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'tru:irant' ol T!' lith.W. CALVINT CHASE, EDITOR.

Remove Purvv

Morality aud reform must rule.

Dr. Frances and ex-trust- eeHen-,r- v

Johuson have been appointedto succeed Bully Brooks and Dr.Purvis.

The Freedmen's hospital shouldihave a colored man at the head of5r. -

fa wntuler how bullv John03 moles feels to be succeeded byIhlssunedor Henry Johnson?

We raise our hat and bid fare-we- ll

to Mr and Ms Fn derickID .lU'iass and wish them b ih a

buppv voyage and a safe retu-- n

Subseiiners are requested to e ill

at the office and pay their subscr p-ti- on

or pav tie co lector when hecalls.

Notwithstanding the Earthquake.this week the Bee was not moved.It concluded that God was warning

the southern democrats to tre.it theNegro right.

The removal --of Col. Kelly a

commander of the Capital CityGuards, may be j isti liable, bin

believe that thewe are incliued toremoval was rather hasty. Weknow what service Col. Kelly hasbeen to the command.

The most mrorious pieee offoruerv- . -- .

was a letter sent to theCommissioners with our nati.esiiriud to it. As the Commission-e- r

knew ur hand writing it was

.readily pronounced a foigeiy.

The charge that Dr. Fiauci-wa- s

cout roiled by Brooks audCook wTas soon maue plain. 10 theDistrict Commissioners. Dr. Fran-

cis doesn't belong to any ehque or

miff.

Among the many officials whoon l i.,.i nil Recorder Matthews tocongratulate him upon his goodfortune was, Hou. D. M. Conville,the Sixth Auditor of the Treasu-ry . Mr. M. Conville has been outspoken in his desire to see the col-

ored people fairly treated by thepresent admiuistratiou, claimingas he has said to many coloredmen, that complete emancipationwill be enjoyed by the colorednfionle oulv when thev show a dis- -

positiou to seek friends among allparties. He was among the firstto call on Mr. Matthews aud iu tinshe has shown the sincerity ol hisoften expressed convictions.

FOR SECETARY LEMAR oEYES.

The removal of Dr. Purvis from

the schools, is an evidence that hewas a failuie. Now if secretary Le-oi- ar

will remove him fiom theFreed-tuan'- s

Hospital, he will he thankedby many colored people. Dr. Pur-

vis has uo more business at thehead of the hospital lor coloredpeople than Jeff. Davis has to bea female nun. .

THE LIBERIAN MISSION.

The diplomatic service in theRepublic of Liberia was establish-ed by an act of congress in 1802

which authorizes the appointmentofa minister resident aud consulgeneral by the President of theUnited States.

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Tbefour ministers that have beenappointed to the Liberian Missionwere J. Mil Urn Turner, Jno. H.Stnythe, liev. Henry Highland Gar-net aud Moses L. Hopkins.

The first two named gentlemen.1served eight ears witu creaic to

the govern ineiit and are now living in good health aud circumstan-ces and esteem ol their fellowcountrymen. Revs. Garuet andHopkins served the diplomaticservice hut a few mouths each,havii g gu cumbed to the inevitableand dreaded African fever.

It is the scourge of malarial feversLiberia which makes the officeAmerican minister to Liberia"go begging" as but few citizens

here care to risk the attack of fev-

ers which so often prove fatal tothe unacclimated. So that as be-

tween the official diguity andsalary proffered in the one hand andthe death bed on the other themajority of patriots willing toserve their country for a "goodround sum" cast their wistful eyes

some more favored clime.The government is at present

represented in Liberia by the viceconsul. No one .seems to know whothe lucky or unlucky successor toMr. Hopkins will be. The Wash-ington Sunday Capital sas Rev.E. E. Smith of N. 0. will probablysucceed the late minister.

But the President is away troll-iu- g

tor trout in ihe mountainstreams and lakes of New York andthe vacancy will not be tilled untilafter his return to the White House.

