The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1890, Page 1

rorms. $2.00 Per year in Advance, JASE RECEIVES A MEDAL. RECEPTION AT THE RCH. BXSCOUNSUL RESENTATION AD. Bapt. Church on last z, presented an oc- sual interest. 1 of a medal to Mr. ise by the citizens, pices of the members fthe chareh. The mposed of some of ns ofthis city who ate the occasion. seated Ex-Unit- isul, H.C. C. Ast- s selected to deliver address, Rev. W. ,D.D., Bevs. A. sandria, Va., Wm. and others. The pened with prayer, rter, followed by volo by Miss Scott, oduced Hon. H. who delivered idress as follows: D SAID: men :— ere to-night, I this unexpected » extend my con- friend, the edi. >and to listen to ech from our lar friend the I regret fthis gentleman t one so uncapa- the performance shed act; but since me worthy of so l accept with read- duty which I to the best ston. perform ike such a promi- iis presentation. It wera in the history icav jourualism in the umbia. The press hicle that moulds Ument of any race or e great educator of t and through it versaut with all of questions of reat text book id the herald of It warns us d a large of our and gov- Nations iuence of rs; it is the sugh which the ks totue people, it is ‘gander of interna- roverseys and the dis- of disorganized com- Before it the prelate, tian and the civilian, s, standing ready as it does the rights of all the peo- claim against the vices, to praise the virtues of we encharged with pri- las public trasts. No » have made themselves political party who de- ss, n0 religious or secu- u with any protensions san do; without one or se great agencies. The rerman, the Jew, in fact ’s forming a part of Repablie of ours, have sand weeklies, to voice its of their constitu- State, the church, the literary, the mechan- istrial, in fact every four varied civiliza- 1 and support their licals as the organ of which to fight their other power has been ilf so successful. American alone, have ivein the properga- zantic defender of the Ten millions of our ed with all of the eus are without a ivnal, to discuss the ting their civil and Ss and the meagre the weeklies makes them to carry on fare. But it does his demonstration the Afro-Americans Columbia, have necessity of main- alning the individ- defender of their nuuities, It is a tor me, not at this compli- stration in bebalf ud the Hon. W. popular and able Washington BEE, but Sditor fy It was, | equality of man irrespective of col- to be selected as the lucky one to make the presentation. This is a fit- ting testimonial in behalf of his zeal- ~ WASHINGTON, F; == is one among us perfect let him stand up and say tothe God of | all nations thatI am a perfect man. ous and self sacrificing efforts, who | This is my apology ! notwithstanding the disincourage- | The distinguished speaker, who ments and. embarrassments is do- | has the confidence of the American ing such anoble work terest of the race. I hope, and gentlemen. that out of this spontaneous celebration, will grow in the in- | Negro, says that he has been re- ladies | quested by the people to present to me a medal in recognition of my services to the race, as a journalist, an interest in the BEE, the only Afro | and his complimentary iilusions to American journal of our race at the National Capital, a liberal and general support which will enable the Brx, not only to be a success- ful weekly, but a great daily which will voice our grievances and our demands for the rights as_guaran- teed underthe National Constitu- tion, | I take pleasure Mr. Editor, in presenting to you in behalf of this eburch through its trustees, this splendid gold medal, as an evi- dence of their esteem and a recog: nition on the part of so large a number of your fellow citizens for your great work in their behalf and I trust that you will appreci- ate itas one of the most precious emblems of your success. 1 hope that at vo distant day your servi~ ces will be more fittingly recogniz | ed in an official way, in accord with the earnest desire of your fellow citizens here assembled and) throughout the country and to which you as editor of the BEE is| so justly entitled. I congratulate you Mr. Editor and place ir your |} hand this handsome and ge :ous gift. At the conclusion of his address, | he presented to Mr. Chase, in the} name of tke people, members and | trastees of the 2nd Baptist charch, a handsome gold medal, in the} shape of a maltese cross suspendéd on a cross bar and chains. On the cross bar from which the medal is suspended Sion two fine thin gold chains is the name of W. CALVIN CHASE, followed with these wordson the the cross : “A testimonial of his services aSa journalist in the interest of the Negro Raee, by the 2nd Baptist. Church, Wash- ton, D.C. Pastor, W. B, Johnson, D, D., | 1890.9” Mr. Chase responded to the ad~ dress as follows : Dr. Johnson, my friends and fellow citizens :— In ancient times it was always | the custom of the people to honor | the return of their victorious gen-| erals ; the Roman people especially, | and the name of a Roman citizen, no matter how common the indi~ vidual, was honored and re-; spected by the enemy where~ ever that citlzeu went. From time immorial all nationalities more or less paid lromage to those who | maintained their rights and protec: | ted their librties, except the Negro. | But in this age of civilization and | progress our people who have re-| cently emerged from slavery