The bee., 1883-04-28

IAO ilSiit, tt ItdtSI tttiti l. is lle!r GuIT &c
require that good matter, good reading
ami well prepared subjects shall renaT
them for coming out. What would The
association amount TO if there was Nd
criticism? Why should person be
afraid to have a paper that they pre-
pared for the public criticised? Nc
one is expected to be perfect in these
matters. and the good of criticism is
this, that if the one who reads is not
too egotistic to accept of it, they
very often get material from the
remarks made by persons from the
audience that would very materially
add interest, facts and general infor.
nation to their essays. We hold to the
doctrine of criticism just as we do to
the principle "no taxation without rep
reSentation."
Blanch K. Bruce, register of the
treasury, was in New York the other
day, and while there chanced to meet
ex-senator COnkling, Mr.. Belmont, and
two or three other gentlemen. The
conversation turned upon rich men and
the power they WELD. Gould and
Vanderbilt can command two hundred
million dollars any day." asserted one
of the party. Doubts were expressed
and quite an argument sprang UP over
the point.
Il am acquainted with one man. IS
remarked Mr.. Bruce, "whose name will
float two billion dollars"
"1mpossible!" was the simultaneous
exclamation from half a dozen persons.
'1t is true nevertheless" insisted
Mr.. Bruce; land Furthermore he is a
colored man,"
1ncredulous smiles overspread the
faces of the listeners, and they looked
at one another and then at Mr.. Bruce,
half wonderingly, half pityingly.
"And, proceeded Mr.. Bruce, after a
pause, during which he appeared to be
enjoying himself hugely, "his nal is
B. X. Bruce. Yes, gentlemen, my
name attached officially to government
securities will float $2,000,000,000 any
day in the year. ."-Repub1ican.
in his position and his success, than
does the loyal millions of his race who
are proud to point to him as one of
their leading leyel-headed, safe and re-
liable representatives.
We are heartily in favor Of a national
convention of colored men, and at this
period much good can be accom-
plished; we are not however in favor
of Washington as Il place for holding
the convention. Washington has no
claims whatever and d city further
south wotild be better. The conven-
tion will be to consider means to ad-
vance the political states of the Negro,
and an eternal fitness of things would
point to Richmond, the Capital City of
the State. that has in the last three
years taken greater strides towards
political equality Of the Negro than
any other. Let it be Richmond, as it
was the death bed of slavery, SO it may
be the birthplace of truer and more
perfect liberty Petersburg, Va, Lam
Get, April IA, 1888.
A good idea; that is to say if the
general clamor is for place further
south than Washington. Richmond
should get the honor. We know this,
that there will be no end to courtesies.
and the very best sort of
a welcome and reception, in all that a
gathering could look for
should Richmond be selected, but after
all and thinking over the matter in its
broadest sense, we still think that
is the place, and we must
decline to agree with the Lancet, that
this city has no claims-however we
shall not discuss that now.
DOUGLASS TO MARRY
AGAIN.
l hear that Fred. Douglass is soon
to marry very accomplished and a
very handsome woman, almost white,
and many, many years his Junior. Mr..
Douglass's wife died year or two
ago, and. although he is about 66
years old, he has a perfect right to
marry providing the girl is willing.
To Inc there is much that is interest
ing in the life of Fred. Douglass. Born
Il slave, sold, starved and beaten, some
times as a child being obliged to fight
with dog for the possession of bone.
he has made himself one of the first
orators of the world and secured for
himself a position that any educated
white man might be proud of. He
stole the time in which to learn to
read and write, and when he ran away
from bondage the event created almost
as much excitement as the rebellion of
John Brown. He fled from Baltimore
to Philadelphia, thence to MasSachu-
sets, being pursued like a thief as he
was, for he stole himself, but the eX-
citement became So great that he had
to go to Europe. To the shame of this
country be it said, that England
raised the money to buy Fred. Doug
lass's freedom, In England he was
the guest of John Bright, and his lee
lures were an event that was commen-
ted upon all over the British kingdom.
DouglaSs'S fortuue have come and
gone. He has been lucky and unlucky.
But l am very glad to say that in his
old age he is independent. He owns
an eighteen room house near Wash
ington and is worth not far from
100000. What a contrast Twenty
years ago slave could not be out
after 8 o'clock at night in the city of
Baltimore without a pass from his
owner.
Well one thing remains certain, that
she will obtain for husband one of
the most genial and tenderest of men.
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