The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-22
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ported ana perpetuated only bN the |
diffusion of intelligence among those
who are armed with political power will |
gain strength as time rolls on.
But those men who are nov aoitating
this question propose TO commence in
the South, where the negro is ignorant
and has been imhruted by the institution
Of slavery, while here in Indiana, where
the negro is intelligent and educated,
they treat the question OF giving these
men, Eere In our mids', the right 10 vote
as O matter OF no concern. As soon as
the popular mind has been educated up
10 the proper standard. the periudices
against the negro viii disappear and +
Justice will be meted ont to all
do not think that when Thomas /
jefferson penned the Declaration of In +
dependence and put into that instrument I
the glorious sentence that ''al men are /
created free and equal, and were endow-
ed by their creator with CERTAIN inaiien
able rights, among which are life, liber
~ and the pursuit ofhappiness, and that
TO secure these, Governments were insti
tuted among mee deriving their just
powers from the consent Of the gov
ened s. ! say | do not suppose that
Thomas jefferson believed that the PEG
pie would at once put that sentiment in
to practice, but that lie was willing to
leave it to the ameliorating influences of
time and to that mighty car of progress,
whose wheels turn not back, and whose
contamination will be in the brightness
of the latter day. And the history of
this country, yes, the history of the last
few years, proves that he was not mis-
taken. Ten years ago nothing was
thought of arresting away slave.
manacling him and sending him back to
his master. Now where could YOU find
q man who would be willing to do any
thing of the kind When | first entered
the army it was q common thing TO bear
our soldiers say that if they thought they
were fighting to free the negroes they
would throw their muskets down and 90
home. Now where is the soldier who
would put back the institution of slave
~, even if he had the power to do so
We have amended the organic act of the
nation striking down the institution of
slavery, and believe that the principles
Of humanity and justice, the dignity and
honor of the Government demand that
secure to the negro the freedom We
have given him. i care not what it
takes TO do this, if it he Freedmen's
Bureaus, Standing Armies or any other
necessary agent, for he must be secured
all the immunities and privileges of
citizen of the United States. | am in
favor of making him equal before the
law. | want no law between me and the
negro. / am not afraid to enter the in
tellectual race of life with him If he
out strips me it is all right, If the God
Of the universe has seen fit TO endow
him with better brain then he has me,
that is not his fault or, if he has been
more studious in the cultivation of the
intellect God has given him, and has
thereby made himself more intellig gent
man than / am, that should he set down
to his credit and to my disgrace.
But there are some men in this coun-
try who want a law between them and
the negro, who are afraid of this thing
of amalgamation, who, il they have not
law between them and the negro, that
the first colored woman that they meet
in the road will rush into their arms and
amalgamate them right oil Laughter.
But do not think that my Comprehend
friends need law of this kind so bad
as they think they do, for | do not be
lIeye that there is respectable colored
woman in the country, anywhere. that
would think of marrying a Copperhead
But will tell you what kind of law /
am in favor of. III were lin the Leuis-
lature of Indiana, | would vote for law
that would fine and punish any negro
who might be found associating with
or keeping company with Copperhead.
Laughter and Applause. | do not be
lieve that free society causes amalgama-
ton. The history of all nations proves
the truth of this assertion. Take for
instance, China, the oldest nation on
the face of the globe In China proper,
you find as separate and distinct races
of people as they ever were. But when
You get over on the borders of China.
where the Tartar race predominates,
there you find mixture of the races.
Now, this will hold good in Hindostan,
in Persia, in Asia, everywhere, The
Jews, a people who have been scattered
all over Gods earth for fifteen hundred
years, are yet to-day as separate
and distinct race of people as they
were when the Roman eagles. under
Titus, gllttered in the streets of .Ierusa-
lem Why? Because they are free
They have the pride of race that all free
men exhibit, wherever YOU find free
man, don't care fit be the wild Indian
in the forest, if he is free he has
pride of distinction in his own race.
| am in favor of expungiug the 18th
Article of the Constitution Of this State.
and all laws made in pursuance thereof,
known as the Black Laws believe
they are disgrace to the State, because
they say, even to the negro soldier of
Indiana, who went South and fought
ever so valiently; though by his cour-
age and his proves he may have helped
to plant the stars and stripes, the en-
sign of the nation, the emblem of liher-
~, everywhere, upon the dome of every
rebel capitol in the South. vet when he
returns here, this copperhead law meets
him at the confines of the State and saws
TO him, you cannot enter here But the
Southern traitor, whose hands and gar
ments are dripping red with the blood of
your fathers and brothers, or the draft
sneak, the skedaddler to Canada, who
staid away during the war and fled his
country when it most needed his servi-
ces, they can return; there is 10 law
that keeps them away. 1 say that this