New-York tribune., 1870-09-07

him assumc ost distressed and dstrca'ing looh an Wv.
his feelings would to be- for nm insah md 70 see
much for utterance Ihen WIN er asdmgina sGi h.. would
transnx the offender with glance ana stun nn % can
sub ambn about the ranks suh" OF course, ,n s ).
things supremey Ridiculous unoicerke, anH p.s
s,y I9e Ts fhse
rough or gentle should not be appneu 10 tue no" "o
SO much IN sympathy with the natural and reasonable
complaints OF outsiders But not even those WHOSE a
lures which lie around the doors Of admission 10 tne
Academy will deny that, whatever be the ProcesssS ss
institution give most valuable training, ana tnat
in intellectual and physical development and gentleman
ness the graduates such az they woud gladly nave
or West Point Is apt to be pretty nearly unDearabe
except for those espeeslly Of bis own M KIND, .odemy
who by when and their & n
reasoning upon the subject than from sheer instinct
Sors sSsn o e. g Il ey S'S know %e that e the
command OF men and me necessity qi great efepa %
endurance forbid the admission 70 bo ne orn 5 5eent in
nerve who have not the nice combination or PUCK
and discretion which teaches when to strike and when 70
embryo extend TO the play Ground and INC s nafIsA
wen as other people, and there is generally some good
foundaton In instinct for longstandinP Gus
OF pretty good stuff II he break down early in the
first year of his West Point does not ask tIe e
sensitive, poetic literary temperament; or, at east
when new men bring II they must bring some coInpeD
satno qualities TO enable them 10 Withstand the impact
Of usages which joste them like COLLISION WIN so many
mailclad knights. .,,,-. ~. .,.,,or.
saying something about the coored cadet business CO &
trary to expectation, cadet Smith remains the ohiy
representative OF the coOred people. He lately hau
sone difficulty with another cadet and manifested os
pogon 10 stand up what he understood 70 be MS
rights. No manifestation, hardly, could more auVahce
the degree of his ton among his feoWfadets
The affair resulted IN the placing OF Doth paItes III Ar
rest and the Investigation OF the case by the euPen-
tendent Gen Pitcher and every officer atthe Academy,
NAV be relied upon do full Justice 20 the colored cadet
in al respects The officers OF course do not enter Win
zest into the solution Of great social ana pohtca
problems, andl many of them, indeed, Pay
very little attention 10 the quesuon5s, wnIon n
concern the public mind But they all know
the law regulations, and orders and II is the hab OF
their lives TO obey them. In this is the security Tor ar
official treatment and redress in all finstice OF the
coored cadet Cadet Smith does not look TO DE OF .e
kysiqte best adapted to endure great iatlgues hIs
draRg ing shambng walk and slender figure. indicate
the absence Of certain muscular spring ana clasucV
But Smith as he noticed the other day marching NJ
the Of his company tbeing In arrGs SHOWS very
plainly unbrOken spirit and IL not likely 70 Ial rom
lack OF support from within himself Neither mas ne
lacked consderae and friendly advice from those whose
support in that respect is peculiarly valuable 10 DIM,
he quick student and to be likely to maintain goOd
standing his studies. 1t Is not and ought not 10 be-
expected that which Is enyrOned with so many
difficulties aud so severe tasks Of every description Tor
white boy, should be made more smooth Tor cOOred
boy Social prejudces cannot be controlled; Dut TOT,
tunatey military regulations are written mnutey ana
plainly so that Smith il protected by them and when lie
shall have entered upon his second year. ne wh nave
certain rank authority, and precedence which no cadet
car nu %