New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-09-10

record of blood has filed the blacklist pace
IN American history, and will stand, perhaps
lor all time to come. without parallel, OK
cept it be cqualcd by that boldcr, boodicr.
and more nhuman organization, the white
League, whose atrocities all over The South
are now claiming the attention of the nation
The South has reached crisis that she
mas Deen gradually approaching for the past
seven years. Having labOred assiduousIy TO
prove negro suffrage failure, and The coored
race incompetent to exercise the prcrogativcs
Oh an American citizen; encouraged by the
hesitatns policy Of the Forty Third Congress
m reference to the Civil Rights BIZ, and the
belief that many leaders in the National Re-
publican party, who question our ability TO
exercise wisely the great privileges conferred
upon us as people, have grown timid: and
further strengthened by the belief that Prcsi-
dent Grant would send no troops down there
10 project the unarmed, unoncnding, and
iaW-abldlng poor colored people who have no
disposition, even if they had The means. TO
light their white brethren, have resolved TO
| take forciblc possession of the government
OF every State in the South: ana do not
hesitate to declare my firm conviction that
unless the strong arm of the national Gov
| eminent nterposCs i'll behalf of peace and
order, and the protection OF the citizen in his
political rights, they will accomplish their
object. 1t is but simple Justice TO say, how
ever, that Il considerable portion of the re-
spectacle and wealthy white men Of the
South in their hearts and better judgment
| disapprovc of and deplore the extreme meas
urcs rcsorted to to accomplish the success Of
the opposition to the Republican party, but
| they are ovcrawcd by the dread of business
aud social ostracism.
To the people of the North this subject
ASSUMES Il graver importance than they in
their quiet and happy homes dream of. In
the assassin nation so rife to-day, and follow
ln% with such rdpidity upon each other, it
Will be observed that white and black share
the same fate.
| Heretofore, in every tuInull, riot O. mob,
| the massacre was confined TO the colOrcd pu0-
pie and when our moulniul wall over TIC
! bodies of our murdered dead. who had been
Slain because Of thcr iscpuhl.canisn, reached
the North, the elect of il was cOuntcractcd
| ny l'amin: articles in the r"ysnarcrs, W "A
big headlines of "NoIrn Instruction"
''titizcus Killed and wounded by ncgroce,n
Negroes in arms,' etc. anl thus The tgh
was kept from the public, hat in The present
| crisis the death penalty has been visited upon
white and black alike, simply because they
were Republicans. Can the Northern people
stand idly by and witness, indili"ceatly, the
oulragcs pcrretratcd upon their brethren,
many of whom shoullcrcd their mU- kats and
offered their lives in defence of Che Union,
ami that, too, by the very man vino inst!-
gated the rebellion that irSoi4ic,i 80 many &C
their homes! God forbid.
If this state of anarchy and rebellion IN
the local government OF the Srg;h is L. -
unchecked, and these people are permitted
| to take forcble control of tbs same " Mn
can tell how long it will hc before the North
will have to conquer another rebellion:
could elaborate upon this point. hut time
/ will not permit, as there are other important
reasons why this thing should ba stopped.
The colored race in the South ioln an cle-
ment Of material Importance which cannot
be overlooked or dispensed with, rs il has
long since been proven that the products,
cotton, sugar, rice, and tobacco, cannot be
cultivated successfully by any other labor.
AS producers, they bring t. the country's
aggregate of wealth in products eight hun
dred millions of dollars annually; as con-
sumers, they spend over three hundred mil
lions, and to that extent build up the pros
perty of the country, and if 4 foreign war
demanded a rally around the counlry's flag,
they could furnish five hundred thousand
strong arms and brave hearts for its defense;
they constitute too healthy and hopeful an
element in the country 70 be left to the ten
der mcrcies of liends in human shape who
| scruple not to murder unarmcd and defense
less prisoners.
l am glad to see in the tele"rams from
Washington, published in the daily papers,
that Attorney General Williams, byaGthority
OF President Grant, has already commenced
to move, and doubt not but what in a short
| time some OF the perpetrators Of the crimes
in the South will be brought 10 Justice. and
the majesty of the law again resume its
sway.
And appeal TO you, gentlemen, who inajl-
rated this meeting, to 90 on III the good work.
and remember that if in even the smallest
measure you should tighten the load. or as
suase the sorrows of your oppressed brc .hrcn
IN the South, they in grateful remembrance
VIII send on high from millions of honest
Christian hearts, prayers for your eternal
welfare and happiness.
| The time has come when the cOlored pcOplc
must lay aside their party difference and con-
slider the common Affections of the rrce If
| the coorcd people in the South can he killed
| or Ostraclsed with impunity, then you are not
safe here in the North. This was intended
to be the land of the free. The regard for
law IN the North has enabled Cincinnati to
have such splendid Exposition. New Or
leans VIII never be so quiet and prosperous
as this city until she learns that every man
must be secnre in the laws. There must be
no North and no South.
AT the conclusion of these remarks, which
were received with applause, one of the Sec
rctarics read the following resolutions:
Whereas the colorcd citizens of the South
eln States are now undergoing 4 persecution
on account Of their color and political c..a-
ions, resulting in their assassination, murder,
destruction of property, and bauishmeut from
their homes and
Whereas secret leagues of white men are
forming and acting for the purpose Of cXtcr-
minating the colorcd race OF driving thcm
from the South; therefore
RcSoiced, That we are in full aympa,,,v
vita our suffering brethren. and that the
President of the United States is entitled 10
or lasting gratitude for t.lc PROMPT action
he has taken for the suppression of these
outraGes, and we ask for him The moral sun
porr of all citizens, regardless OF party or
color, to the end that all laws nav he Gu
: forced, all citizens protected, and the honor
of our free institutions maintained.
These resolutions were adopted unani-
/ mously, and the meeting Adjourned
!, A Sunday school teacher wishing his r,1ujI
to have q clear idea Of faith, Illustrated thus.
! "IIcrc is an apple - ven sec il aud therefore
know that it is there but when I place il
: under this tea-cup you have .aith that if is
! there, though you no longer see It," The
lads seemed to understand perfectly ana the
. next time the teacher asked them, Nv hat is
, faith 20 they answered with one accord, ian
apple under tea-cup."