The Washington bee., 1897-12-18
(From the Morning Republican, W,sI
Chester, Pa.


We are pleased to observe that m
President, in selecting his Regsud
the Treasury, has reappointed na
place Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, oil
sissippi. We do not approve 9TH
custom, started we believe by PrS
dent Hayes, of reserving certainpaa
for colOred men, because We art
every man, white or black, should !
eligible TO every position for Vhlha
is qualified, and to which his sera
to the party, or the country, permadu
to aspire. So long, however, as lis
particular place, like that of Recotd
of Deeds of the District Of Couma
seems to have become a chatteI Oih
aggregate colored vote, we are EI
that Mr.. Bruce was not passed by
OF those who give to the lOVud
mankind hope that the future 9th
colored man may be Credltable tons
and of benefit to the land Of which X
has become a part, Bruce is the F
We contemplate with most satiSfaCton
He is a man of brains, and he has hat
gentlemanly bearing and tact hat
draw men to him and retain them A
self-reSpeCting man, he is at the san,
time the type of a perfect gentem1h
No doubt he feels, as every SenSiR
colored gentleman must feel, themaE
humlliationS which the WorthIeSt D
his race must bear because the Ldd
God chosen to give him a COmpeIllf
darker than the CauCaSiOn. But o.
stead of reSenting this in anger,
meeting prejudice with fierce pfOtes
Mr.. Bruce bears the burden Of SlG
discrimination with dignity and SIIi
abiding faith that time will efac: pre-
judice, that the bearing Of such as E
will dlsarm hostility, and that the 40
vance of his race, year by yeaf, % IE y,
gentler attributes of civilization, "I
compel fair treatment at the hands"
christian men and women.
When we reflect that the new Esgg
ter was born in bondage, that nc
emphatically a self-made man, Inal lI
has acquired wealth by the exercise"
the gifts the Lord youchSated hm'
are aStounded to behold what a OIaIl
man, pure hearted man, a tnCIOuSI
honorable man, can make oil Onlssn
under the most adverse CtrcunS'dui's
We believe we have heretofore Spgs~ n.y..
of the subject of this paragraph Nv
ing the Reconstruction perlod nel'Ps n.
Sented the State of MISSISSIPPI u ~
Senate ofthe United States. WOW, n
men who at that time were S'm S',J
Congress from the lately con4u,5t, 4.,5,
States did not always come vs." -,
clean bill of health. lniact. 'll',c nronq
a certain general disposition 'I,;TS .rT
the other members to draw thei, a!o,n,l s.,,
away from contact with t1e % men
baggerS" and the few 'oiV'T~ V S.d 10
whom the "carpet-baggeS .msn ms Ri,
recognize. Senator Bruce oes1% .n,,s
legislative career under these unS unS not
ant surroundings But ne ln nau mad. ID
been there long before, IN nls oTs ~ had
est, yet self-respectlng way, ,grIssOn
secured the respect Ol Ii2 2,II,bsr The
both sides ofthe senate CndlliD1' sas held
friends he then made, ne sos Lia. dIIed
Since he left the Senate, nc "'I n each
several prominent positions S.,sortb. Ia
of these he has shown MS ~ add 10
none of them has he failed u sm And
those who honor and admire olT, ia.i ap
we are glad to perceive Oy ,,,9 ,osr /, not
pointment that his public cai'''
yet closed. - are inlhs
The future of the colorsd Tbs, T4ss must
country is not yet assured l,:s, 5eisRt llSB i6ae
thew tn have have So far reached. ,l6 dns{ {5.io,
's5fp ~5i'e in men viii rssps:, pee. iS' lo Be oe
whole. They must cease ,sSich ii IOO6
spicuous as the elemenI &C sess0'
upon a political canvass S. as aass,bhsfsd d
when the harvest IS TO DC Ssfs Thg
the expense of the canoiai1a canaiai scale ih't
must so ascend in the So'ia,; Sr;be will H
to approach them with "a When ihsl
a dangerous thing to 90.
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