V
jro Star.
A, Ed. and Prop.
ono, W. C.
JUNE 25, 1881.
. was interviewed on
question, and replied
ow he stood, that
n(?t eat hog meat,
t like for them to say
at it.'
,uibition Crusade is now a
contest between the Civil Rulers or
Ministers and the people and it is
only a question of tim when the
people will assert theiir rights and
put at rest this flagrant , attempt to
abridge their rights and privileges
by the ecclesiastic apocrypha of old."
We believe in temperance and
moral reform, but all permanent re
form must come from the people and
by their consent, otherwise it is a
farce.
SCHOOL NOTES.
While in Washington last week
we noticed some of the closing exer
cises of the city schools. They were
very good and consisted of recita
tions, dialogues and singing. After
the exercises the teacher, Miss Alice
M. Parks, was presented by her pu
pils with a silver mug and two
handsome vase3, in a neat address.
The school officers seemed much
pleased with Jhe years' work.
Addresses rere made by extwist
ers, Syphaxy Rev. F.Cook, Mr.
"NT' ' hio, and Mr. Brooks. ,
it CORRESPOND
: ENCE.
HINGTON, D. C.,
me 20, 1881.
f the Goldsboro Star
lis issue the full de
..shington tour, there
.g able to get through
ss in Washington and
attending a praye meeting. After
Mr. Price had finishfenl reading : he
address he handed the tuanuscritt to
the President who said verbatim et
literatim :
" I have no more mea;ns of know
ing the leading colored, men in North
Carolina than in Te,xas ; therefore
you colored men greatly over esti
mate the Executive power in ap
pointing officers. !Tot more than
one officer in a hundred is appointed
directly by the President. Doubt
less you have all read of my efforts
in behalf of your race. Your race
has succeeded greatly beyond ex
pectation in the last fourteen years,
and it is due to the patience you
have had. I have endeavored to re
cognize your race as far as possible.
I appointed Mr. Douglass Register
of Deeds for the District of Colum
bia, and Mr. Bruce Register of
the Treasury of the United States,
and all the currency and bonds that
are issued hereafter wiil have to be
signed by Mr. Bruce; these are
prominent positions. You colored
men should be more particular in
the selection f the men you recom
mend for prominent positions, be
cause a colored man of bad character
in a prominent position works more
injury to your race than a white
man in a similar position. I shall
always try to make appointments in
accord with the wishes of the peo-
We leave our readers to judge for
themselves what impression the dele
gation made upon the President.
'..;v, ':v ' , T.Nv.
COLORED COUNSELORS.
Howard Law Department Commencement-
President Gar
field's Little Speech.
The graduating exercises of the
law' department of Howard Univer
sity occurred las1 evening in the col
- "'
and pleasure to move the admission
to the Supreme Court of the United
Sts-of one of your race. He is
now, i '"'eve, one of the oldest liv
ing colored counselors before the
Supreme Court. " It gives me pleas
ure to put into your hands this di
ploma, which launches you into act
ive life, to capture your place in the
world and conquer the success which
work and study alone can give." lie
then presented diplomas to the fol
lowing GRADUATES :
Henry E. Baker, Columbus, Miss.;
William II. Richards, Athens, Tenn.;
James II. S. Parker, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Chas. II. Lemos. Fredericks
burg, Va.; Leonidas A. Lewis, Ches
ter, S. C. A vocal selection was
then finely rendered by Miss Tillie
Soroerville. Hon. A. II. Pettibone
delivered the address, which, was an
able exposition of the sphere of the
legal profession. A vocal selection
by Miss Blanche Washington
brought the exercises of a very pleas
ant evening to a close. The follow
ing was the efficient committee on
arrangements: William II. Rich
ards, Miss Emma Gillettee, James
F. Carle, James II. S. Parker, Hen
ry E. Baker, chairman. The ushers
were as follows : James F. Carle,
Lawrence 0. Posey, George W.
Cook, Jesse Lawson, T. S. D. Bcr-
a, i. -; -1'
ger.
Professor Wiley Lane will go,
soon after commencement, to spend
a short time in visiting his father in
Elizabeth City, N. C, after which
he will spend most of the summer
vacation in traveling in different
parts of the South, probably in
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Tennessee, in the interest of the
University, yllis object will be to
diffuse ' more general information
about Howard University, to show
the advant" es of s'dent life in
Washington
number of
ty. National! Intel
Prof. Wiley Lane
Carolina's brightest
has the Star's wartv
THE TAR HEEL STATE.
A Colored Delegation Complain
That their Race is not Properly
Treated.
The delegation of colored Repub
licans appointed by the convention
held at Raleigh, N. C, last month
tr protest against the unfair distrib
ution of Federal offices in that State,
had an interview with the President
yesterday. George Price, the chair
man of the delegation, presented the
memorial and statement of their
grievances. They say they lo not
desire to control any greaii number
of Federal offices, but as they have
always been faithful in tleir support
of the Republican party, and as1 they
number about 96,000 voters, against
30,000 white Republicans in the
State, they should be allowed a pro
portionate share of the patronage.
In reply, the President said that he
symyatliized deeply with them in
this phase of the situation ; that he
had no means of knowing the stand
ing of such applicants from North
Carolina as were appointed to offices,
save through the representations of
the party leaders in the State; that
it had been his belief, and he had
always exemplified that be
lief in his action, that the colored
race should be properly recognized
whenever an opportunity offered, as
in the appointment of Douglass as
Recorder of Deeds and Bruce as
Register of the Treasury. He ad
monished the delegation that they
should be particularly cautious in
recommending one of their own race
for an office, because if any mis
were made, or the object of
choice should prove unworthy o
trust,' it would have a greater i
ence to prejudice such appoints
than if the appointee were a i
man with the same faults,
prnmisfid them thnt. W ' th-"
"But the poor old man, wheD
news was communicated to him
he was to be free and return to
country, where he is, we have
doubt, a lawful king, (of a counti
called Timboo,) he looked at the ol
companion of his slavery the moth
er of his nine children he 'vjuld
not agree to part with he She tZZ
how could she part with him !
She wished to follow him to the end
of the world. What was to be done?
I had no authority to interfere as to
he, and I felt almost grieved tty I
had taken a solitary step in ti "
iness, believing that the sepa
of the old couple would no r
celerate the death of both,
i- rejoices me to tell you jei
ith Prince they will hot. call
ee "Miss Jane" as the old -
u ecoJJv!t always called yot;
.ued again -jo Mr. Fost- "
a truly amiable am'
he could not find in his
arate his old and faithful
and for a ver small sum .L
to the value of Isabella sm
he agreed to give her lifjkg 1
a3 his intentions were knoti
quested a young gentlema
bar to head a subscription
Prince, asking of his frien
him to purchase his wife. H
n& dollars was the sun.
In a very few (lays he ha
of $93. Several gentl'
him 10, one gave hi'
gave $'5, and vc '
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cates Vv
uncomi
four"
ki
- j was a la-
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