Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-01-16

VI ours, which ubhot ali hybrid amal
qamaiion, rcvclod ia fatally tempt
inr aimixiurc oi blood indulgei IN
social and governmental copurincr-
ship with Aztocs, Indians. negroes
one and an. The pure blood, the azure
blood of the old hidaigos Of Spain,
lost aud drained, dishonored aud de-
I graded, has dwindlcd into nothing,
while the pure blood of she Anglo
SaNons, the Celts, the Toutons, abhor
ring all such association and amalga
nation with negro, or the Indian,
has leaped over Lake Erie, crossed
IL belle ririere the great Father Of
Waters, the Mississippi, crowded the
mountain passes Of Colorado, Utah,
Nevada, and Montana. rolled over the
Rocky Mountains, aud spread for
hundreds OF miles on the'Pacifc Ocean,
carrying not only there, but every
where, triumphant, from the Artic to
the Antartic, the glorious flag Of our
country, that emblem Of pure race,
and ever contrasting the glory and
honor, the prowess Of that race, with
the degradation Of the race Of these
once noble hidalgos Of Spain
Sir, you are on the eve now Of an
association and copartnorship with n
like inferior race, which, if the people
do not drive you from this capital,
will be destructive Of us all, as has
been like co-partnersbip to the Span
iards, the Turks, the MOors, and the
Arabs ! have recalled these sacred
lessons of history, and | hold them up
to you ipr your admonilon and warn
ing. Heed, oh, heed :. Strike, but hear!
Now, sir, this may be the last time
in this Congress, when | shall have
an opportunity thus at length TO ad-
dress n white audience upon the floor
Of this House. (Ladghter.) Aye, you
are so hurrying up this reconstruction,
as you call ii, that the African will
soon come down from your galleries,
and make his appearance here upon
the floor, side by side with you, as a
man and a brother He is soon to be
within you, and part Of you, repre-
sentative upon this floor ] tell you,
gentlemen, that you make a fatal
political mistake, for it will not be
acquiesced in by the Northern people,
and your violent, revolutionary acts
here will be resisted in the elective
Tribunals, elsewhere. In order 10
obtain a few additional negro>repre-
sentative votes upon this floor from
the South, you are jeoparding the
domination of your party in the great
North and West. The Northern peo-
pie are sound upon the subject Of race,
and where Ethnology is discussed sci
entifcally in the primary assemblies
of the people, they will become more
and more sound; and become more
and more converts to the principles l
have been laying down to-day. But
| know, sir, that it is vain for me to
invoke the majority Of this House to
pause. i have too often sent forth
vain invocations here, and appealed
to the majority of this House in vain.
But thank God my voice and the
voices of the few bold compatriots
around Inc have gone beyond this
Capitol and been heard among the
people, who have responded by rolling
up majorities in our favor, such as we
did not dream OF, so early, after our
vain appeals TO you here on this floor.
But if you blacken this House this
session of Congress, il will soon be
whitoned by the Democracy of the
North and the West 1t cannot be
that God inspired Columbus to the
discovery OF this great new World
only to drive out Pequods, Chippewas,
Mohawks, Pottawatomies, Cheyennes,
Sioux, to substitute here u government
Of Congo negroes from Africa instead
1t cannot be that Almighty wisdom
has gathered here the best blood from
all the nations of Europe TO be over
whelmed as Spanish blood has been,
by the bascst mixture of Aztec, Indian
and Congo Negro. But to you, plcdg-
ed, manacled to party, and loving
party more than you love country, or
God or man, know | speak in vain.
A soico even from the dead would not
now change a single opinion here, but
we shall be heard and needed else
where. Posterity will vindicate our
foresight. History will do us justice,
while grateful country is already
sending in its plaudits Of "well done,
good and faithful servants"