Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-03-20

P'ttShD VI tut country.
You cannot protect them in tbis u,ov
But suppose | had voted against this nro.
positionf do not know that can Get what
want. live in State that was n slave
nolulng state until last January a wear aeo
nave been stakeholder all my life nntii
the DAY when the ordinance of emaneipation
was passed IN my State. advocated Il. and
nave nave advocated emancipation for the last
iou' D years, at least since this war commenced.
70 you want to know how to protect Tie
freedmen of the Southern StatesS This bill
IS useless Tor that purpose. 1t is not the in
tehtloH oil the honorable Senators on this
noor from Northern States who favor tbis
VII 70 send military men to plumber the good
people OF kentucky. 1t is an attemnt TO
ENFORCE tnls moral and relie 'ous sentiment of
the people OF the Northern States Sir.
es si.ese iteeuIien VIII be protected. The de-
cree OF Almighty God has gone forth as II
went forth in favor of their freedom oriei.
nally, that they shall be endowed with ali
the rights that belong to other men. Will
you protect them? GiUe them he ballot M
iressdent, and Men they are protected ran
plause in the galleries.
iou want nothing else in the Southern
states; away with all this nOnsense 1t
=. sun tiiat on one occasion, when a people
oil oppression, those who held them in slave
ana IN bondage objected to their going;
plaques were sent upon those who held
tnenl; nnally the waters of Egypt were made
pioouy' IN order to get pure water. instead
OF gong TO the streams that had been made
70 run with blood-and the streams of the
9outherh states have for the last four years
Deen made TO run with blood-the effort on
the part OF Pharaoh was to dig wells in order
to get pure water, not supposing for an in
slant That that which came to the wells vorIId
pc from the rivers and would be bloody also
MS is an attempt on the part of nv friend
from lllinois-and l have said SO to him pri
yately, though L have taken no part in the
deDate-to dig well in order to get pure
water; Dut he will never get it. 1t is vain
| attempt TO protect men that you cannot nro
tect except by the ballot. NV excellent
good friend from Maine, Mr.. Fessenden.
gentleman OF distinguished abilities; gen
lleman whose name will 20 down to posteri
| W, gentleman who will be known in the
annals OF lame when my name is entirely
lorgoten, and the names, perhaps, of many
around me to-day-he, too, thinks that he
can ulg wen, and the Committee on Re-
water; but the blood will flow in il. and he
VIII nhd lhat after all he has accomplished
hothlng; he has done that which our fathers
never would have done separated represep-
tation and taxation; and in after wears. when
an this diihculty Shall have been healed,
Wheh Northern men shall have gone and
setlied IN the South and Southern men in
tne North, you by this amendment give in
congress to the Northern States political
power over these people in order TO impose
unjust ana hurdensome taxation on them; at
least that will be said. Mr. President. away
with this delusion. II is but another effort
to do that which you cannot do except in
one way
l know that my Democratic friends will
say tnat this is radicalism. Sir, if l were
Robert E. Lee, if l were Jefferson Davis. If
l were Forrest, or any other leader of fhe
reDellon in the Southern States, / would
rather to-day take unadulterated negro suf-
rage Than to take the badge this resolution
imposes upon them. would rather take
At than the badge offered by the reconstruc-
tlon committee. Why? Because it IS equal
all over the land. Introduce and pass in
this body and the House of Representatives.
by the requisite majority, a constitutional
amendment, declaring that all men, through
out this broad land shall be entitled to the
right OF suffrage. Do not let Connecticut
vote by every county in the State against
negro suffrage, and then come and impose
1t on South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, or
any other State. Do not let New York come
| and say, 1--WE, with the few negroes we have,
VIII deny negro suffrage, and yet force it up
ON South Carolina with majority of ne
groes. Fellow Senator's be Just and fear
not. Do that which is right in your own
consciences and fear net the consequences.
Consequences will take care of themselves.
DO you intend to impose Federal taxes upon
the negroes of the South? If you do, give
them representation in Congress and give
them representation at home. Do the States
| intend to impose taxation on the negroes?
or course they will do So Then give them
representation in the State Legislatures
When that is done, peace will reign through
out this land; and from this day until the
day that it is done, there will be no peace.
l do not pretend to say what ought or ought
not to be done in each particular State /
kn0to Ntdt IN the great State Of Missouri pe
mace one hundfed and fifty thousand free
| negroes, phfle there is not a former nOR-siaUe-
holding State in the Union that has perhaps
| one-haJ Of that number, and / san for mn
constituents that l lcW agree to take neqro
suffrage. Let other Senators from the North
ern and Southern States come up to the same
thing, and then We can have peace. Then
you may repeal your freedmen's bureau bill.
| WhyY The freedman will have the best
protection in the world; he will have entire
protection, because those canvassers for
public favor who go before the people, will
be bound to go before the negro, and they
will find in the negro ten thousand merits
that they never found before.
know perfectly well that this is the only
| pAotcNtiuhs ou give IL Ut nome, you give IL
at the tireside, you give it in the township,
you give it in the county, you give it every
where. You may send legion of Federal
| othceholders to the Southern States, and in
stead OF conciliating the people, instead of
protecting the negro, you will damage the
negro and irritate the Southern people.
Sir, are we doing any good here? Here is
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr Guthrie), a
gentleman whom l met in the early days of
this rebellion. l stood side by side with him
in convention in the State of Kentucky,
met for the purpose of putting down the
niquity then started against the authorities
OF this land, and know his history during
the whole war. He has, however, uniortu-
nately used an expression to-day which. un-
less he takes an early opportunity to correct
it, will influence the minds and hearts of the
people of Kentucky; and in view of his i'm
mense influence and his standing as states
man, and as man of morality and integri-
ty, j cannot tell what the consequences NAV
+ be. 1t will intlame, in all probability, the
people of that State, and perhaps produce in
other States consequences that ought not to
be produced He may say that the people of
Kentucky, ii my plan be forced upon them
will feel more like rebeling against the ma
tional authority. But is it not just? Is il
not applied to Illinois as well as Kentucky?
Is it not applied to Missouri, and to every
f Southern and Northern State?
do not say give the negro the suffrage
Immediately. ] say just declare simply that
no State shall discriminate against him, and
then, if you wish to require as Il uualifica-
iion of a white man that he shall read and
write, let il be required OF black man. If
you wish to require OF the black man that he
shall own two hundred and fifty dollars
worth OF property, let it be required of tho
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