, 1870-03-17

Stuh 70 spread tals charge owe, the land a a
{nttf cuorts arc III vigorous to-day to eoucat, ia
IeeP!e o. this nation into that belief rs they wra
ind this snlne class, evan during he rrhellons
E.eGnG.t;casIg sersie war. II may have been taa,
lLe fecefn!zet representative Of my doMa atfodae2
people deny the churRe, md hu1 il back tnso tno
| tetA Of tho4e who make it, hnd whu, believe,
the Interests Of thc whole South Ccttais1y saI zoe
possessing 1nox ledge of the co!arcd population
~ eva d 9f 4! ss! qast ne s ns pot ss
people under the most trying ctrcuinsancea in IL
history of thc late civil wzs, when they were b.
The Confederate army pressed INTO ,ts ranta erer7
/ white male capable Of bea1lng A11ns tuolneIa
151s a1sfhte ~; sna sseIs q tss sea.sern so
q ess upon WON ihe chains a at s sisvs9y % wess
tnn nssteti, and to bind those Chains closer MAS
WIS sacrificed And how, str, ask how aid thai
Faee aet7 Did taey, in those days Of Confederate
MstaS aSness ana mpotA eytnce the ma,!9ny Of
! o. argument that they HeIr ignorant and bcsos-
tsl which ] do not believe; yet with a1l
~ ~ h.,r n ,snrp1eed asqasscence and c,enlty they
eTlul iMJort Of the contest Tbcy knew II the
Gallant coH.a Of national solllorn we're be- asen
| the ptes2gr Of still heavier bondage TheT lonQed
Too as their fathers did before them, for the ad-
t. sposh eyer Esh saed " ID
With theft fathers, to welcome the feet Of s.ran.
Rets shod with the peaceful preparation OF good
Of sorrow TO the Court oMcaVen In tic counc11s Of
! the great Father OF all They Knew the afindfra.
9n Of a,,ien, tsslT ess t asayed 1e ysa +
which they siehcd,-Gods mosi blessed ea ,r 10 to
rs Taiea Ind ,hey esa1e Maad eSsn Of 4ne
alsehce of their magtefs they p,ptected lie yirtue
and chastity Of the fiefcncs.lcss women. ,Estnt
sir, for moment wfat the conttition NJ ths Isni
would be to-day II the slave population had risen
| IN seTE1le insu7ection axninst fhosc who. mouth
ton which brone6 them ii, he ers Of Will sSeT
complained. Where would have been security
toE pfnpssE. female chastity, ami chnd::
| such history Of cruelty and wrongs would have
been paralleled only in those chapters OF Jewlsh
later asrocities Of that feQn of terror which sent
to The scaifold Say. deeds ID that drama oi cold
blooded butchery would have ont-Hcruded the
most dlaoolcal acts Of Herots himself
Mr.. President, maintain tlat the past record OF
ns nnsh aaT TO-
meI masters no revengc!ul thoughts no hatretl, no
a1nosneA Ibey am hot 10 elevate themselves
fs1loN-ctizens They ask hut the rights which are
thctts " Gods universal law, and Which arn
nc nat1rM o9tsIowt1 ana Logical sequence q
ot this patton have plaesd them. They appeal 70
Suu ald 70 ne 70 seG 1nos tAey receive tna1 pEnLec
daily ayocattons with success and enjoy their ii-
LII u aa on ne SANG doonns W. sae1s
81 e. aefsn nv nol nnss I'd
me1tSo eaages, pa1 etso t,is aeste % paee upon
Eecofd N expression ot ~ tnA aha ! ennte conn
~ se1 a,1 tnes = questions 20 p9c n, q s 1s
SCUM. They hare been, = Ia as ! en- read DC
nistolJ o. INC Amcs, lnaaencen oY no ep1A oi
petty f51a;nny e TBS poes has Wsl satd; ,.,,
How hare they used that power lodged IN them by
the people Ii acts OF cruelty and oppression To-
warts lhoee who sought to rend in twain thts good
| much hardship and endurance in revolutionary
tic interToesuonl So poor woTds q mine sse
| needed 70 defend thc wise aud 6enenceut IesAa:
coored a eii!zena The RepnSlcan passy lot H.
famed, "a some would fain have believed, against
tnr whole popnlat!on o. me South lts ho!iers arc
a1gY fhssiop, n, a1a ee shat m loyal msn Was @ q
eoassent ' En Si1l reeosS ~ i sas allesdy IT,
made for posterlty, throw around him the same
impartial security ii his pursuit Of liberty ani hap
cepted in good faith The benevolent oses,u1es which
/! were offered to them with no plVFard hand, to-day
would not md our land still ha1Asscd with fcuds
and contentious
| remarked, AE. President, that rose to plead
| for protection TO the defcnceleas tnce who n0w
send their Delegates to the seat Of government 10
sue for that winch this Congress alone can secure
to them. And here let nc say further that the
Ecopio of the North owe to the eoloted racc
IL When the Fedcfnf aEInics were threatened tJ
| death and disaster, and sombrc clouds ore1hunx
very ar vas pssgnan. with toIcign tn.
Tos s rem sf exsn IS 1snn s,s e =
Is seeming death throes gain additional and new
found poHcls II vas ny sable sons oi the So9th
I tasir intrerdity ana asisnt daring - many n 4
colnsels, Of brothers lore.
IiddIe statss nsn q Xhom they ian today ior
tssves 81 saess men on sas tela d battle, sesp u
resting places et our honorsd dead gould SPEAK 70:
mighty Wind, would come up rum those scpalchra!
homes! Could We Eesst & the q eloquent nj 'adngs Of
tmmeda.c MN "a and ample pTctection for /. 81 neo.
sd q so5 ceaae moa e rs besse ia e
on other Erounds. The saunt Is fre9ucnt, dung
q Us thas " Nemesis more terrible ii1aa the
Il % ws az taa
ne @ aA5 gISat eas o. s1e saa
W anane and M boe
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@ a.s 1919; - =. n aa n.n ~ T,ar III
st1sS M i glestea unus. M :. ~ o9 ,r,a, rn1,-oa
% t ,hn yh.I css1nent IN ne eois1str
ssa4 itssi4@nn ,n"nv ~ those Thnss tIisahi
t1as ma hacn srn1rrc. Ry tho State Convention
Mhtch -" rnmnrtsrd n 1nnber Of colorcd I1,eln
| hers- toinFd In the declaratfon made b
that Legislature, that man hastnS
more tha au eighth African blood In hts veins wa
Ineligible to once These very men, to whom tht
Republican party extended all the rights md ptirt
lcSca Of citizenship, Of which the{ had aepliScs
] themselves, denied political equaltJ to = larEt
majority Of thelr felloH-citzsns- IWenty-eleh
( members wetc expelled. on December =, 1865
. Al acf q congress Was Fasse1 fe4n1HnF the re
assembling OF persons octlAtcu elected BY the NIL
| fafy commander, the restoration Or the exIetet
: | fnemhefk1 anu felcctlon OF me otaefA who EcE'
- dlsqaanued AL Inc CONDITIONS nau now beci