Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-19
OUR COLORED RULERS.
Speeches OF Negroes In the
Georgia Legislature.

The following is from the debate in the
Georgia Assembly, which recently deci-
ded, that under the State Constitution,
made by the intelligent negroes of Geor-
gls, the negro had no legal right to rep
resent the people of the State on the floor
of that House
Mr.. Linder (negro) rose and said " If
you, gentlemen, expel as from here, after
taking the Oaths you have, you poison
tperjure, we presume, he meRnt,) YOUR
selves. The pretext for expellins US is
that we are colored. keers not what
color 1 is; am titled to my rights.
We Is citizens, and we expects to remain
so. l am a hRrneet nan. I dare any,
body to deny 1t. The gentleman from
Floyd says he's s'perior to a colOred man.
Who made him so? Did God make him
and his prosperity after him s'perior to a
black man? No" He closed by saving
that he wanted the question settled now;
he " did not care for the per diem if we
is to 90, let US 60" He did not want to
"stay here and listen to long Bulcombe
speeches. but II you roust US from here
we will roust you. expect TO 'bide by
your 'cision III leave, but | won't 20
home till 1 git ready; Pm free man,
and can do as please about dat" So
down he sat.
Mr.. Clover (colored) took the stump to
"insugurate some new ideas" " Mr..
Speaker, dis is q unconstitutional ques-
tion. never thought I'd ever be law
yer, but Pm here studini law IN de Leg
islstur hall. ! larns law here. You
Wsnt9 to turn Us out on de same reason
dat you use to turn Us out o. de kitchen.
Black color is de puttiest color in de
world. Why do you war black close,
Nr,r Hrrafn I
ttest color. Talk about color. Don'tyou
kiss de same Billie what did when we
took de Oat? Gemmen, you got to cum
up an face de music; you can't dance
BACKYARD. tink de gemmen from Floyd
Will wlfdraw his resolution when I gii
down here. Use always bean a Niger
sharp enough to make fortune, and YOU
can't fool dig nigger. don't keer bout
Whst your price is here 3 day to make
laws" Just here q message from the
Senate was received, in reference to it's
action on the usury bill. Clover re-
marked that he lad hoped it was a bill
to release de niggers. BE proceeded: |
u don't keer ef 1 had not been
ia de New Nited States but one
day, Use a citizen, and am Titled
TO q seat here. Yer better be maxim
laws to protect US poor people de Ku-
A>AANN9 40 ~DONS W 3le us hlEeA0y. rep
resent two thousand people here, who |
sfa de very damsel Of de eye.' I done
worked in de field and educated all desc
white folks ladies, now claim seat here |
to make laws for de education of de col
ored ladies', and you say 1 amt got no |
right here. Why, gemmeD, de idea is
destitute. You come here wild q little |
ole resolution dat amt wuff q f1y, to try |
to spell Us. Ityou do dat, III git my
hat an go to de door, an tell you Pm |
gwine away to prepare way for my |
people, in de language Of de 'postles. |
I'll come back sgin, SHORE. Stop, |
white folks, and take up dat ting off de |
table meaning the rSsolutionl and fro it |
away. Use gwine to talk till you wifi |
draw it. When go, don't want no
Dimicrat to take my seat; 1 want 1t |
agin.1
such intelligence 1--WE are told by
Northern Radieals-we whites of the I
North must go into a government 90
partnership with, in electing Senators
and members Of Congress, to make tariff,
revenue, warehouse and other laws, for \
Us ss well as for themselves l-Nss0 York
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