New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25

NIT AS SPECTATOR, NOT AS pf'hH"HiH
1NE NEGRO AS PoLIrIclAN-wlAi HI e"'' N
DID RECENTLY AT ST. AUGUSTINE

Mn RECENTLY AT ST. hu"C0ii>H'
sr Augustine. Fla, May 2.-lt was gath
airing indeed For day or two before INC All n'" '
n,rl with delegates, the plaza thick Sprc'" VII" SAW
rcl,liclans. But every black into whoSe arms !ou
s1ae,,,uy ran was not delegate, understand Nearly
go. war, star-surcy all well fixed ones-Oi inc
nay pcI,ca, armament came attended Ivy several ous"!
,ooors Resides there was inconStcraoIe sPr'"N'ne
81 unattached bOdes-a nebulosiV OF u'9''o'' -.
speak-who drtted hither on thcir own ''''''"r 40
rnichlier circus had been round since the sur
,ncnher and of a people which 50 dearly o'cS " ST."
.,,uv 81 IA, re- he speaking u I've dOue-whaV one ~
moor - not now TO afford holiday Never c'n'' w
coulfihnte,l to the Conventions way 'r'"' ""'O ,1
,,,i,, fro,, middle Marion and from distant D"oo'
delegates and uudeegatcd, they came III oou',
ee!oroi AaI as have before sd'" ''' p' WV
packed .,, 49,. ,,,r,,ct On
,,opt, sim stands the open sided shed hehea,n
tho roo, OF which If tradition may lac believed "''
ancestors possibly OF the delegates al to-u"!
nj old while thc auctlonecrs hammer 'oa'eu WIN '''s
fate Of bodies of souls. rose ana ''I' 10 Tue V
,.c cathedral bells opposite and in response 10 o' ~.
,er.br The same sun that now riffs CLEANS OF Gou
,br,,,,b IN, e. Furnished snOla leaves giothEh9
delegates and non delegates alike. then Stone uo" u"
oultc another scene, and seemingly Win cl""' Ndu"
lion Enl time brings cOmpensations a. wen aS to
yoases And IN the light ~ that o'her nay Is u ""t
dramatic picture this lyon swat soou sitting IN tne
ielsr,iin. whom he shall put MP 10? President anu
l,gi,y smoking the tobacco which his rai'htS-who
were probably made to smoke IN very different 'a>
only planted and hoed! The picture Is not m"ch INV
that of the long ago Yet the camera IS the samo-t "
nlv mat another slide has slipped in. THINK you
they are lay figures onytheSo that you see lying roo
nm tho lcnclcs Verify II your Scion there" SITTING
oujey ~ the assmilave shade does NOT III ' 'o'"s
sutumn decide who shall be ruler Of all TINS bfo"u realm
n ~, not De because OF not speaking III convention To
day He T. here 20 speak.
ono Of the ties indeed, between my black hroher anu
myself fancy IS that lie is general! ready I" talk ana
"a ~, hrir,vs indecent haste in undertaking anything
which involves exercise more violent Thus It was th
YESTERDAY dtltcd Into discussion with gentleman VIII"
s.t bf side M on of thC benches when nehcncc"
municipality has ont in front OF the poStohce-Pc'
han. that waiting multitude may not have TO swear Il"
tse ,,st,r, ter Standing. Education was the theme
And ,Ecd would il not be- better FOR tie uItherahcc Oh
The end ia view the cO"rcd schools OF the south
tansht by wule. graduates perhaps. OF normal coeSe
ut the Snrih lie said that his people would never S"
mi, o ,i4 and that teachers OF their own color coud
i.lc tho children far enough which "i course WAS
mn, for me 70 dispute as the impression evidently lay Oh
mia mind that | came from Connecticut ana was nS7''i
looking ior . situation So skipping over l" i",i''
askcd hin, hat he voted ior when he Eoed lhe 'P"u
IT,, tclct Why for Gubnor an soctary oh state
No sajd Fat Tor what issue Tor wh'l W"'VN' ,
added seeing that issue evidently took MN rather
,p,U,rc, Why Use JUS tote you, he SAID, dat down
bcah c vote. for Guhnor. an offices Ga state primer
raly And with glance which sp"h" PLAINLY his eN''-
r,a,ou Of NV int diligence and his opinion OF my Illness
FOR teaching district school friend rose from the
tcrch AM, ,irollcd whStlngly over IN me hat oppoSc
sudden hublnb and confusion IN th"t direction III
oI,,iing that the meeting had bccn called 10 order
Organizing TIE CONVENTION.
