The broad ax., 1921-03-26
CHARLES E. STUMP, THE FAST TRAVELLING CoRRE
SP0NDENT FOR THE BRoA OAK, HAS FOR SOME
TINE BEENBASKNc IN THE SUNSHINE DOWN
NHoRDA


Live Oak, Fla.-sA man or NOT =
man, that is the question" This i,
what concerns my people all over this
country, and we are now asking
whether or not the United States IS
able to maintain its dignity and stand
by the Constitution and its amend.
ments, or shah they be trodden under
feet by some Of our states or parts Of
states. BY men who declare that the
franchise was never intended that GER
tain Of its citizens should use.
We talk about anarchy, bOlshevism
and the ike, but we are in the foes of
some Of it almost in our own country.
and let US pray that God has placed it
so that halt win be called TODAY.
Let Us pray that lynehing, mob
violence, Illegal taking Of human life.
Jim Crowism, segregation, and an them
other evils are now on their wav N
hell where they belong and all over
America we viii be able to exclaim
Behold how good and how pleasant it
Is for brethren to dwell together in
unity" We pray that the time is
when man viii recognize the rights of
man, and manhood win not be meas
ured by the color Of the skin, nor the
kinks of the hair, but-by the heart. bv
the soul by the viii, by the mind. by
the thought. Each day am striving
to tune my mind in harmony with God
and shape my life according to God s
law.
do not believe that 1 should sit
down like a baby and depend on the
President of the United States. the
Congress, the Republicans or any one
else to tote me around like a babv.
but there are some things which I must
do for myself, and do them I will
l must see to it that my children are
educated, that 1 inspire them TO be
good true, American citizens exereis-
ing all the rights of an American. bv
using the franchise, by aspiring to the
higher things in the gift of the nation,
and by being ready at any and all time
to die for Old Glory. Gone flag, one
nation, one language, one God.'
If / am not willing to doe for nv
country, then I am unworthy Of the
name of an American citizen. and 4
should be as equally willing to die for
all that is American. 1 want all that
every other American citizen wants
and this should not be blamed. / have
never been in war, but my father was,
and that makes me an American sol
der by relation. Ny father faced shot
and shell for his country and would
have also, but win not here, and this
last time had entirely too much
front, and had passed the age limit.
But there may yet come a time when
I win do my bit I have done some
thing for have all my money tied up
in war savings stamps and Liberty
Bonds. Can you expect any more of
middle aged mani
There is now a great battle being
fought in our country, and want
every Negro boy and girl to become
soldier. 1t is a battle against litter
acy and ignorance, and when this is
won there win be something like new
world. I may be too old to get in the I
army, yet I am going on the battle
fields and in the trenches and saying
to the young people stay on the firing
line and in the front line trenches I'M
Ill the victory is won, and you can
stand up full hedged man with fun |
developed mind, soul will want my
mind in harmony with God.
Things may not be moving just as
you would like to have them move, but
hey are moving just the same, and
you viii find this out from time to
time. I have been going some, and at
he same time I have been in a few
schools catching on here and there.
For when I wrote TO you last week, I
vas with that father of educators,
Prof. Nathan B. Young, A. & N. Col
eye, Tallahassee, Fla, and believe me