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VOL. VIII.
vVHAT I SAW, AND HEARD
The kickers of Virginia met and
kicked. What do they expect to
accomplish ? If they place a black
ticket in the field that will be sui
cidal, if they support the demo
cratic ticket, they will support the
enemv to progress and civilzation.
What has the uegro to gain by
supporting the democratic party?
What inducements have been of
fered'1 1 am convinced, and I am
sure that the Virginia negroes
0Utrht to be convinced by now,
after Mr. Wise's address, that the
negro in the estimation of the
Virginia democrats is uomore than
a dog. I hope that the masses of
mv people in Virginia will not fol
low the unscrupulous leadership of
such men as A. W. Harris, Joseph
Wilson aud o .hers. If these meu
were placed in position the inter
ns of the masseswould be a sec
ondary consideration.
John S. Wise died hard last
week. He made a dying appeal to
the voters of his district to vindi
cate their honor which he disgraced
irlien lie w.is sent to Congress by
the counting out of honest republi
can votes.
Secretary Blaine according to
the New York 'World' is in favor
ot President Harrison's renomina
tiou. The President seems to be
growing more popular every day.
Allison, Sherman, Alger and oth
era will be iu the field m '92. The
democrats are betliug ou Cleve
land. Hill it is said will give them
a great deal of trouble. The man
whom the republican party will
have to fear most, will be W. C.
Whitney. Qe is about the only
democrat who can divide the col
ore I vote. Mr. Whitney won a
host of colored friends, when he
was secretary of the Navy under
Mr. Cleveland.
The fight in tlie Asbury church
is to be greatly regretted. This
church is one of the strongest and
most prosperous in the city. It is
not believed that any money has
been stolen.
Col. Wm. Murrell is to be con
gratulated ou his new enterprise in
getiug money out of the bauds of the
ten per cent sharks. He has orga
nized a Legion of Honor. The or
ganization is composed of men
conuected with the government
departments who are in duty
bound to see that all notes are hon
ored. There is no way for a man to
defeat the institution; he is uuder
obligations to see that his notes
are promptly taken up.
A mau who retuses to respect a
lady is not entitled to the respect
of decent people. A lady should
be respected aud I am always glad
to be in the company of a lady who
demands respect. A man who goes
out driving with a lady should not
be allowed to have a cigar in his
mouth. No man who respects a
lady will be seen walking or driv
iugwith a cigar in his mouth. If
a lady is in-ulted by a man it is
her fault, no gentleman will insult
a lady nor will a lady permit her
self to be insulted by anybody. It
is the duty of our young, men to
repect the ladies and protect them
from iusult. The same respect that
man would have accorded his sister
or mother he should show other
ladies. I say this because so many
of our young men speak so dispar
ingly of our young ladies.
TEE LIBERATION OP THE
SLAVES.
EX-CuNSUL ASTWOOD'S EMANCIPA
TION SPEECH. THJ ABLE AND
DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT ELICITS
APPLAUSE. HIS PLEA FOR LIBER"
TT AND ANTICIPATIONS TOR AFRO
AMERICAN SUCCESS.
Address of Hon. H. C. 0. Ast
ood, late Consul of the United
States to San Domingo, at the 28th
Auuiversary Celebration of the
emancipation of slaves in the Dis
trict of Columbia, April 16th, 1890.
Mr. Astwood said, Mr. President,
ladies and gentlemen :
We have met to celebrate one of
the grandest occasions in connec
tion with the history of any people.
There can be no grander cause,
than the liberation from human
slavery. Lberty is the sweetest
word ever lisped by human tongue.
The bards have sang of it in their
sweetest; ana most inspired strains ;
the statesman and the patriot alike
have exhausted their eloquence and
their imaginations in giving ex
pressions to this the greatest of all
earthly blessings and the great
apostle of truth admonishes us,
"To stand fast m the liberty where
in Christ has made you free and be
not again entangled iu the yoke of
bondage." We ought not to be
unmindful in this celebration of
the Great Creator of our lives, as
well aB the Author of our liberties
and the Great benefactor to whom
we are indebted for this glorious
privilege and for the occasion
which we celebrate today.
The able and renowned orator of
the day aud the other eloquent
speakers who have preceeded me,
exhausted the subject upon which
we were called upon to speak by
tbeir learned aud eloquent utter
ances, therefore, it would be vain
for me to attempt to add anything
to what has been so well said for
your gratification. I look around
me and I see hundreds of joyous
faces, with happy hearts throbb
ing with delight for thedeliverauce
of our fathers from whose limbs the
shackles of human slavery were
uuriyen 28 years ago and it'is just
possible that some are even here,
to praise God for this glorious
change. Wheu we retrospect the
past, we are forced to exclaim what
a change! Twenty-eight years ago,
the race started out to climb the
mountain of knowledge, higher
civilization, wisdom and absolute
citizenship ; we started as it Were
without sandals upou our feet or
staffs within our bauds, we had no
purse, nor script, our lives had
been of trials and bitter servitude ;
but we had -'hearts within and
God ore'head." We did not weary
nor tire by the way, but toiled on
aud on, to tread beneath our feet,
the 'hidraheaded monster and the
cloud of ignorance that had cursed
us down through the centuries.
