"Nigger"and the last thing at night is the "Nigger."...You are right in your opinions.I must not say much as I am a soldier... A black infantryman named William Fulbright wrote from Manila in June 1901 to the editor of a paper in Indianapolis:"This struggle on the islands has been naught but a gigantic scheme of robbery and oppression." Back home,while the war against the Filipinos was going on,a group of Massachusetts Negroes addressed a message to President McKinley: We the colored people of Massachusetts in mass meeting assembled...have resolved to address ourselves to you in an open letter,notwithstanding your extraordinary,your incomprehensible silence on the subject of our wrongs.... ..you have seen our sufferings,witnessed from your high place our awful wrongs and miseries,and yet you have at no time and on no occasion opened your lips on our behalf.... With one accord,with an anxiety that wrenched our hearts with cruel hopes and fears,the Colored people of the United States turned to you when Wilmington,North Carolina was held for two dreadful days and nights in the clutch of a bloody revolution; when Negroes,guilty of no crime except the color of their skin and a desire to exercise the rights of their American citizenship,were butchered like dogs in the streets of that ill- fated town...for want of federal aid,which you would not and did not furnish.... It was the same thing with that terrible ebullition of mob spirit at Phoenix,South Carolina,when black men were hunted and murdered,and white men [these were white radicals in Phoenix]shot and driven out of that ply a set of white savages....We looked in vain for some word or some act fromyou.... And when you made your Southern toyr a little later,and we saw how cunningly you catered to Southern race prejudice....How you preached patience,industry,moderation to your long-suffering black fellow citrens,and patriotism,jingoism and imperialism to your white ones.... The "patience,industry,and moderation"preached to blacks,the "patriotism" preached to whites,did not fully smk in.In the first years of the twentieth century, despite all the demonstrated pewer of the state,large numbers of blacks,whites,men, women became impatient,imoderate,unpatriotic."Nigger" and the last thing at night is the "Nigger." . . . You are right in your opinions. I must not say much as I am a soldier. . . . A black infantryman named William Fulbright wrote from Manila in June 1901 to the editor of a paper in Indianapolis: "This struggle on the islands has been naught but a gigantic scheme of robbery and oppression." Back home, while the war against the Filipinos was going on, a group of Massachusetts Negroes addressed a message to President McKinley: We the colored people of Massachusetts in mass meeting assembled . . . have resolved to address ourselves to you in an open letter, notwithstanding your extraordinary, your incomprehensible silence on the subject of our wrongs. . . . . . . you have seen our sufferings, witnessed from your high place our awful wrongs and miseries, and yet you have at no time and on no occasion opened your lips on our behalf. . . . With one accord, with an anxiety that wrenched our hearts with cruel hopes and fears, the Colored people of the United States turned to you when Wilmington, North Carolina was held for two dreadful days and nights in the clutch of a bloody revolution; when Negroes, guilty of no crime except the color of their skin and a desire to exercise the rights of their American citizenship, were butchered like dogs in the streets of that ill￾fated town . . . for want of federal aid, which you would not and did not furnish. . . . It was the same thing with that terrible ebullition of mob spirit at Phoenix, South Carolina, when black men were hunted and murdered, and white men [these were white radicals in Phoenix] shot and driven out of that place by a set of white savages. . . . We looked in vain for some word or some act from you. . . . And when you made your Southern tour a little later, and we saw how cunningly you catered to Southern race prejudice. . . . How you preached patience, industry, moderation to your long-suffering black fellow citizens, and patriotism, jingoism and imperialism to your white ones. . . . The "patience, industry, and moderation" preached to blacks, the "patriotism" preached to whites, did not fully sink in. In the first years of the twentieth century, despite all the demonstrated power of the state, large numbers of blacks, whites, men, women became impatient, immoderate, unpatriotic. no profit use only