colored people will be the sheet anchor of safety to both whites and
blacks in the South. As a specimen of the counsel given by the
influential Christian Negro, we clip the following from the _Christian
Recorder_ of Philadelphia, the organ of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church:

While we believe in all men being courageous, we encourage none to
be rash. We are at the mercy of a powerful class. It is always
best to remember this and apply the ounce of preventive to save
the fifteen ounces of cure. Our brethren must be very careful in
respect to the position taken on all subjects. Take no position
from which you are likely to be forced to your disadvantage. In
all writing and speaking forget not that discretion is the bitter
part of valor.

We append, as germane to the subject, the following piece of sensible
advice given by Rev. J.C. Price of Salisbury, N.C., to his brethren:

I have no faith in the doctrine of assimilation. The blacks may
say their color is against them. If that could only be changed,
all would be well. I believe that color has nothing to do with the
question. Black is a favorite color. A black horse we all admire.
A black silk dress is a gem. A black broadcloth suit is a daisy.
Black only loses its prestige, its dignity, when applied to a
human being. It is not because of his color, but because of his
condition, that the black man is in disfavor. Whenever a black
face appears, it suggests a poverty-stricken, ignorant race.
Change your conditions; exchange immorality for morality,
ignorance for intelligence, poverty for prosperity, and the
prejudice against our race will disappear like the morning dewdrop