Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-11

filled with gloom Genius floods the world ] with benefcent appliances the hills pro- claim the dawn of Christian day the noun tains, tuned by the ambient atmosphere, are l singing the song of human progress and de- 1 velopment. We have felt the power of civil l ized thought and action and would ascend l the summit of lofty manhood. We would lay the foundations for children's chil- 1 dren within the portals of the sanctuary, for nations character is it's religion. We pray our friends to stand by while we man the guns that laundering against our moral and mental foes Leave us not in this terrific struggle. Hell is moving to compass our failure; ig-
 mics arrayed against us ecclesiastical
 ostracism grinds us down and race aristocra-
 cy cruelty expresses us. Yet. having an abid-
 ing faith in the God that lit up the valley of
 past humiliation with the lightning of ven-
 geance, and ttusting implicitly in the arm
 that encircled us as we marched through the
 sea of blood, and convinced that Jehovah is
 in man working out the problem of the ever
 lasting ages, we take heart and still cling to
 hope. We cry to the opulence, to the luxury,
 to the piety and to the learning of New Eng
 land to help feeble brother.
 The Haytian Princess said to ex-Mlnlster
 Bassett, during her recent visit to the city,
 that it 8 mystery to her that colored
 men were not engaged in business of any
 kind To us there is nothing abstruse about
 it. Give 8 penny on the dollar due our
 labors and we will push to the front in mer-
 cantile and business pursuits Denied, az we are, lucrative employment, never promoted above the station first enter, and being
 the only class in New England without even hope of public preferment, upon what capi- tai can we begin enterprise? Your solid blocks of trade palaces, your vast acres of manufacturing establishments and your in
 numerable and superbly built churches are beyond the grasp of black men. We may Sn0n6 VI " 1 monest work in the second and take reserUed seat among the laymen in the third. We not men, citizens in the estimation of society. If we were the Indian and the Chinese would not fare better at their hands than we do. We have to swallow indignity and pocket insult, and we have turned the other cheek to receive the cruel blow. But, I friends, something tells us that this night of | chaotic blackness will soon fee away and that l the glad morning of righteousness, truth and I liberty shall be our possession forever.
 l Dost thou, o colored man of this great 1 land, still retain thine integrity Read the answer, sirs, upon the field of battle, by the 1 cabin door and in every station we are allow | ed to fill. Read it in our churches and in | our schools. Read it in our humble homes
 and in our aspiring mien. Curse God, our l all? Never! While century chases century
 through the towering cliffs of the eternities. 1 while suns flash back gorgeous grandeur l upon suns and millions of the starry host join | in gran ailoquent shout of praise of the 1 tremendous majesty and might of omnipo-
 tence,- just so long shall we hold on to our
 God. Die? Yes, when our Master bids us I die-then and not until then While heart
 can sympathize with heart, while voice can
 reach the soul and while mind sweeps the
 realm of life we shall refuse to die. Down ? 1 I know it but we rising with the conflict l and shall ultimately stand in our sphere on
 earth and in our lot in heaven. Amen.