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The Nfgger I'm she west Point "e0a'
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1910.


q The colored person, the consideration O
whose rights. white, black aud tan, so con.
y,,sse,i Off country as to threaten the Gov
nrnment. has reached the little school on
fhc Hudson, where epauletted dandics are
made. under the Impression that we are
creating an army. West Point is sorely
conyulsed. Certain political hot gospellers,
not recognizing the fact that the army
is, an aristecracy-gathered up, it Is
true, from corner groceries, yet an arls,
toeracy-.have nominated certain ceiorGo
youths, sons Of slaves, to be CADETS. no
say that West Point was appalled, was
tofirnw it mildly. 20 have colored officer
yas 10 have 8 coiored associate. inns
was amalgamation with vengeance. AN
American citizen of African descent can DC
crowded into the Senate, butthen he boarass
at a colored hotel, and no senator - 1otlhu
to associate with him. Ana can te,, Vic lie
that no senator docs. He does not have n's
rpcep.ion DAYS, or If such exists, Do"hns
alone, or such as Downing, pa, t ap,a,,ae
spects. You do not catch my irien9 Vi,a ies,
or Adonis Conkling, or oiu me " h,so, n,;nn;.
,,Ie ,s;as syindicated when the seat of that
Svsnent;c old humbug JEFF. Davis was
tHrpe3 into BARRIERS chair, and there 1t
rests.
coch man, and more especially unto each
woman, that no "be it enacted" can intiu-
ence or control. But when it comes to
West Point 1t Is altogether another affair.
West Point is close corporation, and as q
distinguished officer once said to me, has
for its great object the cultivation OF gentle
men. It's characteristic is what the French
call esprit du corps, and this Is cultivated
until It grows to gigantic proportions.
g. al fhnn OnInU
to do with the colored cadet
have said frequently that the aristo-
cracy of West Point was made up from
corner groceries. A congressman gave
preference to the son Of the individual who
could control most votes. This, Of course,
was the man who could dispense the most
whiskey. And so the cadet came to be the
representative Of the saloon, not OF society,
but OF the ward or village. This, however,
was under the old regime. Oflate, and es-
pecially since the war, the army has adj
vanced socially. An officer is commission
ed to command men and to enter the best
houses in the land. Of course the struSS-
Gle for these places has shifted from
the corner grocery to the accumu-
lated capital. Our Republican par
ty being made up, III the mann,
of business men, use money more nicely 10
forward its ends than did the old Demo-
cratic organization. The result is that the
cadetship has now moneyed value. These
places were always sold under the Demo-
cracy for political influence, and now they
are sold for cash. At the commandments
the President of the United States, who
generally has q son or relative in the school,
the heads of departments, wealthy and arls- |
tOcratic families, gather at West Point, as
mt fashionable summer resort, and have
gay time. His EXcellency gives klngly at |
by his presence to the INSTITUTION
and the hotels adjacent, and the grounds,
and the river and the mountains thereof, and |
in it the little girls flirt and dance with the |
cadets with music made by band OF serts,
for they are hirelings with promotion shut
against them, while mammas in more an |
tiq.tes, costly laces, and stunning diamonds, |
look on and feel that they are the chinaWare
of creation. Think Of intruding COM |
mon niger and son of slave, the repre- |
sentative of seryile race. into such society,
and YOU can appreciate the CONFUSION that |
has come to West Point.
1t was hoped that the colored applicant
would be rejected Oh the score OF physical
or mental incapacity. The majority were ;
hut one slipped through, and he remains
there like flaw in diamond, BoutwelFs
hole in the sky, or the spot OH the sun.
The poor fellow now writes that he will
have to resign, because his tcllow-cadcts Of
the Anglo-Saxon race, from all parts Of the
world, make the place perfect helto him.
am glad oft. If he remains, West Point
will be so furnished that we can hope for a
reform. If he resigns, OH the contrary,
the country will be convulsed. Henry
Wilson will stand on his head, which will
not at all affect his intellect. Senator Charles
will curse and swear, and that will not
damage his morals. Bingham will invoke
years." and speak his speech for the hun
dredth time with more emphasis than ever,
and in the end the little school will be tipped
into the Hudson, and this Internal nonsense
Of making an officer instead Of creating an
army will end forever. DOM PIATT.