The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-24
Fred. Douglass an 5ouiayiIle,

In his speech in Louisville on the 10Th
| instant, Hon. Fred. Douglass thus adj
dressed himself to those present fhs own
color, and as the remarks are just as APP
plicable to the colored people of Richmond
we repro duce them:
want to say word, however, to my
colored brethren and sisters in view-of
| their new relations to our fellow-ctizens.
| We have come up from the depths,
and let us not forget the new con-
dition in which we are to-day. 1t
has brought not only rights but
duties which we are equally bound to
discharge. We have asserted in the laws
of the land, our freedom. More than those
| that have been asserted for us-equality
before the law, and equality at the ballot
box. Now, equality here implies equality
elsewhere. There is no power i'll the ma
tlonal legslat6re-no power in the local
legislature-no power anywhere beneath
the sky outside Of yourselves that can
make you the equal Of your white fell
low-ctizens i'll point of intelligence, IN
point of moral rectitude, in point of use
fulness to society. We say we are the
equal of the whites. Are we? Are we
at present the equals of the whites? Equal
before the law we are, equal at the ballot
DuA we are, UuJ we are lar Dellllu our
white brethren. Now in what are we be-
hind? do not undertake to say why we
are so. just yet, but want all to feel and
know that we are in the rear and not in
the 'front.' If the white man can build a
ship and navigate that ship around the
| world, and we can only build
canoe, they ale whole ships
length ahead of us. If the white
white man can construct bridge and fling
it across that magnificent river rolling
along at the feet of this city and we can
not do it, then they are bridge ahead of
us. If the white man can make books
and we cannot, they are books ahead Of
us. If the white man can build magnif-
| cent halls like this and we cannot, they are
halls ahead of US. | do not say that natur-
ally we are unequal to the white man.
would not say that, but the fact is that now
| they are in advance of us. What is our
| duty in view of that fact? 1t is to build up,
sit not? 1t is to use the opportunities
that we have for the improvement of our
condition, for improving our intellect, for i'm
proving our manners. improving our order,
| improving our punctuaity, and improving
our integrity. We are called to the dis
charge OF new duties, and it won't do to sit
down in the chimney corners and say don't
know, when we ought to know-when we
should be endeavoring to make use of the
opportunities that we have for knowing,
and fill our minds with something more
than dressed up emptiness.
THAT CHICAGO FIRE STILL BURN
ING.-lt is year, six months and nine
days since the fire Of October 8, 1871, and
| yet, strange to relate. two gentlemen claim
| thn hon, of Inr,
not subsidized yet. While a party of
gentlemen yesterday were passing the ruins
of the Catholic Brothers school, on Van
Buren, street, east of Clark, their attention
was attracted by the escape Of smoke, and,
out of curiosity, they instituted an investi-
cation.
After making an excavation, small pile
of glowing Goals was reached. and, when
the air came in contact with it, vigorous
| flame burst forth. The discoveries re-
solved upon making the fact memorable,
and, accordingly, obtaining some potatoes,
roasted them by the fire, ate lunch, then
lit some cigars at the blaze, covered the
live Goals over with brick, and departed.
The gentlemen who vouch for the above are
| Mr.. j. 5. Hewsen, carpenter and builder,
Van Buren, street, and Mr.. j. b. Bailey.
Chicago Inter Ocean. 4pra Is.
PROSPECTS OF A LARGE PEACH
CROP The peach crop, which some time
ago was believed to be seriously injured by
the severe cold of the winter, now prom
ises to be the largest that has been grown
for several years. In the central and
lower portions of the peninsula the trees
have bloomed, and are literally covered
with rose-tinted blossoms. The crop,
however, is not beyond possible injury,
for it is attended with enemies even up to
maturity still the indications are that the
crop will be an unusually large one in the
districts named Wilmington (Del,) Com.
mercial.
An extensive fire at Owingsyilie, Bath
county, kentucky, Monday night destroyed
the livery stables of James Stone and j. A.
Lee, the dry goods stores of w. II. Dough-
erty and G. W. Barnes, the saddle shops
If Henry Scott and James Fncklin, the
} | Nv offices of Mr.. Nesbht and Judge Ands =,
| and Cevaral 1uallinuc