The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-10-16
to THE APPEAL.

Special to THE APPEAL.
Marion, Ohio.-The following is the
full text of the address of Senator
Harding, Republican nominee for
President; to- visiting colored delega-
tions:
Americans: l greet you as work.
ers in the cause of a noble religious
purpose, and 1 shall address you, in
sofar as I ann able to do so, without
thought of my position as a candi-
date of a party for high political
place, and with my interest conferred
upon you, upon your aspirations, and
upon the contribution Of your people
to America. l will center my inter-
est also upon the contribution of
America to your people and upon the
justice which, in America, must never
relax vigilance, not to create an
equality that is worth nothing if it
be not earned, but an equal oppor.
tunity for all men and women tc
achieve, and hold the full recognition
OF their own merit, capacity and
| worth.
''To much doctrine based upon an
| other principle has been loosed upon
war-worn' world. Abroad, particu.
larly in Russia, there has grown ur
the idea that by some impossible
magic, government can give out q
bounty by the mere fact of having
! liberty and equality written over its
door, and that citizenship need make
no deposit in the bank of common
weaA in order to write checks upor
the bank. Here at home-we have
had too much encouragement giver
to the idea that a government is
a something for nothing Institution
But I say that citizenship is not
based upon what one can get. but
that it is based upon what one gives
I say-and 1 wish that I could speal
Serve!'
"Under that slogan of good citi
zenship there is no reason why vol
should not hold your heads high
You, who are assembled today, anc
your race in America, have the, gooe
sense, as all thoughtful American!
must have, to know that it is ONLY
in country where the merit, ca
pacity, and worth of men and wome,
are recognized and rewarded, thai
merit, capacity, and worth are de-
veloped. You, and I, and good Amer
leans, of whatever color, blood O.
creed, know that the aspiration O:
all men is equal opportunity to ere
ate recognition of differences be
tween themselves, and that no in
justice known to man can be Create
than that of the tyranny and autoc
racy that labels itself Democracy. O.
Bolshevism, or Proletariat, and en-
slaves all men and all their ambitions
and all their freedom with the iro,
band of mediocrity. The America,
colored man has the sense to know
this truth, has the good sense ant
clear head and brave heart to liv,
1t and l, assuming to speak a truth
which America ought to know, pro
claim it to all the world that he ha!
met the test and did not and will
not fail America.
America Will Not Fail.
81 proclaim more; I assert to al
the world that America has not, ane
will not fail the American coloreC
man.
eff there are those who doubt me-
let them look to the record - the
record Of the colored race in Amer
lean citizenship, and the record oil
America in giving. opportunity.
your very presence in the assem-
ply, coming from great organization.
dedicated to high religious purposes
IS enough to cause any man to give
recognition in his heart to the great
contribution to American citizenship
which is found in the capacity fol
deep religious faith among people OF