登陆注册
4618700000099

第99章

"It is reasoned that now, that a negro has at last been able to secure a commission in the military service of the country, the first step towards the recognition of his race on the basis of social equality is accomplished, by degrees prejudice will wear away, and, in course of time, black and white citizens of this republic will mingle freely and without reserve; and this, it is claimed, is shown by the applause with which the reception into the army of this African pioneer was greeted. For our part we don't see that these negro devotees and miscegenationists have any reason to rejoice. It is just as impossible to establish perfect social equality between the Anglo-Saxon and African races as it is to make oil and water unite. It is against nature, and nowhere in the world is the antipathy to such a mingling shown more than in the North, and by no people so strongly as by the very men who whine so incessantly and so pretentiously about 'men and brethren.' The negro in the South has always found the white man of the South to be his best and truest friend, and such will always be the case, notwithstanding that the Southern white will never consent to social equality with his fellow-citizen of African descent.

"As to the applause which greeted Flipper, that can easily be accounted for. Nothing is more likely than that at West Point there should have been gathered together a lot of old-time South-haters, who were ready to applaud, not so much to flatter Flipper as to show that they were happy over what they felt to be a still further humiliation of the South. That is all there is in that.

"We have no objections to such demonstrations of delight. As far as we are concerned they may be indulged in to the heart's content by those who so desire. But one piece of information we can give to the young colored Georgia lieutenant. If he thinks those who applauded him are going to invite him to their houses he will be greatly disappointed. And if he does not die of overeating until those invite him to dine with them, he will live to a good old age. Let him take the fate of the recognized leader of his race, Fred Douglass, as an example, and steer clear of his too demonstrative friends. Experience shows that so long as they can use him, they will be very profuse in their professions of friendship; but when that is done all is done, and he will find himself completely cast aside. If Flipper sees these words, let him mark our prediction.""And many false prophets shall arise, and deceive many" (Matt. 24:11). Amen. That is all that article is worth.

(From the Monmouth Inquirer, Freehold, N.J.)LIEUTENANT FLIPPER.

"When Congress founded West Point, to be a training school for those who were to be paid as public servants and to wear the public livery, we do not think that it was intended that the institution should serve as a hotbed for the fostering of aristocratic prejudices and the assumption of aristocratic airs. Nor do we think that when Lincoln declared the negro a freeman, and entitled to a freeman's rights, either he or the nation designed that the dusky skin of the enfranchised slave should serve as an excuse for ignominy, torture, and disgrace. Yet here, this year, in the graduating class from West Point, steps a young man among his white-skinned fellows, fiftieth in a class of seventy-six members, whose four years of academic life have been one long martyrdom; who has stood utterly alone, ignored and forsaken among his fellows; who has had not one helping hand from professors or students to aid him in fighting his hard battle, and whom only his own talents and sturdy pluck have saved from entire oblivion. Yet in spite of all, he was graduated; he has left twenty-six white students behind him; he is a second lieutenant in the regular army, and the story of his struggles and his hard-won victory is known from Oregon to Florida. All honor to the first of his race who has stemmed the tide and won the prize.

"We do not think the faculty at West Point have done their duty in this matter. One word, one example from them, would have stopped the persecution, and it is to their disgrace that no such word was spoken and no such example set."I have not a world to say against any of the professors or instructors who were at West Point during the period of my cadetship. I have every thing to say in their praise, and many things to be thankful for. I have felt perfectly free to go to any officer for assistance, whenever I have wanted it, because their conduct toward me made me feel that I would not be sent away without having received whatever help I may have wanted. All I could say of the professors and officers at the Academy would be unqualifiedly in their favor.

