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

upon justice i. restored ts-st labor will be Sc
cure and capital shall not De strast,
+ IL IS the desire to produce suea an order Of
things that forces cur people TO stand uhit teT
the Republican party; aRd We viii es compelled
70 do so until that party era II resEaed.
Fellow citizens. this subject Is too painful for
me TO dwell upon it At further lsns{h. anu II IS
with shame. sorrow. and re ret. that ana forced
TO the admission Of such terrible condition of
things in Louisiana Col knows there IS no sac
For tie last three years il has been my study by
az o ad te ana ana safoTsd men speks Kindly 81
eacl ether. and all expressed the desire for fair
nnne Sat seoJ men sbcnla be eIespeS. even If
party lines had To be ignored; but feel that that
hope has fed; we Will be obliged 10 hsht il out On
TO the eeiered citizens of Indiana would say,
the time has net yet come for iakew1rmness or
you have and can in any way influence. should
sesen ses oTsr yesf o sns Is
this State. when IL WIS under Democratic rule.
ana contrast it with your present con ition. and
old order of things restored.
will depart moment from my manuscript 70
am told that yeu have nominated for Congress in
one time was 8 member Of your State senate. and
that ne introduced into that Senate a bill known
as act to enforce the thirteenth article of your
constitution. imposing fines, forfeitures, exile.
and even the penitentary. upon any black man
who should come into ths State afssT ISL; Now.
ne WAS IA that position he so forsot
ers a' party brings Ss forward. ' in this
enlightened era. man with such a record as that.
il becomes the boanden duty of the Republican
party in this district to that he is kept out OF
power. And shall make especial appeal to
every black man. not only within sound of my
voice. but everywhere in the district, to make 1t
his duty to collar and drag out. II he can, any
lukewarm black man TO the polls, and that he
there induce him by all fair means TO vote for the
Hon John Coburn, that staunCh Republican
lDeafening applause.
The Democracy are moving heaven and earth
to secure the next national House of Representa-
tives. To us there could not happen . greater
calamity: for if our enemies in the South have
the local victories in ons or two States, what
would they not do intoxicated, by such a victory
word or two moro and am done. How my
heart wells up in me. and quiekens Its throb, as
my eye wanders this magnificent specta-
Gle. Fifteen years ago had some prophet come
among Us and in his foresight pictured this
scene who would have been egedu,ou
think what msrvelous changes have
taken place in this short space OF time. Here in
this golden city not so long ago, 1t were almost
crime for cOlored men to appear upon your street
decently clad. and in of your adjacent cities
it was common pastime TO tar and feather coiored
men and sometimes make them swim the Wabash
river in midwinter; now, W hite and colored alike.
spacious hail. to consider the political Issues OF
the day. Can anything in the shape of human
progress be considered impossible after this! Is
1t any wonder that love the Republi-
can party? And yet. my countrymen. let me say
to you, the work accom- piished by the Republican
party though grand. is not yet complete, nor viii
it be until every person in the United states shall
be nlade secure in all the rights and the privi-
leges belonging to full and complete American
citizenship.