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16 Y. AGE DEFENDER Sept. II, 1954 '5 7V A'v 'A 5 TA It 't It k. fit I f. 4 i 'Aims i On West Indies Emartcipation Editor's Note: This Is the third and final part of the famous speech by Frederick Douglass on the Emancipation of The West Indies.

The speech one of the most notable ever made by the great abolitionist and lecturer, was printed in full as a integral part of the age Defender's "Salute to the West i Indies." By FREDERICK DOUGLASS History does not furnished an example of emancipation under Conditions less friendly to the emancipated under conditions less friendly to the emancipated class than this American example. Liberty came to the freedmen of the United States not in mercy, but in wrath, not by moral choice but by military necessity, not by the generous action of the people among whom they were to live, and whose good will was essential to the success of the measure, but by strangers, foreigners invaders, trespassers, aliens, and enemies. The very manner of their emancipation invited to the heads of the freedmen the bitterest hostility of race and class. SLAVES ARE HATED They were hated because they had been slaves, hated because they were now free, and hated because of those who had freed them. Nothing was to have been expected other than what has happened, and he is a poor student of the human heart who does not see that the old master class would naturally employ every power and means in their reach to make the great measure of emancipation unsuccessful and ut terly odious.

It was born in the 4 LOADING Loading tower in harbor deposits pre in hold of ship MIXING Bauxite mining operations show Marion shovel and in Jamaica harbor to be carried to other parts or the world. Frederick Douglass and has lived in a storm of vio lence and blood. When the Heb rews were emancipated, they ed loose to the open sky, naked Euclid dump truck in Reynolds Metals company holdings in Ja maica. that there is a better day coming, and that we, by patience, industry uprightness, and economy may hasten that better day. I will not listen, myself, and I would not have you listen to the nonsense, were old to take spoil from the' Egyptians.

When the serfs of, A erroneous Russia were emancipated, they were given three acres of ground upon which they could live and nvkc a living. But not so when our slaves were emancipated. They were sent away empty handed, without money, without friends, and without a foot of land upon which to stand. Old and young, sick and well, were turn Ui iiuuidll lew vuu to their enemies. The old slave, tions imposed upon them, and are quarter that had before sheliered now opulent and powerful, and them and the fields mat bad compel respect in all countries.

yeilded them corn were now de nied them. The old master class, ln its wrath, said, "Clear out! The Yankees have freed you, now let them feed and shelter you!" RESENTMENT IS, BITTER Inhuman as was this treatment, it was the natural result of the bitter resentment felt by the old master class; and, in view of it, the wonder, is not tiat the Negro people of the South have done so little in the way of acquiring a comfortable living, but that they live at all. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, the Negro people have no reason to despair. We still live, and while there is life there is hope. The fact that we have endured wrongs and hardships which would have destroyed any other rrace increased in numbers and public consideration, ought to strengthen our faith in ourselves and our future.

Let us, then, wherever we are whether at the North or at the South, re tempest and whirlwind of war, solutely struggle on in the belief OTHERS OPPRESSED PERSECUTED The Jews, only a century ago, were despised, hated and oppressed, but they have defied, met, aftt vanquished the hard condi sack stand on end. A rach which cannot save its earnings, which of this bondage still remain, 1 tand oes ln i.im. Idebt when il 18 can never Take courage from the example of all religious denominations that have sprung up since Martin Luther. Each in its turn has been oppressed and persecuted. Methodist, Baptists, and Quak ers have all been compelled to feel the lash and sling of popular disfavor yet all in 'turn have conquered the prejudice and hate of their surroundings.

Greatness does not come on flowery beds of ease to any people. We must fight to win the prize. No people to whom liberty is given, can hold it as firmly and wear it as grandly as those who wrench their liberty from the hand of the tyrant. The hardships and dangers involved in the strug gle give strength and toughness to the character, and enable it to stand firm in storm as well as in sunshine. JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT One thought more before I Icnve this subject, and it is a thought I wish you all to lay to heart Practice it yourselves and teach "Ml CHOICI with those who judge champion jumpers is the wee 3 stables' Andante.

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The battle against popular prejudice will have been fought and that no people can succeed in life An exceritlnnallv nnnr and won. and. in common with all oth. among a people by whom they dependent people will be disoised races and colors, we shall have have despised and oppressed. DV the 0DUient dosniso thom.

an equal chance in the race for The statement is and turies ago, all Europe was cursed with serfdom, or slavery. Traces selves. life. You cannot make an emotv i Do I near ask in a tone of cannot make an empty despair if this time will ever come to our people in America? The question is not new to me. I have tried to answer it many rise in the scale of civilization times and In many places, when no matter under what laws it may outlook was less encouraging chance to be.

