The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-02
He TEXAS NEGR OES.
Stump Speech by Negro Senator Who
Wants Ellis Sort" Put in Office.
\ MISANTHROPIC DARKIE.

| ~ OLA4N L ia II X | y,
We take the following from the
Houston iTexas) Age:
We. think we are UNSUITABLE in Civ
ing up, as we DO, so much of our space
to the speech of Matt Gaines, thenegro
State Senator from Washington coun-
ty. The negroes are known to consti-
tute very great political clement in
this State, and as an election for mem
bers Of Congress is coming rapidly on,
it is important that the feelings and
attitude of the negroes with reference
to the different classes of our white
population should be fully understood.
That Gaines, who was, in common with
the great mass Of that people, a plan
tation feld-negro, understands, feels.
and expresses the real sentiment of his
class, is q fact that no one will serious
~ and honestly question. He simply
utters what the sixty thousand negro
voters in Texas think, and, if once full
y in power, they would act up to his
suggestions.
Matt Gaines, who is the Immediate
mouth piece of Washington county's
three thousand negro voters, gathered
his negro clansmen at the Court House
in Brennan last Saturday, and address
ed them as follows: :.
| FELLoW-C ITIZENs-I wish to speak
a few points of discourse to you for tile
heads of my doctrines, and give an ac-
count of my five months labor as Re-
preventative of the people in the Leg
islature. have labored hard, and re-
presented the Democrats, Conserva-
tives and Radicals. + found il nv
duty to represent all parties and the
whole State, and l had sense enough to
do it, and also that inferior race which
l have the honor to represent.
Here the speaker was interrupted by
some one in the crowd.
Gaines-If Governor Hamilton was
speaking you wouldn't disturb him.
Yoice-Hamilton says he owes you
one.
/ Gaines-f Hamilton was h ere
shouldn't have word to say, but
would feel like bug under chunk.
But l was going ON with the heads of
my subject. After FIVE months hard
work they say, "Senator Gaines, you
Have ruined the country. You have
passed the International Railroad bill,
and gave $4,000 mile, and we are
ruined with taxes; and there is the
Pacific road, and more taxes and more
ruin" l voted for the Pacific road be-
cause it runs along our northern and
western frontier, and opens up world
of wild country to cultivation and set
Element. It runs. through the State
and over to the Pacific ocean, and as
fast as it is built the settlements will
spread and cover the land. We have
been free six years, and how many of
you have homes Tho white Demo
Gratis own everything, and they won't
sell you land. We can go on the line
of the Pacific road and buy US homes
at ten, fifteen and twenty-five cents an
acre, and build us schoolhouses' and
churches, and throw the doors wide
open. l would not only vote sixteen
thousand dollars q mile, but one mil,
lion, if necessary. The wild indians
hold the whole western border, and
scalp every white man they catch, and
carry the women and children off into
captivity. The State has spent $780,.
900, and the United States has sent
troops, and still the Indian is unwhip-
ped, and somehow rather worse than
common. Let the Southern Pacific &C
along with its great engine. The In,
dian is, like the niger, rather scary
it will scare the redskins where they
came from.
Don't you get scared at taxes. It's
time enough to get scared when the
collector comes. II it was such. a bad
thing, how comes it that every Demo,
crat in the house but one voted for it
| Here the same voice made a remark
that had disturbed him before, and
Gaines said, 81 take you for carpet
| Dagger; your condnct proves it,
Whereupon Lumpkins Frederick, tc
whom the voice belonged, told Gaines
that he ought to remember the story
of the goat that climbed the pole.
AFTER PARSONS.
I call your attention to House bill
No. sos, introduced by Senator Par
sons, to foster immigration. Senator
Parsons, the great champion of Texas
Republicanism, so called, wanted to
send commissioners to France, Eng
land and Germany, to invite immi-
grants to Texas. Senator Gaines
moved to add one for Africa. Give
me your attention; I may not speak
all in the dictionary, or keep up all
points in grammar, not being very
grammarly, but / charge that Senator
Parsons hands are stained with the
blood of Union men, and with the blood
of men of his own party. Senator Par