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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-07-20

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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-07-20

VIRGINIA-IN THE CLERKS 0FFIGR S, CIR
Y CUT COURT OF AUGUSTA COUNTY,
JUNE 10Th. 1889.
Jno W. Landes, Plaintiff,
J. A. Bright, Defendant
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-07-20

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The bee., 1883-06-23
STRAIGHT FACTS.

Nr. Editor In your last issue
YOU criticised Mr.. r. S. S, the GIobe
correspondent, for not stating,
in his report of the pro-
ceedings of the Simms Hall meet
ing, that speeches were delivered in
condemnation of the object of the said
meeting, and in favor of the PROPOSE
tion that national convention of col
ored men be held in September. Mr..
r. S. S. retorts thus: ''If there were
any dynamite fuses at the Timms
Hall meeting, they surely exploded
while l was out on the committee"
From this it is quite clear that Mr..
II. 5. ). is in doubt. But should he
he if he was anywhere about the hall
from the time speeeh-mdking COM
menced until it ended? What are the
facts? We have in mind now two
persons in particular who attended
the meeting under consideration
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Arnold and Mr.. Lee
Vance, both of whom delivered
speeches. The former, while speak
ing, WIS bold, loud, clear, distinct and
unequiyocal; so was the latter, except
that he was perhaps inclined to
equiyocate in touching upon the main
question. But when Mr. Vance was
through speaking, there was no need
for particle of doubt being in the
mind of anyone present as to where he
stood. He was heard to say: "If this
Is the means by which the attention of
the proud, somewhat naughty and
dominant people of our common land
is to be directed to the one pending.
momentOus question, what is the real
status of the industrial condition alone
of the great masses of these unfortu-
nate people? rather faver the prop
OsitiOn. | say, then, let the cOnyen-
tion be held, if not here, elsewhere
in Utah, if necessary
Does rot this bear us out? When
Mr.. Lee Vance made the expression
which the writer of this article authOri-
tatively credits to him, at least half
dozen persons excitedly sprang to their |
feet, and appealed to the chairman to
rule him out of order, and an equal ]
number rose, tCO, and did earn
estly insist that he was in order.
and must be allowed to proceed. He !
was allowed to proceed. was atten-
lively listened to, and his entire re-
marks were consistent with that al |
ready quoted. Need Mr.. r. S. S. still !
doubt my assertion that speeches were
made in the Timms Hall meeting !,
favorable to the proposed national /
colOred convention? We think not. |
And more than this, we conclude by |
telling, or rather reminding, Mr.. II. !
). ). that Mr.. Arnold's speech through
out was cOndemnatOry-it was wither-
ingly rebukeful-Of the spirit of the /
opposition which the proposition for
the holding of national convention
OF colOred men encountered. Mr.. II.
;. ), these are straight facts which
you should have reported; but come
back again, and / will give you more
yet. Yours,
MISSISSIPPI.
The bee., 1883-06-23

quittal of Stephen " Dorsey, not only
a Yindication of him, but a triumph
for truth, justice and right and a sub
ject of congratulation, not only to him
and his friends, but to all the people of
the country.
Resotred, That the action of this
jury shows that within the threshold
of the most powerful Government of
the world, which had brought every
means known to power for conviction,
and where almost every citizen de-
pended more or less upon the shayings
that fell from the public Treasury for
their livelihood, the heroic fact has
been made of record that neither Gov
ernment officers nor power could Sc
duce twelve honorable men to commit
an act of injustice
&C. G. Colwell and Mr.. Mack, of Ohio,
also delivered addresses.
After which, those who had been in
vited to partake of the evening fes-
tivities, assembled in the spacious par
los of the Philadelphia House and par
took of the choicest viands. Every
thing was arranged in the best of order
and great credit is due to MeSsrs. Will
liams and Merideth for their fine bill of
fare. Mr.. c. c. Caldwell, of Missis-
sippi, acted as toast master, and several
toasts were drank to the jury and the
defendants in the Star-Route trial.
Mr.. c. c. Callwell said was entirely
in defense of Mr.. Brady.
The bee., 1883-06-23

