Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-16
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discuss the merits Of the nntagouistlc organ
iHaiion-to expose the shallowness oil i's P,o
tensions, 10 strike directly ct the root o. VI.
eyil-at the impeling cause OF THIS t"rOu'sn'
and insurgent splrlt-nt the anlnus "h''n
-. ~. assaults and fosters the frag'
mentary organization. -
A .cor. ar less OF medical men, drawn TO
mi. cIty daring the recent unhappy struggle
by the eHlgencies of the public service, or
driven hlther by the urgency Of their neees-
stiles, or perhaps attracted hithcr by the
gilttsring opportunities which the immense
public expenditures afforded for "greed and
galn," together with lesser few, ITO the
manor born" who have suddenly become
Infused with q philanthropic zeal for our
trio of African descent doctors, aud as
hastily imbued with the doctrines OF the en-
lightsned and refined civilization so pcrtlnG
blages OF coterie OF garrulous splntters,
unseIed wives and harmless men, have
united 10 au organization known as the
National Medical Society Of the District OF
Columbia" and not content to peacefully
pursue the legitimate purposes OF their or.
ganizallon-the social elevation OF the CO.
orod doctors-they seek TO conceal their
sinister purposes and TO divert attention
from their covert design by misstatements
Of facts, mlsconstruction OF language, mlaln-
depreciation Of acts and unbecomiug personal
alluslons.
The crafty dlsingenuousness Of the move
meut is made manifest by tho confusion OF
titles which they have produced by adopting
the name Of the "Medlcal Society Of the
District Of Columbia" with the prefix OF
tho word "National," thus hoping aud seek
ing 10 inherit the professional standing and
reputation Of the society which they seek to
destroy, and thereby Identify themselves
with a community TO which they are
strangers, and with which they heye no In
terest beyond personal aggraudlEoment.
Nor Ia the movement for the benefit and
advancement OF science, or they would not
have 90 unceremonlously elected the home
opathists from . participation In their pro
cOedings and deliberations, nor seek power
from Congress which will enable them TO
restrict and ombarrass those pursuing the
practice Of medicine, though differing with
them on theoretical and collateral Issues
nor for the prot octlon OF the colored Doctor,
for he Is the ''equal before the law" Of the
white, and none seek to Rbrldge his rights
nor obstruct his pathway 10 honor, nor to
modest him In the peaceful pursuit OF science;
neither can 1t promote his social elevation,
for the division thus created degrades him,
aud aocomplishes the purpose charged upon
the medical society for refusing him admis-
alon, inasmuch as Il only secures to him
social intercourse with those who seek to
use aud cannot benefit him and not with
hose with whom he seeks association, and |
from whom he wishes to derive position and |
II the colored NJ. ID. Is to be |
brought into tho sick chamber ana 10 the
bedside Of the cultivated, refined and
who dares to prescribe dlner-
T. NJ ll,a1w M tRaaNN--Nha
test must be fought and won, not by turbu-
lenee, rebellion against constituted au.
thority, and schlsm, but BY bold aud
manly struggle within and under the char
ter OF the medical society, upon principle
and not for personal considerations.
This coalition Of migratory adventures
and temporary Government employees seek
10 erect themselves into q body-corporate
upon the basis Of social and professional
equality, Offering as the confederation for
the fees to DO derived from the exclusive
privilege Of consultations with the colored,
the Introduction of the colored into their
consultations at the bedside OF the white,
when the aggregate fees Of the white menu
bers Of the fraternity, with a single excep-
ton, docs not reach the amount OF the
living rates OF that single exception; aud
they ascribe to the Medical
Society the power aud purpose OF denying to
Its members the privileges OF consultations
with its ueentiAtes Che coiored being lleeu.
tIatssO for several Of their number, mem.
bers OF the society, have oftsntlnes met the
colored, pocketed the fee, and no arraigu-
msnt or process OF punishment has been In
stltuted against them, nor can any be; aud
again, 10 this covert and lnsidlous attempt
TO rsplenlsh empty pursas, or TO enjoy an
exclusive monopoly, they ostracise those OF
the Medical Society, men Of standing and
reputation, who, though uniformly voting
for the admission of the colored NJ. DIS,
have not been willing TO abandon the true
issue Of principle, separate themselves FROM
the Medical Society, and coalesce with this
insurEent faction. Such men as Elliot,
Noble, Young, Lindsey, BorroWs, j. III.
Thompson, Howard, Marbury and othes
are to be ostraclsed because rather than as
aemble weekly to harangue, aAtter, cajolo
aud dupe our trio Of African descent, prefer
TO contend for tho principle whose success
will be q substantial gain.
The medical s0clety Is charged with
"malntaInEng q relic OF barbahsm," mas
much rs It insists upon a separation OF color
at the meetings for purely literary and pro-
fesslonal consultations. Docs IL differ In
this respect from the law or the ministry
The cOlored man Is admitted TO the bar, TO
the pulpit and to the electorate Of medicine;
is not the analogy completed But do these
privileges carry with them the right TO the
table and freside Of every lawyer, minister
and physlciAni Does tho title TO either
override the private rights Of alli Does the
dOctorAte Of medicine entille any man any
more to social recognition aud position than
admission to the bar or to the pulpit Aud
has any court dared to proclaim a rule which
established social equality among Its mem
bers, or any denomination so amended its
confession Of faith as TO fix the social Etatua
OF Its membership and compel ooedienee
theretol Then whence the barbarism OF tho
medical society, which eonters upon the
white and the colored alike equality before
the law" aud leaves Its members to deter
mine, each for himself, his personal rela-
tlonsi The colored doctor who seeks access
to cultivated and refined white society must
reach It through merit, intelligence aud
worth, and not through legislative enact
ments aud political harangues. is medl-
cine-the freest aud most liberal OF the
learned notwithstanding neither roll
gIon nor politics, neither race, sex nor color
bearing the closest relationship 10 persons
alone permitted 10 approach the secrets Of
the sick cham Der aud Of the household-to
be driven to accept the dogma that science,
because impersonal, Is antagonlstic TO social
and personal distinctions, grades aud rela-
lions, and private rights and individual as
HoclhliOns, and that the regulations OF So
clety, arbitrary though they may be, are to
be tTOdden down, because q squad Of dlscon-
tented, selfish and idle doctors seek employ
ment and emoluments through association
with the Intelligent trioi
Among the list OF membership to the an
lagonlstic organisation large proportion
are engaged as olerks In the Departments
few offer to practice medicine aud fewer
still succeed In obtaining IL. The clerical
division are perhaps blSmeless s0uls-un-
willing victims of tho lntriguss Of half
dozen active and yigilant mon, ever alive to
advantages, endowed with q
keen appreciation of business relations, aud
that, In the rapid progress OF events,
he wealth and business OF the metropolis Is
% follow the political power and iOW into
he hands Of the colored citizens. They |
eek TO supPlant the 0olored physician aud |
cap the fruits Of his industry aud talent;
nd marvelously strange Is Ii that these col
red doctors will permit themselves to be
bus hoodwinked and duped.
MEDICAL
The FREsoH EMPERoR ACCUSED OF STEAL.
So.-Parls dispatches recently mentioned
hat the Count do Keratry, a Radical mem
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