Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-02
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security when your equal right in
public conveyances, hotels, and
common schoolsare at hst establish.
ed. But here you must insist for
yourselves by speech, by petition
and by vote. Help yourselves and
others will help also.
The civil rights law needs q snp-
plement to cover their cases. This
defect has ben apparent from the
beginning, and for a long time, 1
have striven to remove it. 1 have a
bill for this purpose now pending
in the Senate. Will not colored
fellow-citizens see that those in
power no longer postpone this es-
sential safeguard? Surely here is
an object worthy of effort; nor has
the Republican party done its work
until this is accomplished.
Is it not better to establish all
our own people in the enjoyment of.
equal rights before we seek to bring
others within the sphere of our in
stitutions, to be treated like Fred
erick Douglass on his way to the
President from St. Domingo? 1t is
easy to see that a small part of the
means, the energy and the deter
mined will, spent in the expedition
to st. Domingo, and in the pro-
longed war-dance about that island
with menace to the black Repub-
lie of Hayti, would have secured all
our colored fellow-citizens in the
enjoyment of equal rights. OF this
there can be no doubt.
Among cardinal objects is educa-
ton, which must be insisted on.
Here again must be equality, side
by side with the alphabet. 1t is
vain to teach equality if you do no,
practice it. 1t is in vain to recite
the great words of the Declaration
of Independence if you do not make
them living reality. What is
lesson without example? As all
are equal at the ballot-box, SO must
all be equal at the common school.
Equality in the common school is
the preparation for equality at the
ballot-box. Therefore do / put
this among the essentials of edu.
cation.
In asserting your own rights, you
will not fail to insist upon justice to
all, under which is necessarily in
Guided purity in the Government
Thieves and money changers, wheth-
er Democrats or Republicans, must
be driven out of our temple. Tam
many Hall and Republican selfseek-
ers must be overthrown. There
should be no place for either.
Thank God. good mea are now
coming to the rescue. Let them
while uniting against corruption,
insist upon equal rights for all, and
also the suppression of lawless VIC
lence wherever it shows itself, whe-
Their in the Ku-klux Khan outraging
the South, or illl:it undertakings
outraging the black Republic of
Hayti.
To these inestimable objects add
specie payments, and you will Inv
platform which ought to be accept
ed by the American people. Will
not our colored fellow citizens be-
gin this gopd work? Let them at
the same time save themselves and
save the country.
These are only hints, which 1 sub
NIT to the Convention, hoping that
is proceedings will tend especially
to the good Of the colored race.
Accept my thanks and best wish
es, and believe me,
|. Faithfully yours,
(Signed) CHAS. SUMNER.
A resolution was adopted thank
ing Mr.. Sumner, for the letter, and
providing for the appointment of a
committee to urge upon the pas
sage of the Supplementary Civil
Rights Bill Also, that each dele
CATION upon its return home have
petitions prepared and sent to Con-
gress looking to the same object.
The debate was then resumed
upon the administration endorse
ment resolutions, and continued
until a late hour.
Congressman Rainey's remarks