The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-09-25
Columbus, Ohio. Letter.
Especial correspondence to The Leader.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. %, 1880.
Emancipation Dayl What thoughts
crowd upon the mind and years and even
ages of sorrow, woe and suffering; children
torn from their mothers breasts, husbands
and weeping wives forced asunder; lovers
and sweethearts parted to meet again in
eternity; the blood stained post and whip;
the auction block and human cattle; there
are the scenes that recur in the mind as we
remember that this is Emancipation Day.
But the bitter, bitter part is over and the
pail of Egyptian darkness, that for so long
overriding our benighted race, is at last
drawn aside like a curtain, and the sun of a
brighter day has dawned. At various points
in Ohio, the day is being celebrated No
This evening in the A. M. E. Church Rev.
Z. j. Waring will deliver an address in hon
or of the day, subject: "The true end and
the only means.
We believe in saying what we think even
at the risk of paying severe penalty. So
we remark that colored journalism must be
heightened and elevated to be powerful and
lend a right influence. In last weeks Leader,
we saw one letter in which the following
slang occurs, s.got the bulge on them," ''too
mach monkeving." "are so ratified" and
similar phrases, this should not be. We
hope our brother journalist will take no
offence. Again. We have another thing to
say. In reading the Leader 1 see letters
from al ex," "Omega," mon nolo," anon
dunn" Nowdid it ever occur to my friends.
1. That some of us may not be versed in
the dead languages; 2. That it savors of
pedantry to exhibit profound classical learn
ing" too often2 fail to see the appropri-
ateness of signing a half-dozen personal par
agraphs IL ex," or Latin sentence to half
column of paragraphs. Be modest, gentle
men and learn a lesson from "Rienzi,'
Shelley even "Longfellow" and Moses"
1 will also say in this connection that some
time since l received a postal card from a
Cincinnati gentleman, saying that the first
letter wrote to the Leader, was every good"
excepting nv use of "Africo-American." l
take this occasion to extend my compliments
TO this unknown critic and say that trust /
know what am doing, and that am not
Just beginning to write to newspapers. His
word may be "Africo-American," Mine is
Afro-American. 1 often feel like agitating
something This explains my apparently
polemical procedure.
The following is a political picture; Gar
field. the canal boatmsn, successful college
professor, patriotic and brave general, and
eminent statesman. Hancock, the military
aristocrat, so foolish as to take snakes (rebels)
to his bosom, and expect loyal men to make
him President Choose this day whom We
will vote for.
LOCAL LAC0NICs.
Our schools open we'll with over 300 pu.
pills.
Captain Edward Brown, of the Palmer
Guards, has his trial by courtmartial, next
week, for overdrawing money. The Cap
tain promises to set himself right and re-
ceive an honorable dismissal by the court.
The Douglass Literary Club met Friday
evening. This once prosperous organization
is now apparently on IFS sslast legs this
condition having been brought about Through
social dlssensions. lack of interest and other
small causes -Columbus Sunday Capital.
We are sorry to learn of the above. The
young men of our city are talking of organ
izing minerva Club"
Perhaps there is no city of its size in the
country where dancing il not prscticsd