COLORED CAR DRIVERS TOSUPERSEDE STRIKERS.

Mr. H. Price Williams of thiscity has received an order from theofficers of the Belt line of StreetRailroad Co. in NewT York to securea lew hundred laborers to be em-

ployed as car drivers and stablemen in the service of the said com-

pany. The cause of this order ison account of the strike of the cardrivers and stable men lately inthe employ of the Belt line companyaud the management proposes tosupply their places wiiu new men.It is understood that the uew meuto supply the places of the strikerswill be colored men. They are togoat oii'-e- . and enter -- upon theirwork. Tnis step will naturallyarouse the animosity of the strikersand according to past experiencea row will be planned to stop thenew men from goiug to work.

The fact of their being coloredwill not abate the -- opposition ofthe sinkers. On the other handtheir color ma intensify the bit-terne- ts

against those who are totake their places.

We believe that labor has rightswhich capital is bound to respectand can s mpathize. with all classesof working men wiio are strivingto receive a fair day's wages for alair da,s work. In doing so it istheir light to refuse to contractto work for less than fair wages.

It is also ihe right of the coloredmen who are to supersede thestrikers to contract tor wageswhich they may consider as fairand proceed to work.

But we would not have it thatthe colored man can always be ac-

counted upon as "cheap laborers'like the Chinaman to under workthe white laborers of this country.

It would be preferred if our col-

ored working men would upholdthe dignity and vs'lue ot labor thesame as the whites, especially sincethey have been admitted into fellowship with the labor orgauiza- -

tious of the couutrv.

WHAT RECOMMENDS US?

By refer en :e to any daily pqer it may be se u howprominently the doings ofhe depraved of the race

are shown up, but on the otherhand, it may be seen what a sub-

dued 1 ght is thrown upon the mof ilu whte n.ce. For

ue:-.rl- y ten generations the c doredn ic-i- n this c untry was held tounnmuuerat a toil. Aiuny siaveholders we e tt o penurious or tooousillanimotis to give their over-worked slaves sufficient to eat,herib cuniiell n t em to sur-rept- i

lou-i- y procure e mtigh of theproducts of th. ir iwh hb r -- okeen fiom starving. Tlesiihin.s

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sn u'a Di i o ue in miuo dv uusewdio arj o IV! dy to paint thewuole i ace black lor the mi deedsof such m scr- - ants as have toodeeph inherUe I the bad 'pP-peii-fcith-

s

wl.ic1! .ee e-- . forced by un-

favorable cii cum-lauce- s up'n theiroppressed i a eutage to be whole-somely ttftecid by ouly twentyyais of liberty. This much isdue in palliation of the manycharges which a ceitain cla.s ofcolored people have to answer.

But we would most earnestlyim.pre.--s upon this class of coloredpeople that they should throwa.vay all remembrances of the pastand nullify heredity itsrlf. They

J should set their mirage ot moral

excellence so high that though itIt forever recedes they may forever

t pursue.j. he colored man is no wors- -

than the white man. Indeed,--when we compare him with pestilential surroundings out or whichhe has recently come, he has madegreater progress than his whitebrother similarly situated. Andyet it is a potent fact that entirelytoo many colored people have legalbusiness before Judge Harper inthe Police Court. It is here thatthe prejudiced chronicler extractsthe warp and woof of the materi-al out of which a gangrene ofpublic seutimtnl. is woven againstthe colored man. We must notaim to be as good bur to be betterthan the white mm. if we hopeto be rated as even tolerable c.ti-zeu- s.

OUR PARTIS a SHUT.

Hon. Fed. Douglass leavesWashington on next Monday tomake a brief sojourn in the citiesof the east after which he has arr-

anged to sail for Euiope on the15th inst. It has been about thir-ty yeais since Mr. Douglass visitedGre.it Britain. It was then hewent on a mission in behalf of hissuffering aud eu slaved race inAmerica to secu e the sympa'hyof England in the abolition move-ment of that period. Dm iig thatvisit he electrified the English,Scotch and Irish pe ple with thepower of his eloquence in hischampiouship of freedom's cau-e- .

