Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-06

and navy, is not thosght Of BY any re.
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our navy, (as my colleague from the
,burseu dstrictMr 1Rvejoy] weuld
call p, it res Hos to e emulated By
our fmy! 6t long loesa it await an
initi@ tor; Ten. d. II. Hunter, command
erin The 6ilit.ry department Of South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, issues
90 order TO esroil cempssies, fegimesss
and brigace, Of negroes jp the military
service OF the United States. : - : :
Thus, 10 less than two yeaEs after the
accession to power Of the Republican
party, the negro is made, ~ iar q po.-,
sible, the equal Of white man - . civil
ian, . sailor and soldier. Nay, more
than this, the Constitution . violated
thst white men may be bereit Z guar.
anteed rights. White men are stripped
Of tie asmor Of American citizenship
in order that the negro may be clothed
herein. All this has been done against
the earnest protest Of oil conservative
men. And propositions and amend.
ments to bills appropriating money for
the suppression Of the rebellion, which
provided that no moneys should be di-
verted either to the freeing, the airport,
or the enlistment Of negroes, have ben
invariably voted down BY the Republi-
can party in this House.
Worse than this even, General Hun.
ter, IN his zeal for the negro, witndraws
the protection of bic army from the
LOYAL citizens Of Jacksonville, Florida,
in order to perfect his great negro board
ing-house and African military academy
at the mouth of the Savannah river.
This is undoubtedly in harmony with bic
brilliant discovery that African slavery
and martial law are incompatible. Com.
mon minds have heretofore considered
martial law and slavery, either tor
whites or blacks, among the most con-
cordant institutions upon Garth. This
proclamatory commander, who vies in
profundity with the immortal General
Phelps, undoubtedly considers martial
law the very casket jewel Of American
liberty. AM
Ny mind, Mr.. Chairman, revolts at
the idea Of degrading the citizen sold
cry Of my country to the level of the
negro: Sir, the American volunteer
has always been our reliance in peace
and our vindication in war. l am op-
posed, to the equalization in the ranks
Of citizens and slaves. So.
WE MUST RECEIVE NEGRO DIPLoMArIsTs.
Having made such efforts for the ne
groes Of the United States, it would
seem that your zeal in their behalf would
lag and languisb. But no /; you now
60 wandering among the islands of the
sea and over the continents Of the
globe in pursuit Of negro principalities
and republics which you may recognize
among the powers Of the earth. Hayti
and Liberia furnish further matter for
your infatuation to fatten upon, and you
at once proceed to establish diplomatic
relations between the United States and
these benighted and half.made parodies
upon human government.
At an annual expense Of thousands Of
dollars, your propose to receive negro
diplomats from them and send United
States Ministers to them indeed are
you the champions Of negro equality,
without regard to cost, place, property
or dignity. ~
This Congress has been in session
nearly eight months, aud all that have
reviewed you have done, and more you
would do if you could, for the negro.
What have you accomplished for the
white mani Have you provided for
the payment of pensions to the soldiers
who have been disabled while fighting
the battles Of your country? Have you
appropriated money to relieve the wants
and necessities of the widows and or
pbans Of white men who have persisted
upon the battle-6elds defending the Con-
stitution and the flag Of the country
Alb, no; your time has been too much
engrossed with the negro to think Of
these things. You have not aprropria-
ted one dollar for these purposes-pur.
poses which should enlist the ability
and the sympathy of every patriot in
the land.
II this statement is incorrect; if this
Republican party or its administration
have ever made single effort in he.
half Of the MANNED soldiers, single ap-
preparation for the support of the or.
phans and widows Of slain soldiers, l
hope some gentleman upon tho other
side OF the Uonse will correct me,
There is no response, and | am re-
snred in the correctness OF my assertion
by your silence. The alienation Of the
suGerings of white men or the protec-
ton Of their rights is not in your line Of
philanthropy. Like your iiustrious pro-
to,ypes, Mrs. JclIaby, of the Bori.bo.la-
go mission, or the Rev. Aminidab Sleek
10 the play Of the Serious Family, to
the political branch of which You Abo-
lltionists will soon belong, your sympa-
thies are never active in behalf Of prac-
tical and genuine beuevolence.
REASONS AGAINST EouALlzlxG THE RAJ
CRS. ~ ~ lla9a
Mr.. Chairman, l am opposed to all
these sickly schemes for equaliziue tho
races. God made the white man su-
perior to the black, and "a. legislation