The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-19

always in favor Of doing it. [Cheers and
immense applause r ~
But you ask now, ID the public In favor
oft? Shame on such Democracy. That
Il not the old jackson Democracy.
"NIaosR" ooMPxrIrIoN.
Still there is another question. Ifit
was not for the niger question there
would be no question to talk about, would
there be9 Well, there is set Of men who
90 all through the country; they 60 into
| every mandatory and workshop, and
tell every day laborer, "These men are in
favor of getting niggers to do all the
work" II it was not for that lie you
could not get ten votes in this town.
Well. let us enquire about the matter.
Will there be any more laborers in the
country when the niggers are free than
while they are slaves Will there not be
Just as much to do then as there 10 now
These men don't believe what they say.
They know better than that, themselves
But then the President does not want to
send the negroes among you. He wants
to colonize them. And if you take
the negroes out of the country, want to
know if there won't be more room for
white men, and more work for white men
to do.
i There is another thing. Great capital
was made about the last Congress recog-
nixing Liberia. Well. I voted for that,
and / am proud of it. This nation ought
10 have been the first nation to have vel
coined Liberia to the family of nations.
France snd England did 20 twenty years
ago. But when il was proposed that the
.. United States should do so, the Southern
aristocracy said You must not do it. They
: have coffee and palm oil and trade worth
q hundred millions Of dollars; but We
: must not have any treaty with them be-.
cause they are black Laughter
Well, what harm would result from
making treaty with black man at .
distance Of scverai Thousand mifiss of OFF 7
They have no objection 10 treat With IN
! Indian it is no disgrace to enter into q
) treaty with . red man but it will never
j do 10 trsat with niger "Why, ii We
treat with them we must have their repre-.
sentative at our seat Of Government and
!. that would never do in the world"
. Well now, friends, this is altogether a
!, commercial matter, and not q political
question. The more people you trea,
: with, the more you get for your produce
q It brings up the price Of your grain, and
E yonr cattle. and your pork. But if You
: want to exchange commodities with them
\ you must treat with them. You must
have treaty with them TO get their cof-
] fee and ralm oil and their hundred mil
, lions Of tr-de.
: Now, have said We ought to have been
! the frst to recognise the independence OF
/ Liberia. They have gone out from US
| Our Colonization Society sent them there,
aud res what has been the result y We
] have sent only some ten or fifteen thou
sand black men there; but now they have
stable government there, they have =
growing commerce, they have increasing
wealth and influences. am of the opin-
J ion that that colony is yet to be the means
} of regenerating Africa,
; The speaker then referred to instances
: Of individual success which had occurred
under his knowledge. He referred to .
q young black man, who kepta barber shop
in town in Indiana, who went ont to
, Liberia some years ago, who is now the
owner Of . large coffee plantation there,
and who sent the Governor = bag Of cof-
fee Is specimen of the produce of his
estate. And now, he continued, will you
not Be willing to do something to send
others there But then some say you
cannot get rid of the increase Of these
!, blacks. Well, wish could take one Of
: these men 10 Plymouth Rock-the :des
Of setting up one Of these Democrats on
} Plymouth Rock Well at that time there
: : was nobody there. ALI over this cont
: nent there werc only few Indians. I'm.
;. agine man standing there and saying Il
= the Pilgrim Fathers You need no,
come here. There is nothing here but ,
few Indians. What do You think they
would have told them! "A good many
|. have come, for al that, have they not p
How did they GOMEZ Why every coun
!. try sent men to colonise America. Goo
! opened the way, and w are now grea,
!. people. And God will open the way t.
:, return these Africans to their native
country. It may require time. but it viii
b. done. Do you doubt il? Why nc
one wants the black man to stay here and
. compete with the white man. Everybody
!; knows they cannot be socially equal
!. The President says he wants to oolonize
l, than Al 70 AT. l. Hama ~vr.v, iii 1 ~
room enough here for the white race r.
I'll take possession Of oil this country, and
q | occupy II for themselves. That ID the
' policy Of the President:
! Let me ask you question. Have you
' anything in this country equal TO your
/ government [Cries Of no. no, We have
b not. Well. then, if you have not you
Q ought to-be willing to do anything for
o your government. II there is nothing
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