The Washington bee., 1898-06-18

Arnoid'S dehndtlOu, "hlStOry is: the
biography of society" )" has been often
praised nor altogether undeservedly,
for it directs attention to the fact. all
history accords with biography in sup
ing in its subject certain unity of life
work, and end. The history of En-
glish-America began with the three
slave-trading voyages of John Hawk
ins made in the years of I5o2-Is64 and
1867 nothing that Englishmen had
done in connection with America pre-
viously to those voyages had any re-
suit worth recording.
In the inspiring phamplet of James
Otis of Boston, Mass, the ISt against
what was was known at the Declara-
tory "Resolve the stamp Act" he
held there could be no prescrip-
ton old enough to supercede the law
of nature and the grant of God Al
mighty who had given all men a right
to be free, that nothing but life and
liberty were bereditable, that in solv-
ing practically the grand political
problem, the first and simple princi-
pie must be equality and the power
of the whole, there never did nor
never can exist parliament of any
description or generation of men in
any country possessed of the right or
the power of building or controlling
posterity to the end of time, it is the
living and not the dead that are to be
accommodated when man ceases TO
be, his wants ceases with him and
having no longer any participation n
the concerns of this world he has no
longer any power or authority in di-
recting who shall be its governors or
how its government shall be organized
or how administered and as we look
back TO those auspiciouS days, We
bless the Almighty that he impaired
to our fore-fathers, SO large measure
of his own wisdom that he breathed
into their councils such a spirit of calm
results hopeful zeal, that he put into
their mouths words of such Compre-
hensive truth that through all time as
each successive as each generation
draws nearer to the laws of universal
brotherhood it will but develop more
fully the principle by which the Uni
ted States of America first took their
place among the nations.
Heaven hath indeed smiled upon
us, but some drops of bitterness hath
been kindly intermingled in the cup of
JOY lest the draught should intoxicate
and lull us to sleep, among the many
errors America has been guilty of, few
have been greater or attended more
fatal consequences TO its citizens, none
| leaves more conspicuous blight up
on the country because OF direct,
active Reputation of those principles
which history from the colonial period
| to the present advises us, are the prin-
ciples upon which this government is
| founded, the rights which are granted,
guaranteed and given every man even
if he be of foreign birth, the enjoy
ment of liberty and freedom and pro-
lection, than does the lack of respect
shown the American Negro as citi-
zen, man aud gentleman, his ex-
clusion from a participation in rights
for which he fought, for which he has
given his life In contest for the
same rights which government by
The people, for the people, of the peo-
pie has spread worldwide are his.
that helps support by taxation, that
he honors, respects, veal whose time
is given his country's service officially
and otherwise and even though he
bears the colors of that country, "Old
glory". "The Stars and Stripes" of
"The land of the free, the home of the
brave" on land or sea that country
has not and does not and will not re-
spect such citizens as citizens should
be respected, if America would show
its respect for character, its appreCia
ton for man, its regard for justice, no
better place than home, no better time
can be had than now, TO practically
demonstrate that belief and opinion
for which humanity in its cries because
of destruction by lynching in the south
the non-securIty In travel, or home
and the marke :. and distinct lines of
prejudice drawn In this country upon
an American, a citizen. taxpayer,
because of his complexion, his de-
scendency, even in the National Capt.
tai city and the demand for justice and
{ equality 60 forth
1t is surprising that after repeated
proofs of the same evils, the result of
the same line of treatment, action, a
continuation should be allowed and
silence no longer can be endured
when we see the independence of the
country after standing every shock
from without endangered by eternal
enemies. Is it possible America
should suffer men, who are guilty
of this and a thousand other
calamities which this country has ex-
perienced to live amcng us To live
among us, did | say? Age do they
not move in our assemblies do they
not insult us with their abusive con-
ception of preference? Do they not
hold traitorous assemblies of their
own? Do they not walk the streets at
MONDAY and taste the air of liberty
In short, do they not enjoy every
privilege of brave soldier who has
split his blood, or honest patriot who
has sacrificed his all in a righteous
cause? Yes, and to the eternal shame
of America, be it spoken they do
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