The American missionary — volume 42, no. 9, September, 1888Various
Religion
The American missionary — volume 42, no. 9, September, 1888
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
The Caucasian is the strongest in the world. The semi-civilized
have their own civilization, but not like the white race.
The savage race kept their own ways, and they have had three
occupations: they were hunted, fished and foughted to the other
people. They beat, too. The white race have three occupations:
agriculture, manufacturing and commerce.
The white people they are civilized; they have everything, and go
to school, too. They learn how to read and write so they can read
newspaper. The yellow people they half civilized, some of them know
how to read and write, and some know how to take care of themself.
The red people they big savages; they don’t know anything.
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EXTRACT.
We do not print the extract given below because it has our
approval, but because it is taken from a newspaper published by
colored men, and is significant.
We have yet to learn that unless we organize for self-protection
and make use of our organization, we shall continue to be used as
foot-balls, and a target for infuriated white mobs. Unless we take
active and aggressive measures for our safety, we shall continue to
receive treatment which should not be administered to the beasts
of the field. We do not believe there should exist one law for
the white man and one law for the black man, as there exists in
the South to-day. We are all sovereign citizens, and should be
protected by the laws alike. The present dispensation of the law
in the South is an infamous outrage, and is unworthy of a great
country like ours.
What is the remedy for this state of affairs? History shows that
sooner or later oppressed people arise from their lethargy, and
take by force that which is denied them by the laws of their
country. What we need to do, is to organize such societies as the
one so earnestly advocated by the editor of the late _Freeman_, and
use such societies for the enforcement of the law and the obtaining
of our rights when they are denied us.
The colored people of this country need not expect that their white
fellow-citizens are going to aid them in this struggle, so we might
as well put our shoulder to the wheel, buckle on our armor and
go forth to the conflict with stern faces and undaunted courage.
Blessings never come to those who recline upon the indolent couch
of ease and wait for them; the honors of this life do not come
unsought; a tree planted does not grow to maturity and produce
abundant fruit unless nurtured and cared for until it is able to
withstand the changes of the seasons. So with our condition in this
country. As long as we remain silent while our rights are being
filched from us, we may expect a continuance of this kind of thing.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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