The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-05
THE NEW OLD SPIRIT.

Much wonder is being caused by the New Spirit" which
being manifested by Negroes every where recent instance
Of is that of the San Antonio convention.
party of twentyseven men went from Dallas special
tica Justice on an equal footing with their opponents
This occasioned much comment Particularly were we in
which stated that the fact that these Negroes had borne their
to certain extent hard to become reconcled
such had before been the He spoke also Of
the fact that all Of the political exern Of the Negroes of Texas
and the South generally due to the formation of the Lincoln
League He forecast the action at Chicago terms of the power
of the Negro command certain amount of respect be-
Of its power the five northern states whose voting
strength greatest He due credit for the organization
of Negroes for their political welfare before
We appreciate such frank statements and realize that their
value to is nestmab We also realize that much allowance
must be made for the fact that such actions contrary to
common occurrence.
We feel however that the presence of such spirit among
us will in its last analysis be of lasting benefit to and
The real American citizen is lover of liberty No real Am
ercan citizen be content when deprived of any portion Of
his Liberty whether be political industrial or educational We
love America We realize that is worthy of his ber
en and we attempting in far as able to
this price:
high We have paid and still paying in blood tears cruel
xon Of SOUL blasted hopes and thwarted ambitions but will
The spirit in which striving done is similar to that
which caused the Pilgrims to seek religious freedom Ae
shores and the colonies to defy and free themselves from
Great Britain. It is the spirit which is born in
In our case and particularly in the South that spirit has
of prescription which has rendered its expression impossible
any widespread extent But through the days of slavery
with which fathers and mothers dared the lash
congge in the woods and and pray for deverance
from slavery That the spirit which caused many
them to risk death by blood hounds starvation in swanps
an attempt to from their bondage That spirit repon
be for the foundation Of Liberia by who though ignorant
felt within themselves the be and do learning by
peence the things which before had been denied them
finally that the spirit which caused and boys
contrary to the expectation of many go gladly offer
selves for Democracy ITO make the world safe" for
Wilson said And now they back still striving, urged by
the same old spirit but acting in a way.
It is really old spr-as old as the human family itself
But it more powerful than any other possessed by man.
cannot be quenched 1t is everlasting That it cannot
be quenched ngy by this American Negro
Slavery and tortue in anCv Ware days and prescription
fusa OF educational privileges nchng segregation the
thousand other agencies of prejudice have failed him
lose 1t or fail to respond to it's call will ouast thousand
generations and make itself felt in his progeny long as his
race lasts earth. n Il N
1t is spirit which when rightly cultivated and turned to
eclent use transforms its energy bygone DAYS used
the struggle to maintain the Negro American asset in
spite OF his critics into vertabe harvest of accomplishment
Why can this spirit in the million us not be cultivated
and made to perform that for which given? Why
analysed by those who marvel it and turned Americas
count? America loses in its attempt to stfle it.