The Washington bee., 1889-05-04
FALSE ALARMS.

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fire commissioners to ascertain ii
all the men are in headquarters
ready for duty. False alarms are
sounded by self constituted lead
srs of the negro race to find ou
its sentiments and feeling, which
the leaders alluded to are as in
capable of treating as a Zulu chief
is of reaching heaven Withoui
wings. The people are becoming
used to these little side issues.
They are beginning to understand
that a man or two can do as much
shrewd, sharp work on paper, In
the name of the "dear people" as
FIVE hundred or five thousand;
that three or four men can hold
the biggest mass meeting the
world ever saw or heard of; thai
more cut and dried resolutions
can be passed amid yociferous and
deafening applause in behalf OF
the pet scheme or the pet leader
than mortal ear ever heard of, Or
read in the public print. These
false alarm politicians carry
around with them an article called
"method," very useful to them,
very-and they do not hesitate TO
avail themselves of the pleasures
and privilege of using it freely
whenever occasion permits. They
regard it as a magnificent panacea
for too much tranquility and
peace, and if properly applied will
be very sure to produce the effect
desired; viz, discomfort, unrest,
uneasiness. Look out for false
alarms and pessimistic alalmists,
who stand ready to. deliver the
race for a mess of political pot
tage.
All is not lost yet. Neither is
"God dead" The great problem
which the craftsmanship of the
past century has failed to solve,
we are quite sure cannot be 80
easily disposed of by a neophyte
in statecraft. There are worse
elements in our social anatomy
than the negro. The scum Oh
Europe and it's decayed respecta-
bility is far more dangerous to the
peace and perretulty of this gov
ernment than the negro ever was
and is-what he will be depends
very much on the manner In
which be is treated in the future
Anarchists and dynamibels, DEFY
ing law and order, Molly Ma
guires and white caps, are moi
only to be found among the negro
race.
We had a greater respect fol
the constitution and the law thar
o large majority of the paupel
classes of Europe, who come here
and share its protection, and abuse
their privilege. Wisconsin, Ill
inois, Michigan, Minnesota, auc
other western states, toward
which foreign emigration is tend
ing, are full of race organizations
The Scandinavians. Germans
French Canadians, Welsh, Ital
lans, Hebrews, and other nation
allties have their political anC
social organizations, and thei
newspapers printed in their owr
tongue. Senators and Congress
men, who represent these state
in Congress, fear the influence o
this element and respect it. Wha
is good for white men, native o.
foreign born, ought to be good fol
black men whose ignorance is no
half SO dense as that of the classes
we have already referred to.
We are not willing to accep
the gloomy forecast as to oul
future as race in this country
which Sir Oracle, with a sound o
trumpets and a flare of Chinese
lanterns, has bequeathed to pos,
terity. As literary production
it will go laundering down the
ages as the first stroke of politicaI
diplomacy ever made by a de.
termined and desperate applicant
for a petty Office.
1t is said that Jupiter made a
lottery in heaven, in which NOR.
tails es well as the gods were
allowed to have tickets. The
prize was WISDOM, and MINsRA
got it, The mortals murmured
and accused the Gods of foul play
Jupiter, TO wipe off this sspersion,
declared another lottery for NOR
tails only. The prize was folly.
They got it and shared it among
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