own affairs, and making our race what
we would haveit to be, without shifting
the responsibility on others. We
NWust and ought to do our own work.
With trustees that are progressive,
teachers that are capable, and having
the same course Of study as the whites,
there is no reason why we should not
produce graduates which will COM
pare faroFably with any other race.
If our trustees or teachers do not do
their duty, get those that will. Child
hood is not the time to measure
equality in aims, letters or arts, for it
is only in after years, when their
powers have been matured, that we
can tell the worth Of men and women:
and it is only then that they will can
>didly acknowledge equals. The hard
and uncongenial facts which we are
forced to notice, where mixed schools
are being tried, convince us that they
will do more to impress our children
that they must forever be fiunkies and
servants than anything else. Take,
for instance, Camden, y. J., where
they have mixed schools. We think
of the fact with rage, indignation,
shame and chagrin that helpless col
ored children should be imposed upon
by white trustees and white teachers;
that they should be forced to occupy
corner designated as the negro corner,
not be allowed to recite with the white
children, or even play at the same
hour. Yet the sopiSts tell us mixed
schools will break down prejudice;
they will do more to foster race hatred
and curdle the milk of human kind
Ress than anything We know.
The whites being in a majority
whenever there should be a teacher
appointed, ne or she should be white,
as in the case of Miss Ada LIE Count.
All our colored ladies who have labored
hard to be accomplished for teaching
would very soon have to quit the stage
OF their usefulness. Now who are
more fit to educate our children than
those of nlr o,ur rooo ,,-bo l A,
same destiny and are bound to us bv
the closest laws of consanguinity.
Those who are dissatisfied should in
vestigate the case without any far
fetched ideas, and they will be more
than convinced that we are doing well,
and all we want to do is to let well
enough alone.
The bee., 1883-06-23

necessaries in life is the rac9's success.
When we look but few years back
there is enough to cause the heart OF
man to leave its station. We should
pray to that immortal creator to con-
tinue to deliver us from the depths of
degradation and raise us to a more
elevated station in life. The fact is
We must not pray too much. Some
years ago two men went hunting and
one was very religious and believed in
prayre. while the other believed in prayr
to certain extent, and that extent was
to pray and at the same time use some
physical power. My religious friend
of this narrative stopped still to pray
while the other kept on aDd prayed at
the same time, Lear came along and
killed the man who stopped still. IL
is a maxim and q true one, God says
help yourself and he will help you.
So the man whom the bear killed put
the whole of that dangerous response
bility of protection to God, so he died.
The moral is first help ourselves and
then God will help us.
TRIBUTE TO BRUCE AND DOUGLASS.
When this institution shall have
produced from its numbers Bruce or
a Douglass, then your worthy instrue-
tor will feel that his labor was well
spent. These two men are patterns
that we should go by, we can learn
from their history many things to In
crease our ambition to reach the latter
of fame. Bruce the wise counselor,
Douglsss the philanthropist, one the
statesman and legislator, the other the
orator. One whose record as senator
stands without blemish, the other
who has been weighed in the balances
and not found wanting. Such eX-
amples as these we cheerfully RECON-
mend to the consideration of the pu-
pills of Laws Seminary and in these
men we can find the elements of sue
cess. | shall conclude by saying that
the people of South Washington have
a seminary and worthy president at
its head, and what is needed to make
it more successful is support from the
people of this section. Permit ME Mr..
President to say as you are about to
take your summer vacation you have
my best wishes for pleasant journey
and successful career. May your
absence from home surround yor with
endearing friends who will bring to
you fruitful harvest. In you the
people of this section of the city have
the most implicit confidence as an ed
ucator, your success is the Institutions
and may you ever remember that to
meet with success there must be a
fixed purpose and honest endeayOrs
which are the most important requi-
setes in life. With these few sugges-
tions you have my thanks for the at
tention given, L therefore conclude.
The bee., 1883-06-23
1T is UNTRUE.