He there cemented friendship,which has never bien broken andin many cases correspondence hasbeen continued umil now.

He returns now to join in thereunion of his many friends andacquaintances, iu the 70th year ofhis age aud in the full vigor ofhis manhood, crowned with houorrable distinction He does not goas an abolitionist of ante bellunidas but to give to his formersupporters acrjss the deep bluesea an account of his faithful'stewardship and to congratulateEnglishmen that the ideas of hu-ma- n

libeny as promulgated byUlarksou aud Wilberforce andBrougham have wrought miraclesin America iu transforming thecountry once scourged with slaveryinto freedom's paradise.

The people of Washington, in-

dulge in the hope that he may re-

alize, in the fullest measure, his-happie- st

anticipations to be deriv-ed from a change ( f air aud cli-ma'- e,

and scenerv and contactwiih the people and institutions onthe continent of Europe.

Mr. Douglass has been amongthe people of Washington so longaud has been identified with somany public, social. 1 terary andracial interests that his absence

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even for a few months wfli be feltwith regret here. In taking leaveof thisdistinguishel American hismultitudes ot friends iu this citv

to

and throughout the couutry wavethe 'kerchief ot farewell and "Gjdspeed" and pray that hi3 good shipmay safely returu him to his homerefreshed, invigorated aud bring-ing wuh him the benedictions ofthe people with whom he will so-

journ on the other side of the Atlantic.

THE YOUNG CITIZEN.

The young colored voter of to-

day, who is called upon to exer-

cise the duties of citizenship, willbe hampered by no such ciicuru-stance- s

and embarassmen's asthose which surrounded the voterof days gone by. He will h ive ahis'ory to consult one in whichmay be found the acts ofb th parties as they related to the coloredpeople for a basis of operation.In addition to this, he hs thepresent attitude of both partie-towai- d

the colored citiz.-na- s a

means ot determining aB to howfar and iu what respect and direction ihe parties have changed.He may look back upon the earlyhistory of the republican partywith feelings jf admir tion.

Fr.m 188 to 1875, he findsthree of the noblest acts whichever character zid a party Re-coust- ruc

ion Acs, Enfranchisement and the Civil Rights BillMoreover, he finds that the Ex.cutive, who represented the party,in o der to maintain the rightsand. liberties of the new oi'izeufound it necessarv and wise to callnto n quisi ion the military forces

of the g ivernment. He finds thatas many as half a dozjn co'.oredmen at a time sat in the halls ofCougrest-- ; the machiuery of stategovernments judiciously manipu-lated by colored men and here andthere and everywhere, he finds

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that champions are ready and wil-

ling to espouse his cause. Hefinds that Lincoln, Grant, Sumner,Wilson, Wade, Shermau, Butlerand scores of others were readyto lend him succor and encourage-ment, to strengthen his aim audadvance his progress.

1 During the same period, hefinds that the democratic --partywas his bittere-- t antagonist. Itopposed Ri construction; it soughtto nullify and des'roy enfranchUe-meu-t

and it declared the CivilRights Bill revolutionary andvoid. It strove to keep in fettersthe new citizen by inventions ofevery descrip ion. It resorted tothe th t gun policy, the tissue, bal-

lot and at laBt the counting outpolicy. It was not a surprise touur young voter that the coloredpeople, during that period held tothe grand old parly.

