Semi-weekly Louisianian., 1871-09-10
CELEBRATION AT BOWLING GREEN.

EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH MADE BY T
MORRIS CHESTER, AT BowLNe
GREEN, ON TUESDAY, AT THE CELE-
BRATloN OF THE EMANCIPATION OF
SLAVES IN THE WEST INDIA Is
ANDs-A BLACK REPUBLICAN
AFTER BLACK DEMoCRAT-AN
AMERICAN ANATHEMA MARANTHA.
The celebration of the emancipa-
ton of the slaves of the West India
Islands, held in Bowling Green, on
Tuesday, brought together an i'm
mense crowd of both white and col
ored people from the country about
Bowling Green. MIR. Il. Morris
Chester, the eolored lawyer, who
lectured here few weeks ago, de-
livered a powerful address, and in
his speech reviewed Mr.. Carlisle in
a manner far from being "childlike
and blank" and also referred in the
strongest terms of denunciation to
Elias Polk, a Democratic negro
from Tennessee, who has been i'm
ported by the Democrats to stump
/ the State for their ticket. The
speech, an extract from which we
publish below, is worthy of perusal,
and will be found extremely inter
esting, especially to Elias Polk and
his white and colored adherents:
The party of human progress,
desirOns of protecting us in our
new born relations, enacted the civil
rights bill against the most violent
opposition of our enemies = a
measure demanded by circum-
stances and warranted by the Con-
stitution. 1t is customary for our
white friends, when they assemble
together, to criticise the colored
people. Now, / am going to criti-
else one of our white friends. Loud
applause.
"The civil rights bill calls to mind
a speech which was delivered by
Mr.. John G. Carlisle, the Demo
cratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, at Munfordville, on the
Both of June, which l saw in the
Louisville Ledger, OH the 4th
of July; and, comparing it with
those of kindred sentiments, he
seems to be the most intelligent
representative of his party, which
is my reason for noticing him in
this connection. lApplause. He
finds fault with the civil rights bill
because it acknowledges your citi-
zenship and Furnishes the Kentucky
Judge, or the Judge of any other
State, for refusing to administer
Justice according to the laws of
God and the enlightened spirit of
the age. Applause. ,
"He wants to return to the good
old times when he could knock
black men down, outrage our
women, rob us of our goods, and
inflict every species of indignity
and injustice upon us, only so a
white man had no knowledge of
the fact. The law that comes to
the rescue of civilization, which
protects the humhlest man under
its jurisdiction in his person and
property, and which is founded
upon Justice and religion, is de-
nounced by Mr.. Carlisle in species
of demagogism which is only equal
ed by its stupidity.
81 hope, for the credit of the
profession, that Mr.. Carlisle is not
a lawyer, or I should be forced to
believe him unpardonably ignorant
of legal construction, while his dis
cussion of all questions affecting
the supreme law Of the land betrays
a lamentable ignorance of constitu-
tional application. Great tapplause. ]
He says: 4 believe we can gov
ern the negro better than the negro
can govern u.s. Now, I doubt this,
and point in refutation to Missis-
sippi and South Carolina, where the
blacks are in the majority, where
they control the legislation Of those
States, where they mould public
sentiment, and whose laws to-day
are enacted more in the interest Of
an enlightened civilization than the
unrepealed, but annulled constitu-
ton and statutes that disgrace tie
record Of Kentucky. Great Ap-
plause. Mr.. Carlisle says, in a
burst of Kentucky enthusiasm
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