1t is said that the real opposition to
the national convention Of colored men
had its origin in the belief that Mr..
Douglass wished, 10y means of this con-
ventlon, to start a Douglass boom for
Vice-PreSident, and that to his end, he
and his friends were doing everything
in their power to ignore Senator
Bruce. Naturally, the friends of Sem
ator Bruce resent this, and when it is
known to be the fact that Mr. Doug
lass is trying to have Senator Bruce
ignored, Mr.. Douglass will not have
easy sailing in any convention. The
colored people are proud of the record
of Mr.. Douglass, and regard him, with
out doubt, the most distinguished col
ored American living or dead. But
they do not want him to represent
them, either as Nice-President or in
the Cabinet, to the exclusion of Senator
Bruce. The probabilities are that If
the Republicans get the next admins
tration, their President will give
cabinet position to the colorcd voters.
If SO, the Southern colored people do
not want such a naughty and unsocial
man as Mr.. Douglass to represent
them.-The Peoples Defense.
The Defense does Mr.. Douglass an
injustice. Neither Mr.. Douglass nor
Senator Bruce are candidates for the
cabinet. The people of the United
States demand that Hon. b. X. Bruce
be placed in the cabinet, and the peo-
pie will make a similar demand at the
coming colored convention. We are
entitled TO a portfolio by virtue of our
votes and fidelity to the Republican
party. The people here know that the
Defense don't know what it is talking
about when il makes such charge as
the above against Mr.. Douglass. No
one would denounce Mr.. Douglass
sooner than we if we were assured
that Mr.. Douglass was opposed to
Senator Bruce; but we are confident
that this gentleman had no such inten-
tion entertained. The Defense will
please correct the error. We are for
Senator Bruce first, last, and all the !
time.
The bee., 1883-06-23

There are certain States in the
country with full anti-ballot box stuff
ing North, where colored men are not
murdered like cattle for being repub-
licans, our votes are counted, and in
many instances we hold the balance of
power. Now suppose at Louisville,
this question be made living issue.
Then what? Why this, we pledge, not
to support any candidate for the legis-
iature in the states, until such candi-
date gives us unequivocal pledges and
assurances that if elected, he will vote
for no person for United States Sena-
tor, who will not promise that when he
shall get to the Senate, to vote no con-
formation, for any person for United
States judge, district attorney or mar
shal that is not in concord and SYM
pathy with the full enforcement of the
18th amendment, and the laws made
for its enforcement.
The bee., 1883-06-23
MIXED SCHOOLS.

There is difference between prac-
tical and theoretical results. What
we want is the best practical results.
In the economy of nature the different
kingdoms are equals in making up a
perfect whole, even as equals are
equals in mathematics. The spirit of
the times show that the principle of
separate schools is more conducive to
good results than mixed schools can
ever do at present. There can be no
immediate good from mixed schools,
without there is a mutual demand for
them 10y both races. We are the ones
best qualified by the ties of nature and
wholly responsible for conducting our
The bee., 1883-06-23
THE REUNION,

Louisville, in September, when the
National Convention meets, will pre-
sent a spectacle worthy of more than
a passing notice. There was a time,
not long ago, that did not admit of
colored men assembling together as
VIII be the case this fall There we
shall see rising men (and we hope
many ladies alSO) from the East, the
West, North and South. The soldier
In our army, the sailor in the navy, the
scholar, the statesman, the man of
business, the banker, and men and
women from all the commendable
walks and pursuits of life. demon
strating 10y their success in life. what a
people are capable of doing with the
stinted and cornered opportunities
that we have had during the past fif-
teen years. The Convention will bring
together men and women from diff
ferent sections Of the country. who
only know each other by reading of
their deeds and works, they will now
have an opportunity to become per
sonally acquainted, compare notes,
and learn from each other 10y personal
contact. Many things that will be Of
rich advantage in the future.
The more we hear of the conyen-
tion, the less do we think that there
is the least chance for such royal
gathering being turned into ..politi-
cal hippodrome." We count upon a
Gathering of intellectual men and
women, and trained scholars and
practical business people. that well
know how, and to the lest adyan-
tage, to present our grievances to the
American people; and if we are not
very much mistaken, other things
than booming somebody's political
prospects will engage the time of
conference.
Assuming that the convention will
be a representative body, we venture
to suggest that the treatment of col
ored citizens on steamboats, and rail
roads in the South receive respectful
and intelligent consideration. Also
that some notice be taken of the !
recent decision of the United States |
District Judge in Texas as to his con-
of the intent and meaning
of the 18th amendment and the laws. |
according to his Interpretation, as to
their enforcement. This question
should be met fairly and squarely. If |
we have the power TO demand a full en-
forcement of the law in Maryland,
Texas, through United States Judge.
should not be permitted to set it one
side, and call it a plaything that Radi-
Gals put on paper to tickle the vain pride
OI neSTOeS WILL
The late decision in Texas is Just this
much. nothing more.
We have perfect right to assume
that it would have been the same in
Georgia had the case of Bishop Camp
bell come to trial, but why so? Because,
in Georgia the government prosecuting
officer, the United States District At
-orney like the Texas judge, entertains
democratic pro-slayery principles, nc
ions and convictions in regard to the
aw, the principles and the policy of
he amendment and the slavery law.
n strict accordance with the sugges-
ion above
Is there remedy? We think so and ;
What is it?
The bee., 1883-06-23