Put us in now incre was a "mc wnen or in Africa, and until we learn to save more than we spend, we are sure sink and perish. It is not in nature of things that we should be equally rich in this world's goods. Some will be more successful than others and poverty, in many cases is the result of misfortune rather than of crime; but no race can afford to have all its members the victims of this misfortune, without being considered a worthless race. Pardon me, therefore, for urging you, my people, the importance of saving your earnings; of denying yourselves in the present, that you may have someting in the future, of consuming less for yourselves that your children may have a start in life when you are gone. MONEY IS POWER With money and property comes the means of knowledge and power.

A proverty stricken class will be an ignorant and despised class, and no amount of sentiment can make it otherwise. This part of our destiny is in our own hands. Every dollar you lay up its represents one day's independence, one day of rest and security in the future. If the time shall ever come when we shall poss ess in the colored people of the United States, a class of men Lwfrrr imirniiii ItiiJi'irirnwff mO innwroriniwuimin i nirni ihil we were compelled to walk by faith ln this matter, but now, I think, we may walk by sight. Not withstanding the great and all abounding darkness of our social past; notwithstanding the clouds that still overhang us in the moral and social sky and the, defects inherited from a bygone condition of servitude, it is the faith of my soul that this brighter and better day will yet come.

But whether it shall come late or come soon will dfcoend malnlv upon ourselves. LAWS ARE IMPARTIAL The laws which determine the destinies of' individuals and na tions are impartial and eternal We shall reap as we sow. There Is no escape. The' conditions of success are universal and un changeable. The nation or people which shall comply with them will rise, and those which violate them will fall, and will perhaps, disappear altogether.

No power beneath the sky can make an ignorant, wasteful, and idle people prosperous, or a licentious people happy. One ground of hope for my people is founded upon the returns WITH By JOE KROZAK The annual Negro National golf tournament, which was held in Delias, Texas was a complete flop. The contest will continue to suffer as long as the tournament committee insists on staging it in the South where Negro and white players cannot play in peace. Next year the tourney will bo held in Detroit. Dr.

Kenneth Brown president of the United Golf association and his tournament should be asked to give their reasons for ignoring the northern sites year after year for the jim crow south. Charles Sifford, the 'cool' pro, captured the pro championship while Joe Roach who calls Florida, New York and Missouri home won the amateur prize by defeating Eiral Clark of Los Angeles. Thelma Cowans won the women's crown. were only twenty pros in the tourney. The second annual Golfing ruth Joe award will attract top golfers in October.

Candidates for the honors includes; Herman Dubois, Ellis Davis, Whitey Whytt, Erastus "Dick" Taylor, Jacques Islcr, Clarence Davenport, Jesse Pugh and Richard Gardner. Wright, Edna Cohn, Betty Simons and Myrtle Patterson lead the women. Zeke Hartsfield will stage his open it the River dak country club in Bergen County, N. J.C. Mitchell will stage his two day tourney on the Spring Lake links on a West Chester course.

rumored that Proctor Huston, treasurer of the N. Y. Golfers association, Is the brains, behind the outfit al though Harold "Red Pants" Green liam Duvall and Bob Mosley were also elected to office but Proctor carrying the ball. Golfers are wondering why Crosby Pcderson, tournament chairman of the N. Y.

Golf association, divorced the Bedford club arid joined club membership lists has the same golfers as members. "Bad Boy" Scott is one of the most improved golfers in the "Ap likeable president of the elected Golf club, is noted for his iron nerves on the links. Zeke Manley, one of the outstanding amateur of Kansas City turn ed" pro. Pesikoff jof the Hamilton Heights chamber of commerce raked up a sizzling 73 on the spring lake links. Ben was al one time a leading amateur in the Westchefer section.

Bob Siamore is considered one of the best tournament handlers in the game today. Deitx of Deaborn, improving in'ev. o( the last census. One of the most disheartening ethnological speculations concerning us has been that we shaldie out; 'iat, like the Indian, we shall perish in the blaze of Caucasian civilization. The census sets to rest that heresy concerning us.

We are more than holding our own in all the Southern States. We are no longer four millions of slaves but six millions of freemen. Another ground of hope for our race is the progress of education. Everywhere in the South the colored man is learning to read. None now denies the ability of the Negro race to acquire knowledge of anything which can be communicated to the human understanding by letters.

Our color ed schools in the city of Washington compare favorable with the white schools, and what is true of Washington is equally true of oilier, cities and towns of the South. Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to' benefactors, and firm in their political convictions. They cannot be coaxed or driven to vole with their enemies against their friends. CAN KEEP CONVICTION Nothing but the shot gun or the bull dozer's whip can keep them from voting their, convictions. Then another ground of hope is that as a general rule we are an industrious people.