End

同类推荐
  • 那先比丘经

    那先比丘经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 还金述

    还金述

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 大乘法界无差别论疏并序

    大乘法界无差别论疏并序

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 祸虚篇

    祸虚篇

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 类经图翼

    类经图翼

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 废材毒妃

    废材毒妃

    她是医学世家的嫡女,也是不折不扣的废材。当千年之前的灵魂在废材身上苏醒,伤她者,百倍奉还。说她废材?是不是傻?见过能和寒王过招的废材么?说她貌丑?是不是瞎?见过她解毒后比她还貌美的人吗?说她花痴?你脑抽吗?对美男排行榜上的美男视若无睹的人哪里花痴了?人说一技在手,天下我有。我说医术在手,你命在我。毒术在手,暗杀有我。【情节虚构,请勿模仿】
  • 东方幻想之星龙传

    东方幻想之星龙传

    一个平凡少年死后碰到源界女帝,许愿(其实并没有)到了幻想乡,在哪里他(她)们又会发生什么样的事情呢!(本文日常向多打斗比较少)(加群:689214733)(这个跟原幻想乡人物性格有些不一样别较真)ps:还有收藏哦~ps:给点推荐票!
  • 将魂奇谈

    将魂奇谈

    平凡少年,日常穿越。掌握古代圣贤的各种力量,成就不一样的精彩!
  • 穿越之废材千金要逆天

    穿越之废材千金要逆天

    21纪的顶级杀手,因朋友的背叛,穿越这种事情竟然发生在她身上!这辈子她有仇报仇,顾羽瑶对着他们冷笑“废材就怎么了,就不能逆天了吗?你们在高级人士眼里还不是废渣。有什么资格说别人?”你们喜欢欺负人,我奉陪到底!至于怎么活,那就是我的事了,你们没资格管。
  • 持盾者

    持盾者

    莫名其妙穿越到异世大陆,神?恶魔?魔裔?我要打败他们?开什么玩笑,我是个盾铠战士!我只负责挨打!穿最厚的甲!挨最毒的打!“我想要一顿毒打,最好是两个人!” (世界观庞大,多视角讲述,前期剧情开展不快,容易劝退,需要一定耐心观看。七八章左右进入男主视角,不喜勿入)
  • 结客少年场行

    结客少年场行

    《结客少年场行》是青年诗人张雷的诗歌选本。书中附录了诗人汪国真、李小雨为他的诗集写的序言,还有原外交部长李肇星先生为此书出版写的贺词,贺词说“从张诗字里行间看,他胸怀祖国,腹含宇宙;纵涉古今,横跨内外;时而悲壮,时而缠绵……相当难得”。
  • 佛说须摩提菩萨经

    佛说须摩提菩萨经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 黑道少爷的甜心女仆

    黑道少爷的甜心女仆

    第一次见面她以佣人的身份出现,却在大厅广众之下说看过他的裸照,并表示没有什么好看的。“你再啰嗦小心我堵住你的嘴!”“那你来啊!”于是……出现在眼前的是他放大的俊脸,还有唇上柔柔的触感。当他们发现两家的渊源……
  • 绝世仙恋

    绝世仙恋

    她,是生长在深山里的一株桃花,日复一日,年复一年,只为等待他的到来。他,风流倜傥,英俊潇洒,是最放荡不羁的王,却每年栖她枝头,居心不良。那年,万物复苏,春暖花开,她终于幻化成人形,站在他面前羞涩地说喜欢他。他助她修炼成仙,却又亲手将她送进轮回,许下毒咒,“豌儿,这辈子,下辈子,生生世世,你只能当我的妻。”--情节虚构,请勿模仿
  • 致一百年以后的你:茨维塔耶娃诗选

    致一百年以后的你:茨维塔耶娃诗选

    《致一百年以后的你:茨维塔耶娃诗选》是二十世纪俄罗斯诗人茨维塔耶娃的诗歌选集。译者苏杭先生精选了一百来首茨维塔耶娃脍炙人口的短诗,并首次译出长诗《山之诗》。作为主要以诗歌创作名世的诗人,茨维塔耶娃在创作手法上有相当的创新,她披露感情时更热烈、更大胆、更横放杰出。