Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-21
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Friday Morning. November II. 1896.


Friday Morning. november ~. 'S'o
Fred DessIns in Ck'ear"
We have often been told that The rottenness-
we can call il by no other ierm--ot society
Ohio surpassed that of the New England State
bv many degrees This we had heard. and, L
an extent. were prepared TO believe; but that
state of things existed there at all comparable 4
the account given below. we were not prepare
TO believe. That the elite of popular aud opu
lent CITY should countenance the loaihsome ra
wings of negro that well born aud well bre'
American wives and daughters should clap the
hands at the idea of amalgamation that suci
things should come TO pass in our day and time
we are free to confess by no means antiei-
pated.
And this is but the beginning of the end The
orstis vet TO come. Black wives and white
husbands white wives and black husbands, child
ra, If evervs hue of the rainbow -nameless and
aetestable combinations Of race and color-wIll
vet adorn and variegate the street, OF Northern
cities a. they have for many years those of Rio
.Janeiro Nor is this picture an imaginary one.
But few years will pass before Southern gen
tlemen will find, in the parlours of the Fifth
Avenue. Ethiopian beau1 holding loving converse
with Anglo Saxon bellies.
This is free country and So long as North
ern citizens keep themselves to themselves, W.
shall not quarrel with their peculiar institu.
tons" They may enjoy their Free Love, their
amagamation. and their political preaching
without let or hndrance on our part Ephralm
is Joined to bis idols let him alone.
Here. however is the account extracted from
.,,l,. II, IL
is taken from the \. Y. ErPre"
There were white men and seoiy wenchea
and black men and white women, all listening with
omen months TO this negro, WHO boosted that white
and black people were disappearing aud mnlattoez
were fast increasing He rejoieea that this amalga
nation was progressing and his white and hiaek an-
diencc responded with cheers and iumnIinohs ap-
lause to the disgusting sentiment
Fair white maidens were there, smiling upon
the charnpion Of freedom aud Fremont and applaud
ing with their gloyed hands his earnest wish that the
distinction between the white aud haek races Nnh3a
10 lost aud instead Of them there would soon be hh'
one race-the Descendants Of white women and black
man--blask women aud white men. lie thanked God
that the atfa race was on TIE increase ia 'hisa=
20, and his audience erred Amen.
Let Us do this speaker justice he spoke TO No
idle rabble he spoke not alone to negro men AMI ne
gro women. whose grosser instincts might lie gr"hh.
ed by the vision oCwhitc husbands, white wives ant
mixed blood children he poke not alone to men ei
infatuated notions upon the subject OF human liberty
His audieae, ras be ret - M i5fm"Ht party ln
Chicago Men oil high social ru lion were there will
their wives and daughters merchants from Lux
street and Water street, Whose nAmr7 figure runspt
uousy npun remont calls and Republican suh.crp=
ton lists. Michigan avenue Wabash avenue hudt
palatia residences OF men who earned thor present
wealth BY mechanical pursuits. and who now hA
q" silks satins. diamonds hoops, feathers md brond-
cloth t=av.! aat pfall plac1, lie lRlduuF man mr.
the mechanic fwc quote the Dcmocrnt1 were repre-
scented there These representatives oglnF the s"ott
beauties aud o4toi by the ooiorod dnude- IA return
These persons embracing the wealthy aui ton Of Chi-
oago society mcrc there, listening With delighted
hearts to treason, aud threats Of murder aud civil
"There were merchants and their wives Fremont
merchants mud their Fremont WIN -Rho.e checks
did not blauch whose hearts dii not swell indignant
~, when negro stood erect in HEIR presence On "A
SUNDAY afternoon aud proclaimed TINT white men
and women that fathers aud mothers aud little babes
American citizens should be made TO dream Ct
death in their sleep should fear death nj their meals
should be met by fire in Their be'ls aud rosonin the
bread This atrocious sentiment caused no horror
in those hearts
"Fred Douglass il only little ahead of the
times. II things progress, rs they have lately
bean progressing, analganation viii doubtless
be prominent plank in some future Phedel
phia Platform. II is one great point gained by
the amagamaiionists, 10 get back and white pee.
pie together,-thc next step, looking To moro iuti
mate social relationships, will be comparatively
easy"