The colored American., 1901-01-19

Albany \ " York, Special am
orsar sdmITer OF tie author Of tina
6sap6ml hymn G d be with US till w
meet again.U but I don't believe n,
rr.tes Negro dialect poetry. L thini
hais orf.e willing leave that to th'
[-orsa re and b illtsnt aud only Dunbar
pnf yo.r type butcher" seems tt
link differently, for In the sermon
Isrdirjs b greaC sermon tOO) recently
delivered by Rev. Sterling n Brown
in quotation used by him from DR.
Rankin the intelligent compOsltOl
make him say:
.rgr.a Israel up from Egypt came
The Lord showed them the way
Evrs-.t was in the resting flame
The .mobiug cloud by day"
Dr Rankin never wrote it that way
Pears 10 me that cOlOred printers-I
m-aD-apDrentices would find it tC
their advantage to exercise little more
care with the manuscripts of cODtribu
tors who buTn gas and lard oil writing
nieces for the cOlOred press. It is just
q. pgsV. and easier TO do things rlghr
than II Is TO do them wrong. The slip
sh0d devil may care type stickers Oh
c9lCr-d newspapers do not realize what
msgnifcent opportunities they have
for making themselves proficient in the
art preservatiVe. If there were no Ne
grOneWspa pers these young men would
pub4bly all be Ch Asing dishes, or black
lug bJ0s or shooting crap. 1t is a sad
c0mmen AIRY on their pride Of race, and
interest in their noble art, to find our
newspapers such poor specimens of the
print rs art The big white printing
Off ;eg, news and job, would put up with
these type butchers just about Is min
utes before dividing the shop with
th m-gjVing them OF course all of the
outside. 1t seems pity TO spoil good
white paper with these egregiOus aud
STUPID b,unders FIR Gods sake young
fellows, 90 a your work in dead cam
est and as though you were work ng
for your own paper.
YJu may some day have print shop
Of you own and the knO Wedge of the
business you acquire In some one elses
shop now, viii serve you to good pur
pose when you launch out for your
self Be- thorough and you will be sue
cassiuI Be type butcher" and you
VIII fever rise above that ndItiOn
Now don't get mad. I amt mad,
though ought 10 be. | am very much
afraid tho that you will drive me to
drink.
| notice the Star of Zion this week
In its report OF Bishop WsIters speech
Ill Rost0n makes bim defend tt Ne
gro from the charge of immortality
When be said and meant immortality.
E.Iher these printers OF ours are very,
Very bad OF the proof II adeFs don't
understand their business. Which is II
no les?
The methods Of the gen lem manly
DULLES d. West Point who are educated
d. the expense of the lax PAYERS OF the
u5a,IoD, are being pretty thoroughly
SHOWN up since the cOWardIy and
oIuIa. assault ON Cadet BOCz. who died
nom the effects of the rough treatment
us received while being bazed A Ne
gro CADET at this time would have
ANU. a as much of show as q feline in
.Ie heated ueDce without claws" to
SSS 10 The top. The investigation now
soiuR on at West Point is one of the best |
aulngs that ever happened. The gentle.
mauiy DULLES, prize fighters aud snobs. |
"uo ldtest that institution need a call:
'uS uIWn and they will probably get 1t.
=, TX Pfesl ent HarrisOn's criticism Cf
tL S' a,llude o. the administration in re
rI ue I FhlHpplnes and its colonial de-
T'uuthel tH.lu raises an import ant cousli.
rri +,onaI QUESTION the answer 10 which
III I'll o5 looked for with interest. In the
ttSIeuI Prudential camnaign ttnnr ora