New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-02-26

organized by the students OF IWltchel'S
Commercial College in this city. We at
tended the exercises of the association last
week, and found them conducted with graf
living effort To improve. Mr.. Samuel Lee is
the president. Success TO the association
sfed.il!n ga SEINE Things.-Gi;iet
corner.
To IL EdHorcfG,e Ne,o Neaioaal Era oad cii;=ea:
SIR: The supply of thunder being limited,
have been obliged 10 follow safe and COM
mon precedent at this capital, and steal
few little bolts.
Time was when to steal was ,!ishonorable,
but that is not the case at this day. 1t is
not The stealing, but tie investigation Of the
committee afterwards
There is Il new name ROW which is accepted
as suited 10 the present order Of things The
"aprropriators" Is term expressive, aud
so fashionable, and, 'to be out of Abe fash
ion,' is To be out of this District! ''Impc-
cuniosity!" or something like it, called out a
newsboy. Gentlemen, thems my senti-
ments," said fellowc;iz Cant get
Board owes the contractors Everybody
talks about empty pockets, and bare feet.
and empty stomachs, but the District fish
ais" They dine and wine, and have plenty
to waste. That poor negro, who had stun
ming blow OF wine, glass, and all in face and
eyes bya grand sachcm at the party, thought
so. Wish had some-but not in the face
nt-pS hcJ 10, .y'
the laborers, the petty officers, the Industrial
bainacles, 'yclcpt teachers, nor the printers.
If the laborers had If they would buy meat,
the other classes would spend it so literally
that every member Of the yard-stick persua-
sion would be jolly. If the printers had been
paid, they would hot be afraid TO open their
mouths for the dumb creatures of this Terri
tory; not they! n little lin in the pocket
makes man selt-reliant; it does more to
preserve the liberties Of the people than all
besides. Next to money is religion. at
this point he concluded the suggestive theme
and stepping squarely up to a bacon butch
ers's stall, in Central Market, he and COM
panion were soon IN mutual and eXpectant
contemplation over picked pigs face.
The above was that colored mans thunder,
no; mine; and yet / agree with him only
more emphatically. When you cannot get
bread and cheese, it is a good thing to have
religion. When the investigators" are sent
out into the highways Of this fashionable
panic-stricken-rcception- city to look
up the appropriations" every man to your
tents, oh Israel. And you, our NATIONAL
ERA AND CITIZEN, call up to view not only
any surplus piety that you may seldom use,
and which is as good as ever frem that fact,
but lay up stock Of the new sort; twill not
hurt.
Follow the excellent example of the Sum
day papers-the Capital and Gazcve--they
are in chronic state of religion, and have
set out to seek good ''sAlp}erd' to take care
of the lion and the lamb.
Awake and confess to sense of, at least,
one colored infrTnity. They have set up a
shrine, and upon it are idols angelic young
women of society, fair-haired and blue eyed
plous young men, ready for the mantle, and
sages and sanctifed old men and wemen,
making heaven of earth while upon it, and
taking Paradise by right Of race when they
die, without its IFS, ands, or butts.
Now, there's a religion worth something
to investigate. There is some defect in ours.
want to see few Of our saints cannonized.
But it would never DO to speak Of our black
angels of society, Of the sanity virtues of
our mothers in Israel, or the wisdom and
goodness of short haired and dark-hued old
men.
There is no ycneration FOR elders, no pride
OF race. The inevitable "color' and the
bad hair" are, in popular opinion, SO unlor-
tunate that even negroes are ashamed, and
say: "Meddlin dent! - But 1 will though.
The one thing wanted in my religion is a
group of colored saints and angels.
We want some symbol to remind US that
the virtues Of the people should be appre-
ciated, and those who cannot bow before it
because of "hair and color" but must show
how they depreciate self, should be given up
TO the theologians Of the papers named.
Think if we were on good terms with our
lace, color, and progress, and had that bump
Of selfappreciation as largely developed as
our white cousins, and so prominent an article
Of our creed, that there would be as many
colOred bachelors and old maids in this city
as there are with none but me TO sing their
praises. No one to grow enthusiastic over
their stately graces, their rich brown, yellow,
black, and every description of compilations
their naturally wavy, crispy, crinckly, and
every grade Of pursuit, adornment; their
glorious eyes and beautiful lives, which, like
good wine, improve in the keeping.
In your hours of deepest meditation, have
You dcigned TO look at this subject in its reli-
gious aspect? L am scanning it, and accept
1t, though it is not my thunder. Two girls
at hand say, if there is a moral or religious
feature in the question Of old maids and
bachelors, they do not see it. That if the
classes keep on the increase there will have