Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-11
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NEGRO DOMINATION.

InfaammRtory speech In the LOuisI-
ana BOnes-and- Banjo Convention
A Specimen of African ElOquenee
ana Specimen of African Good
sense
1t having been teIegraphed all over the
country that one Cromwell, a negro dele
gate to the Louisiana Convention, had
made highly inAammatory speech in that
body on the 9TH inst, and that another
negro had taken issue with him, we pre-
sent below the speeches, as given by the
New Orleans Times Of the 8th. The sub
ject of discussion was resolution pending,
protesting against "the Islander that il was
the idea of the colored people to african
ize the Souih.'" The first speech is given
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CRoMWELLs SPEECH.
Mr.. President: hab listened to de
readin' OBJ de resolutions for de second
time. Dey is genuine doctrine. | wants
dis Merican people TO know dat to-day my
race stands out ia bold and graphic relief
as de stanehioh dat upholds de government
Of dis country. / thinks we ar able to take
keer oh Ourselye. Ebery wind l hear
rushin in de leaves proclaims that the
black man who fought for the national
honor am de equal of de white We is
able to yindicate our cause. Use not
skeered. Sensation outside the bar and
excitement among the police. This gov
eminent has carved out our future. Ny
people has agin and agin been on de battle
field and shed dere blood for it. Dey
claim dere rights upon the floor and in dis
country, and let me say dat we will rule
de Rebels--dat loyal blacks lnust rule dis
goberment. profound sensation in the
lobbies.) De Rebels who hab ruled MS
shan't rule no longer. Talk of q auar Of
races, 'ce ar ready for IT, We will rule until
the last one of us goes down forever. We
don't intend TO get down on our knees and
beg for our rights. Gentemens, / ask
you that you will not deprive ms
of our rights. This government is
pledged to maintain the rights of
negroes. Gentlemens, much is said about
anodder rebbelutiOn. | say if we cannot
gain our rights and be placed on an equal
ity wild de whites, let il come. Let de
rebbelution come. Equal rights demand,
and notin else will have. will die fIlst.
acts as man. l feels as a man, and /
asks no more than odder men if day possess
de fine sentiments of manhood as / does.
We car nothin for Andy johnson or any
other man in dis government. We are goin
10 have our rights If it is TO be obtained by
rebolution and blood (swaying to and fro of
negroes outside the barr. We claim from
dis convention equal liberty. and equal
privileges Of de white man. / stand here,
SIR, TO advocate the cause Of my race-dat
all de rights and privileges be enjoyed that
pertains TO Andy johnson or any odder
man. We wants all liberties, civil and re-
lgious, and dem we shall have l wants
dem for the white man and de black man.
Har i'll dis convention dar are Rebels.
there he pointed TO a representative of a
New York paper, who wore gray panta-
looms and the badge of Thomas old Army
OF the Cumberland Oar are secret blows
agin us. Let as 90 into secret meetings and
Prepdr Jor dem. Let dem hole dere secret
meetings at the 81. Charles Hotel aud nd.
der holes. Let dem telegraph from de st.
Charles dat |, Cromsoeii will demand his
rights. Misses Gentlemens, pardon me
for dis harahgue. Gentlemens, know my
rights--l demand dem. / demand dem
for my race, and shall endeavor to have
dem embodied in do constitution. 1 de-
mand guaranty. Do You know what dat
is? When de proper time comes, you
will know what / mean by de guaranty.
PIECHBAoK's REPLY.
When Mr.. Cromwell had sat down, Mr..
PInchback, mulatto, rose and declared that
he regretted this resolution had been intro
duceds he regretted these appeals TO the
passions of his race, and he took the ground
that he was not the representative of the
colored race any more than he was of the
white. He did not wish to see any such
resolutions prevail in this convention.
Gentlemen could get up and talk about
what Ue demand-it was all very well 10
demand, but il was all humbug. He was
convinced that the colored people of this
country could GET no rights that the white
people did not see fit to give them. A
simple examination of the relative strength
OF the two races will show this. There
we're three million of negroes in the coun-
try, and thirty million whites. The whites
were the friends of the colored men, and
he asked who was il that TILED the soil of
these States when the whites we're ordered
10 the Geld. Ii was the slave The old
slave owners would still protect and love
the blacks If they deserved their continued
confidence He was certain his race had
always relied on the American people and
the American heart for securing all the
rights 10 which they were Justly entitled.
They could still rely upon them, and the
colored people were not going TO have
war of races. They knew they could not
do il. They were without arms, without
means, without material, without the
machinery Of war 20 fight the whites Of
this country, and nobody will believe it TO
he true. There was no white men in this
State who thought the negroes would inau-
gnrate a war of races. He hoped this
matter of n war of races would not be
brought up again in the convention. 1t
was the province OF the Radical Congress
| 10 discuss the question.