A LADY'S OPINION OF WHITTAKER.
A woman's idea of true manly courage was imparted to a West Point cadet during commencement a week ago, under circumstances which make her words worth recalling at this time when West Point is posing, as it were, for manly courage. A lady was chatting with a spruce cadet during the evening review, and inquired who the cadet might be who carried himself in a manner so straight and soldierly. She had unwittingly picked out the weak spot in the corps. It was Whittaker, the colored cadet, who, in addition to his "highly scented hair-oil," had the effrontery to look as white as his "superiors" at a distance of a few rods. The cadet did not conceal the general disgust which the presence of the octoroon inspired among the members of the corps, and being questioned, explained the kind of treatment Whittaker received. "You pretend to be a gentleman," said the lady, "why don't you, of yourself, treat him with civility, at least?" The cadet replied that he wasn't going to endanger his position among his fellows for the sake of a negro. "Oh, I see!" replied the lady in tones of indignation, "when a West Point soldier faces the enemy it is mere physical courage; you haven't any moral courage!"—Cleveland Leader.