Wi,h his gray whiskers and h't' MS serious P"Oo"'
face and ms rrposefu dignity at deme1nor' he I'M
pressed ,up "a, Il patriarch in fock coat the chairman
fpu ixff. m.
~ Tallahassee Between him and Lee OF jack
sopyi,p who has been pointed ont 10 me by several
among tie whites US OF the smartcSt nisgers I'D tue
stete"-thc contest for the chamlnshp was close puV
Leon carried against Lee. The secretary OF INC CON
eut WIS also colored Oos, darby than the chairman
thOrln aud the assistant secretary a. i1st "ppo'o"
-. negro as well But Mr. Lee had something to say
On tins subject. Kissing gracefully TO his ieet' no 10
minded his people that 1T was hardly iaf Oh Ihe" u
1oonopei,c an the high Offices OF The occasion SIMPLY nc
CAUSE they happened TO be IN the majority Twas we'll
hr hoicd 10 have a giants strength b. bat tWefc Viah
,o, t ,se It lsc giant. And yielding 20 his eloquent
mo, ,le meeting rccOnsidcTcd ~ action and made
white ,nau assistant secretary. 50 W" had for our chr
man one ot puro black blood; for our secretary
,nnla,o; and for assistant secretary white man Thus
al radanu, You were recognized ana tolicSche"
and hc.ritd as they should no.
soMy OF THE ORATORS.
AMER prayer by the chaplaln-"ho also WAS coofca-
an ddroS, was made by Mr. Lee, which regret not to
haze heard as business called me out But MI MehaTd
of Key west thuk-was speaking from the platform
when tc-,rtcrcl So good this centlcman's pres
.nce 40 excellent his manner, that never should nave
scctcd that he had been in Congress had they not told
,oc 40 There was practical sense In what he
said 10 IN, lie forever chasing phantoUs ana hgtlng
windmill my pcOplctha was the substance ONT do
not La roodng over past injuries or dwelling on present
s,eh. Slavery IS over and done. dismiss that from
tho mind except remember that you remain where
mat left Won 1t il your fault study study dill
gently That you may be able to understand what Il
necessary tax about Here thought Of my inchu
O. the morning and hoped that he WAS PRESENT. knowl-
edse Is power an ignorant majority vi" always DC con-
trrllca ~ an intelligent minority You saw mat your
selves I'm i376 You had the great plurality the power
1r,s .,l In ytrr hands But yOu how It went out
And IL will always Don't talk about social equal
ttylo,i Isk for tit ia rights under the law that
Uo want. an equal show where we p9! alike. II inc
xbite ,ua want. q car 10 himself let him have tiff he
nave for lie has night TO H. Tor my part ha'i
rather id with people otmy "ncolor enjoy myself
ere.r dca bocr and suppose he does too But want
a, good car to Tide IN as lac has pay the same rare
All tina, Mr. Mcnard said followed with approving In
trrcst ard udorsod from the depth OF lay cohlciohs
But nhc lie rather urged upon his people that among
other sdlc they devote themselves specially TO that OF
finance Il occurred to me thatwcl. that should not
I,ne them fcry severely If here they inclined TO kick
Icg thought OF the weary hours that yscf have dc
voted to tu. fascinating STUDY Of the financial articles
aud essays that have deyourcd-pcrlaps HAD hettcr
.ay drunk -in my thirst for kno"lcdgc remembered
tr many conversations have had with bank presidents
and cashier on this very subject financial economy and
( rcc.icd hero when round next morninS-aiter
10 again To- take mp the topic and also small amount OF
money the shutters were generally mp, the bog who
swcp, oui the Office in Jail and every else Of at Sara
tos, .r Nr~rort Thought, too, low fun tho various
luatc Is, lam, are And in view OF the already limited
Recommendation, m private ~ well as state institutions. ]
feryenuy Ira Jed that black brother would not TOO
strne,i!5 lie uc himself to the study OF finance
ur regret that tdc convention generally seemed
much Ic>, interested In Mr.. Mcuars remarks than was
One after another sarMcrcd ont there "A tub Of
lemonade the door, and OF those who remained the
majority with heads close laid together were laying
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