But our young voter pursues hishistory a little further. He findsthat the ink with which the civilKights Bill was engrossed hadhardly dried, before the formerfriends ot the new citizen beganto change their mind as to hisrights and liberies. '1 lie greatnorth had changed its mind ont e question ot tne light of th-majori-

to rule at the southTnid led to the abolishment of themilitia of Mississippi, wnerebj, thegates of persecution were openedWide, through which ihe joimermaster butchered, bul dozed uidbrutaliz d the otioe protectel citi-zen. Tins party disgrace was f

by the tiulliticicioii act ofHayes, whica had the etict tooverturn the urgmiz d and legiti-mate state governments of SoutuCarolina, Florida and Louisiana.Thus, in less than six months,four government were wies edfrom their proper authority audthe colored voter left to 'rout h gor die" under a condition of thingswhich was brought about by nofault of their own. Having crushed the ambition and power of thecolored people to govern thein-- s

ived in the s'ates where theywere in the majority, the partyleaders began to lay schenns tostifie the voice of the new citizen.They began to say that he had noright to uuve an equal say iu thenan nal convention and co takeequal part iu the councils of theparty. Aud had it n t been for theiaet that c irtaiu important inter-ests to white politicians wouldhave been affected, the represen-tation of the colored voteis of thesouth would have been curtailedand practically destroyed. Thencame the nullification of the CivilRights Bill and the failure on thepart of republicans to advoctteadequate means of relief. Thenthe lailure of Mr. Blame to payat'eutiou t the righu of c doedpeople when he was seeking theoffice of President aud his misera-ble dick r with the public con-

science on the same subject, afterhe was defeated. Lastly the re-

jection of a colored man nominat-ed tor office, simply because of hiscolor.

' All this the young co'ored vo'erhas read of aud acts as a in. aus ofenlightenment and a basis forjudgment and afB. iatiou. He findsthat toe sentiment of both r.artitsis about the same, as regaids thecolored people. It savors of an ac-

knowledgment ou their part, ofceitain rights which, under profi-table condition, they would will-iug- ly

protect; but that the c doredvoter must shift for himself, makehis own terms, exercise his ownintelligent discrimination aud seeksuch combinations as will promotethe welfare of the colored people.The'young voter understands thathe is the ward of no party, thetool ofnone, but that he has beentofd, aud fully appieciate3 the fa t,that he must be a.man, to act asother good and conscientious m-.- n,

expecting favors only when theyare SuUght as other men seekthem and withheld for the samereasons that they are withueldfroni other men. Taking up thepresent attitude of the parties to-

ward him, he young voter hasevery reason to be proud. Hefinds a moderate d gree of goodreeling in both parties. He seethat in Kausas, the democrats arewilling to try. a col red man forAuditor. He finds that the Pro-hibi- fi

n party can also stomach acolored man in the same state onits ticket. He fiudB th tt the sameparty iu Pennsylvania can see thepropriety of ptacing a colored manuu its ticket for congressman atlarge and iu whichever direction,he turns he can see a dispositionjn the part of all pa ties t treathim i.ccoidiug to merit. O i thewhole, if we give the young col- -

ored voter a chance, he will clearthe way so that colored voters canv te, have their votes counted,and help to count them; and with-

out fe.ir or favor act in an intelli-gent, manly, consistent and pro-gressive manner.

OUR NEW SCHOOL TRUS- -TEES.

Commissioner W. B. Webb,who has the management of ourPublic schools, has made two ap-

pointments of gentlemen on theboard of school trustees. Mr.Henrv Johnson, to succeed Mr.John H. Brooks, whose resignationwas requested by Mr. Webb; andDr. John R. Franeis. Mr. John-son is a man of ability and mostundoubtedly the best man thatcould have been selected to succeedMr. Brooks. He has a thoroughknowledge of the public schools,and he will always be foun 1 look-ing out tor their bet er g vern-men- t.

Dr. Francis, is a youngman . f iduc ttiou. whose appoint-- j

iment like Mr. Johnsons mee'sthe hearty appiovul of the people.Dr. Frui.cis is known to us all,whose merit has been recoguizedby a Commiss.oner, whom we alllove, honor and respect. MrWesjb, as well as Mr. Wheatley.has he interest ( f the people ahear , espec;a ly our public scho lswltieii are above everything elseii a Chiistian community. "We

tire confident with &ueb men asProf. Grigory, Johnson and Fran-cis on r school board, that har-mony aud the iuteie3ts of theparents will be observed.

