The Omaha guide., 1940-11-02

ham Lincoln went down in history as Americas
greatest citizen of all times. Today his statue is
looked upon with great admiration of the whole
world, but Abraham Lincoln did not live to finish
the job. He emancipated the Negro from chattel
slavery; now, o Lord, send US a soul to emancipate
this race of mine from economic, social and polite
al slavery, the curse of American democracy today.
The Negro was brought here without his consent,
scorned, scoffed, brow-beaten and enslaved for $50
years. The Negro laid the foundation for the back
bone of American industrial life. He cleared the
forests and titled the soil 300 years for a meager
mouthful of bread. He has paid II percent dir
ectly or indirectly of every tax dollar that the A
merican government has collected for rs years. He
has fought bravely in every battle that has been
fought in the history of America. He is one of the
few designated minority groups that has never
proved to be a traitor to his country. He can be
trusted to give everything that is in him when lie
mocracy is on trial. That is the shame of it all.
He has willingly poured forth his life's hood upon
the soil of every battlefield where wars have been
fought-home and abroad. He has been denied for
rs years the privilege of enjoying one percent of
American Democracy.
Although he has lived here 325 years and
suffered death for his country, anything that walks
on two feet comes to America; from the first day
Of his arrival he's privileged to enjoy the full rights
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and civic democracy, even though he proves to be
a bomb manufacturer, and attempts to destroy A
merican democracy, even if he proves to be a trail
tor to American democracy and when he has saved
up and sent back every dollar he gets his hands on
to his homeland to manufacture lead and powder TO
destroy this American democracy that we have so
given our life's blood to establish, he is privileged
to become a full Pledged American citizen; and
some times is proven to be the first to join the
Fifth Columnists, and the Negro is put behind him
in every walk of life and made subject to his abuse.
The Negro is no hoarder, the Negro knows no coun-
try but America, the Negro is Americas best buy
err today of American products. If he makes $4,000
per month, he spends $60.00-$50.00 cash and $40
on credit. If he makes $4,000, he spends $4,000
$4,000 cash and $4,000 on credit. He burst the
American business line wide open with whatever
he gets his hands on. The Negro is burned at stake
alive for his loyalty to American democracy.
Five million Negroes are denied the privil-
eye to vote for the ones who are to measure out
justice to him or to serve on a jury in the cause Of
justice. All on account of what = just because
God created him with a black skin. l am reminded
of any old saying my mother used to say nothing
goes over the devils back that doesn't some day
buckle under his belly"-one other thing she used
to say "just as sure as you live you or your child
rem will some day reap what you sow | have
watched these two old sayings all my life, and in
my life, and in my opinion, there never was any
thing so true as they are. Even in my short space
of life. / have had it come home to me. l have
seen it come home to others. Invariably | have
seen it come true to cities, countries, states, yes,
if you please, to nations. Look at Belgium for her
treatment of the people of the Congos, cutting off
their hind legs, ears, nose, fingers, because they
were unable to pay their taxes. Look at Holland
for Transporting the first Negroes to Newport,
News, Virginia and inaugurating a slave traffic for
a hundred years. Look what she is suffering and
so on down the line. So many others that time and
space will not allow me to mention. Oh yes, they
will all pay and some day pay dear with their own
blood.
| am bound to ask America how long will she
stand by and see the American Negro denied the
rights of its American Constitution, and burned al
the stage alive for crimes they never committed.
Don't you know, America, someday you must
pay? Why make the debt a greater debit any
longer? Why not stop today and think, and think
and think, and act, and act, and act. Today, please
Today, it III Americas time to put a stop to its a
buse, to its wost loyal American citizens-The Am.
erican Negro. &C. c. Galloway.