Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-03-25
A TASTE OF NEGRO SUPREMACY.


ITO good Citizens honestly loseeking some
light to guide them on the question Of negro
suffrage and negro domination, we commend
the following truthful and accurate report Of q
speech made by . nesros at a meeting held.
previous to the late election in Alabama. The
report is in the Marion Commonwealth, Ian and
runs thus ..af lis ;nd 4gan sif.sn5 tn.g.th t0 !
Il Alfred Gray. mulatto,y took the stand and
sald:sa hHw aaigAa-tsl hsbaa ealsnb sesiige i
The Constitution, ] came here. boys. to,
talk for it, andlf get killed viii talk fol, it.
am not afraid to fight for it. and 1 will fight
for it until h--l freezes uver!suI afraid to fight
the white man for my rights T. No! Lmuy so
to HI. my home is,in h--l, but the white man
shall go there with me. 4 DO you hear me
G-dd--m this race of people tolh--liI feel
the d-m spirits of damnation in me, aud will
fight forseur rights until every d--d rascal who
chased nigeers with h0uDds is in h--l Ord
d-m them! y Do you hear me? Gentlemen.
you hear great deal about social equality,
aud black and white children going 10 school
together. Well, ain't that right We pay
our dollar and halt. and make them pay tax
| on their land that. yeu cleared. and which you
have the best right to. Then. send all to school
together. sDidn't you clear the white folks
Hand MANY roices-.'ies, and we's got q
right to it'd Yes, you is; but let, them keep
| it until Congress gives it to, us. We hasesgot
Congress at onrs backs. and Gen. Grant has
turned Radical. and viii make the army give
Us our rights 4 what .cnn the white man do.
when. Gen. Grant and Gen., Meade and Con-
gress is on our sidel We'll, i willtcll you. they
will have 20 stop 10 take a niggers corn. and
cotton. Il You work and MAX 20 crop, and the
white man takes it for what you owe him. when
you ain't seen twenty dollars for the year.
But be says you took it up for your family in
the summer.' Well, you 60 to the Ereednen's
Bureau, and the. Bureau man sayss he had q
mortgage on. your crop;' but 1 know the law.
and o mortgage can't take, your corn and cot
/ ton |; for Gen. Meade says, no matter what 4
lnigger owes, you cant take llis crpp.s It 10 all
lie. boys; the Bureau never did any thing for
you but cheat you, and you are poorer now
than you were when you were set frsr.s G--d
ld---m the Bureau and every other whitaman.
Roys, went you fight ior yoilr, rigats b. Many
voices Yes. well did for our rights; G.--d
Id--m the white people mud the Bureau w.
i The speaker continued more than m hour,
was loudly applauded, and everything Sc said
was indofsed by the negro iistencrs 'fTc CLOSED
/ BY ssyinr,gq" Boys, now Iewant ayeu to hear
i lRemelnber, the 4th Of .February, and every
one cnmc in bring your guns. aud stapd up for
fyour rights! Let them talk about social eqtlal.
iity, mixed schools, or d war. cf races. Wen
.Ifaht uniilwc die. and all 20 To h- tegethrr,
or wen carry this Constitution" The speaker
concluded amid much excitement, and wa,
'lliftcd III, by the crowd, who swore they ''woald
light until they died. aseass aHl iHiflsntso
Another negro, then took the stand and began
by abusing Speed and Graves for the, course
Ithey pursued in the Convention, and advised
1.-THE negroes never 10 listen ID any other South.
lern manispeak; that they could trust them
and that he would nut trust any, hits man
but God. He concluded BY saying he wal
ready Ito fight at the election every id
white mum who gotiir his wayl" aiThd Il