic cicNcr-
ness. ne IrOn must De struck
WINE II Is hot. mere must De no
margin OF time 10 rciutc tne chaIs ~
OF 10 rcCOuChc puDllC NCutlneit nc
cry of NOli MOil. on INST alarm
SiampcdeS Inc crowd, even II lncic
Is no MoIi Dui inc Banging ddS-
TARA dId not knoW ms game. Mgnt
cous StratcgA trIumpncr over uaS-
taIdlN cunning wan amazing cc-
IcrItA of action ine charge was re
lutcu as soon aS made. Inc uaa-
lardIy decd rebounus to The shame
of the dOer. Never before ana lct
us hope, never again Viii any pOlItl-
cal party sink To SuCn lOW IeNel OF
InlamN. blessed are Ac when men
shall rcvilc you and SAY al manner
of evil against YOU falsely. Win
righteous indignation against the
melhdS of the chararlcr assassin,
The American people with ali but /
voice sweeps harulng INTO the Mnllc
House assured that ms purity Of
blood is as unDlemShcd as his spot
lcSSneSS of character.
I he country is safe, the BepuDli-
can party IS VICTORIOUS, and the non
or OF the wnltc race IS secure.
But what ol the Colorcd man? Is
he supposed 10 be endowed with
ordinary human prldc and ScnSlDlil-
ties? 10 him the defense is, II any
thing, more insulting than lhc at
tack. why should II be considered
more heinous than Than any crime
10 possess Il trace Ol COlOrcd blood
! doubt whether any race Slnct hu-
man civilization began has ever been
placed under such a ban of oppro-
Drum. II is the boast of statesmen
that men Of rcnown that tney carry
III their veins "A blend Of lndiou
blood. But one drop that flows
Isst..
times its own volume of any other
strain. AgaisSt tins assumption The
Colored man rebels with ali the al
lor and Indignation of which Is ma
iure is capable. Can the Coiore,
man be expected 10 share in The
derogation of his own blood Is his
color of his own choosing? lie Is
wholly guiltleSS of The stain for
which he is Stigmatized, Pigmen
iation affects the color of the body
but not the quality of the soul. Were
Dumas and Douglas and Dunbar ac'
cursed of God and unworthy of hon
or and esteem because of their Sa
bic hue? Shall we be expected tC
give higher need of glory to Plate
and Shakespeare and Jesus because
their skin was white? Perish th'
thought! Such Self-abaSement woulC
compromise the Colored mans sci
respect and hNpothccalc all hope
The Ten Commandments assure u
that the Father of all Races an'
Breeds of man visits the sins OF lh'
fathers upon the children to TIT
third and fourth generations of then
that love. The Constitution OF tn
United States forbidS the atlaint o
blood so that the political and lega
sins Of the fathers may not be vlSite'
upon the children. Must the Colore'
man of all men stand doomed Il
eternal infamy from the foundation
of the world to the end of time?
There can be no Satisfactory Solu
ton OF the race problem while I'M
notion prevails. In the face OF IL
ineNorable eNactionS of our liitl
paIiaiiveS and programs are as mel
iecual as the application oi emol
Iients to the hopeless conSumpilV'
From an inherent sense OF Seli-re
spect and in vindication OF the eS
Sential clans of humanity the CoI
ored man must insist that his Dloo
is as good rs any which course
thru human veins.
(Signed) r.i
KELLY MILLER, Howard TN
vcrSitN, Washington, ID. L.