Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-28

about whom so much noise is made,
("and who are said to have fought
bravcly") suppose that those l23, l56
men were Yankees or Dutchmen or
Irishmcn, how much would they have
been missed in the whole two million.
six hundred and fity-eight thousand !?
There are fourmillions of these color
ed people, and out of these four mill
ions, enc hundred and twcnty-thrco
thousand carried the musket as against
two million anda half of the white
freemcn ofthis Government, who took
up their arms assA did battle bravcly
in its behalf ] say that,comparativc-
ly considered, their rights sink into
utter insgnifcance; aud Senators
should be ashamed TO prate about the
great deeds of the colored soldiers.
Sirs, / want to hear something of the
men who did the battle in the heat
and brunt of the day want to hear
something of the men WHOM all those
tour years of strife, were constantly
doing all that they could and let MS
not be told only Of the "heroism" OF u
few who were mainly placed there
against their will. Black soldiers
were equal in boultics and pay with
tho white soldiers. The colored man
has been emaI cipated.-Senators say
desire to send him back into slavery.
] pray you do not commit me TO that.
. | desire to do no such thing-Thc re
suit is that the black has had his race
emancipated while lhc white man has
had his Government maintained. Let
us be satisfied with these results. The
black has obtained what, in the opin-
, ion of the Scnatorfrom Erie he fought
for; and the white man, If you would
; belivc him, has obtained wha, he fought
, for; because ifyou tell him that he
! fought TO emancipate negroes he wild
; tell you"it is false, That is the answer
f you will get from five-sixth OF them.
f 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 wal
is ended the Government Is protect
ed and the black is cmancipated, as q
/ consequence of the war. Shall | de.
nounce the means that brought about
that civil WARP Shall here express
, my Judgment as to what brought on
, that great calamity. The men who
initiated it North and South, / de-
, nounce in unmeasured terms Abolit
, ionists and seccssionists are equally
, guilty. [Great Applause. A voice
"That's played out " Sirs. it may be
} nplayed out" now when the warnings
ofreason and experience cannot yet
+, obliterate the COZ sequences Of that
! fanaticism and there may be other
, things in your rule and roign "playcd
, OUT too.
| A WAR OF RACES.
, Now, sir, what are you disposed
; to dog To agitate. In 1861. you pro
+ posed "to agitate' You commenced
'to agitatc' in 1880, and YOU have
= been agltating ever since ; you agita
D ted to ms war and we have 60,
r through that war with an enormou:
a sacrifice of money and of blood; and
c you propose to agitatate further. The
c entering wedge is before us; agitation
G is to continue and we are to 20 or
+ from bad TO worse until, as tho Sena
c tor from Bradford tells us, IT culmi
4 mates in war of races. Heaven hell
| the weaker when that day comes
0 Sirs, the instinct of blood is stronger
Far than the lust for power. The in
: stinct of blood possessed by the vital
+ ty, the energy and the r;m of tn,
o Anglo Saxon, the Teuton, aud th,
t Cclt in this country will, when youl
r eliminating point has been reached
!, ride down, batter to pieces, break int,
c utter fragments any race that dare
n TO raise its hand against them and t
t ask for equal rights in the govern
: ment. trust that a war of races il
c never tor come but affirm, Senators
! that you are driving the entering
: wedge, you are increasing the number
Il ofpoints at which these races are to b,
c thrown together The points of con
tact between the two races are he
: ing multiplied, and the old fable o
the iron pot and the clay pot will re
peat itself; in every contest whore th,
/ stronger race comes in competition
c with the weaker race the weaker mus
!, and will give way.
, Mr. Jefferson says, Gas quoted by
/ Monsieur Conseil,) that "nothina il
. more clearly written in the book o
: destiny than the emancipation of th,
blacks, and it is equally certain tha
= the two races will never live in stat,
of equal freedom under the same gov
. ernmcnt, so iusurmountablo are tn,
l obstacles which nature, habit anC
:, opinions have established between
;, them"
q This is the opinion Of one who knew
+ both races.