The Washington bee., 1898-08-13

TO the civilized world what an lnn-
nitismal atom the American negro
was aud just how much the Post
loathed and despised him. The
opportunity came when Mr.. Mitch
ell of the Richmond Planet, advis-
ed the negro not to enlist in the
army unless he was assured that he
would be officered by men of his
own race. This was the straw which
broke the camel's back and the
Post proceeded in commencing
upon the Richmond Times excerpts
from the Planet "to read the riot
act' to the colored race. All the
pent up venom and spite Of years
burst forth in an avalanche of
abuse of the uegro concluding with
threat which we have long wished
the Post and those who train with
it would put into execution. 1t
would bring about (though costing
blood and treasure) that Arcadia
in political and social affairs which
the trainers of the Declaration of
Independence dreamed of but
which their posterity have never
realized, freedom and aqual rights
for all men.
That american conscience"
which Frederick Douglass so often
and so elequently spoke Of is not
dead; as evidenced by the fact
that while the Post was publishing
the falsehoods about the rioting of
colored troops at Chickamauga and
Tampa the northern white troops
were taking the black boys, arm
! in arm, and demanding of the
southern whites these same black
soldiers should be accorded all the
rights which they themselves were
enjoying. This, of course, did
not suit the blue blooded southern
er nor did it comport with the
ameneties which the Post felt
should subslst between black and
white troops hence the Posts wall
about negro riots, It's criticism Of
the Administration for allowing
the colored regiment to remain so
long from the seat Of war and its
unasked advice that they be trans
ported to Cubu instanter. We
hear that the Administration gave
| the Post to understand that there
was limit (n war times) in the
meddlng with affairs of State.
beyond which even so august a
journal as the Post might not be
allowed to go, and if it persisted in
its misrepresentation and its cow
ardly endeavor to cast odium upon
the Army of The United States, the
Administration would feel justified
lin withdrawing from the Post that
courtesy and extra consideration
which a respectable metropolitan
journal might expect.
We do not know how much
truth there is in this report, but
We do know that the Post ceased
publishing its falsehoods about the
rioting of negro troops and redou-
bled its energy IN chronicling the
lynchings in Missouri and other
southern states and deplored the
fact that ,they would not wait
during the progress of the war.
If it is the mission of the Post to
pilot the Administration at Wash
ington, shifting its rudder to ac-
commodate a democratic or a
republican breeze and at the same
time keeping a sharp lookout lest
some black man be taken aboard
as cabin passenger, it will have Its
hands full. If its mission is to edu-
cate the young negro Americans to
forget Bruce, Douglass, Langston,
Sumner, Lincoln, Stephens, Mott
and all that host Of saints now
dead and to believe that none Of
these was the equal of Booker L.
washington or helly Miller, IIs
mission will fail.
If the Post is seeking the abso-
lutte and complete subjugation Of
all the darker races and thereby
to secure to the white the unhsmp
cred control of the social and polit
ical affairs of the entire globe, it
will fail.
If it is the mission of the Post
to stir up race antipathy, engender
race hate, encourage lynchings,
defy the teachings of christianity
while posing as follower of Christ,
it deserves the scorn and contempt
of all lovers of liberty and fairplay,
regardless of race or color and
should not receive their moral
support.
SMALL PROMOTIONS.