Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-22

And IN order that ne might be DIS
tinctly understood and go down cor
rectly on the records, he said that
human ingenuity could not con-
struct a bill on civil rights that he
would vote for. In that declaration
Mr., Davis fairly represented the
feelings and sentiments of the peo-
pie of his State.
"Bya singular course of reason
ling Kentucky has reached the con-
clusion that the present order Of
things is to be reversed, that a re-
turn to the times when colored men
had no rights worthy of respect is
inevitable. Truly she is an object
of pity, for she is doomed to a most
bitter disappointment.
'The supplementary civil rights
bill, introduced in Congress by
Charles Sumner, the steadfast friend
of the negro, which has received the
approval of our Sherman, will,
sooner or later, become the law OF
the land. There will be no back
ward steps taken in the affairs OF
the Government, but a steady
movement onward and upward I'M
til the highest plane of civilization
is reached. OF this fact the most
skeptical will be assured after the
November election. Then will the
rotting corpses of secession and
notification, the stencil from which
causes the civilized world to hold its
nose, he buried in q grave so deep
that Kentucky herself will despair
of resurrection"
IL. "David Jenkins-The old
wheel horse: Many have labored
more famously than he for his race,
but none more faithfully. May he
live till and beyond that day when
every American citizen shall be fully
protected by law and public opinion
in every social and political right.
Response by p H. Clark.
GENTLEMEN AT a time when
several OF the members of this club
were yet unborn, and others were
infants, David Jenkins commenced
working with an earnest, unsel6sh
zeal for his people.
At first little could be done in the |
war of politics; but there were
schools to be established and main
tanned; the underground railroad
was in full blast, and demanded |
conductors who had nerve and
heart. In such work Mr.. Jenkins
won himself an honorable fame
among his people, and gained that
influence which he has for so many
years exercised, with honor to him
self, for their benefit.
His labors took a wider range
han this. At every convention of
,olored men, State or National, he
vas present, aiding with counsel
md purse in the organization of
he people. In hundreds of adj
lresses he sought to inspire the
'olored people with hope and self ,
aspect; he criticised the actions of {
he enemies of liberty; he circulated =,
petitions for the abolition of slavery /!
nd for the repeal of the unjust laws ,
which had been enacted to sustain !
|, and in many other ways sought ,
o improve the condition of his 6
'eople. !
In 1888 he established the Pal .
album of Liberty, the first news /
aper enterprise of the colored a
eoplc of Ohio, and among the first a
4. the country. As an editor he :
cquitted himself with credit, going {;
In beyond the mark of some more O
ecent and much more praised edi- &
orial efforts of colored men. q
An i'll odor attaches to the men, y y
ers of the lobby of legislative I,
odies, and perhaps justly, but g
avid Jenkins as the very oldest i
lember OF the lobby of the Ohio =
can challenge investiga- =
on into every act he has performed Il
that capacity. He has influenced m
gislation much more than is gen. Al
ally supposed, and always with n
4 unsel6sh purpose. He has T T
atched with jealous care the pre- "
of every petition for the o.