The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-08

QuOteu III tHdrDohubltuL ttiuIeSS ~ Ills
laws, whose marks them well, were
deep and not vulgar nor made. in the
spur of a particular occasion for the /
present, but out of providence for the |
future that he might make the estate
of his people more and more happy,
after the-manner of the legislators in
the ancient and heroical times" al
s'', ns.ntifui Extr.ct 275'ifiainoI
Hon. DAM. W. VOORHEES,. recently !,
left his seat in Congress to stump his
district in Indiana, on the XV. amend
mept. He made capital speech in
Terre Haute, from which we extract
the following: .;.a !, ~. ,...- = r..
A government could not be built up
of such materials, The race have had
every opportunity for advancement,
but had never. risen above barbarism.
They had had a fruitful land, a land
of fertile, soil and mighty rivers,
where the wealth of nature; was,
boundless, but it had been alllto no
pmHpose. The Saxons, the Angles and
theaneient Britons. were once savages,-
but when the day dawnel for them
theysadvaneed. upon such "a career of
greatness as adorns and illuminates
all history. The negro has had the
same advantages, but the result has
been entirely different The people
of Indians want no such partner to-
assist them in their government The
/ career of the African in the past is ali
| IinustfatioD of Whatohis future expert
ence must be. u The speaker said he
felt no. bitterness toward the negro,
who was a being brought into corrod-
ing contact with the white PACE, which
was his superior and the inferior race
must gradually diminish, and finally
become extinct. 1t is not prejudice
but wisdom to preserve the white race
in its purity. - '-''' =
I would Keep the. powers of this
GovelfnInent in the. hands of those
men to whom our fathers gave it, y
LfnH ~ sEs.#knt East 81.
How great has been our career under
their wise ieei precepts. When I look
back feel as Adam and Eve must
have felt when driven forth from Par
adise; they looked back and through
the half open gates caught a glimpse
Of the beautiful flowers, the shady
groves, the sweet fruits and all the lux
uries. they, had lost forever. So we
to-day stand amid the distraction OF
the elements, and see around us the
effects of the curse of civil war, OF
mixing; races. of jarring jurisdiction,
and everything in confusion, and when
the curse came upon the world, and
the clouds swept low along, the tree
tops; the birds few shrieking through
the air, and the beasts fled affrighted
across the plain. =, Tonight in the
midst of this confusion and disturb
ance of political principles, with the
clouds lowering over our heads charg
ed with thunder, flashing with the
lightning and ready to burst with fury
upon us, as look back into the; beau
tifui past, where our fathers lprecept.
adorn the gallery of our glory, i
seems as though we had been driver
from Paradise, and Hong to- go bacl
and drink once more; deep draught
from the fountains of their wisdom
1t is enough for me to point out Wha
: has been achieved by their great doc
trines. 1t inclines me to turn ava,
from these modern innovatorsI wh'
call themselves reforlners, and, con
template the dignity and glory o
these ancient men: eEF a7.i
AS for myself, shall never bow
down to this thing. would, as
: have just said, keep the powers of thi
Government where our fathers placed
: them as best for your safety, for th,
safety of your children, and also .foi
the safety of the black man. iThes,
men who propose negro equality ar
the worst. enemy of the colored race
AS formyself, I would throw around
the negro, by our own wise llegisla
ton, the safeguards of the law.
would not put him in the schools will
your children, nor upon the jur,
bench, nor in the Legislature. I woulC
to God that I could be heard all owe
my district, and all over the State, up
on this question:. I would to Coz
that there was to be a general can
vass, and then that the people Nigh
be allowed to decide this issue at tn
ballot-box. Then We shohld know
whether they wish the negro in th
public schools, in the Legislature, an,
beside them in the jury box, for tina
is what negro equality means, an,
nothing else. i'ol-A.'i1 ''i'' E. ,e9H'.T8a
Do not make mistakes in this mat
ter. Y You are a great powerful nation
the greatest the world has ever seer
5 You have forty millions of people
and you are the strongest nation tn
sun ever. shone upon. The rivers 0
South America are broader and deep
er than ours. Their groves are spic,
3 aid their fields gfoan with the riches
t of the earth, yet they have no ranl
+ among the nations. They made tn
same mistake which the Republican
, are now making, and incorporated al
: inferior race ipto the body politic.. l
7 led at last to:an adrnixtnre, and finall.
$ to equality, and those great countrie
! are inhabited by m0ngrels, and We