The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1886, Page 2

SS Published every Seturday at 1109 I street vishesa rare op study of the dar! nature. Day ufter day, fur many year’, the votaiies at the shrine ‘of vice experience the fact thut “the way of the transgreasor is hard” {tis a spectacle of pity mingled with disgust to see the swarm of human vermin that awarm and fester about the pre- ciuct stat ons and in the Police Court. L w breakers of every description, vagrants, drankards, thieves, peace breakers, the deni- zens of the sinks of iniquity all are daily driven up to pay the penalty of their misdemeanors and rtupity for the north west, Washington. D.C. yi Washi m So TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, me Copy, per year - > > $2.00 Six months : - - - 1.00 Three monthe - : - - City subscribers, monthly - - ~ ADVERTISING RATES: Qze inch, one month - - 81%/irm-s. It is pitiuble, indeed to Quartercolumn~ “ - = $3 | see even women figure ia the cat- Malcom ose legeryorcrime What a picture — qa - + + 100}of human depr&vity. What is Quarter column * Z ani the cause of all this? was asked vf Aang St 7 TB tpfan old cfticer of Judge Snell’s court. Isit rum? “No” said the . Ten ii 4 2 Tm officer, “[ believe that the trouble stitate an inch. endurance and to throw off alleg- side of human | iauce to all parties and to provi €);reacilON DE ESPANA EN new guards aud form new affilia- tions for their future security. In their present relation to parties the colored people are regarded as an unintelligent. c'annish and pre judiced people adhering to im- practicable doctrines and with blind zeal following a dangerous leadership. They are ignored by the party with which they affiliate and despised by the parties they oppose. Tney oppose their own material interests by failing to participate intelligently in those local contests for local benefits by espousing priciples which have no bearing upon the immediate iszucs und engender local preju- dices which might otherwise be avoided. Tuey are led off by tne windy platitudes of bad men whose only object is to create an- tagonism between themseives and is in the base nature and bad We disclaim ny responsibility for state the whites, in order that the DECREE: WASHINGTON. Rorat Decree. Wuaereas, uuder the proposition of the minister of the colonies, and by common consent of the council ot ministers; I, Maria Christina, Queen Regeut of Spain, in the name of my August'son the King Don Alfonso XIII, do hereby resolve: The patronage established by the law of Feburary 13th 1880 shall cease immediately after the publication of this Decree in the Island of Cuba. The authoritiesshall cause the provisions of the 4th Section of the regulation of the 8th of May 1880, to be scrupulous!y observed, and the emancipated slaves to beat onee furnished with the schedule which the article 83rd of the said regulation refers to. The provincial and local Boards. ip a court of justice and a Congress which ordered by a_ resolution an investigatim has bad no more effect than the sound of a lo- comotive at a distance. This is the freedom the Negroes have enjoyed, to an extent, in America, since their Emancipation. I hope this will not be soin Cuba with the re- cent 200,000 Negro slaves Emanci- pated. I therefore introduce the orator, Col. Geo. W. Williams. Col. Williams delivered the ora- tion of the evening, which was a most able and eloquent discourse- He devoted considerable time to a review of the history of Spain upon the subject ofslavery. Concluding this review, he said: ‘This har- ried glance at Spanish history may aid in a study of the lessons of the occasion. Mexico and the South America republics. the offspring of the Spanish crown, have succeeded unde: the greatest difliculties in ridding themselves of slavery. The statesman in thrse youthful nations have long ago malized that slavery ina republic is a constant menace raising of the creatures.” The|loaves und fishes miy not be auswer was not satisfactory uor|sbared by the colored people, but e mpatible with the explanations ) that in either cuse the whites may and apolug es of the culprits them-j secure all. This was exemplitied selves who pleaded drunkenness |in the recent electiuns. When it ments expressed by our correspondent ‘eelther do we indorse all they say. Correspondence on living topics is solicited but te have attention must be brief. Communications for publication must he accompanied with the writer’s name Net necessarily for publication guarantee of good faith. W. CALVIN CHASB, EprTor. in mitigation of a severe sentence. Th-te are many colored people who have bu-iness with Judge Snell who refi ct diecredit not on- ly on tiemselves but on the race to a certain exent, for the whole r ce is charged with the short com: gs of any member of it. For this reason if for no other our peo le should try to live circum- sject. Pride of race if nothing else should urge them to muke their daly walks above reprouch of men. It would be a bright aud cheerful commentary if one week even one day were to pass by without a colored person being arraigned before the Police Judge of this city. To bring sbout such a result every colored man and woman should willingly assist. It requires incessant work in the moral vineyard to counteract the gr wth of evil and one can best serve his race by assisting in the work of purifying it from taint of wickedness. Tne