The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23

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is wholly lacking In that attribute;
ashsmed Of his ancestry. and al
ways trying to get ~ far from il rs
possible - deluding himself with
claims Of equality with the white
race that are not borne out by his
appearance. his present attachments
nor his background in recorded
history.
II. ~ the Negro claims. his race
il ~ good n the white race. why
does he not content himself with
Negro association! Does not his
preference for white associates
prove his own claims to be ridic-
ulous In the eyes OF the other races?
II the Negro possesses all the in.
tellectual, inventive and admins
trative abilities OF the white race.
why not prove his contention by
establishing q government Of, for
and by Negroes, and demonstrate
his equality with the ruling races,
white and yellow? Why such scant
attention to the Negro proving
ground. Liberia? Would even the
Negroes themselves feel secure
with our coasts guarded by fleet
manned exclusively by Negroes:
by an air force stated and operated
by Negroes: by an army composed
wholly Of Negroes! II not WHY
not?
The present status Of the Negro
as . race in America. is due chief
ly to the civilizing influence Of the
Southern whites during years when
he was nominally slave. actually
ward OF the Christian element in
the slave-holding States. These
white people were not the slave
dealers who brought the manacled
African savases TO America and
sold them; first in New England
where climatic conditions operated
against the Negroes value as a
worker. and aroused the Puritan
icsl conscience not to free the
slaves: but TO SELL them in the
South where they could be worked
TO greater economic advantage.
Therefore. those humane" Yankee
shareholders passed the buck" 10
Southern whites in a climate more
congenial TO the Negroes accustomed
life. That humane" act did not
extend 10 the ship-owners who had
abandoned whaling for the more
lucrative slave-hunting. and laid
the foundation for many modern
New England fortunes with blood
money from the sale Of such OF the
African cargo as stood the trip in
the black-hole.
Save for the stubborness OF JET
ferson Davis the Hampton Roads
conference would have ended tina.
unfortunate. needless Civil War.
and Lincoln's proposition to pay
approximately $500 apiece to-
ward freeing the slaves through q
specified period and returning them
10 ancestral homes as fast as lib
Grated. would have saved the South
that bitter cup. Reconstruction.
whose dregs the Administrator
would now have us drain, in the
form Of social intermlxture be-
tween white and Negro rsces-ig-
norinE the imposslbility of peace
ably enforcing that edict The in
Of that social gain" is
found in the absence Of Negro or
Negroes among the several mar
rlages IN the White House family
What explanation does Mrs. Roose-
Welt tender 10 her Negro proteges
for THAT II the Negro is the
equal Of the white man socially: the
Negresses Of those admirable young
women. wives Of the four Roosevelt
boys. why that discrimination? Evil
DENLY those young Roosevelts take
ABRAHAM LINCOLN seriously in
his debate with Douglas: nor do
they believe that lot Of mulatto
grandchildren would enhance the
sitraciiveness Of the White House
That condition respecting the White
House family. prevails in similar
degree all through the country. as
these FACTS prove:
The United States Senate is COM
posed Of % white Senators. none
az whom ever contracted marriage
among the Negro race.
The House of Representatives
consists Of 40 white males. none
OF whom ever contracted marriage
with Negress and Ave white wom-
en- members. none Of whom ever
contracted marriage with a Negro
The sole Negro Representative.
To his credit married within his
own rsceo
Editors note: The pamphlet
has no date hut this statement
shows II Was written before the
electicn.l
The nine Supreme Court JUS
tees confined matrimonial alliances
10 their own white race. as did all
L. S Judges throughout the Union.
The governors Of the "a states are
white men, none Of whom ever
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