Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-04-05


emancipated. (Senators say | desire to
send him back into slavery / pray you
do not. commit me to that | desire to
do no such thing) The result is that the
black has had his race emancipated while
the white man has had his Government
maintained. Let us be satisfied with
these results. The black has obtained
what, in the opinion of the Senator from
Erie, he fought for; and the white man,
if you would believe hins, has obtained
what he fought for because if you tell
him that he fought to emancipate negroes
he will tell you ''it is FALSE that is the
answer you will get from fve-sixths of
them. But if you tell him that he fought
to protect and defend the Government he
will say, ''that is so, that is what | went
to DO and what | did" The war is en-
ded the Government is protected and the
black is emancipated, as a consequence of
the war. Shall | dcnounce the means
that brought about that civil war? Shall
| here express my judgment as to what
brought on that great calamity. The
men who initiated it North and South,
denOunce in unmeasured terms Aboli-
tionists and secessionists are equally guilty.
Great Applause. A voice '.Thars
played out" Sirs, it may be ''played
OUT now. when the warnings of reason
and experience cannot yet oblterate the
consequences Of that fanatcism ard there
may be other things in your rule and
reign ''played OUT too.
a WAR OF RACES.
Now, sir, what are you disposed to do
To agitate. In 1861, you proposed ''to
agitate." You commenced ''to aeitate''
in 1880, and you have been agitating ever
since you agitated us to a war, and we
got through the war with an enormous sac
ritice of money and of blood and you
propose to agitate further. The entering
wedge is before us agitation is to contin-
tie ; and we are to 90 on from bad to
worse until, as the Senator from Bradford
tells us, it eliminates in q war of races
Heaven help the weaker when that day
comes. Sirs, the instinct of blood is stron-
ger far than the lust for power. The in
stinct Of blood possessed by the vitality,
the energy and the vim of the Anglo Sax
on, the Teuton, and the Celt in this coun-
try will, when your eliminating point has
been reached, ride down, batter to pieces,
break into utter fragments any race that
dares to raise its hand against them and
ask for equal rights in the government. |
trust that a war Of races is never TO come
but | affirm, Senators, that you are driving
the entring wedge, you are increasing
the number of points at which these races
are TO be thrown together. The points of
contact between the races are being mul-
tiplied, and the old fable of the iron pot
and the clay pot will repeat itself; in
every contest where the stronger comes in
competition with the weaker race, the
weaker must and will give way.
Mr.. Jefferson says, (as quoted by Mon
sier Conscil, that ''nothing is more clearly
written in the book of destiny than the
emancipation of the blacks, and it is equal
ly certain that the two races will never
live in state of equal freedom under the
same government, so insurmountable are
the obstacle which nature, habit and opin-
ions have established between them
This is the opinion of one who knew
both races.
TIE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
This bill, sir, proposes to grant the right
TO vote to the negro in the District OF Col
umbia, and to take from the hands of the
white men because that is its practical
etfect) the contol Of that municipal gov
There are some fifteen thousand
negroes in the city and vicinity of Wash
ington, and some eight or ten thusand vo-
tiers in the District. This gives the control
of the municipal affairs Of the District to
the negro. | suppose they will be discreet
and not elect negro as the first mayor.
1t is vital point in the argument, when
the people of State or district, expressed
themselves in an emphatic manner against
a certain measure, it is an outrage to force
that measure upon them. The will of,the
people lies at the foundation of our Gov
and those who do not express that
are not truly the peoples representatives
1t may be said that the men in Congress
were not elected by the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia. They were not yet
they are, for all practical purposes, the
immediate representatives of that constit-
uency, and the will of that people ought
to be obeyed
Mr.. LOWRY. Who are the people?
MIR. WALLACE. The white peo-
pie of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. LOWRY. The a0hite people?
Mr.. WALLACE. Yes sir the whites
have some rights left yet. They have the
right to govern that District and until
they say they are willing that the negro
should partake of those rights they should
not be compelled to share them with him
PROTECT THE WHITE LABORER
The policy of my state upon this sub
iect, sir, is my policy. In 1880, she
emancipated the slaves that were here
and in 1888 she declared that the white
race should govern the State. 1 accord