The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
NAUSEATiNG.

1t is nauseating to read the rot
given out by r. r. Motion, principal
of Tuskegee, as he travels THROUGH
the South in jimcrow cars, stopping
now and then to make speeches laud-
ing his oppressors. If he were the
only one to. suffer it would matter
little, but his words are promptly
telegraphed all over the country, and
every time he opens his mouth the
colored people of the entire country
Wink lower in the minds Of those who
read. Many of his statements are
wholly without foundation in fact.
For instance in a recent lecture
before the students of the University
OF North Carolina, the wires saw he
said: THE Negro race has advanced
further than any similar number of
colored people anywhere on the globe
because it has had the privilege of
coming in contact with the white
people of the South" Could any
thing with a smaller amount of truth
and a greater amount of servilitv be
compressed into one sentence?
The census of Brazil shows that
there are about $4,000 1000 people
with more or. less Negro blood in
that country, or nearly twice as MANY
as there are in the United States,
according to census figures. And the
colored people of Brazil, although
they were once slaves and were not
emanciipated until 1883, quarter of
century after Lincoln's proclama-
ton, have advanced further than the
colored people in this country be-
cause they have reached the point
where color does not count. They
are absolutely free from any civil or
social determinations. The color line
does not exist in Brazil, and the
blacklist Brazilian is in every way
the peer Of the whitest of his
countrymen
Principal Motion deems it a wonder.
full thing that his race 'shas had the
privilege of coming into contact with
the white people Of the South" Here
are some of the benefits of the con.
tact:. Two hundred and fifty years
OF slavery; enactment of the in.
famous Black Codes to retain slavery
in fact, after its abolition; segreqa.
ton; denial of living wages: denial
of equal school facilities; disfranchise.
ment; jimcrow cars, etcetera. WHY
even Tuskegee Institute which fur.
nishes Principal Motion his bread and
butter is the gift of the North
Northern people have given IS pei
cent OF the endowment fund, and the
greater portion of the running ex.
penses is begged in the North. The
state OF Alabama gives the measly
sum of about $4,000.
Here is another gem from Prin.
cipal Motion: ITO the Southern white
people we owe our language and ou1
religion and all that we have learned
and all that we have advanced ir
| civilization" Think of a man who
would say such things being the
head of an institution which trains
the youth. Is it strange that man,
of the, students come out imbuec
| with distorted ideas of their prope,
place in the world?
Then Principal Motion came out II
his peroration in which he said that
mo Southern colored man wanted
social equality" In that statement
he showed his ignorance of the Eng.
lish language? He probably meant
to say that the colored people were
not seeking matrimonial alliances
| with white people. Principal Motor
may not wish social equality, but
there are millions Of colored people
| who do desire it. Social equality
means, Equality in the collective
body composing a community, espe
cially when considered as subjects Of
| civil government" Here are some OF
the definitions of "equap: of thu
same degrees with another or each
| other; uniform in condition or &C.
ton; of just proportion or relation
equitable, just, impartial, exact; Of
the same importance and concern
not distinguished by any ground o.
preference. 49, !
Social equality means the right tx
vote, the right to equal and identica
accommodate on common carriers
the right to service in public places
| OF refreshment and amusement. the
| right to residence anywhere one i
able to buy or rent home, the right
| to attend the nearest public school
the right to a legal trial wher
right which citizenship in a republic
charged with crime, and every Other
carries with it.
Fr1nclpa1 Motions dear friends OF
the South have denied all Of these
rights to the colored people, every
effort for advancement has beer
fought, in one way or another, even
it conducted on jimcrow lines. The
purpose OF the South always has been
and is now, to segregate the colored
people from other citizens and make
them q pariah class, despised by all
others, and subject to the whims and
caprices Of master class. In North
Carolina, where Principal Motion made
his speech, colored people are treat
ed as a group apart from the white
citizenship and subject to different
treatment. They have suffered from
all Of the inen,1a litiaa Of ait;zonsh;,,