After a quarter of a century , we
now Dause to look back from
whence we came, and what an
ocean of darkness there is behind
us, not yet half way up the moun
tain's side, we look across the hori
zon and see the star of hope adorn
ing and toward that light we are
marching. From hence we are
lead to ask what have we achiev
ed ? The answer comes thundering
back much iu every way ; we have
developed into true manhood and
womanhood, beyond the concep
tion of our enemies, beyond our
own anticipations, and even beyond
the progress achieved by any other
race known to history within the
same space of time. We have
amongst us today, men of the race
who are evidences ot the Afro
American's ability to achieve what
has been achieved by any other
people. We have accomplished
deeds worthy of emulation. Here
stands the respected ex-Senator
Bruce, who has reached the highest
legislative body of the Nation, as
well as one of the most important
positious in connection with the
Nation's Treasury and who now
occupies the most lucrative posi
tion of the District. We have here
the gifted, talented aud eloquent
orator of the day, the Hon. John
M. Langston, who represented as a
diplomat the Nation abroad with
honor and diguity and who by the
suffrage of his people, is now
knocking at the door of Congress
for a seat, where his eloquent voice
can wring out in the defence of his
people. Wo have ex-Congressman,
the Hon. John R. Lynch, an ac
knowledged parliamentarian, who
could preside with great accepta
bility over a National Convention,
now Fourth Auditor of the Treas
ury, a position never before held
by a colored man. We have the
Rev. James M. Townsend, the bold
exponent of human liberty, ex Sec
retary of Missions, of the grandest
religious organization of the race,
and now the head of a Bureau in
the Interior Department. We
have the Hon. Mr. Cheatham, of
North Carolina, our present and
only representative in Congress.
We have Miller and Hill as con
testants for seats in Congress to
which they have been duly elected ;
and finally as a representative of
the press 'that mightest of all civil
izing agencies, we have the ener
getic and fearless editor of the Bee,
Mr. W. Calvin Chase, our progres
sive prospective leader of the Dis
trict, who is wining popular ap
plause aud public esteem. Time
would fail me to tell of the hun
dreds, nay thousands of bright
intellects, equalling and ever sur
passing those I have already nam
ed and well equipped to fill their
WASHINGTON, D. 0., SATURDAY, APRIL 26,1890.
places after they shall have fallen
asleep. In church, state, and in
every department of government
and society we have done well.
TheFreedmen have become proud
of their citizenship and are fast
clothing themselves with the garb
of independence iu common with all
other races. We are to be found
in all the ranks of civilization, we
are embraced in all religious creeds
and dogmas and even in politics,
the shackles of party slavery are
falling off, until free thought and
independent action are becoming
daily apparent. We are being
identified with the material and
industrial development of the
couutry and contribute largely to
its wealth. Our individual interests
have grown from nothing into the
millions, our men and women have
become scholars, artists, scientists,
learned in the professions, and in
the law. The church and the school
house which when combined forms
the basis of our civilization may be
found upon every hill'op ami in
every valey: their votaries who sit
daily at the fountain of knowledge
reaches into hundreds of thousands,
forming the mighty armies that
are pushing on to final victory.
This is what we have achieved iu a
quarter of a century. Thus equip
ed we start out afresh wi h re
newed vigor and better facilities to
meet the couflict and 1 predict Mr.
President, ladies and gentlemen,
that wheu another twenty-five
years will have come and goue,
there will be no further need for
such a celebration as this ; we will
have reached so near to Phis ar'e
top, that our rights will be no
longer denied us, whil.-t our souls
will be bathed in the affulgauce of
that light toward which we are
marching, until every citizen of
this grand commonwealth, without
regard to race, color or. previous
condition, will be in the full enjoy
ment of his civil and political
rights and our common country
can then be justly called and
worthy of the proud name, "The
land of the free aud the borne of
the brave.''
1 ought not to close without a
word of praise for the promoters of
this splendid celebration, may
their names be writteu indellibly
upou the pages of our history to be
read by generations yet unuorn
and especially do I extend my con
gratulations to our worthy Presi
dent and esteemed editor Mr.
Chase, for the grand success of
this happy occasion. Mr. Presi
dent, I thank you and the Com
mittee for the distinguished honor
coufered upon me aud I thauk you
ladies and gentlemen for your pa:
tience aud kind attention.
Nor deem the irrecovable past,
As wholy waste or wholy vain,
If rising on its wrecks, at last
To something nobler we attain.
HALL AND ROOMS FOR RENT.
The old Armory of the Cadets
can be rented for balls, parties, re
ceptions, ect. There are also three
large rooms for rent to lodges,
societies, ect., cheap. The armory
is situated at 708 O street, u. w.,
in a most popular vicinity and in
reach of three Hue of cars, 7th, 9th
and belt. Apply to
F. P.Nash
710 O street, n. w.
Mar. 8-2 t.
EXCURSIONS DOWN THE
RIVER.
The managers of Collingwood
Beach having chartered the large
and commodious steamer Mary
Washington, which is inspected
by the U. S, inspector to carry
1200 passengers and the only
steam boat on the river that has a
large deck exclusive for danciu:,
will commence running May 11th
1890, and run during the season
to that resort Uolllngwood Beach,
with the riding, and driving track
with horses and p nieB and carts
for driving. Horse back riding,
and the attraction make it one of
the best equiped resorts on the
river. Parties wishing to charter
boats and grounds cau apply to
L. J. Woollen,
508 11th St.,n w.
Book now open for charters.
W. Calvin Chase, attorney at
law, practices in all the courts of
Virginia and the District of Co
lumbia. Office at present, 1109 I
St., u. w. Titles searchid, dni-ds
and other legal papers carefully
drawn.
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Friends and Fellow Citizens :
We., do hereby annouuce your
EMANCIPATION from the bond
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the authority vested in us give you
the Liberty of Low Prices, iustead
viz:
Silks, Satins, Velvets, Plushes aud
Velveteens at 25c. less than
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Spring D.ess GooJs at 5c. to 50c.
Lively Ginghams, dress styles,
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Apron Check Ginghams low as 5c.
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