The action of the Democratic nartv
is sufficient evidence to convince the
negro that it is dangerous for them to
make any concession whatever with
the party. If such liberal policy as
that of Mahone's is carried out throug-
out the country, then there would be
some inducements for the negro to 90
blind in politics. The fact is, the re-
publican party will never be the enemy
to us that the democratic party has
been and will be. Those negros who
are inclined to be democrats, seem to
forget frVm whence Cney come. We
cannot SO soon forget that gratitude
we owe to the Republican party.
The bee., 1883-06-23

The BEE staff are under many OBJ
legations to Messrs. George Myers, Wm.
j. Carroll, Robert Spriggs, and Hiram
Waddy, Esqr., for hospitalities, atten-
tion, and other considerations that
they extended last week while in the
Monumental City. Baltimore, like all
other big towns, may lack in some
things, but She never does in hospital
ity. Thenearest way to a mans heart
is down his throat, and that's the wav
they got toou
The bee., 1883-06-23
A Man Hard 10 Kill.

Mr.. F. Metts, who is now thriving
and prosperous merchant in Monroe.
vile, Ala, has a remarkable war
record. He lay in prison twelve
months; was in sixty-two battles; was
shot through the lungs once; was hit
by twenty-four pound cannon ball in
the leg. which necessitated its ampu-
tation at the thigh joint; was wounded
IN all five times; had the mumps.
measles and typhoid fever; and is
to-day enjoying most excellent health.
excepting at times suffering from
sympathetic pains, caused from the
loss of his leg.
The bee., 1883-06-23

an communications pertaining TO puuness
must be addressed 90 the Business Manager
Matter for publication and on private business
must be addressed TO the Editor and Proprie-
tor. In conjunction with the BEE, the mana
gers have established News Bureau of the
COlored Press. We are prepared to furnish
biographies, special correspondence and news
items Of Q reasonable price. The object Of the
bureau is to furnish colored journals with
special Washington letters when they have no
special correspondents. We have some Of the
best writers in the country connected with the
bureau, which will enable as to furnish truth
full spicy and concise correspondence. Give
the News Bureau a call.
The bee., 1883-06-23

Genius having succeeded in making
a steamboat out of paper, it won't be
long before an inventive man will pro
duee a railroad eating house beefsteak
made of pasteboard.
The bee., 1883-06-23

Mr.. Spencer Murray, Jr., has our
thanks for copy Of the American
Manufacturing interests. Our genial
friend Spencer never forgets the BEE.
The bee., 1883-06-23

The exercises of the Laws Semi
nary, were one of the most interesting
we have listened TO this season. We
don't agree with the doctors criticism
on our colored public schools.
The bee., 1883-06-23

The largest single sale Of mules ever
made in the United States took place
at Columbia, Tenn. The purchaser
was w. B. Leonard, who paid slo5 q
head for 155 animals, making an az
gregate of S28,675. They are for use
upon sugar plantations, and viii De
taken to Louisiana.
The bee., 1883-06-23

Special notices, so cents each.
Ten lines constitute an inch.
The bee., 1883-06-23
UNITY OF ACTION

The next road to succes is unity of
actlon-we all cannot be statesmen,
lawyers, doctors ETC., here it is neces-
sary for some of us to be mechanics.
we all cannot be leaders, therefore it
is advisable for some 10 learn trades.
We must remember that each ones
The bee., 1883-06-23

Some OF us may become historians:
but should that profession be
rendered to any of you by nature,
guard against the untruth, always fol-
low strictly that principle. The coun-
try few months ago had come to the
conclusion that the race had produced
a colOred historian, but after careful
reading of the supposed history of the
cOlOred race in America it was ascer-
tanned that some of our greatest men
had been misrepresented. The histO-
rian went so far as to say that GER
tain gentleman had done a certain
thing, when in fact the man was over
four hundred miles from the place.
The historian says further in his book.
that had this union been DESTROYED all
OF us would have been free. Our COM
mon sense teaches us that when a
thing is destroyed there is no more of
it, but when we perceive it then there
are hopes of accomplishing certain
ends. So it is with the union, it was
as Mr.. Douglass said the preservation
and not the destruction of the union
that freed the cOlored race. There is
another principal in life that must be
strictly observed and that is to say no
more than what we can prove, record
nothing but the truth is the vocation
of historian,