Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-02-16

| say that | am friend OF the c9I0rcd man,
I DO not want to adopt pa..isasessssat I believe
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should be engaged in such I, work
Now, it is always best to taAS about things
practically, and in a common sense way. [
have said, and repeat it here, that if the
colorod man in the United States could find
no ether Moses, o.. any Moses that, would be
more able and efficient than lazssl | would
be his Moses to lead him f,.qdaha - free
dom; that 7 would pass land
where he lived il slavery " it were
in cur rcach) Of freedom u ollld be
wiling to pass him through the Red Sea to
the land Of Promise-to the land Of liberty !;
but [ an not willing under either circum-
stance, to adopt policy which [ believe will
only result il the sacrifice Of his life and the
shedding Of his blood think [ know what
I say | feel what [ say; and I feel well
assured that if the policy urged BY some be
persisted III, it Will result in great injury to
The white as well as to the colorod man -
There is great deal Of talk about the sword
in one hand accomplishing az end, and The
ballot accomplishing. another.
,Ahesc things all Do very well, and some
tines have forcible application. We talk
about justice we talk about right; we say
that the white man has been in tAc wrong, in
keeping the black man il slavery as long as
he has. That is all true, again. we talk
about tie Declaration Of Independence and
equality before the law. You understand all
that, and know how to appreciate it. But
now, let Us look each other III the':ssce.; let
rs 90 to the great mass Of colorc,. men
Throughout the slave States let us see the
condition in which they are. at the present
time-and it is bad enough we all know
sur,ose by some magic touch you could say
to every one;. You' shall vote Tomorrow"
aov e,.ofl would t.St am3lorato their condi-
.ti.n at this time =.
Now, let Us get closer to.ths subject, and
talk ah>snt i. What relation have the col
-c1o11l man md she. white man heretofore oc-
cupied ia the South? I opposed slavery up
On two grounds First: it was great mo-
nopoly, enabling those who controlled and
owned it to constitute an afistocraoy; ena-
bling the few to derive great profits and rule
the many with an iron rod, as it were. And
that is one great objection to it in q govern
months being a monopoly. I opposed to
it secondly upon the abstract principle Of
slavery. Hence, in getting clear Of a mo-
nopoly, we were getting clear Of slavery at
the same time. So you see there were two
right ends attained in the accomplishment Of
the one.
Mr. Douglass 1Ir. President, do you
wish
The president-I am not quite through
yet Slavery has been abolished; great
national guaranty bus been giycn-one that
cannot be revoked was getting at the re-
laticn Chat suhsisted between the white man
and the color2d man. A very small proper
ton Of white persons, compared with the
whole number Of such, owned tie colQed
people Of the South [ might instance. the
State Of Tclnessee in Illustration. There
were there twcntY-scvcn n0n-2lavoholders to
one Shareholder, ana Yet the slaye-rowor con
trolled that State Let us talk about this
matter as it ~. Although the colorcd man
was in slavery there, and owned AZ property
i'll the sense and in tie language Of That 10
cality and Of that community, yet, in
comparing lis condition and his position
there with the non-slaveholder, he usually
estimated his Importance just il proportion
to tic number Of slaves that his master
owned, with the non-slavcholdor
Have you ever lived upon a plantation?
Mr.. Douglaos--I haze, your ExcelIency.
The l'resideEt--Whcn You would look over
and see man who had large family, strug-
cling hard upon poor piece Of land, you
thought great deal less Of him than you did
Of your own master?
Mr.. DouGlass-N0t l.
The Presjdcnt-N eli, I know such was
the case with . large minority Of you il those
sections. Where such is the case we know
there il al onnity We know there il i hate
The poor white man, on the Other hand, was
opposed to tho slave and Lis master; fol- tile
colored man and his master combined kept
Him in slavery, BY dcpriying hiln Of fair
participation in the labor and productions Of
The rich land Of the country.
DON'T you know that colorcd man in 60
ing to hunt i master Gas they call it) for the
next year preferred hiring to Z man who
owned slaves rather than to one who did not =?
[ know tile fact, 1T all events They did
not consider il quite as respectable 10 hire to
man who did not own negroes Us 10 one
who did,
Mr. Douglass Because he wouldn't Be
treated Ms well.
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