| Show OUR REVIEW of the past and the future of the american negro by D JV cuip cup I 1 A al M D vill VIII OUR POLITICAL AN AND D intellectual I 1 LEADERS DOCTOR CULP you seem to lay a 1 great deal of stress upon the fact that the white people of the southern states and in fact of the united states are totally unacquainted quain ted with such scholarly men as greener crummell blyden T mccants steward john 1 M I langston bishops tanner and lee bowens coppin J B reeves F J grimke e and cro croman crogman D man now if it is true doctor cu alp ilp that none of those distinguished gentlemen have succeeded in becoming familiar with the best white people of our country then we must naturally conclude that all of those za gentlemen englem en have no one to I 1 blame but themselves and therefore you vou nor none of them have adv any ri right za ht whatever to cast any reflections upon or ar to find adv any fault with the white people of this country when they the whites are not at fault the idea which we wish to convey vey is simply this that if all those prominent gentlemen are desirous of being M recognized by bv the world as bein being 25 the only true political and intellectual leaders of our race then they ought 0 to possess intelligence enough to devise some plan or scheme whereby they auld elevate themselves above the rabble or the more unfortunate and ignorant n to members embers of our race it is quite evident to our mind j doctor culp that you nor none of I 1 I 1 those brilliant gentlemen whom you regard L as being the political and the i intellectual leaders of the negro have ever bf become come familiarized with the career or with the antecedents I 1 of the ta greatest greatest rea test leader of the negro 1 race that has ever appeared above the horizon toussant louverture we would most respectfully request you and your friends to peruse the history of that most remarkable and extraordinary man and all of you you gentlemen will observe that toussant louverture was in in his forty eighth year year when the chains and the shackles were sty stricken icken from his limbs but notwithstanding wit bstanding this fact toussant To assant did not recline on the banks of the river and croak and croak like the great croakers of our generation but he proceeded to convince all the civilized world that the negro possesses possess es the same capabilities as the white man and three years fro from m the time that toussant became a free man he succeeded sur ceedee in causing camping the ex slave holders of hayti to become interested in the welfare of their former slaves to aitch an extent thatis was no uncommon sight so lo witness the ex slave holders assisting in in helping to instruct their ei ex slaves neither was it an uncommon sight to observe aau ghods thousands anas of ignorant gnor ant black men 1 and women raen wv walf king cing alp ilp no and A down r t f vt fat f at various tow towns is and nd alie t he ftfe streets ets i ot st bomango Doin ingo with thara aitt InA rt hands abib yf afo explain to them l gs g s 1 toussant Toua sant possessed such a kind gentle and loving lovinc disposition and by entertaining a very high regard for the rights and opinions of others he succeeded in winning t golden olden opinions from all the best white people throughout st domingo 1 and on all public occa the whites white q the mulattoes and the blacks mingled in the same society and exchanged with each other all the courtesies of civilized intercourse let our political and intellectual leaders follow in the same footsteps an and d emulate the actions of toussant louverture and there is no doubt in our mind but what their names will become as imper I 1 1 ashable as the grand and lofty lofta mountains which overshadow the beautiful valleys of the nile we want to sav say right here doc tor culp that we entertain the greatest respect for all our friends the orthodox theologians 0 but we are of the opinion that hat t no man who is constantly filurin fi figuring aurin cr on savin saving his own miserable little soul from hellfire hell fire can ever become a true i leader of the negro race nor of adv any other race we are aware of the fact doctor culp that our race has three hundred editors whose writings will compare very favorably with our white peers in journalism but how maar many of our race editors are exerting themselves in every every way and are endeavoring to bring the white I 1 and the negro race into closer union union with each other f how many of them are willing rilling ra to assist in helping I 1 to liberate the minds of the 1 members of our race from a traditional dit ional servitude how many many of bour our editors are broad min minded ded enough to applaud the heroic actions 1 of the democratic members of the supreme court of old virginia n ia how many of our great reat writers have commended governors charles T oferrall OT errall of virginia irginia joseph F johnson of alabama wm win Y atkinson of georgia an and d chas na M culberson of texas for the untiring efforts which they have imade made in endeavors endea endeavoring vori ng to suppress i 1 mob and lynch law in their tive states I 1 j in short how many of ou our r leading editors and writers are striving to instruct the negro to refrain from using the double g while they I 1 are engaged in conversation with i each other we pause for a reply i to be continued |
