The Washington bee., 1889-10-05

mics, and those whose claims ran
counter to his own, aud so was
Douglass. Christ Church College
Oxford, Eng, stands to day as a
monument to Wolsey's gener-
osity, and it is here that disimi-
larity in the characters of the :wo
men is most noticeable.
1t is not in a fippant or sport
i've sense that our pen traces these
words, but in all seriousness.
Every race has or have bad their
great men of whom they are
proud, and the Negro whose path
has been and is strewn with
thorns instead of roses, on reflect
ing upon his great men seeks for
something that he too might be
proud of. If that search leads
him to the conclusion, after a
careful and impartial examination
of the facts that the hegreatness of our
men consists solely in holding of
flee, the benefits of which he selfish
ly appropriates to himselfor lavish
es upon those not of his own race to
the exclusion of those on whose
shoulders he cllmed into power, is
it not a cause rather for. sadness
than mirth? In looking over the
labors of our public men, and Mr..
Douglass in particular, we are
forced to the admission that there
is nothing upon which we may
rear our pride and say to our chill
dren, "look there what has been
done for you" Is this not enough
to cause us to pause?
We remarked that Wolsey had
endowed a college which stands
as a monument to his memory.
Can any one name single build
ing, public or private,
upon which Mr.. Douglass has ex-
pended one dollar for the benefit
of the race? Is there a single
young man or woman whose strug-
giles have been lighted by his aid?
Is there one among the many poor
students for whom he has bought
q single book? He is not a poor
mau. Why then has he not
done some of these things?
He has left US, and that we
may have something to think of
IN his absence, he leaves his house
Just as be lived in it, in charge of
his wife's mother and sister, with
servants, carriage and horses at
tneir disposal, and all bills tor
their maintenance will be paid Ivy
him. Not one of his many chill
dren, all married, were deemed
good enough by his wife to look
/ sULCU,.;- pa -c~tLar,s---'. InrouPn 's.'
after tnelf Ia,dtesf~s house. How
some people will laugh in their
sleeves as they eat free food, with
free servants and horse and car
riage to ride around in. And as
if determined to affront us all he
could, sent to Rochester, n. 7.
for a white girl, one Miss Marsh,
who goes with him as one OF his
secretaries at a good salary. Ye
gods! Not one of our educated
and refined young women were
considered competent or good
enough to fill the place. Yet this
is the man we have nursed until
be outgrew his own race. TO
those who may inquire what busl-
ness is it of ours what he does, and
why we did not speak before he
left the country, we say that. it is
our right as public journal to
criticlse the acts of public men
when their doings concern our
race. and that we would much
prefer that he was here to answer
these facts that have but recently
come to our knowledge. When
he shall cease to be public man
and his doings cease to be charged
against us, we shall be happy to
leave him most severely alone.
As it is, we are tired ofhiS contin-
ued insults TO US. There is one
other difference between him and
Wolsey. 1t was the king who
was ungrateful to Wolsey, but in
this case, it is Douglass who has
shown bis ingratitude to the peo-
pie (our king). Well might he
wall,
"I shall fall