But I say thath citizenship is notrecognize
based uponl what one can get, butcolored
thaaty
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the goo
sense, as Americans
must havealtlothoughtful!t know tha it is onl
in a country where the merit ca
pacity, and worth of men and women
are recognized and rewarded, that
merit, capacity, and worth are de-
icans, of whatever color? blood or
creed, know^that the aspiration of
all men is equal opportunity to ere-
eve
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veloped. You, and I, and good Amer- P^P*
,ment
justice known to ,man can be greater fPH18*
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carried on against them by the so
called American Christians, in spite
of the fact that the Christ was a Jew.
Now if. the Jews with all of their
wealth and* consequent power find it
necessary to fight to "prevent the
lapse of public opinion into a state of
unfriendliness to the Jew," how much
more important for the colored people,
who have -already lost many civil
rights, which are freely accorded to
the Jews, to make a determined effort
to regain them.
One sad thing about the Jewish
question is the readiness with which
the Jews join with the oppressors of
the colored people. Not all of them,
of course, but too many, when one
considers the sufferings of the Jewish
people through the ages. Some rich
Jews, alleging philanthropy, have
given millions to aid in the lowering
of the social status of the coloreji
people because it pleased Caucasian
American Christians and brought
profits to their bulging pockets.
HARDING IN CONFERENCE.