people’s journal is the Bez Subscribers are requested to pay =p. If you want aiive payer read the Bur We tender our thanks to Rev. Geo. W. Moore and trastees of the Lincoln Memorial Congregational burch for their kindness on the evening of Nov. 10. ——_—=_=_ The night schools are in opera- tior ard the hum of anxious learners makes sweet music and or fitable pasitime. Let al! who ea avail themselves of this new opp tunity to learn the arts of penes. We are pleased to see by the Den ver, Col. Argus that Mr. George 8. Contee, turmeily of thie city, 1s becoming tob: one of the most influential public men iu Denver. Mr. Contee’s Odd Fellows sermon, delivered a few days ago, hus mit with popular favor. We expect to see greater things from this distivguished young wan, OUR DECLARATION. When in the course of political events it becomes necessary for the colored people to dissolve the political bands, which have kep! th. m in political servitude and to axanme among the political influ enes of the nation, the equal st-tion to which tre constitution and laws of the United Stares en- title them, a decent respect to the opinions our fellow citiz-n- require The greatest orati.n of the age was delivered by Col. Geo. W Williems and the m: at classic su dience ever asserrbled was at Lin. evln Memori«l church last Wed- nesday evening. Col. Wliliams sbould feel proud of his oratun, that they should declure the causes which impel them to such conciu- sion. “We hold these truths to be self evident: that all mei ae which isan evidence of his popu jari'y avd bis rcogmzed ability ax ® scholar and a historian. creaed equal, that they are en- dow.d by their creator with cer- tain inalienable rights, that among these are hte, lilecty aud the pur- suit of happiness.” That to sccure these rights political parties are instituted, deserving their toice and effict from issues wh ch are from time to time evolved from legislatiun or from the necessi'ies of economical constitutional gi v- ernmen‘; that the colored people, being a legitimate factor in the American body-politic, are requir- ed aud are in duty bound, to iake an inteliigeut post in the discus- sion ot and participation in such questions and legislation; that when any party, whatcver may be its name, dves not or e nnot effet lgislation and coustrugt government consistent with the interests of the whole people with- out regard to race, color or pie vious condition of servitude, it is the right and duty ot the colored people to prevent it possible, the ascendency of sucha pariy. The peculiar attitude which the color- ed people have sustained toward such exi ting parties was enforced by 1ecessity and as a cousequence were torced to submit to much kes than under the law and ac- cording to their political power they were entitled tu. They have been usea to further the euds of certain ambitious and selfsecking politicians and have been ruthless. ly ignored when they were most iv need of support and sympathy. Prudence dictated that, notwith- standing the abuses to which tue cvlored people were subjecied, no oppositiun rhuuld be shown the party to which they hed sucrificed all to maintain, beleiving that it is best to suffer long in the hope of tavorable results rather than to create a revolution and reverse of party powcr without assurances of more certain and speedy re ief from oppiession. But there is al- ways a time, and we believe that Prof W. B. Johnson hus been elected editor uf the Virgina Bup- tist Compavion. The Keaton ot thie young divine is a great ace qusition to the paper and we wish him succe 8 in bis new field of la- tor, as we know of no ene more competent than Prof. Jubnaon to fil the positien to which he has been hovored. Master Workman Powderly has not become dismsyed by the “scotching” he received at Rich- m-nd. He manifests signs of ac tivity whicl show that he has g*in:d favor at the north and is determined to advance the cause ef labor reform uutil every man, White and black may claim pro tection aod command respect while seting in the capscify of a producer. CUBAN EMANCIPATION: The exercises at Lincoln Me- @orial Congregational church last Wedneeday evening under the suspicesof the Phil mathian Liter- ary Society, were the grandest ever held in this city. Col. Geo. W. Williams’ oration was a mas- terpiece of composition, indeed he excelled himself. The represen- tatives of the Spanish and Poglish legation who were present sat motionless listening 10 this great Negro historian, scholar and ora- tor. His peroration was eloquent and grand, and the applauee at its eonclusion lasted fully three min- utes. EEE THE POLICE COURT. The Police Court is an institu- tion which, though necessary to was possible fur the colored gro ple to be represented by one of their own color, independent col- ored people were induced by the whites to antagonize the choice of the colored people in order that the colored people might not be properly repre ented. We have appealed to our old party coadju tors to do justice by us and to as- sist us in protecting our rights. They have told us on more than one oceasion that it wes beyond their power to do so. We were told that we must oppose Bour- bonism to day and hug it to mor- row, must bee me repudiationists ty day and honest financiers to morrow; that we must be free traders tv day and protectionista to morrow; in a wora be anything and everything just as the inter- ests of a ceit. n