The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-30

privleEes upon seii-considered and accepted
And showing the condition and treatment o
CYL Rsh.s si nto the Senate be .aid I'M
1 II wish bill carefully drawn, supplement ar,
70 ,ns ~ $500 ots "a oas y wnieh al ei
Il. On railroads. steam boats and public con
d veyanees being put lie carriers.
hotels. '
-. At all common schools.
: II would follow much as possible the Ian
guags of the existing law. and make the new bill
1t will be seen from this clear and definite state
| spite Of and contrary to the common law rules
the eolored citizen was denied these accomm oda-
5 at places of amusement and common sehoeIs' al
t Of which are indispensable to the enjoyment OF
its value and liberty seems little more than a
{ Again. the Hon. Senator says: Within the
sphere of their influence no person can be endow-
ed with civil political privileges that are not
any institution be established recognizing dis
tinction of birth: Here is. the broad charter Of
| this soil. whatever may have been his parentage.
He may be Door weak. humble or black. he may
he be Of fn FTGs9e ENGLISH
these On the face Of this ai
great Charter of Rights he is not writton down
o IS he
German, English or lrish-he is man, the equal
God! the Constitution no longer reeosnze. amy
distinction but all are looked upon as Children OF
tee tha, SAYS to ali mem anu no o. resneets1 Of
! persons" To some it may and does allot higher
erred or distinguished capacity exists. since the
Thirteenth Amendment of our Constitution abol-
the Fourteenth Amendment. establishing citizen.
] ship and prohibiting the enactment of any law
ana na s tha and the F
ment. which declares that the RIGHT of the citi-
zens to vote shall not be abridged by the United
States. or by any State. on account of color
or previors condition of servitude. all ma
sustain and perpetuate our freedom and rights.
To the eoored American moro than all others the
language of these three amendments is fraught
with the very spirit of freedom; and the Ethio-
plan to day can raise his hands to Heaven and
of their authors 1t is no small thing. my friends
TO- reeey s , the resognton our 5aee kaye from the
ready obvious TO me wherever l go. I find here
ing the farms they cultivate. and in the cities
they are rapidly acquiring property. could to-
day lead you ,hrOuh the streets Of the capitol, IN
men that they have aequred in the last few years
the o to make sr 5
on change and in the market; We must become
mines and joint stock associations. We must
too, encourage our young men who are becoming
leave those crowded thoroughfares of the cities
and go where professional men are in demand.
ompense. If our large towns and cities will not
give US room and verge enough. the broad lands
than they now have to develop untold wealth
look with wonder and aston shment at the ad-
Lincon's Proclamation of Emancipation has
made men before the world. All this too with
an IN he hrg The rshra Is
GUS and unnatural distinctions that have hereto
are fast passing away. to be heard no more-the
rest must. to great extent, depend on our. own
so much, what heights may we not hope to reach
10 a Ia rs n he tIe1e tphi oh
may differ from the white mans, 1 see no reason
in this to call in question the beneyolence of the
Creator; am still a man. created in the image of
my Creator. and dare, as Macbeth says, to 10 all
wi his e snr
the Democratic Convention at Indianapolis said
BY spS,T
namely; JTenneEsee, Georgia. Alabama, TeSas,
reading the recent dispstehss from T f s
are sivns them Wines e.. the he snasT
negroes at Coushatta on Red river. Io1s is
1t appears that CONSTANTS isa thriving settlement
and known as the Yankee settlement. In poll,
tics the parish is LARGELY Republican. This was
the parish to resign This. of course. refused,
and led to an outbreak. the officers refusing
sign and in authorization of a mob. organized
themselves into band of fifty or sixty men, who |
force OF several hundred. Being oYerpowered,
% s4 white e and 1td
Shreveport, were shot down and murdered. One |
TnitrSe eIcoIeefor New orleans Orleans Of
What number OF persons killed is not ii
clearly shown. Another and more recent in
stance is given in Tennessee-one of the Govern |
sE sEeen spots ,b where the 20 I is in the
friends. the Kuklux some eighteen blacks |
sa Ios the a Which aas
open, taken to the woods and shot down like
enough to convince the most skeptieal that the
war of races is already begun The barba risms
cd, SO far rom dying cut. seem revived in the
breasts OF the ex-rcbei masters toward their
doing all they can to elevate themselves. Where
all this may end no man can determine: but
every effort will be made to drive back our pc @
PIE to their old condition of hewers OF wood and
Years ago the african race in this ' COUNTY Win
comparatively few excel tons. were in =
and debased ofany system of slavery ever known.
will not detain you by recital of the condition
my audience here to-day persons who will
carry 20 their graves q realizing sense of the
the cruelty of that God aeeursed institution. Its
wrongs were not only felt and endured b. the
the sAte; it corrupted all classes who came with
in the sphere Of its influence: its poison entered
controllins wherever it went; it debased the
ernment and polluted the Church of the i iivinr
God lis rami ications extended through society;
it moulded and controlled political parte 1T will,
and in the interest of tie Saveholdne power pro /
cured from the supreme Court of the United /
States the degrading decision of Chief Justise |
Isney. that black men had 10 rights that white /.
Ien were bound to respect"
But. gentlemen. in recalling the dark days of
mission is not yet ended You are auare Il has has
been said that the IN ssion of the Republican par
ty is accomplished. Can this by true7 Or, rather /
may we ask why our enemies insinuate that our /
work is done? If by that they mean the party
a = II pc II We
admit it, Among the lessons the Savior taught /
was this striking example: When the servant
was found faithful over few things. the Lord l
held il 10 be good reason for entrustnS him
with things of greater value. Can do better /
hrt halc