The national Republican., 1869-02-22

color-phobia Is a morbid condition Of the
public mind, disease upon the body polite,
engendered by slavery. As Emerson says;
cit Ia the nations measels and wooping-
cough" never had the disorder, but have
given considerable attention TO the subject,
| and think can give correct diagnosis OF
| most cases. Il peryades about all classes Of
society; kind hearted, Intelligent aud refined
people have Ii very light. The more low
and morally debased man becomes the
more violent and dangerous the disease. The
Irish take Ii hard; mean the Ignorant Irish.
Our intelligent Irish friends have il very
light, and some do not have 1t at all. Those
who were vaccinated by Daniel 0'Connell
are proof against Il. Sometimes Il gets hold
Of a corporation. The Baltimore and Ohio
railroad has got II. II makes them drive
yirtuous, intelligent, refined, loyal colored
ladies Into the smoking car, while they allow
vulgar, drunken, disloyal white prostitutes
TO ride In the ladlcs' car. The churches OF
all denominations have got II In greater or
less degree. The Catholic Church Is the
| freest from II. The Pope will not tolerate II,
and the colored man may kneel side by side
with the white man before the altar, and
yet he Is not allowed to enter Carroll Hall
In any other capacity than as servant. Ho
may kneel before the altar and partake Of
the sacrament on equal terms with the white
man, and yet he may not enter hall owned
| by Catholics to listen to a lecture. 90 con-
slstency, thou art indeed Jewell"
The disease Is not dangerous If taken In
season. have known cases Of a secondary
form that seemed incurable. think Senator
Doolittlo has Il In this form. I confess that
l would rather have almost any other dis
ease. The seven years Itch or Old Testa-
ment lcprosy would be light In comparison.
1t transforms gentleman into brute and
makes him sing out "nigger" whenever he
| sees a colored man In public place on terms
Of equality with white men.
The remedy Is simple. You will find Ii In
| the New Testament. Christ's Sermons on
the Mount, taken In moderate doses at first
and gradually increased, as the patient be-
comes able to bear 1t, will cure the disease In
lts most obstinate form. I charge nothing
for this prescription, and the reporters have
my permission to give II free gratis to the
public.
know OF no reason why we should have
n separate school for colored children. II
colored people are good enough TO cook our
food, nurse our babies, and take us by the
nose when we go to the barber's shop, their
children are good enough to set In the same
school with our children. According to
chemistry we are all composed Of the same
material. A little lime and few gases make
up these bodies that we wear. We breathe
the same air, the same sods cover us when
we die and the same eternity awaits us.
duty requires US to go In our efforts to break
down this prejudice. Some OF us have always
acted without reference to our pecuniary In
terests In this matter and have suffered hcav-
lily In consequence.
The other evening went into saloon in
company with friends Crossmnn and Hntton.
We commenced playing game of billiards
when we were told by the proprietor that he
could not allow us to play In company with
a colored man. We continued to play, how
ever, until we had finished the game. Did
We do righti Have we right to subject
others to pecuniary loss by practicing our
principles on their premisesl A good deal
OF fault Is found with the Mayor because in
his annual message he stated that 1t was not
practical to mix the colored and white chill
dren In the same schools. He did not say
that he was individually opposed TO the
measure, but that 1t was not good policy to
urge 1t at that time. Perhaps he did not
think he could afford to take such n position
at that time; II so was he any more incon-
sistent than some of our colored friends.
VIII our friend Downing at the Capitol serve
up a dish Of oysters to the Rev. J. Sella
Martin at the same table with Fernando
woodi And will our friend Stewart at
! Willards allow his pastor, the Rev. Mr.. An
derson, to take a seat for a shave by the
side Of John Morrisseyi II not why hold
others to a stricter rule Of consistency
W uut ls tue Cuuructtr Ol tHc Dlll rcCcutly
passed by Congrers which has been vetoed
by Andrew Johnsoni 1t abolishes the
board of trustees of colored schools, now
under the Secretary of the Interior, and
places those schools under the control Of the
corporation. Is not this step In the right
! directioni Why should VIC require sepa-
rate board to superintend the education Of
{ colored children any more than for the Irish
or German chlldreni Are not the Mayor
4 and majority Of the Councils, with the
board Of white trustees and nearly all Of the
other city officers, of the colored people 8
own choosing Why should the tax payers
4 Of Washington be obliged to pay one third of
: their school tax to a board OF trustees that
c they have no voice in electing, and who are
accountable to no one but the Secretary OF
z the Interiori Under the new bill the schools
, stand on an equal footing. A bill is now
c before the Councils which provides for four
additional trustees, and II Is probable they
C will be selected from among the most INTEL.
y gent of our colored citizens. The coloret
n trustees, by visiting the white schools, ant
of tho white trustees, by visiting the colorct
Ic schools, will so famlllarize the children o
OF both that they and their parents will soon b,
r ready to take the last step and open tn
10 schools to all, irrespective Of nationality o
ID color. How any colOrGd man can object Il
1t this am at II loss to understand.
r By whom wns this law passed Was
q. to give you the right of suffrage, as well a
Or all the other rights you now enjoyi VIII
voted against III Your cnemies-the me-
IS who have steadily voted against every meas
o urc calculated to benefit aud elevate the col
r ored man.
Men who calmly stood BY, ~
a. 40 And moekinsiy heard his stern agony'sery,
y, when the hot blood sushed out from HI
no Who vetoed this bill Andrew johnson
the man who promised five years ago to b
IS; your Moses, and proved himself worse tina
h, Phuroah the man who vetoed the suarag
lid bill of this District, and the civil rights bill
i. and every other bill proposed within the pas
cd four years for the benefit Of colored men
en- the man who looked calmly on while thre
no hundred of your race were being butchere
Vn In the streets Of New Orleans and Memphis
y and then tried to shin the responsibility upo
We Congress. This man all at once professe
~ great Interest In colored schools, and yet h
" has never, to this day, uttered one word O
G- rebukc to the rebels who have 80 often dur
he Ing the past four years mobbed your teacher
&c and burned your schools s-houses. lie hat
but TO wave his hand to have prevented
Du these outrages and given security to ever,
IN loyal man In the country. lie failed to us
IN the power conflded to him by the loyal North
IN and to-day stands before the world as guilt
er torch to your school-houscs, or the knife Il
n. the heart OF your loyal brother. And yet
re In view OF all this, he has the audacty to as
10 ser that he Is your friend, and that the faith
ID full Republicans In Congress are your enc
in mics.
ID 1t will be a sad day, indeed, for this coun
d; try when the colored men desert their oil
1t and tried friends and follow the lead Of sucl
e men as Andrew johnson.
70 ! do not believe that slavery can ever b.
l. re-establlshed on this continent. Conse
Il Grated as has been It's abolition, by thlrt!
n years of the sublimest, most heroic and self
n sacrificing work on the part Of the abolition
Is lists that the world has ever seen, and bap
= tiled In the blood of halfa million loyal men
Ir do not believe there is power enough In tht
,e universe TO re-establish Il. But am not 81
sure that the attempt will not be made. j
ID would be only repetition of St. Domingo.
rs You remember that when after an eight
5 years struggle Toussaint had succeeded IL
| lrlr Nha n,,I A,N., Ia.