The Washington bee., 1892-05-28
How was it coDtemptible a?

SdIuCu ouAOICuu luuu6uCO Will JBt
majority of the people in Mississ!p
pi TO be elected United State.
Senator, and sufficient prominence
before the people Of the UuiteC
States to have been called upon t
preside over the grandeSt assem-
blage that was ever known, | meaI
the National Republican Conven-
tiOn OF 1850, and to fill all the other
positions that he has served in with
credit, and yet be what you say be
is, "a political CIPHER" the ''big-
gest clam," etc.
Do you not know, dear little
"wasp," that when you say these
things against Senator Bruce, you
tell the people of Mississippi that
they were fools tor elevating him to
national prominence, you tell all
those brainy and eloquent men like
COnkling, Garfield, Logan, Arthur,
Hoar, ElliOtte and Rainey, all OF
whom were there, that they aud
all the rest of the delegates there
present, were fools for allowing
such a "clam" to preside over
them. All the world said he pre-
sided with ability and dignity, but
what of that, siuce dear little
"wasp" alone has escaped from the
crush of worlds and and the wreck
OF matter to tell che intelligent
people that they have been deceived
by this man for twenty years and
that it (little wasp alone has in
vented and patentrighted the
method Of undeceivIng them, name
ly, by misrepresentation, by mud
singing, and by styling hlm a
"clam" and "cipher."
repeat that as mean sentiments
as-tbOse penned by little "wasp"
against Senator b uce could not
have been written by the meanest
white man. Why not? Because
whatever white man says against
the race must be taken cum q-atia
SAILS on account of his Natural
prejudice. Ga the other hand.
when cOlOred man says anything
against the race it is emphatically
evidence against interest and il
therefore first class testimony. And
as no one can write man down aS
Big a fool as he can himself, the
more be attempts to degrade and
belittle an acknowledged repre>
sentative of his people, the meaner
he shows him self to be. There Is a
vast diff between honest
criticism and puslllanimOus as
saults upon character AMI reputa
ton.
There is a glory of the sun and
there is a glory of the moon and
there is a glory of the stars, and
each differs from the other in its
glory.
When l mentioned the fact that
by if we ask our home goverrhad by
their brilliance discovered 2ssR 2sR9iss.II ~
rising sons, no one unless be should
possess more ignorance than little
"Wasp" would understand that the
rising young men were lnStanced
as great men, but as those destined
to be so.
You say that | hope by the de-
fense of Senator Bruce to be taken
care of by him IN Case of repub blI-
can victory next fall. Dear little
wasp" this thought did not enter
the remOtest corner of nv mind.
You are accustomed to measuring
everything and everybody from a
selfish standpoint, and though you
make no honey, you endeavOr to
sting people into the narrowly con
tracted, eelfish channel of your lit
tie mind. No dear little soul, was
not returning past fdvOrs or seek
ing future rewards. | was not
speaking for Senator Bruce, except
in so far as he is representative
of my race. Consult the files of
the old New York Globe and YOU
will find that | have always deemed
it high privilege to defend my
people and their chosen representa-
tives against such wantOn traduc-
ton as emanates from you.
The entire cOIOred press of this
country, and every man who is
Able to raise his voice above the
low hum of honeyless little "wasp,"
have been and are still demanding
larger and more commensurate
official recognition at the hands of
the power that be. Now put these
just demands by he side of the as
SHINE declaration that man who
in point of experience, success, and
standing of Senator Bruce, has
been undeservedIy honored, trust
ed and esteemed, and that you
alone escaped from the smallest
cell in your small nest to tell them
this.
My relation to the whole matter
is thus: God first, race next, party
next. He who serves his race best
serves his party best Parties are
but aggregations Of individuals,
and nations are bnt diff rent
branches of the human family; and
as no man respects another who
does not respect himself, neither
will nations or parties respect races
or individuals who do not respect
themselves.
The success or defeat of the re.