The Washington bee., 1888-11-03

and sickness which 80 generally
aff1lcts mankind prevents her at.
tendance.
The. following is the address of
Mr.. w. Calvin Chase on the
C0LoRED PRESS:
Mr.. President, am thankful to
you and the women of the Baptist
Home Mission Society for this very
high compliment, and | assure YOU
1T is an honor bestowed upon one
who appreciates it. Whatever may
have been my mistakes in the art
OF journalism, | have endeavored
to be fair and just to all, defending
the innocent and denouncing the
guilty. | shall not on this occasion
attempt to make a defense for any.
thing that may have appeared un-
fair; but will say that the BEE, at
all times, knew that it's course was
justifiable in law and, in fact. in JUS
tlce and in reason. Its successes ap-
peared as mistakes to you and it's
mistakes were but it's successes.
1t is within the power Of the press
to overturn cities and lay palaces
to the ground the press can make
kings, potentates and overturn
governments. The press is either
for a good purpose or bad one,
and when its purposes are for the
good of community, causes or
measures, it should be supported.
The aim Of the BEE has been to pro.
mote the interests of all denomina-
tions, and if it has failed in that the
fault was in the judgement and not
in the intention or motives.
There is way to make our in
stitutions succeed there is way
to become independent, but we can
not succeed nor can we become in
dependent by supporting institu-
tions that are in:mical to our ad-
vancement. Think of the amount
of printing that is done by the Bap-
tiSt in this city, and the work car
ried to those institutions that will
not allow a colored youth to enter
and learn trade, nor will they
employ our girls as folders, and
yet great many Of our people con-
tinue to carry their work to those
places. Why not support an in
stitu Ou that employs our colored
youths? Why not support an in
stitutiul that opens its doors to
males and females? When you
build ug your own institutions you
build monuments to posterity, you
create places for those who are not
allowed to enter white establish
ments and whose color and condi-
ton merely are bar to their ad-
mission. | say this particularly to
the Baptist denomination, because
this denomination has more print
ing done than all other denomina-
tions combined. | say this to the
Baptists of this city because they
conduct enterprising institutions
and are an enterprising people.
You will be surprised to know that
the three ladies in the BEE Office
learning the art of printing aud the
male printers aud other help, are
all strict Baptist. This happens,
not because | am prejudiced against
other denominations, but because
they seem to be more enterprising.
In consideration of the high com.
pliment paid the BEE, [ shall offer
for your consideration the follow
ing proposition On or about Jan.
1st, 1889, 1 shall publish in this
city a monthly journal, which shall
be dedicated to the 'NOmans' Bap.
tIst Home Mission Society and
edited in the interest of the women
of this country, and aid in promot-
Ing the work that is being carried
on by your institu ion. [ shall sug-
gest that some lady connected with
the WomanS Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society be named as editress,
and if my proposition will meet the
approval of the conference | shall
be glad to confer with any commit
tee of ladies that may be appoint
ed from this body for that purpose.
The females of this city and espec-
tally an organization of this char
acter need a journal Of their own.
One that will disseminate their own
thoughts and acts. Several at
tempts have been made TO start
one, but failed, and with the aid of
a society like this one, the females
will have a medium through which
they can speak. And now for the
necessity of supporting
THE COLORED PRESS.
Representing, as [ do a col0red
newspaper, it is with more than an
unuSal effort that | arise before
you to say word or two upon one
of our greatest needs-,a good, we'll
supported national organ of the