The Washington bee., 1910-06-18

to organize for purposes of mutual
protection and advancement. as al
strong proof the progress of the race,
not to speak of the growing tendency
toward amalgamation, which eventu-
ates in hOmogeneity On the other !
hand, the conservative philosopher
sees retrogression i'll the race. He5
contends that the morality and edu-
cation referred to are merely super
fetal or initiative and points to the
great paucity of moral and educa- |
tional productions written by the col |
ored race, and afirms that the bar
Der, waiter, or favorite valet makes
more G,oney than the average farm |
er, school teacher, q preacher, and |
that our material prosperity is in the
main but an expression of individual
and manhood abandonment. The in
ability on the part of the race to
MAINTAIN the political rights of which
they were in full possession for sew
eral years and which the exercise of
moderate good judgment, tolerableI
diplomacy and common sense would
certainly have perpetuated, is pointed
out as another evidence of the going
back of the race. This latter philos-
opher admits that the race possesses
millions of dollars in real and person
al property, churches, schools and
colleges without number, and that
through the means of systematic beg
ging from the whites and extortion
we cut a smart figure. But he main
tains that progress, in the proper
sense, does not mean merely the abil-
ity to supply the inner man and to
clothe and house the outer, though
these are necessary incidents. Pro-
gress means not only the capacity to
write books. build bridges, railroads,
steamships. construct PHILOSOPHERS, but
| the act of producing the actual, tan
! gible book, bridge. etc. 1t means that
to prove ourselves as men we must be
men in fact, commanding political
rights in the act of exercising them
Our inability in these respects, the
unfavOring philosopher shows that We
are not progressing. Where are our
friends and their children and grand,
children?" Has the faith of pride Of
the children and grandchildren /,
their noble ancestry departed? VIII,
are we now deserted? Our philoso
Ipher replies. because we have beer
going Backward instead of forward
because we have sold Our birthright
lbought at SO inestimable a cost, 70
a few small loaves and fishes, pc
Of DEVILS broth and an abject will
iingness to be treated as social, pc
litical and civil nonentity." Our in
sistent critic cites a COMMONPLACE in
b., cident in order to show to what eY
tent we are not progressing. 'NC
long since a colored man came to thi
lefty with a show. He came becaus
he had an educated horse to exhibi
the principal attraction. He cam
under a contract whereby he was
receive a goodly sum for each day
performances, one which seemed
trihe steep, considering the partit
to the contract. But the fact is thu
the horse IS truly remarkable for hi
intelligence and marvellous trick
His training was not of the ordinar
sort,by which almost any horse cou
be taught, as by consecutive sugge
ton; but this animal possessed II
endowments of calculation, analyst
and Differentiation. In fact the hor
was a wonder. After a week, Il
manager, unwilling to give the co
3 ored man the wages agreed upon, 0
fered to purchase the horse. On b.
ing refused, the manager broke II
contract, and left the trainer and h
horse without employment II
trainer went from one theater to al
. other, the managers of which stout
8 refusing to engage him and his Walt
q | able horse At last he was ~Or,oeI