Tht-r- e are many reforms neededin ourfcChool which should beconsidered by the trustees. OurHigh aud Normal schools shouldbe looked after and placed uponthe same basis as the white schools.We believe that our trustees willattend to that. A better janitor'ssvstem should be inaugurated.There are a lew colored janitors inour schools, who believe they own 3the institu ions, and often giveiusults to teachers, when they arerequested to do things iu theschools. The course of studyshould demand the immediate attention of our school b ard. Wedon't want any more Brooksism,bullyi3m and the like in ourschools. Now gentlemen go towork and improve the sstem.Mr. Commissioners you have ourthauks.

THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

Editor of the Bee:Will you, in

fairness, allow me space for a fewlines iu your mucu read paper?In your last issue I noticed aL ar-

ticle reflecting upon the AlumniAssociation of Howard University.The article writteu by au auomy-mou- s

scribe is in bad ta3te, as aperversion of fact usually is. Anyalumnus of Howard University,who would be so indiscreet as toturn the funeral of his fellow intoau occasion of personal bick-ering, gives color to the sus-

picion that hi3 opinion like hissiguature is au unknown quantity.There is not the sligutest differ-ence between the older and young-er members of the association; outhe other hand the younger mem-bers gladly follow the guidance ottheir elders; nor have they eversuffered for the lack of efficientleadership. The unknown it. di-

vidual has a right to hold whateverpersonal opinion he chooses to,but when he speaks for others heshould represent them with decentfairness.

I am, sir, yours with courtesy,Kelly Miller,

Howard Univ., Sept. 1, J86.

RE-UNIO- N OF NEGRO VETER-ANS.

Washington, D. C. Sept. 1, 1S8G.

Editor of Bee:Dear Sir: Recoguized as you

are, to be the ablest editor of thecolored journals ot the day, I amnot a little surprised to see yourbrilliaut pen sleeping in its holderwhen a matter of National impor-tance to the Negro race needs yourassistance viz : The first re-unio- n ofNegro veterans of the late war, tobe held at Dayton, Ohio Sept. 22ud23rd aud 24tu. It is a well knownfact that you are always first andforemost in all efforts for the ele-

vation of your race and I feel satis-fied that if .3 our personal attentionis once directed to the event aboenamed your iuflueuce will be feltiu this as it has iu many otherquestions of importance to our race.

This re-uui- on is the first meetingrF frViii lrinrt fX HVPP tlPP.M P.ftll.

ed and for many and obvious rea--1

sons is deserving of especial at-tention. Isaac B. Burton, Esq., ofDayton, Ohio, is one of the primemovers and he advises me that oneof the objects in veiw to be attain-ed is the establishment ofa Nation-al Association of Negro ex-soldie- rs

and sailors. Among the manyquestions of mutual interest thatwill bo taken up for discussion ;

how to procure the governmentand bounty lands due our comradesveterans of the late war ; what willbe the best efforts that he canmake for mntual advantage andassistance, not ouly to our old com-

rades; but with a view to improv-ing the prospects of the cominggenerations. We hope also to beable to establish a fund with whichto form our industrial university.

Very truly,Geo. D. Dkaham.

A.UERBACH & I3rO.,623 PENNSYLVANIA ANENfE,

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY",Washington, D. C.

THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTION,Opfcn to ALL RACES und BOTH SEXES,

The Industrial. Normal, Prepar-atory and CoLiiEOE Departments,will open Sept. 15, 1SS6, and the Theo-iiOGiC- Aii

Departmeni, October 1. Tu-

ition Fre. For full particulars addres.-- ,

J. B. JOHNSON, Secretory.

THE LAW DEPARTMENTWill open sopt. 15. Able faculty. Tui-tion cheap. Address,

Pi of. J FI. Smith,Secretary, 522 Stlt st., N. W

THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

(which includes Dental and Pharmaceut-ical Course?), will opn Oct 1. superioradvantages. Terms verv low. Address,

Prof. C. B. Purvis. M. D.1118 12th Street, N. W.

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