The bee., 1883-01-13
OUR REVIEW.

UUR REVIEW.
i oECRETARY FoLGER AND THE NEGRO
THE NEXT PRESS CoNyENTIo,
WHAT WILL BE THE Issue q,
'64?-A UNITED STAND FOR A CAB
met PoRTFoLIo-No WHITEwAsF
BUSINESS WANTED ARE WE 4
RACE OF SLAvES?-WE MUsI
FIGHT TO WIN-THE PLAIN Duty
OF COMMISSIONER J. R
WEST.
1t is all well enough to make pre-.
tentions and promises, but to put
things practically into execution is not
the principle of Hons. VIM. E. Chand-
Ter and Judge Folger.
Since the aScendancy of Chester A.
Arthur TO the Presidency, Judge Fol
ger, Secretary of the Treasury, and
VIM. +. Chandler, Secretary of the
Navy, have made a great number of
promises and pretentions. They pre-
tended that we were entitled to GER
tain number of appointments, and
promised to make them, but like all
other milk and water Republicans thev
failed TO do SO. Secretary Chandler
has made no colored appointments
since he was made Secretary of the
Navy. Perhaps he has forgotten the
promises he made when he was Blaine's
lieutenant in the last campaign; the
promises he made should his candidate,
the "Plumed knight" succeed in heing
knighted. He was made the premier
of the State Department, and what did
he do? The "Plumed Knight" acted
Just like the secretaries of the treasury
and navy are acting now-"No negro
need apply" There is but one depart
ment under this government where
the colored race are treated like peo-
pie, and that is the
PENSION OFFICE,
under Colonel w. w. Dudley. of Indi-
ana. If one department can Justify
the claims Of the colored race why can
not other departments?
THE NEXT PRESS CONVENTION,
which will meet at st. Louis, Mo-, next
summer, should take a decided stand.
We don't want such farce as an apol-
ogy for a convention, such as was held
at Washington last year. We must
make an issue for 1884. A united
stand for Cabinet portfolio; no white
wash business wanted, but a united
stand for recognition. We don't be-
jeye in leaving the party at present,
but if the Republican party demon
strates the fact that we are not wanted,
then it will be time enough for us to
go to another promised land.
WE MUST FIGHT TO WIN
IS the only and surest road TO success.
We are tired of promises. 1t should be
-he duty of the race to accept whatever
may be offered to them from whatever
source it may come, without question
ng the motives or causes of such rec
ignition. 1t is also the plain
DUTY OF CONGRESS
o restore to the people of the District
IF Columbia the right of suffrage The
Injustice practiced upon the people of
he District of Columbia would not be
yolerated in State. The District of
Columbia is controlled by rings, cliques
md the army and navy Goldfish aristoc-
'acy. This "nobob aristocracy," under
he lead of John W Thompson and
w. W. Corcoran, subsidies the powers
hat are by some means unknown to
human nature, and thus controls our
District government. The Negro in |
he District of Columbia, under the |
Federal government, has just as much |
;hance to obtain recognition us a dom
Key would have going through the eye |
# needle. We are tired of this buSi- |
hess and the sooner Congress gives us
nat which they enjoy-the right of
the sooner stop will be put |
o the sway of this Goldfish aristocrocy. |
When we say recognition under the
he District government, we don't |
neah the appointments of colored men
Is messengers and laborers at the
tation house, the only two colored APP
DointmentS that have been made since |
Hon. J. r. West was appointed. We
want some good and substantial recog-
lition, not slop-cart drivers and spit
oon washers, and after you are
through with a good days work be
to go to your secretary's
louse and stay up half the night.
THE CoLoRED RACE
$ more abused than any other race
lpon the globe except the Jews. We
with the Jews, because
hey are despised like the Negro, but as
much as they are despised they are per-
laps the kindest and more buSineSs-like
han any other race. Ramsdell, of the
Pepubljc, is a bitter enemy of the col
red race. He hates Negro as badly |
Is he hates President Arthur, and yet
his same Damsell. or Roomsdell, is
he Register of Wills under President
trthur's administration. This is the
anne individual who abused President
Arthur after Garfield's assassination,
nd when President Arthur was made
resident, this same Ramsdell, whose
nomination was pending after Gar
eld's death. was renominated by Presi-
ent Arthur. Things will change in
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