New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-09
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r, ne Editor Of The Etp National Era:
SIR: d. A. Straker, Esq, is among the
"camest' scribes in Washington, for he
feareth neither white nor colored women in
high places; nor the pious man of the
Capital.
1t is peculiarly Caucasian to earn n repu-
tation on principle, and just as after years
of toll, the reward is in view, and your pOpu-
larity is assured, to initiate the deacon's
cow, and kick over the pail Of milk, by going,
with brazen ehIrontery, back to the first love,
and clamoring for the revival of nasty old
distinctions at which the people had be-
come ashamed? Or is il, after all, that
the rhie colorea people, now SO freely
permitted to ''pass," fear the tell-tale hand
of father Time; and that the dark "bloom"
of age might suggest grave chronological
queries, that there is brought about "cor-
ner" among the detectives" of the Press,
To drive away curiosity: There has
been some tinkering, lately, at the project
of negrO-pew for the Capital, and street
cars for negroes; and, strangely, enough,
with the consent Of some who were not OBJ
posed in days that are past, TO rerching upon
the broad shoulders of the negro. if thus they
might gain the popular ear. The North Star
newspaper, So lcng and ably edited by
Frederick Douglass, Esq, made this Ameri-
can people admit that the poems of Miss
Sarah Jane Clark had merit, when white cdi-
tors had no time to give nor space to devote
To- them-in fact brought her into notorictv.
But, what has the foregoing to do with
Grace Greenwood, and separate cars for
negroes: Lei us sec.
The Ashantecs are considerable elephant
in the lanl Of the gorilla.
The British lions whelp is whining Just
now hide il who may. Wild negroes can
fight, whether the tame American specimen.
about whom there is SO much doubt, can get
credit for spirit or not. And in view of
the plucky record of our central African con-
lrercs, the English element of the New
York Times order, their women writer's to
''wailop" colored American voters ut the
capitals. Or do they invite some idle colorcd
antiquarian to 30 prospecting for the genoa
Logical tree of IFS corps Of correspondents
men and women, and so settle it as to
whether cranh-lad,ly wa Darwin's MONKEY,
OF who:
Only let the TimsS he rs was ..Barkis
wilin.' Well, shall your humble scribe
investigate, or our great traveller, Major
Deiany, which?
This is period of sensation! Coull not
the NEW NATIONAL ERA undertake some
thing On an extensive scale about the class
al onr citizens, so completely overlooked
heretofore, known as uaIc Americans of
African descent? They are a respectable
class, and are increasing every day; they
live East, West, North, and South seldom
give sign, except to turn up their blessed
and fortunate noses at that five millions
strong, who love 20 be known as them
selves.
To trace these sneaks OF our race from
plantation cabin to Stale cabinet woull be
instructive in more ways than one. And
then to track them out, or switch them of,
should they insist upon negro cars, would
fill up the measure of their reward, all of
which shall be paid, if they so desire.
WILL. i. MEDDIIN.