The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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The basis Of Mr. Summers idea

'G1l6t1UCb1Ou O6tWC0u WdI66 0QO
blacks, SO fsr ~ cisilrights are con-
,cerned. The black man has been
guaranteed. equality with the white
man before the law. Schools are
established BY law and supported
by the whole people. II schools
are to be established solely for the
black mans children, it il notice to
tho black man thata system Of
caste based on color il to be main
tained. The prejudice sgainst the
black skin is . relic Of barbarism;
it no longer exists in any other en-
ightened country, and whosoever
entertains it here would, If he had
the power, not, only not educate
the negro ct all, bat would nsduee
him to- slavery. There il . vital
principle involved in the civil rights
bill, and it will not do to compro.
mise it away This vital principle
is the doctrine of equal rights,
which cost this country millions
upon Millions of money and whole
hetacombs Of martyrs The Re-
publican party should not forget
that it asked the negro to fight for
the re establishment of this princi-
pie; that the nation applauded and
ratified the act and Incorporated in
the Constitution solemn promise
to the negro of absolute equality
before the law. This promise is
unperformed while there is public
school in the land through whose
portals the colored children may
not enter. It is no answer to de-
clare that it is a mere matter of
sentiment; that the colored children
may receive the boon of education
as we'll among his fellow blacks, in
| a separate school, as among whites.
If it is a sentimental affair, the
black has as much right to entertain
a certain sentiment as the white.
But it is not q matter of sentiment;
it is q question of right. The idea
that white prejudice against blacks
will gradually give away before the
advance OF culture among the color
! ed people foetered through the
separate SCHOOL system, lis Q delusion.
The prejudice is not against ig-
norance, but against color. This
prejudice has been exhibited in the
strongest possible light on the floor
Of Congress. during the present
session, against o colored Repre-.
sentative who, as scholar, orator,
and gentlemen. has shown himself
the peer of more than nine tenths
OF the entire membership of the
House. Is it not extremely absurd
to exclude colored children from
the public schools when colored
men sit in the highest Legislative
body in the land? There is cow
ardice in this paltering with the
civil rights question, and there il
danger, too. The old Wing party
gradually faded ont of existence,
while it consented to one compro-
| mise after another with the slave
power, against its conscious sense
| Of justice. There is, in the average
American mind, q love of equal
rights with which sentiment it is
perilous to trifie. The civil rights
bill is a proposition to enact what
the Constitution has guarant teesl
/ "a privilege enjoyed by white
children. but denied to black chill
dred; its passage is demanded by
every consideration of right and
| justice; its defeat will entail upon
the authors and the country serious
consequences. ef.s.,..t----...,.--se
i Resolutions ef the Right sess.
At the temperance mass meeting
at Winchester, Randolph county,
Ind, on the 9Th inst, the following
truthful and timely resolutions
wero adopted: : -.' &,
! /. We regard the use Of alcoholic
liquors as a beverage, az q danger
GUS and dcmoralizing practice
which ought to be avoided and dis.
countenanced in every way possi-
bic. Il ffsd49a ,hoin86 I'd lea G!iR 1
i 2. We regard drunkenness as q
great evil, the parent Of vice, pan
perisnn, and crime, which evil ough,
to be suppressed by all proper
means. M vfr@s gft,g.,ss19(I #
I: 3. That We not only regard the
whisky traffic - the principal sourct
of all crime, pauperism and vice o.
every kind, but that we regard i,
as the cause of the great burden
of taxation and loss of time and
labor. .t.ot ftc c4of....s.,ts....f .fsrr,
4 4. We look upon the prevention
of drunkenness by educating the
rising generation 10 abstain entire
ly from the use Of all that will in
toxicate and the reformation Of Tho
victims of intemperance as the
main purpose IF the present movo
ments, and all other objects a.
: means to this end. .spt4 a. vn,
s. We regard drinking housea
and saloons and all other places
i where liquor is sold Is o beverage
); as the nurseries of. intemperance
in tempting the unwary and supply.
q ing the means of indulging the ap
petite for strong drink. Therefore
Resolved, That while we depent
on religious and moral sentiment
making our appeal to God and hu
manity ~ the great element o
r power in advancing the cause o
: Temperance. We clnim the protec
ton of the law against, the pauper
ism and crime which result from
drunkenness and the help Of th
} law ip restraining and repreasin,
} the tn liquor. traffic which is the pro.