and | are breathing partly the air of| freedom and independence are be-| gining to appreciate the feable ef- | forts of those who dare advocate | or or previous condition of servi-| tude Indeed, my fellow citizens, this assembly ofour most distin guished people brings to my histo- | rical recollection the customs of | antiquity on the return of the vic- | tors. In those days of barbari- | ty the sword was the weapon of) defense to maintain the ri,hts and | the liberties of the people; the ex— istence of the press was unknown ; the people were moved by the elo- quence of great orators ; the multi- tudes would assemble in the mark- et place, in the Senate House, ov | public commons and there be told what they should do in vanquish- ingthe enemy. Moderan civiliza- tion has taught us thatthe press moulds public opinion; that the} press is the great weapon of de- fense; that it excites multitudes to victory or to death. ‘ It is true that the craft with which I am identified is young; its mother and father were the off- | | cooperation the press and myself are but ech- oes of that esteem in which he is held by the young and progressive Afro-Americans of this country. You, my fellow citizens, who have tendered me this public demonstra- tion and presented to me a medal of honor, in recognition of my jour- nalistic services, have spoken vol- umes which future ages shall read with admiration and the motives which prompted you to thus honor me are known to yourselves, but I assure you that it has added new vigor and instilled in my brain new life and my future course shall demonstrate my appreciation. I have not the utterance, or the pow- er of speech, at this moment to ex- press to you the value of the im- portance of this occasion, but i will say to you who have assembled in response to the trustees of this chareh, that I shall not be control- led by the blendishments of official power when the interests of my race are involved, nor shall I hesitate to hew tothe line, let the chips fall were they may. The enforce- ment of our rights is cov- ered by the 15th Amend- ment to the American Con~ stitution and within the perview of that amendment our civil and political liberty shall be advo- eated and with united action on our part and confidence in the Negro press and the representa- tives of our people it cannot be abrogated. It is now time for us to speak; if ever the colored press needs support from its people, it is now; if ever there was a time for united action on the part of Afro- Americans, it isnow. The great law machine of our government is inactive; the execative branch ot our government pleads its inabili- ty, to our indictments, under the constitution, to protect the interest of the colored citizen; its answers to our declarations are constitu- tional inability; but that constitu- tion gives the Executive, power to teli a white southern postmaster to hold his office, until federal protec- tion reaches him; it has constitu- tional .power to send a United States marshal to protect a United States Supreme Court Judge and kill the assailant if necessary and can even go on the High Seas, as far as the Nevassa Islands and arrest Negroes who attempt to de- fend themselves against the op- pression and brutality of white men. The American Constitution is one of the most peculiarly. framed instruments that ever eminated from the brain of man; its construc- tion isim favor of the white-man against the Dlack man. The continuance of the Negro press is then a_ necessity ; and united action must be our ultimatum and may the medal with which I have been presented be the impetus, of the equality of man. I shall ever cheerish it with profound admira- tion-and may my last moments in the cause of right against wrong, justice and equality to all men recall to the tablets of my memory the occasion on which I receiyed this token of your esteem and appreciation. Mr. Chase was followed by Dr. Gray, who said that’ he wanted subscribers and money, which were readily gsecured by this eloquent pulpit orator. The exercises con~ cluded aud the audience partook of refreshments which had been pre- pared by the ladies committee, Mesdames Ruffin, Fickling and others. et FOR RENT-KUOM .« springs of. slavery; its birth was bard, it has been fed on the} prejudices of the Anglo-saxous and the ridicule and condemnation of our more fortunate Nogro repre-| sentatives. These Negro represen sentatives have been elevated to) positions and trust on the strength | of our condition and our relation | those to the party which has manifested | | six rooms, First class job work done at the BEE office. Calland inspect. FOR RENT:—Fourteen bricks with hall, water, gas- jets through, only $12.50 for ' fronting B st., n. e., and $10 50 per month for those front- adesire to aidus. The BEE has/|ing Warren st. endeavored, since its existence, to } point out the infidelity of our quis leaders toward their people and to establish, if possible, a more friendly and co-operative relation among ourselves. I will not at— tempt to deny the mistakes and blunders I have made; but if there Apply to L. G. Fletcher, Sr., and L. H. Douglass, 934 F st., nu. w., room 11. Aug. 10, 1 m. Advertise in the Beg it will pay you, AMUSEMENTS. ERNAN'S NEW WASH’TON THEATRE Eleventh st., south of Penn. Ave. Ladies Matinees Tues., Thurs. aad Sat. Week Commencine Mon. 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