The colored American., 1894-08-11

mo one appreciates more than I II
u dlfflculty of satisfying the hungl
horde who have come here seeking O
nee. 1t Is next to impossible. In c
nee, very often it happens that one
satlshed with his lot because he
afraid to be dissatisfied. You can he,
. MS muttering on the street and in II
cluo room, but, with sycophantin
cleverness. he never chances to know
What was done at the meeting or if h,
did, he was opposed to it.
AS for Mr.. Brown, he is not a mem
Der ofthe Congressional club as least hi
name does not appear on our rolls. We
ala hear it was offered to MIR q Still
Ior membership. Indeed, we do moi
know that Mr.. Brown Is even Demo
crat But this much is true-be ha,
never contributed to defray the ex
penses of the club, and cannot for 8
certainty, be said to be in symnatbx
WIN us. 1t looks as though he is 8
Democrat at long range.
Had he been present. with us wban
the resolutions were under considera
tlon, he could have, by the aid of his
very fertile intellect, assisted in giving
them better shape. In any event. he
could have had an opportunity to
survey the whole. nor seek slight
faults to find"
Mr. Brown is contradictory in his
statements. He thinks coIored men
ought to be satisfied with what tnev
nave, OBJECTS to them trying to better
thelr condition, and yet. in the very
same paragraph he admits that he
would like to have better salary him
self.
Again he suggests that grievances
should be presented to the heads If
the departments instead of the public I
and right on top of that suggestion he
makes another that the grievances
should be presented to the Congress
sional Committee.
If consistency is jewel, then our |
friend is not very rich.
The objection urged by members of
the committee to presenting the COM
plants to the heads of the Departm ents
was that complaints have never found !
themselves able to get any nearer. in
person, to those officials, than their
private secretaries or chief clerks.
AS to giving them to the public
'hrough the newspapers, the idea was
nat or gentleman who stands high
n the club, and whose judgement is
good; and just here we are
confronted with anther one of those
inconsistencies of Mr.. Brown; for,
While he speak out against giving our
rlevances TO the public through the
eWspapers. he, himself, is guilty of ,
ne very same sin. Had he been sim
ere in correcting the imaginary mis-
axes of the club, why did he not write
us, under cover, and demonstrate, ,
lstead of giving his views 10 the news
apers? Z
Personally, cannot say that [ fav-
ed giving that part of the resolutions l
the public, as it appeared to me to
putting weapon in the hands of d
e republicans. ?
Mr.. Brown continues: "Then when a
futher consider that Negro Demo M
ats have been of comparatively little 3 81
to the party as yet, some of them .
ver having cast Democratic vote 1t
me never will, and some never had a "
'ote to give-"Upon what meat doth ID
is, our CeasaI, feed ?" y
Mr.. Brown speaks for the Negro IN
of Kentucky. Now, to be al
tn honest and frank with the good I'd
ute Democrats of his State, as well III
with himself. will he please name M
Negro Democrats who have never ne
t democratic vote, and never tu
i" Name one Ho does he know gr
s? Is it possible that Mr.. Brown tn
ers to himself? are
lie says he is in the Democratic WI
ty to bring about a better under DO
nding between the white and the er
ored people of his State. WHY so col
gard with the sphere Of our political ne
uence, Mr.. b ? Why should it not rig
your ambition to see its moralizinp me
uence circumscribe the entire Uni WI
States? is.
have but little confidence, not to me
respect, for those who align them gre
es with party for the sake of office exc
e. but have still less for those who dls'
give no reason at all for the politi- at
aith that is in them, or whose poli. has
is consequent upon the result of the
last election. of /;
'litlcs, with the sensible man. is q In
ter OF BUSINESS, after all; and the Mic
convert, if he be sincere convert con
titled to as much consideration as com
-eran of of forty years service. thes
Y democracy dates back from the prol
l have not cast single republi- that
vote since that date, every vote | case
cast has been a democratic one been
agree with the gentleman that if the
d be better to give smaller corp
IS to many, than give better ones prov
ew, if this is to be the alternative ploy
cannot the great Democratic party fact
ID to do both ? We do not think inter
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