The Washington bee., 1897-04-24

prove great weapon in the hands Of
me negro. Present existing police
uldtionS that are enforced rould
ori{ exist under tyraniCal rule. Some
vi theSe regulations do more to dis
grace some OF this unfortunate class ~
people than many laws that are claim
Gu 10 exist In that section of the corr-
IIy Where negroes are condemned b,,
JuuSe Lynch. We don't need to CO
any further South than the Distric, 81
Solun Dia to find Judge Lynch. Some
vi our Judges are greater tyrants tba,
any OF those South of the DiStrict of
Columbia. AT last Congress bss
gwen the people the right to anneai
from courts that have iurisJIr,,on
oEe owe petty offences. This is the act of
MarCh 2, 1897 President MCEinley
"a lhe appointment OF Judges who
Se Selni may expire. will, it is hoped. Sc
80 some one negro and there are
many VINO can meet all the reouire-
Hlents OF an American citizen.
ne negro should not ask for svn-
Pdtny II he Is capable of demonstrat-
ing 10 the administrative mowers that
ne IS what claim he should be
he negro is success In law. not
Wltnstandlng the preiudices of some of
our courts, and as a physician he is
equal to the white man.
Our Freedmen's Hosnital will eoua1
any in this country.
our public schools are the equals of
any IN the country, with but one excep--
| tlo1 winch snail not at this juncture
STATE. But will say, that the impor-
tatlon OF teachers from other States to
the exclusion of our own Normal
oCnooi graduates should be stopped.
PARENTS whose occupation is in the
WASH tub struggle to enable them
10 educate their children, and after
their graduation, to have their claims
SET aside for outsiders does not help
tne cnildren OF the emancipated in the
District of Columbia.
IN POLITICS
the Negro is failure. He lacks that
STABILITY and manhood that is found in
nose mos, OF the more fortunate races.
lhey ooast of their great political
strength and of being political fac
, tors, but are too timid to resent a
t political snub. He is a political beg
gar and the republican party knows
: II. hey Clamored in the recent cam
palgn to be recognized, as they thought
they could discuss the monetary oues-
tion and the great economic issues
that were agltating the public mind
, and which threatened dissolution of the
republic, and which was only revo-
luton on paper that ended like a temp
r est in tea pot, but the negro, it was
: claimed, knew nothing about the
} money question, but timidly submitted
: to what was said and concluded that he
, did not know anything about it.
r Human rights, civil and political
liberty IN which the negro could have
f waved the bloody shirt are issues OF
t the past The great political apostle,
Mark Hanna, found in the Negro vot-
t ing factor but not a vote maker.
Instead of the negro log rolling for
once during the four years of demo.
cratic rule he should have been study
ing these economic questions. These
political parasites from the Atlantic to
the PaClhC, from the extreme North to
the extreme South, are clamoring fol
the Recorders ofhCe "They are like
the parrot that has been taught one
thing, and can only repeat one thing
recorders Office Some OF them
never attempt 10 learn anything new.
WHAT HE WILL BE
: When the American negro shall
| have learned to act like the white man.
! when 1t Is to his interest and the wei.
iare OF his people, then his future sue.
cess IN life will be looked for with
: pleasure and admiration. lust as GER
tain as the blue and gray have laid
} aside the munitions of war and meet
one another as friends and brothers
Just as sure will the negro at some
future date cast his lot among those
whom he regards as his enemy
THE SOUTH
will shortly see its folly, the light has
begun to SHINE in that section on this
deSplsed negro. | have no apprehen-
sion OF the future greatness OF the ne
gro. He will be more charitable to-
wards his Oppressors than they are
toward him to-day. 1t will never be-
come necessary for the negro to take
up arms. He will commend himself
to the thoughtful consideration of the
white man by polished arts, and true
it is said,
81 hese polished arts have
unnamed mankind
! SOftened the rude,
! And Gained the bOlSterOus
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