Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-11-14
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GOA fsss .aats ago, William +. Green
welE ole Of the rni6st reputable and
highly respected citizens Of this
county, was walking down one Of
the streots III f,eOmaratown when he
heard .the Observation-Disclosures
at ell democrats. The words came
from house occnpied by cOlorsd
people and as Mr.. Greenwell was the
only democrat In sight he paturally
assumed that the cursing was dii
rpcted az him, Several other incl
dents of like character have latelg
0ccurred around this town, buta
In the other ineidents tho persons
sought to DO instiltednwere ladies
we refrain from mentioning names.
IL IL an old adage that persOnswh
seek trouble invariably find IL, and
10 would seem that certain Of our
c6lSred population are hunting trout
BILE. To theicredit Of the Older tssl3
dred people, lbe hrec6rded. None 81
them appear TO be- acting so foolishly.
They are law abiding, Respectable
and respected. II Is the younger
gesieration chat In bringing ON tfttu-
bic. Of whicli mo- one can teli what
wa be the result. II Is pity that
soane decent colored man wisa ca
pacity to lead does not make the IF
fort 10 induce the younger genera
ton of his race 70 adopt . different
course from the one into which they
arr fast drifting. The colored peo-
pie are In this community, they are
ina large measure dependent upon
the white people and they stand
greatly in their own light when they
doIevcrythiaR possible TO iucite che
whites against thcml ! ,uw"ibrGno'A
What il The present status of the
negro in 81 Mary's? Is heaivancl
ing ON the road to good citizenship
and material prosperity or is'he rvs.
truHradingT Upon the answer Ia
these questions his future depends
If he is resrograding, for his own
sake and the sake of the county i, is
time TO call a halt There is no
sentiment or politics in the matter.
Men should look at the question dis
passionately and calmly. sisiri.iu
The advancement OF people is
determined by the capacity Of the
coming generation 10 take and fill
the positionSoccupied by the gener-
alton passing away. IL there, be ad-
vaucement, the coming generation
must excel the old In the case in
question, dcrs itp IL. there among
thnyounger polored people as many
gCWl mechanics as among the old 2
Tospecify, is there among the young
er colored folk one who PROMISES 10
make as good n carpenter a. George
Sweiles a. good a wheelwright as
William Blackstone as good a stone
mason as George Smith as good
blacksmiths as J0h6 G. Stewart and
William Il. SonnerSille as fine a
stair builderas was Benedict Neale !?
Aud these Instances might be iffal-
tipaied over and over. If the aaes-
ton cannot be truthfully answered
in the affirmative, the sooner halt
is called in the present course, the
better il win be for the st. Mary's
cotored people. Education Of itself
is little good. II is The application
Of Education 10 the affairs Of every
day. life that counts, Politics and
voting do not advance people in ma
terial prosperity. In truth, excess
Of politics seems TO unti, men for the
practical duties Of life.
This article could easily be ex-
tended far beyond the limits Of
newspaper leader ehave but en-
deayored tD coudense a few thonghss
on this subject, 50 as 20 cail attenS
ton of thoaghtful men 20 q condition
that tonfronts them. ! Whatever we
may say viii have no weight and
obtain no consideration among the
mass Of oolored people ofthis coun,
~. But we consider we have az
complished some good. if we can in,
Auence few Of the bcsi OF the race,
to stop awhile and dhink over the.
situation u it really u.s. The pres!
entiiss the opportunity ot a lifetime
for some eolored mar OF force and
character to give to his race a Slirec-
ton that viii elevate and improve il
and divert il from the dangers that
menace IL E33 W
Saws Andravr Caxnarris, s.aSf. 80