The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-08

lUetT GJEa, HUH UUW many OI IHel
volunteered? Out Of the FIVE millions Of
negroes South, and ell through the coun-.
try, there had been, at the end Of the war
only one hundred aud fifty thousand negro
soldiers on our lists. And / viii tell you
how these were recruited, for ! saw that
thing myself Laughter aud applause.
| aaw it done. One Of our vast armies
would make raid into the enemy coun-
fry, aud drive back the Confederate for
ces for two or three hundred miles. Fol.
lowing behind our army, we're gentlemen
bearing commissions for negro regiments
--colonels, lieutenant colouels. licutcnants.
&c.--who wanted very much to put on
she uldcrstraps. They would walk up to
the negroes left behind the rctreating Con
federatcs and say: "Come here, Sam, or
John, or Cesar, / want you TO join my
regiment" II do wan join nobody
regiment, Maas'r II don't care Nhsth-
er you want to join o. not, you've got to
join;" and that is the way they were and
that Is the way they were recruited
Laughter. Besides this, when they
eamc to our lines, II became absolutely
necessary that they should join Us, whether
any recruiting officer went 10 them in this
manner or not When our armies took
possession Of the enemy's country, il
brought within our lines large numbers
/ Of these negroes. Our soldiers took all
/ there was TO cot in the region round about,
aud the negroes had nothing 10 live upon.
/ On the other hand, they were offered food
clothing, aud wages, aud bounties, rs |
said, that seemed magnificent III their eyes.
Aud besides this, they were told that they
would have an easy time they would not
be expected to do the fighting, but rath.
CT to garrison, and hold the forts aud ,,la-
ccs taken aud can tell you that promise
was kept. Now, Il il not marvellous,
considering all this. that only one hundred
and fifty thousand negroes were recruited
10 our ranks? l. that an evidence Of ex.
traordinary loyalty TO their old masters?
So that these two pretexts for this last
measure OF Cougress-frsi that the greai
mass Of the Southern people were disloyal
and second. that the negroes were thc
only loyal people in the S0ulh-are both
transparent humbugs, unworthy Of belief
NOT believed BY themselves. ] do MOI
speak in any spirit 6f uukindness ot thC
} negroes. / believe | am incapable Of DO
ing that. but | honestly admit that l Dc
now, aud always have, preferred my owl
race 70 the negro race Applausc.l i
il the great and iilastrious race, Nhicl
! has achieved everything that has beer
! done for civilization since We have knowf
, Of the history of the world ! think j
! unnatural aud monstrous that ! white nai
should not glory in his own race. thinl
we have dealt unkindly towards the no
8 groes, aud that this nation owes them
E debt Of justice aud gratitude which i
| should repay them, bat not At the cxpens
/ OF the white race. The white race mus
! be cherished, aud its purity pfcseryl
{ 1t has been the only race that has prove,
itself capable, in the worlds history, 0
G erecting aud maintaining constitutions
I and free government [applausel ]; aud ih
/ black raea has never maintained any kin
i. Of government There il no cyidenc
i. Throughout the whole Of Africa that ther
/ was ever any kind of government ther
+. except the brutal control which is some
/. times asserted By one chief over his fe'
c naked followers aud even when they hav
!. been taken to other countries, and hay
). been spectators for years aud generation
/. of the work of the white man, as was III
Y case in Hayti, they have not been able t
! sustain free government The Frenc
+ there maintained Government befor
h the eyes Of their slaves; the slaves ros
c and nassacred the white population
- What became of the Government they c;
s tablishedy 1t has degenerated and d,
o generated to this hour, and the peopl
c gone back TO the Fetish worship of thei
Y ancestors in Africa. Also III Jamaic;
a where the British Government liberate
II the negroes aud gave them full and equ'
j. share in the Government, and the rlgt
il to vote and hold Office, yet the other da
:, tho negroes rose and attempted to massi
h ere the white men, but were thwarted.-
l. 1t is notorious that in that island the
c have not improved; yet our Radical irienc
Al wish 10 try the experiment upon gran
c scale in our own country and have in
= proved on the British idea; have alno
IF gone to the extent that the Africans
5, liayti themselves went. Tho Radiea
e place the negroes here in n position to c:
( terminate the whites. They will have a
:? the political power if the Radical pr
IS gramme is carried out by the disiranchis
Y ment of the white men and the enfral
10 chisement of the negro; and us a matte
e of course, they will be instructed by I'll
q meddlesome Radicals OF the North
&c dominecr over the downtrodden white
&c and possibly the mass Of those people,
= disgust, may be compelled to abando
it their country and yield it up, and thos
l. who remain will in time be exterminatel
o unless the noble Democracy of the Mort
gl-T cheers THE real friends of free Go
j, ernment, assert their sympathylfor the pc
., pie OF their own race at the South, IN
d give them the shield of their protection
n Cheers The Radicals do not seem
\ think the Southern people arc yetsufhcien
> ly humiliated They have lost the
IS wealth and their lands. In the matter
), their slaves alone they have given U
= what was of tho value to them three bi
e of dollars, more than the whole Of our nj
), tlonal debt. Their homes have been d
r wasted by fire and sword, and made dos
: late places. Everywhere throughout Il
s South our armies penetrated, destroyin
e everything that could support those WI
Q were in arms against the Goyernmen
l, making havoc of the property they coul
e not use, and leaving them a destitut
# miserable, and starving people. Yes, fe