The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-10-14
[From the Maysyille tKy.) Bullctin.]
Politics Ten Years Hence---Ad.
dress of Mr.. Grow TO his COmsfis
fuents i'm 1878.

The following is supposed TO be the ad,
dress of an enlightened colored gentleman,
Mr.. j. Caesar Grow, who has represented
this District III Congress for one term. and
IS seeking a reelection. 1t will be seen
that Mr.. Crow is politician of the liberal
stripe, and is for allowing white men some
very important privileges, particularly the
right to marry colored ladies, &c.
10 n,y Colored and Whae Co4,stituents oh De
Ninth Congressional District
FELfow CITIZENS: hab felt greatly fat,
tered By de call ssft9rr ft9rr re- to be-
from dis district De knowledge oh de FAC
dat hab done my duty for two years as
your representative, hab been g eat source
Of consolation to me, and dis great public
Endorsement oh my course in de Iegislatih
halls as statesman and patriot, hab filled
de measure Oh my political glory full to do
top.
Widout fattcring myself, II hope ron all
know | would seorn to dat. | tink | can say
wild propriety dat | hah did as much, if not
more. to elevate de character OBJ de black
race abroad as any odder man OBJ my limit
ed experience. Already de foreign countries
wid whom we lab had domestic relations Is
speakin' Oh de internal policy oh our gobern.
nent wid q proper respec, and while l Is free
10 admit DAT our course toward de suffering
white man Oh dis country hab not been as
liberal and just as | hab advocated. | still
t;uk VIC viii se8ner or later come to dat
stage OBJ De game which viii require us to
show great Inarnanimousnese. aad forgetful.
ness Oh our forefatllers' injuries. 1t am my
great desire 70 establish de superiority oh do
col0red race to any race in de world, and to
10 dis ii am necessary dat we should exhib-
Il q noble and generous impulse toward our
fallen foes. Fer my part, | am for doin do
white man Justice whenever his necessity Ee.
quires. and de cxigencv ob de case will ad-
nit am confident dat By a proper legis-
lation and yieldin policy on de part oh de
administration Oh which de venerable and de
Honorable Mr. Fred. Douglas am de head,
De white man may soon be restored in some
measure to de rights and de position in so.
ciety (da is no disputin de facl he once held.
While it am true dat de white race IN Amer
lea am rapidly passing away afore de supe-
rior blood ob de eolored man-as de white
/ foam goes before de dark strong waYe-still
while dare IS yet lef vestage OBJ de white
/ blood. it am our duty as a great nation to
protect it in ebery lawful and honorable man
ner. 1t win never do for dis great colored
nation to hab such history oh de white
man, as de white man hab OBJ de Indian.
| In conclusion, my fellow citizens, | viii
! say dat am:
First, In fabor oh repeal OBJ de law which
prohibits white man from marrying..a lady
| oh color.
Second, am in Tabor oh repeal oh de
act entitled an act, which prohibits a
white man from owning more dan one acre
oh land
Third. am in Tabor of white suffrage and
always viii be. De white man am as much
entitled to vote as de eolored man, If ise be.
lialse-i+sss.se4f IN 4 proper manner
DaTe are lnany 0rFsr MINOR fsSues-sHcA
as de employment oh white men on Gobern-
ment works-de raising OBJ three regular new
white regiments, &C., &C., which I am in fa-
Dor ob, but which hab not time to discuss,
| viii meet my opponent, de Honorable Mr.,
Duffy, at all Oh his appointments, where my
views can be heard at greater length
Wid many more thanks for your fattaFipg
lcall, hab de honor to be, gentlemen,
i Your humble obedient servant,
J. Cesar Crow.
| JnIr I 1879