I have traveled extensively over the South, and almost th only people I saw at work there were the colored people. In any fair condition of things the men who lill the soil will be come proprietors of the sou. Only arbitrary conditions can prevent this. To day the Negro, starting from nothing, pays taxes upon six millions in Not less en ery outing. bow Ted Rhodes and Charles Sifford would make out in the amateur circuit Palmer winner of the National amateur championship looks like another Gene Little.

Frank Strannahan just don't have the game for this one. Sifford, leading tan pro, has collected over $3,000 in tournament loot so far this season. if the local chamber of commerce would sponssr a tournament like the Atlanta body? Little Willie Adams and Joe Parks who is called the Baltimore, Md. sausage king invite their victims and conqueres to a sausage dinner following every game. Clyde Martin noted Baltimore pro who started golfing after a long' layoff felt like going back into retirement after taking a pasting from Warren "Porky" Schrrock.

Vance Watts, the sky scraping pro who bails from Washington is called "Sugar Daddy" on the links Jones the crooning golf ei took the All Army amateur affair recently in Portsmouth, Va. Wright the pro for Shangri la country club has a large number of novice golfer in tow. Bates the local golfer feels out of place is he rides anything but a Caddy. Leonard "Phoney" Reed who calls himself a golfer played a game since 1950. around the golf circles is that he lost his game.

Brown is an underrated golfer. Burke, the golfing cop, swings the driver righthanded, the irons on the left side and putts with the spoon. Janus "Laughing Boy'; Tsui carries Ids lunch in th pocket of his golf bag when he golfs. Bob Rlrks, he is tbe cousin of the Mt. Vernon link.

Freeman, the glamourous golfer, is schooled by Preston Knowlcs. Therdore "Shorty" Jones is still making plans for a round robin tournament among the pros. Cannot understand why Dr. Kenneth Brown sho'ld be president of the Eastern and United golf bodies. Joe Christian lose interest in the N.

Y. Golfers Beck tbe golfing school teacher of Jackson, has a way with the clubs. They seem to hit the ball right regardless of how she swings Bobcats Will Open With Arkansas CROCKETT, Texas A squad of 40 aspirants reported to Coach C. L. Andrews at Mary Allen college here last week to begjn football practice.

Hie Mary Allen Bobcats will open the season, Oct. 9. against Arkansas Baptist, in Little Rock, Ark. Other games on the schedule are: Oct. 16, open; Oct.

23, open; Oct. 30, Jarvis, at Hawkins, Texas; Nov. 6, open; Nov. 13, Dunbar (homecoming) a Crockett; Nov. 23, Sutler, at I tyler; Nov.

25, open. 1 GRAZING Imported Santa Gertrudis and Brahman bulls grate ton Jamaica farmland. Reynolds Metal company Introduced free farming lessons for those interested in utilizing plots bought by the company. wr PLANT This general view of the plant area of the Reynolds Jamaica Mines, shows site on which Reynolds Metals company promotes social and economic improvement while also promoting industry. which that vote can be obtained.

Thus the forces against us are passion and prejudice, which are transient, and those for us are principles, self acting, self sustaining, and permanent. My hope for the future of my race is furth er supported by the rapid decline of an emotional, shouting, and thoughtless religion. Scarcely in any direction can there be found a less favorable field for mind or morals than where such a reli TRAMWAY Aerial tramway carries ore from tbe mines to tbe plant for processing at Reynolds Metals company project in couraging than this, is the political situation at the South. The vote of the colored man, formerly beaten down and stamped out by intimidation, is now revived, sought, and defended by powerful allies, and this from no transient sentiment of the moment, but from the permanent laws controlling the action of political parties. While the Constitution of the United States shall guarantee the colored man's right to vote, somebody in the South will want that vote and will offer the terms upon gion prevails.

It abounds in the wildest hopes and fear, and ia blind unreasoning faith. Instead of adding to faith virtue, its tendency is to substitute faith for tit tue, and is a deadly enemy to our progress. There is still anoteer ground for hope. It arises out of a comparison of our past condition with our present immeasurable depths from which we have come, and the point of progress already attained. Wt shall look over the w)orld.

and survey the history of any olhtt oppressed and enslaved people in vain, to find one which has made more progress within the same length of time, than have the Negro people of the United Slates. These, and many other considera tiens which I might name, giva brightness and fervor to my hopes that better days for which the more amongst us have long labored, and the millions of our people have sighed for centuries, is tear at hand. QUEEN'S BEST BUY! FLUSHING 1 FAMILY DETACHED ROOM HOME Price $7,000 SMALL PAYMENTS TERMS ARRANGED ALSO 1 SIX ROOM APARTMENT I PORCH AVAILABLE ACT FAST REIFERS REAL RESIDENTS 94 22 Northern Cerona, N. Y. HI.

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