The bee., 1883-04-14
For the Bee.
THE ENGLISH P0TENTATE.
THE STAR CHAMBER ASSOCIATION.

THE STAR CHAMBER ASSOCIATION.
After an absence of three months
from the renowned Bethel Literary
Association, the writer incidentally
dropped in last evening.
Prof. Lanes history of the Freed
mems. Bank, was listened to with
profound attention, and Prof. Greener,
Mr.. Wood and others indorsed the
statements of Mr.. Lane with manly
patriotism.
Pending the discussion. Mr.. George
Arnold offered resolution, the purport
of which was, to seek Congressional
aid to recover some three millions OF
dollars, of which certain colored per-
sons have been defrauded.
But the potentate who presides,
declined to entertain the resolution
and offered the fiimsy apology, THAT
the resolution would be referred to
committee"
Thus Mr.. Arnolds' resolution was
hastily butchered and buried forever.
unless this letter should impel the
potentate to resurrect it, and lay it
before the Association.
Another outrage upon decorum,
when several gentlemen desired to ex-
press their opinions, they were disgrace
| fully checked into silence.
Hence the writer is not surprised,
that when ever you speak of the poten-
tate. you are sure to hear an appendix
upon his honorable ruling.
Neither is the writer surprised, that
his ironical politeness is disdained as
intensely as all other coverings OF black
designs.
His ruling is considered extravagant
and his speeches flippant and monot-
onus, when speaking, he wanders into
the vast field of imagination and creates
visionary worlds and appears to be
reciting supplement to the Aribian
knights, and thus he agitates our
sympathy.
1t is very unfortunate for the Bethel
Literary Potentate, that there IS no
science but that of war, to teach emil
grants that patriotic Americans are
invincible whenever an inrOad is made
upon our rights. Nor any science to
teach willy renegades to accommodate
themselves to the change of place and
principle. Nor any science to teach
them to live less in the past, and more
in the future.
However, in the absence Of thai
nameless science, let the voluntary
exiles come if they can stand face to
face with American scorn and con-
tempt, and struggle amid the emotions
of hope, awe and agony.
Our international laws make our
country an open asylum for the uni
versal world. Hence, we are infested
by paupers, renegades, refugees and
| brass-faced potentateS from every
corn.r of the globe, as well as by all
other classes of men, who may or may
not be an honorable acquisition to the
States consequently the writer has no
objection to eInigrants abiding among
US, when they possess the traits and
qualifications which ennobles human
nature and digniies the man.
Solid merit is never without it;
reward, so the worthy and noble emf
grant always inspires us with admira-
tion and respect, and friendship,
and the disposition to promote his
interest.
But the ignoble emigrant, who
respects neither his birthplace nor his
friends, nor his adopted home, but
presumes that the world is his foot
Stool, and the Americans the blind
instruments of his pleasure, inspire. .uS
with the whitening contempt he justly
deserves.
When an emigrant prates of the
laws and customs of England and
Scotland, then contrast them with
those of America, as our learned poten'
tate does, we become fearfully surprised
that the laws of neither of those coun,
tries did not make it possible for the
pert magpie to remain in either,
Last, but not least, our modest pOten'
tate rules the Literary Association 10y
no other law than his own fancy, ant
worse than all, he asserts by his bur
rowed authority, that we have NJ
rights which he is bound to respect in
that Association. This may be because
he knows not the value of our respect
to himself, or because he needs only {
rope and time to do as Judas did. Hi:
days are numbered.
WILLIAM G. JOHNSON,
April 4th, 1888.