The Afro-American., 1896-02-22
NOTES And
COMM ENT.
Uncle Pickwick Diseourses on
Dr.. CPummeIlS S Lecture, Bust
ness Mems Banquet, Afro
American Appointments
and on COlOPed
Teachers.

: The lecture on "Business' given by
: tne Rev Alexander Crummell, D D.
I LII ID at st. Johns Temple las
Monday night under the auspices OF
the North Western Family Supply
4 company was one of the grandest ef.
forts of the kind ever afforded the
citizens of Baltimore. No one was
surprised, for the fact that the Rev
Or. Crummell was to be the lecturer
was of itself the guarantee that If
would, indeed, be good thing. DR..
CTummell was at his best. His pithv.
pointed and eloquent sayings can
hardly be forgotten by the large
crowd OF men and women who had
the good fortune to hear him. Those
VINO were not present missed some
thing unusually great and helpful.
~
The Doctor began by explaining
the causes leading to the great social
unrest Sc prevalent in ali parts of the
world, and characterized the trades
unions and similar organizations as
! the rebellion OF enlightened human
nature against "drudgery" rather
than, as commonly thought, of labor
against capital. His analysis of the
situation was most beautiful, and
bis historical survey of the state of
the case was pleasing and engaging.
He made the point that any race of
people of only one occupation in life
was necessarily compelled to state |
OF 1nferiority and mendicancy. The |
uplift was to be had in diversified en- !
ployment . He pointed out most T
graphically and vigorously the duty
OF cooperation" upon the part of
the race in accomplishing what could
not be dO0e single, handed and alone.
His general advice to the race respect
ing the varied walks of life and the
loving duty of helpfulness in word
and deed was particularly good. In
fact, it is but a vain effort upon our
part to describe that matchless, elo
heartily anplsndemely practical ad,
start to finish one end to the other
thing The hoRnse, and which was
and mothers of the race everywhere
ought to hear such talk continually.
The n. w. F. s. Co. hOnOred itself i'll
giving such lecture to our people
~
The banquet held last week on Lin
coins birthday by our AfrO-American
business men was q splendid idea.
We need to get together, our think
ing men, our wOrkingmeD, more often
than we do, and stimulate each other
by our experiences and observations
and exert upon our people an enthusi-
asm which will quicken their zeal and
love and urge them forth to test their
own resources and develop their ca
pabil'ties by launching out on the
deep, in various business enterprises
and Industrial endeavOrs The speech
of Mr.. Waring was grand and inspir-
ing, and the long list OF mechanical
and business enterprises in which
Baltimore AfrO-Americans are ell
gagged was, indeed, most pleasing
revelation to many of us. We regret
that we did no hear any of the
speeches, but We are told that some
excellent ones were made, among
such, those of DR.. Harris, President
DAILY and Lawyer McGuinn were es-
pecially good. Among the faithful
and true, enlogy of the life and char
acter of ABRAHAM LINCOLN must al
ways touch the springs of true manli-
ness and beget a mighty passion in
the soul TO burst forth from the fet-
ters which bind and soar to areat
eminen e. The grand simplicity of
Abraham Lincoln constitutes one
phase OF his great life which all
American leaders would do we'll
to Increasingly initiate. His life is an
object lesson demonstrating with
power and cohesive attraction, how a
nan can rise from Obscurity to great ]
eminence and distinction, and yet
carry into such an exalted station the
sublime simplicity of MAN, unmoYed
from that native simplicity by the
splendor aud glitter associated with
great eminence. A man with big
head and small heart is unworthy of
the name of Man. Our hearts must
be as large as our heads.
50
Tn to this writing neither has our
Mator nor Governor demonstrated
hesvmptoms of large by
appointing representative Afro Amer
leans on some of the various public ]
boards with which our people are
largely concerned. Our Mayor has !
been particularly solicitous respect I
ing the appointment Of women on !
such boards, but he seems to have
purposely forgotten the interests of
his black constituency. We shall not
be too hard on him, but wait yet a
little while longer.
~
Mr. Windfelder, member of the
Second Branch of the Council, is re
ported in the daily papers as opposing
the bill before that body which has
for its object the gradual elimination
of white teachers from our colored
schools, on the ground that the
choice of teachers should be limited
to colured persons who are graduates {
of Maryland schools. Ne don't know ;
where Mr.. Wjndfelser was born, rr
v here he went tt, school, whether ia
Maryland or some CHAeE stafe, but We
do know that sQs
the CiTy CoQ7
Maryland;
that We
who