The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-04
RIGHTS ILLUSTRATED,
ELTGRTss DESPAIR AND DEsOLA-
TI0T THE RESULT OF" EQUdLITY,"
SPEECH OF HON WILLIAM VI. ROBBINS,
OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE
esCryIL RIGHTS INFAMy.
rcosrINrED FROM LAST WEEK.

| CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
wish | had time to review the
record Of the great leaders Of the
radical party III the first few years
after the war, md showed how indig.
mainly they then spurned the idea
of making the negro a suffragen and
Ipoli ical power in this country.
They hare long since gone beyond
heir scruples then. Party greed
land ambition drove them on and
the same motive pushes them still
on to purpogc- this last and most
rninous Of al their measures. Il
any happy future remains for this
country, it must soon be delivered
i from that party and It's reckless pol
icy. This, sir, I repeat ia the white
mans land, aud be is responsible for
It's welfare The temple Of liberty
rounded here, and toward which al
,tthe down-trodden nations turn their
faces to pray for de iverance, is com
nitted to his charge. Let all the
.,ansiles c,tne. if they list Chinese,
Indian, Malay, Asrican--and worship,
and he amply aud ehiyalroualv pro
ected while they worship, III IFS
oater courts bat the consecratea
nriest who ministers at The altar
should be only the white man,
In ny opinion this IS not the per-
manoht home 4 The negro. Tie Is
sojournins here as q school boy nn-
der q course Of tuition. He Will
graduate after aallle and leave
cbool He is not Increasing in nun
befs. BY The census reports, the
African race il this country, dnring
every decade before fhe last, increaa-
ed on an average % per cert !;
daring tie ten years from 1860 L.
/ 1870, half Of which period tbe ne
groes were in heir former state Of
servitude, they gained 81 Per cent
only, much less than bali the for
mer rate. We may infer then hat
the 9.7 per cent WIS gained before
1865, and that from then to 1870
: linden freedom they increased none,
but rather decliuea in numbers.
The oyershado~ing white race is
Increasing rapidly in the land. IT.
any event, lhau, the negro viii in
course Of tin e bo reduced to com
paiciea inscnifcnce. Bat f0r tie
present be is here Id sufficient nnm-
bers, and nuke up a sufficient frao-
lion Of the population in thirteen
States TO be tremendous hinder
ance 70 the harmony and progress
ri The South, i this kind Of 1egjsla.
ion il 10 prevail. Dnt in proper
ifion a. he negroes become ainca-
ted ana their pride and self-rospect
are developed, they wall feel they
Iare in lauG where, in spite Of all
lass END pretoncea, they are Looked
anon as Daria1s and interior. and
they vii pine for country whore
thcy can he the real, NOT merely the
nominal, peers Of III, Then will
come the voluntary ex dus, whether
Central America, q Cuba, or
Africa more pro5aLlyl 70 ca. ~ back
civ.lizati, D aud The GOSPEL to theiY
fathefiand, wnero the white man
|cannoa carry It, y L net venture 70
! tcuIafe, for the womb Of the future
Sc holds these things.
/ 1Ir Speaker, these IDEAS Of mine
may seem novel; and my uttorance
Of .lem ia this place and ON this
occasion may appeae extraordinary
dc trs 1t may be distinctly under
stood that no individual aud no oar
] ~ IL responsible for What [ have sad
except myself only. But I bave.
carried out Ay purpose not to 20