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

against your rulers then as can be hesrd about
the Republican governments in the South now
niitfon Of the south today. You had just core
out Of Devastating and fearful wsr with the
lndIans. and suffrage had bsen eniarsea, yoar
called for the first time TO the performance o.
oslezl duties; what more natural .aan t ts,s.
juneture of your history you had inaagmra.ed az
your labor. and swore eternal vengeance .gairst
every new conner; do you think You would nave
after. increased from 900 to I47.f7s. with sense
of security, peace and nlentyg Do you supnose In
diana would have had this lovely capital. with its
solid buildings. beautiful churches, with their
tall spires pointing heavcnward inviting US 20
look up to higher and better things; is splendid
being educated and fitted to assume the duties OF
life. better prepared than we who shan soon east
perhaps in the world, with its hundreds Of ira n
arriving and departing daily. magnificent ROADS
rapid and direct munieation with all parts OF
your State and country. and aPopplatien OF l.
prosperity and happiness on every hand. have
reached the granduer and nagnifeenee of which
people in 1889, when She was bowed down with
public debt and unable to pay the interest on the
same. or her creditors and contractors on her
.2s9 miles in course of construetion-thess ng,,
ures embrace railroads. turnpikes. roads and
II was estimated that to complete the balance il
and cried havoc. murdered and driven of the
most anofending, lawaii ling and valuable por,
Of the Prosperity. apiendor and happiness that
Ereets You on every hand. your state would have
had not where to lay his head
The South to-day is in trouble; her financial
condition is deplqrable, taxation is high: and
struetion it is the fault Of the fre-eating. muir
derous desperadors and hot-headed. intoiera
Z knrf oh tod lar hat he
and terrorize over the sober minded and honest.
conservative whites. who dare not. for fear OF
wise with the colored voter. and thus the latter is
perforee compelled to select almost exclusively
from among the newcomers their white leaders.
trust. rob the State, and dishonor their eonstitu-
The frightful record of outrage and murder of
innocent and defenseless coiored men, and some
times women. such rs Julia Hayden, in Tennes-
see and white men. friends OF the colored people.
such as those murdered in COUshatta. has Justly
Louisiana is no place for emlErantS or the in
vestment Of capital. and neither ever think OF
And what is true of Louisiana is true Of nearly
every Southern State, AMI do not hesitate to af-
from bad to worse. unless the North increase its
Republican maiorlties at each election until those
Democracy again getting control of the general
goyeFnment; for as Long as they think there IL a
Just SO long will they hug the delus.ye hope Of
Gepriving the colored man OF his rights. aud pos
i
have seen in two or three Southern papers notices
to the people to keep correct account of their
1t is frequently asked at the North why the two
races do not harmonic. The answer is to be
found IN some OF the instances have cited
The demagogues and the chronic Office eking
leaders among the whites. aided by q set of men
slavc-drivers. whose occupation. like "0thello' s,
IS gone. urged on by an intemperate press. have
and true men of the South who own property and
are doing business have not the moral courage to
move IN tbs bs and quietly aiISw
that their better natures revolt at aud
extreme: II you ask why don't the colored men
take the initiative? answer in the Ysnkee style by
ef s yov n
ana your people were being outraged and mur
as s f6 Sbnr short act Of
complete political annIhllation of your people
would satisfy them; how H0gld you regard the
people to trust the coiored man? l dare say at
the very least you would look upon him with dis
trust and suspicion.
There are plenty of good men in the South
white and colored- who understand the situation.
know the remedy, but are poNerless to act for the
reason / have assigned. am one of those who
look upon the bright side of the Southern picture
things. / am strengthened in my hopefuine s.
after looking over the history of our prosperous
and happy State and seeing how dark and gloomy
agencies that produced the marvellous prosperity
and property OF her citizens. and a wholesome re
ee from ah her as he voua the wrath to
nor the capitalist refuse to invest.
nave dwet too Tong. fear. upon this sub
winter, as / watched day by day the proceedings
of the Senate. and no action on that bill was had
iouTned without passing it, ie our Il people Would
have additional trouble; but at last when the
fTne to the pedss made in the Dationai
ton. sat it out, all night and passed the bill;
disappeared, and America was indeed an asylum
for the oppressed ofevery nation and every cline.
made N anifest that it could not be passed. knew
il would EN- holden the enemies of people all
and Of H Be the II th
party of the colore3 voter; and subsequent events
have preysn snat my fears were TeIi founded i9r
directly oieto the fact But it is useless
nov, to discuss what ought TO have been done. or
K noa that the bill is stili pending. and that TO
the Repueits2n PARTY Te must Lo9k Tor the nnai
civil and political equality before the law OF
American citizens From the noble utteranccs
OF that eminent sta teSEaan, whose name IS tower
OF strength. and who is always found on the side
OF the poor and cppressed-it Is hardly necessary
TO say allude 70 Senator Aorton-you viii see the
speech delivered at Terra Haute, he says: There
This pre- JUDGE sgainst color Persons. who, in
their infancy were nuTsed by negro women. il
dren. in youth and manhood were the daily com
pauions OF negroes in the WORK shop, upon the
farm. n the carriage ani upon the journey; who
employed negroes as body servants. AMI in that
way were almost continually in their society,
dressed by the "a nurSed by them in sickness and
in various ways inhaling their hrestn hundred
times day. and having with them that physical
intimacy and contact which does OF exist between
equals in society; yet when the same negro, ss
freeman, rresuTnes to stop at the same hotel TO
ride IN the same car with them, or 10 send his
children to the same school with theirs. OF to
knset in the same church, they are inexpTess bly,
Shocked. ami declare that social equality will de-
grade and destroy society. They think 20 make Z
few votes by appealing TO ths preudfesz and fears
Of the white people about mixed schoeis-"
Hon. Daniel D. Pratt. United States Senator
from Indiana. an honor to his State and the coun-
Try. speaks as follows en- the ssms subject:
TIE school board of Wabash, OF which Hon
John e. Petit was member. having this statute
before them ordered the admission OF tie eelored
children int2 the schools of Wabash, They were