Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-30
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THE ABOLITION soHRMEg OF NF.
GRO RQUALITY EXPOSED
What the Tax-Payers are Paying
for the Experiments. !
hULhETs FOR ARMED RRRRLss..
HALLOTa FOR ABOLITION
DISUNIONISTS.
SP9SSh ;sma Of Hon: w: A. AichardsOn, OF
xmOls, In the HOuse OF Rep re On.
fatives, May 10, 1899.

'atiyes' May 10, 1899.
Mr.. RIcHARDIoN--Mr. Chairman, desire this
lnvtning 70 submit few remarks for the con-
ssueraton OF tne House and country. Il 10 not
~ Putpose 70 discuss questions pertaining to
.ne army already in the field, which. If iudioous.
ofioered and managed, IL able 10 crush out the
rebellion. l shall direct my attention. there.
Iore' TO the consideration Of some Of the many
new questions which are continually arisIne
curing the progress Of this terrible civil war.
NEGRO EQUALITY DETERMINED UPON.
Mr. Chairman, there is manifest anxiety.
an overNeening desire, persistent purpose, up.
On .ne paft OF prominent members of the dom
.nAns parry IN this government, to place upon
serms OF equality and make participants With US
IN tne rights OF American citizenship an inferior
Isve. .s. me negro race, which is incapable Of
ei!ner eomprehendings or maintaining any form
OF rnuent--by Wtom iibefty is interpreted
as licentlousness--is sought to be exalted. eyen
at the cost Of the degradation of our own aesh
and blood wv" N''A
we all remember with what intense satisfae-
tion recent order Of the Secretary of State,
MI. Seward, one Of the chief clerks Of the Prea'
ident, was received In certain quarters, because
u declared that no fugitive slave should be re-.
taned In custody longer than thirty days. rlnIeas
"by special order of competent civil Authority -
That may do no injustice to the head Of the
State Department, and his unwarranted assumn.
zion OF power l quote the official paper Itself:
"DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WARRINGTON, January 25, 1862.}
"SIR-The President of the United States
being satisfied that the following instrotions
oontravene no law In force In this District. and
that they can be executed without waiting for
Legislation BY Congress, am directsd by him
to convey them to you
AS Marshal Of the District Of Columbia YOU
VIII not receive into custody any persons claimed
to be held to service or labor within the District
or elsewhere, and not charged with any crime
or misdemeanor, unless upon arrest or commit.
ment, pursuant to law, as fugtives from such
service or labor and you will not retain eny
auoh fugitlves in custody beyond period Of
thirty days from their arrest and Commitment.
unless by special order Of competent civil au.
thority. ~
"You will forthwith cause publication to be
made OF this order, and at the expiration of ten
days therefrom you will apply the same to all
persons 90 claimed to be held to service or labor,
and now in your custody.
"Thls order has no relation to any arrests
AouS W hhhbuT1 hubuOElby.
"Ia am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD"
PNvlLEdEs FOR THE NEoRo-orPREsaIoN ron THE
WHITE NAN. - a
While Mr.. Seward was issuing this order for
| Q general Jail delivery of the neRroes. he was
also sending, under Q usurpation Of power. and
In violation of the laws and the ConstItution.
hundreds Of white men and women TO All the
cells OF the prisons In this District and through.
out the loyal States Against many of these
Wnite men and white women thus fnoarcerakod
BY this despotic Secretary of State, no charge
has ever been made; they are imprisoned with.
out the form OF authority of law; and thus the
personal h6erty OF the Caucasian is ruthlessly
violated, while the African is most tenderly and
carefully guarded, even to the nulliacstion of
state enhctmenta and the national statutes.-
Let rumor become current that a negro bas
been deprived of personal liberty--either In this
District or anywhere else--and there are dozsns
OF Republican members upon this hoor striving
to obtain the attention of the House while the7
may offer resolutions inquiring by what law
by whom, when, and where, these objects of
their undivided affections may have been ar.
rested. Bat never yet has any of those philan.
thropic gentlemen made INQUIRY for the law or
the authority under which white American eit.
iEens have been kidnapped by the State Depart.
N ent, dragged from their homes, and left to
pine, and die peychauce, In some of the many
Bastiles which this Administration has esssb.
lished,
Its well known, sir. that If any white citi.
zen, perhaps father or brother, desires 10 visit
Q relative or acquaintance In the military ser.
vice OF this Government, that he 10 obliged to
secure "pass" from some competent authori.
~, and to obtain this he 10 required upon his
honor to declare his loyalty and fidelity to the
Government. But the negro goes and comes
within the lines Of our army, whether his des.
tination 30 toward or from the enemy; the color
OF the BLACK man 10 his passport, and 10 received
Q. equivalent to the pledge Of honor and Of 10y
atty upon the part OF white person.
RUNAWAY NEGROES RECEIVE xMPLoYHrNr IN rur
| ExoLuaIoN OF wHITE oITIzENs
In this District you have abolished slavery =.
You have abolished It by compensation, by add.
ing 81 ,0O0. 700 to the national debt, and a tar
Of $7S 600 TO be paid annually, as Interest upon
this sum, BY taxes imposed upon the laborinc
white people OF these States. Not satisfied with
doing this much for your especial favorite, you
extend the freedom Of this city and the hospi.
tality OF the Government to all the runaway
negroes In the country who choose to visit the
SioutSp VI SVAu1uUhhs uU l1euo rhtlOl0 tn
them day after day, and week after week, rs.
tions which must be paid for through the swes,
and toll of tax-ridden white men. You are
thus supporting In indolence hundreds unon
hundreds Of black men. How MANY and at
what cost am unable to state, because when a
resolution, asking for this information, was in
troduoed by the honorable gentleman from
Ohio Mr. Coxl 1t was Immediately tabled ~
the Republican majority upon the other SIDE of
this House. Those gentlemen dare not lei this
Information 90 TO the country; they shrink from
the exposure which truthful reply to such IN.
quiry would make. The resolution OF M. Coz
also asked for the number Of negroes etnployed
as teamstera in the army, and &C what wasea.
but this was equally Objectionable. for n
would have illustrated the fact that negroes
BY the hundreds are receiving better psy AZ
drivers than our own white sons and broth-
ers are for periling their lives as soldIera
In the defense of the Union and the Consti.
tuition. 67TT7
Having been thus deprived Of obtaining off.
cial information upon these queationu, I an,
obliged to gather my statistics from auoh
sources as can.r, shall make no statemen,
that have not received from resuectable and
responaible parties, and none which / do moi
conceive to be rather under than over the true
estimate. b.4 5gssa..-.s M 1.3 ii !. :
The Government Ia to-day issuing ratious TO
about two thousand negroes in this Dlstrict
alone, that cost over twenty cents per ration
four hundred dollars per day, In violation of
law, is being paid for this purpose. The Gov