The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-11
TUESDAY MORNING, I'm. II.

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ecsare q Chicago IL oeAse sweating. OF
,ourss il was eood snoagh lscssrs ioe the
hfaiasd white nas = Anssiesa 70
hses - 0fss.nin 49, ~ - Dem.
,crat il The North, sAvs possibly George b.
Pendlston, thas caa naks sach ) spssch; BE-
,auss there isn't : Ds.ocsas 10 The United i
States that i intellectually the equal Of Frsd
HI - Jdnf spsrpeo isilgal
Resume Sc - lestsss. sOaly ~ SA1lsr lhe
rerscES f s1ioosdle sru.k INT ~ fAs M
rleus Of what he aid. A kernel Of truth
that must grow and bear fruit in the Ameri
can mind or We never will attain to the true
liberty Of truly free people. he truth il
involved 10 the title Of Nj. Douglas lecture.
1t is the right Of every man, white or black,
make himself the highest, best conditioned,
noblest that be can and to do this without
let or hindrancs from any. Our people must
leArn that the msn Or party that would re-
press, or enslave, or put down any man or
race, is the enemy of al men. The man Or
party that would bind the body, soul = mind
of any human being, is the foe Of humanity,
and should be accursed in the heart Of hu-
manity. The only power above the life Of
any soul is Fate, or Providence, or the laws
Of the world, and it il equally the right Of
the poorest slsse = Of the strongest and
highest freeman TO strike down any that comes
to claim mastership over him. 1t il time
for Americans TO learn and concsds The right
Of every man to be free. There il. the hate
futness, the political poisononsness Of the
Democratic party. II isn's 20 much il par
ticalar policy a. y the csrrsssy, or the bar
il, or the banks, Or any oshsr special ssa1.re
of administration, although these, for the
most part, are bad enough. 1t is the spirit
of the party Inst makes it hateful and dan
gerous. 1t is because that party denies the
right Of every man to be Free And with that
spirit that party can never control this conn
try again, u least more than seuporailJ.
The ms that thinks The Isseprssibls Con-
iiict was ended when the slaves we're emanci.
pated, is blind. That conflict goes on until
the true American doctrine il established;
that doctrine, we need not repeat, is, with
fair play and hands of, to let each man be
free to live the best and noblest life he can.
This right belongs 70 ~ Esednaa = well -
to the white man. No man should rest; the
country should not rest, until that doctrine be
established. To this Irrepressible Conflict
we are pledged. It Coca ON in Reconstrae-
tor. There is much prating abou. whether
this, that or the other Reconstruction meas
ure be Constitutional Wslll The Ccnsitn.
sional lawyers and the politicians may wran-
gle on. SPEAKING only for ourself, We frankly
say that We do not care whether those meas-
nres are Constitutional or not. The only
question We ok II whether The measures are
necessary to establish the right Of every man
in America to be free. If the Constitution pro-,
vides for less than that, thea We think more
OF the measure than We do Of the Constitu-
ton. We think that right To be higher than
the Constifutior; We think tie people Of this
country are shove the Constitution, high -
an intelligent soul is above any piece Of ma
chinerY. Don't try to cramp mans. freedom
into the pfisoa-Emits Of qsdsissiave Con
stitution, but rather adjust the Constitute nal
organism to the broad latitude of human
rights.
Here is the claim Of Fred Douglass for his
own people. II 10 only the rsshs or -.cb TO
work for himself. Will you call yourself an
American and deny this claim to the colored
man? Mr.. Douglass said:
Honest, patient. enduring work WAS he
great miracle worker. man must not wit
for something to turn up. No one mast wait
for kind friend with . springing board 10
aid him. The man Who could get up would
be helped up. That tendency Of the world
might seem hard, but il was fust. Personal
independence vas virtue only to be OBJ
tanned b. throwing each man on his oua re.
sources. He would have tAat doctriae applied
TO his own people. Give them fair play and
let them alone. There was much Christian
duty in the words, " let people alone" Give
the negro fair play and let him alone, and il
he lived, well if be died, equally we'll. If
the fruit could not hang let It drop. II vas
no charity to be lifting him ON his ies, If the
next niants his head vAs Is b ca o. csrb-
stoae. Nthsy sav him goise q nAasck. to
work, to the bsllot-box, let him alone. II
they saw him on his way to Congress, let him
alone.
We make these further extracts from Nj.
Douglass' lecture:
Then there was another self-made man Of
whom be would like TO speak. That N,
Benjamin Banniker. he wanted to call a.
tention 70 him genuine negro: He had
been troubled BY the fact that when be pre-
senfed a instance Of negro ispllsct seme
ineenious person VAS ssre 70 ind thas h~ vas
tainted With White blood. Banker was Of
genuine uncontaminated blood. He lived in
Maryland, and from little boys and girls and
DE hyed IN the last century At EIlicott,s Millx.
Negro intellect then was a. much ID doubt =
At present. Many excellent men Thought the
negro Was inferior TO white men, Anon
them Was Thomas Jefferson, Who thousht
they might, rerhnps, learn 70 speak the Eng
nan language. he vas sure they could sing.
out not reason, aud mathematics were limos.
nbia- hanniker. hsanng Of hat, wrote RIM !
polite note and sent him an almanac for which
% hAd made the astronomical calcal.t;ors.
Tor he was an excellent msthematic;an. and
was onenf The ssrve5ors Who laid out Wssh.
iagton, where the liberties or his nee had
been laid ont sysr aince. Nj. JeFerson a.
hacwiedEed The lettsf, and thanked him for
It and the almanac. No one, said he. e.
more glad thaa himself % ~ shR tasck nm
we're csiable Of such knowlsdke, and closed
A's note ~ oselaSiag himself, with sreat -
TEEN, your obedient servant.''
A right noble man was Thomas Jefse,.o,
de would like TO see : Democratic Pres;dent
now whose language would be 90 kind. IA
had been TO see Andrew johnson with som
such hope, but had been disappointed.
There Vas another black man william
D.etz, Of AlhAny-a psfeaal, black man.
whose face excluded tbs shadow q auspicion
OF white blood. Yet he had risen from (
mouse servant to the charge of an estase Of
three m,liicns. he vas IN architcct. drsushts.
man and inventor. II WA I'D Ia $3.50
vas merely initiative, but thai Is conld -,
invent. h had nothing original sho s.I ~; ny
Hat Diets vas N inventor, ma IL cs;sf -.
tarss ef he r.ilroad bridge 4 AibeSS 49,
nis. he had invented plan for : ,.;i-.s
ior broadway. L Vas Published in The -.