The Washington bee., 1910-06-25

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 in the race. He
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 money 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, tolerable
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 cit 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
linen in fact, commanding political
rights in the act of exercising them
| Our inability in these respects, th(
tunfavoring philosopher shows that W,
are not progressing. "Where are oui
friends and their children and grand
children?" Has the faith of pride o
the children and grandchildren /,
their noble ancestry departed? VIII
; are we now deserted? Our philoso
Spher replies, because we have bee
going Backward instead of forward
because we have sold Our birthrigh
bought at so inestimable a cost, fo
a few small loaves and fishes, a pc
of devils broth and an abject vii
ingness to be treated as a social, pc
Iitical and civil nonentity." Our il
sistent critic cites a commonplace il
cident in order to show to what e.
tent we are not progressing. IN,
long since a colOred man came to tn
lefty with a show He came becau:
he had an educated horse to exhibi
the principal attraction. He can
under a contract whereby he was
receive a goodly sum for each day
performances, one which seemed
tri1e steep. considering the parti
to the contract. But the fact is tn
the horse is truly remarkable for
intelligence and marvellous trici
His training was not of the ordina
sort,by which almost any horse cou
be taught, as by consecutive sugge
ton; but this animal possessed t
endowments of calculation, analys
,and differentiation. In fact the hor
was wonder. After a week, t
manager, unwilling to give the C
8 ored man the wages agreed upon, c
fered to purchase the horse. On
& ing refused, the manager broke t
contract, and left the trainer and Il
horse without employment T
trainer went from one theater to a
other, the managers Of which stout
q refusing to engage him and his val
9 able horse. At last he was compe
g ed to enter into contract with
9 white man, who readily found an e
s. gagement with the management of OF
l.