Herald of Kansas. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1880-1880, 1880-02-13

IH'0illS oHCc, TeNnemcnL ana respect
abllity,-that You will be culpabIe
corners. and divulging your business
to everybody; how detrimental is
this 70 your obtaining positions of
trust or honor. If we have a lecture,
speech or concert. the rowdy and
boisterOus invariably annoy every
body. whose aims are higher than
the groveling pursuits Of life. Young
men, gentlemen should rule at such
places.
There seems to be a general de-
mand for occupants on the steps of
eur churches, and around the WIN
dOws, at least the supply is always
so great-unless mercury is coquet-
ting zerO-that thew could easily re-
pei an attack of Utes Crowded it
was : small band Of Utes,) for Of a
truth not much true courage is found
among men who are 80 ilI-bred and
ungentlemaAly.
Young men, we need to be more
united on matters that involve our
Interest az race, socially, morally
and pecUniarilvj for in union there
is strength, and since we are all weak,
it requires a 'long pull, a stron g
pull and d pull all together" to effect
n hi
long waiting for others to do for us
what manhood mpts us to 10 our
selves; you must begin to put in your
claims for employment, positions and
situations "a honorable and honest
but before d olng this be certain that
you are qualified morally and men
tally; and we can't be 60 qualified
il we frequent places Of intoxication
aud excuses, which invariably event
uate in decentralization. Who want.
one SO polluted
will not insult your Intelligence
by stopping here to adduce cvidSn g
Of what can be only an incontroverti
BILE tact; however, if you think the
assertion Of your future RESPONSE
bility without support, will ask
who are to occupy The places Of the
aged fathers of to-day, when they
will have sought that CLINE frOm
which bourne none has e'er returned
and from whence they will gaze with
anxious ewes on you who shall then
fiji! their stations OH earth.
Young men Of Topeka, for you
how shall these places be filled-''a:
Of yore" do you answer Shall We
land | do not mean individually, bni
the race in common) remain in pc
nury and ignorance-the one Of these
conditions being the legitimate par
ent to the other-and therefore sub
servient to its superiority? For pOv
erty il but a slave to wealth. Shnl
we. by lack Of those qualities tina
make an exalted manhood, silence TIL
uplifted voice Of humanitarians,- th'
sworn foe Of all the evils that have
hitherto so painfully influenced our
existence on this continent, and
winch to-day are being practiced il
that peaceful" and chlvalrOus {?
Southland, Of which the mighty exc
dns is the result.
Some Of US think responsibility ha
! no claim on ia; that its advantage
e and recognition are not applicable 10
? YOUR case, because Of yonr color; bu
! often YOU deceive yourselves; yOl
(, glance in the mirror too often. Their
: are Instances Of that Kind where you
col"r interferes, but when it is cOu
t pied to incompetence and bad habiti
} YOU see your chances are do"blN
e against You. But prove yourself ;
man, the equal of any IN the inne
qualities Of the heart and mind, anC
5 then ask recognition, and gentlemen
will grant, and he who does not, tha
alone is proof enough that he is no
gentleman like yourself. and who
cares Tor recognition from others
Many men who are wealthy are not
gentlemen. Circumstances make no
man, but the inner qualities must
, confirm to those designed by our Gre
{ ator, De sure you possess these and