Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-19

The report in The Sr.R OF TIE political ser
mon preached by Rev. ". Bishop johnson Of
the Second Colored Baptist Church last Sunday
has excited much Comment. There are evi-
IDENTIFY many colored men who do not approve
the views expressed by the preacher and some
whose disapprovsl amounts 90 severecondemna-
hon The STAR has published during the week
letters written OF both sides Others have
written 20 IHE SrAs discussing Rev. Mr.. John
sons remarks and incidentally the relations q
the republican party TO the negro vote. Mir. Geo.
NJ Arnold. who presided at one Of THE District
republican convestions las; spring and who
spoke during tie recent campaign in various
places for the republican party, has been stirred
to write the following:
The criticism OF awrite- Pair Play''l in THE
STAR Of November Is on DR. Risho,, johnson .
address last Sunday is misleading and entirely
incorrect In so far il refers to the doctors
Views as 70 Gen Harrison. / heard the Ad-
uress IN full The report in TIE STAB is
straight Fair Play" saws;
President Harrison's position on the So
called force bill probably lost him reelection.
Tor 1t kept the soath solid and lost him many
votes In the north. Il is in bad grace for a
uiVine who IS not q professionalism tn damn q
iriend Tor not doing what he has already been
coiored people do not speak out in the defense
OF friend in case Ike this thew cannot hope 10
WIN favor with Presideut-elect Cleveland or
any other fair-minded man who loves fidelity
and spurns ingratitnde to ones fr1end.'
Dr. johnson paid the Presidents deserved
rlputei he classed him along with the great
strong men that this generation has known, IL
was not the President that DR. Johnson said
was 10 blame, but the vacillatius. .'pu-itnnic
Pretensions and hyPocrites tina, had charge Of
the political management: those who had not
the courage 70 face and confront a ..rnoral
issue" They who denied their faithful allies"
were scored by the doctor, but not Gen Harri-
son.
No man posted on current events will charge
the Afro-American with ingratitude There il
no debt OF gratitude that stands against him
War, politics and loyalty 90 his country attest
this.
Afro-Americans, a. q class, are well u, IN
current matters. know the difference between
hawk and a hand saw" lincoln. Grant
Chase, Wade, Sumner, Stevens Conklinc, Logan
aud other strong men that we're are not. and
the Afro-Americans feel the absence of men
like thes, in this day, but there Is among them
no lack OF LOYALTY 20 the Fundamental princi-
pies OF republican faith. Afro-Americaus be-
cause Of their former condition, have reasons
to be men worshipers, and they know for what
TO worship men and they do not entertain
other than the kindest and most loval devotion
to Gen Harrison, but so not believe they are.
as class carried away with all the foremost
men" who run the republican party today and
dictate its policy. We went into cam
paign last June with loyal, pure, clean,
honest. upright man at the head
Of the ticket. but we denied the
faith Of our own forefsthers, denied our faith
full allies, denied our creed. chased rainbows
and put our trust in "puritanic pretensions s.
and there was no hope for Us. We were de-
feated because Of various things, but none was
greater than the sin of being unfaithfui to the
great truths Of republican belief
The question has been asked. How is II that
Afro-Americans take the defeat Of the party so
philosophically? That can be answered by say
ing Of late he has become philosopher OF the
most advanced practical sort, and like Dickens
"Micawber" is here. waiting for something TO
turn up.