The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Good Neighbors
Our President
BY s. T. McCants

Your good neighbor scribe will
endeavor to bring to the readers
of this column some of the facts
concerning the relations of the
President of these United States
to all American citizens. First of
all, President should be regarded
as the Father of all American cit
liens, regardless of race, creed or
color. That is the oath the Ex-
ecutive of this nation must take,
on becoming the leader of all
American citizens, and as I see it,
and as far back as I can secure
information, have not been able
to justify my own mind, as to
one Of the former Presidents, who
has lived up to this most impor-
tant oath. am praying for a
leader of the nation who will take
God as his guide, and will impress
upon the minds of all his subjects,
the great Importance of living in
word and deed, the Golden Rule:
Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
Christ, our elder brother, came
and dwelled among us, and his
most important command to all
mankind was to love God with all
our hearts, and our neighbor as
ourselves. Failure on our part to
command, from the one who loved
us, and gave his life that we
might live, is the direct cause of
all our troubles today. Yet, we,
from the head of the nation, to the
humblest soul, claim to be mem
bers of the worlds Christian CIV
ilization.
Our Presidents and all State Of
ficials throughout the country
have failed miserably as leaders of
a great and noble people to teach,
and practice this sacred command,
from Him who gave His life that
we all might live. Until we elect
candidate to the office of Pres
ident who will fully recognize the
Importance of this saving COM
mand, we are not making any
progress as a civilized or Christian
nation. Throughout this most an
xious Presidential Campaign for
leader of the nation, have heard
the name of God mentioned but
once. These Political Campaigns
fought and won by those who can
secure financial aid, sufficient to
purchase their power, and leader
ship has never been a success, and
never will.
It is just such acts of dishonesty
that have us all standing on our
heads today, without any hope or
assurance as to what the day will
bring forth. We have forgotten
God; we have dealt out great mis-
cry and death, to our brothers and
sisters; we have failed to remem-
Der that our Savior warned us
with no uncertain words, that we
must reap what we sow, and all
nations that forget God will be de-
stroyed.
The Negroes of America who
have been enslaved by the white
man since his being forced to come
here against his will, and now in
the year of 1910 suffers the worst
bondage of all times. The Pres
ident and all officials of state and
church (white) stand by and give
consent to those who discriminate,
disfranchise, lynch and murder the
Negro, Americas most loyal cit
liens. Those who profess to be
leaders in Christ's Church have
failed us. All of them from the
lowest to the highest, our so-called
Holy Father who heads the
Church of Christ at Rome blesses
the armed forces of his native land
to go forth and destroy us. Hitler
was more considerable to the Jews
than the untold agony placed upon
the Negroes in America, and so
far as who wins the office of Pres
ident of these United States, the
Negroes must of a necessity look
to God for protection. We are
made to wonder if Hitler has been
given the job to clean up this hyp-
ocritical, and sinful people? The
Negro is holding God to his prom
ises, and with all my heart, I be-
lieve that He will not fail us, as
everything on earth seemingly has.
To you of the race who have taken
the steps after thse so-called lead
ers of the earth, would do better
to come with those of us who take
God as our choice, for President,
King and Faithful Father of all
who love and trust him. True, we
fail to understand it now, but we