clasa direct, with out any rega'd whatever either as t»our present interes: or future prospect. In view of this and believing that the only means of securing recognition among all classes of men ard ail pirties is by exercising a keen and intelli- gent discrimi ation b tween party interests and poli ical issues and believing that it is only by secur- ing good m n to represent good prine ples and to administer toa people, we do n st hesitate to de clare ourselves in favor of gcd men of all parties and determined t» assist the rece «y calling to their aid and counsel such men as will do justice to all men without regard to coler, In doing this, we wiil strive to be fre: from par- ty flankyisms and scky ub-equi- ousness, but acting in the spirit of manly independence and having ever in view the best interests of the rave as a wile, we shall do our best to mould as ntiment which will erystallize into an ae- knowledgment of our social, civil ard political rights. We view with hope and in-erest the despo- ‘ism of the dominant party to do justice fo our people and so long as they continuc on that lire we shall extend ull the assistance in our power and thus help to make friends among all parties and ene- mies among none. Read the Bez 20 cts a month. THE EMANCIPATION OF THE CUBAN SLAVES. THE PHILOMATHIAN LITERARY gOCIE- TY HOLDS A LANGE MEETING REP- RESENTATIVES OF THE SPANISH & ENGLISH LEGATION PRESENT. CoL, GEO. W WILLIAMS’ GREAT ORATION RESOLUTIONS, SINGING, &C. The Philomathian Literary So- ciety of the 2ud Baptist church held a special meeting last Wed- nesday evening in the Lincoln Me- morial Congregational chureh cor. llth and R sts., n. w. The occas- ion was a celebration of the Eman— cipation ot the Cuban Slaves. The audience consisted of some of the most distinguished colored and white citizens. Representatives of the Spanish and English Legation including Dr. Harvey, Mr. Presber- ry, Dr. L. W. Livinston and many other distinguished citizens were present. | At8 o’clock Rev. Geo. W. Moore of- fered a very impressive and elo- quent prayer, followed with a solo on the mandolin by Mr. E. J. But- ler, and a vocal solo by Mr. James L. Johnson, with Miss Mary Nalle as accompanist. Mr. Butler is an artist in every particular and the solo by Mr. Johuson was beyond doubt artistically rendered. Both gentlemen were recalled amidst storms of applause. Prof. A.§, the preservation of law and order, is by no mearns savory. It for- the time has come for colored peo- ple to declare these abuses beyond Richardson from the committee on resolutions read the following instituted by the 15th article of the | to tree institutions, and have noted law ot Febuary 13th 1880, are abol-' that their growth and progress ished, and all the provisions con-| have kept pace with the laws seek- trary to the present Decree are | ing extinction of human slavery. null and void. Allhistory, ancient and modern, Issued at the Royal Palace of} pagan and Christian, furuishes ani- Madrid this 7th day of October, in| form testimony against slavery. the year 1886. The sum of all villauies, always a carse but never a blessing, it bas (Signed) Maria Cbristina— a © f c = és posed more suffering upon man- By Gh ete quiets Goluiics kind than any other evil since the Gelman Germazo- world began.” In concluding, he RESOLUTIONS : said: ‘“Wehave seen the end of Wuereas Maria Cristina, Queen Regeut of Spain, inthe name of her August son the Kidg Don Al fonso XIII, did on the 7th day of October, 1886, at the Royal Palace of Madiid, sign and promulgate a Decree Emancipating the slaves of Cuba, and, Wuereas, the said Decree has gone into effect, and is cousonant with the enlightened spirit of the Nineteenth Century ; Tuererore, Be it resolved!That, we the citizens of the Capitol City of the United States, couvened for the purpose of celebrating the ex- tinction of Slavery in North Amer- ica, extend our cordial thanks to Senor German Gamago, late minis- ter of the Spanish Colouies, who framed and presented the law of February 13th 1880, upou whieh the Decree was based ; to the Coun- cil ot ministers, and to her ma- jority, the Queen, for this distin- gnished service to freedom and civilization, RESOLVED, That we extend our congratulations to the people ot Cuba iv geueral and to the ex-slav- jes iu particular upon this their de- llverance from the blighting curse of slavery ; aud wish for the Iyland tranquility and prosperity. RESOLVED, that acopy of these resolutions and the oration of the historian, Col. Geo. W, Williams, be sent to his Excellency the Span- human bondage among Christian nations and it will uot be long ere the evil will be abandoned by heathen nations. ‘The great prob- lem of to-day is that presented by the breadwiuners of the world. Dol- Jars and cents are the facts uoder- lying all effort to civilize and ebris- tianize maukind. Man’s body must be made comfortable before he can reason about his soul. They must have the material conditions friend- ly tohigh culture before they can intelligently deal with questions af- fecting their spiritual welfare. It is creditable to feed the hungry and clothe the poor, but it is Chris- tianity itself to render unto every man what is justly hisdue. It is one thing for a great state to ex- punge slavery from its statute books and to place thereon laws extending to the people thus en- franchised the rights of eitizen- ship, but itis quite another and different thing to protect them in the lawful exercise of these rights. The most radicial reconstructionist in America caunot complain of the character of national legislation in favor of the freedmen, but every- body knows thatin most of tle southern states the rights of the Negro race are not only not accord- ed to them but actually trodden under the remorseless irou heel of bourbon despotism. * * * “God graut that the R: publican party may believe wore sincerely iu the doctrine of buman rights, and when it returns to power again, as it surely will, make life, liberty, ish minister at Washington, to be forwarded to her majesty the Queen of Spain. After which the president, Mr. W. Calvin Chase, delivered tue fol- lowing address. He said: ‘La- dies aud gentleman, — it has been bat afew years since the republic of America deemed it wise to liberate over four millions of s1.ves. The party to which we have our debt of gratitude for the aid it rendered iu the emancipation and enfranchisement of our people was the party of ’61. But the party as then existed 1s not the party of to- day. he old advocates of univer- sal freedon have passed away, and uow we live under anew dispen- sation. Following the example of America, the queen regeut of Spain, Maria Christina, issued an edict which liberated over 200,000 Negro slaves on the Island of Cuba, which wipes out the last vestige ot slavery on the Spanish domain.” Believing that an expression of gratitude should emanate from the Capitol ot the nation, the Philoma- thian Literary Society, by a resolu. tion, decided to hold a public meet- ing aud have an oration pronoune- ed by one whose ability and expe rience befit him for the task. Those of us who have heard our fathers say what slavery was can but join in thanksgiving to God and appreciate the Spanish govern- ernment for blotting out from its statute, a folly which caused the United States the loss of many thousand souls and made many widows and orphaus. The Spanish representatives in this city cannot help but appreciate the action of their government. The freedom theyenjoy in this land of the free and the home of the brave mu-t have caused them to rejoice at the issuing of an edict by the queen re- gent of spain, which liberated over 200,000 Negro slaves. The Span- ish and English ministers in the city have sent representatives to this meeting so that they can con- vey to their respective governments the thanks of a once enslaved race of }eople in America. A country whose costitution has failed to pro- tect its citizeus; a government whose south has written in blood, oppression to the Negro; a north whose political strategy is une- qualled ; a statute book which virt- ually says Negroes can be shot down and the pursuitot bappiuess a liy- ing reality in every state and terri- tory in the Union. The malevo- lent race feeling still alive at the south was recent y made disgust- ingly conspicuous in the eity of Richmond, where a mob of 5,000 white citizens menaced the proceed- ings of a lawfally-assembled con- vention of American laborers be- cause a Negro delegate occupied a front seat in a public building. Bat this feeling cannot long defy the enlightened spirit of the nine- teenth centary, for a few more such violent paroxysms of negrophobia and race malice will expire.” But wheather the enfranchised Negroes of southern U.S. get jus- tice done them or not, the emanci- pated slaves of Cuba will hence forth find the shield of Spanish jas- tice over them and liberty will ev- er more have to them significant meaning and glorious reality. Ouce Cuba sat as a dark spectre in the midst of the deep blue waters of the gulf. But now she shines in the diadem of liberty, and humani- ty, the world over rejoice in her birth to a new and _ better life. Once the moonof the Atlantic ocean and the sigh of the gulf of Mexico answered the pering ery of seperated children and discon- solated parents, but now they add their voice to the grand diapason “forever free” which turns the la- mentation of slaves into the exalta- tion of freemen Cuba adds new radiants tothe crown of human liberty on the brow of civilization, sheding a perilous light upon the pathway of the nations of the earth, and the Imperial Spanish Throne the luitiby of which was the shock of embattled arms, now Tests secured in the hearts of greatfuily, loy as subjects. No rev- olution, can ever rock that throne or imperil its crown or sceptre; —except, perhaps, in behalf of still wider liberty of government; fora state without aking or nobles; achurch without a bishop. Bat whatever the furure history of Spain shall be the friends of liberty here in this great Republic will evercherish a sentiment of profound gratitude to the Spanish natiun for this noble Decree of Emancipation. We remember with conscious pride the service which two royaj women of Spain have rendered ji, eause of mankind;—Isabella sent Columbus on @ voyage which ype sulted in the discovery of this Wes tern continent; and Maria Chris tina with the sweep of h imper al peu blotted oat the last ye. of slavery in North America. ‘ vo! Espana! The applase at the conclusion of this oration deafening. It lasted three minure : After which Mr. Butler say original solo, entitled, “Pretty [,j; tle Lillies. The Literary will moo; next Wednesday evening at ( braith cbhureh, 6th St. bet. L une M sts.,n.w. 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