The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-10

sort of jeremiade in this way, he next
asserted that even the Republican party
seemed to desire to get rid % him. He
asserted that n number of Republican
statesmen aspiring to the Presidency,
seemed to be casting about to see if they
could not be elected without the aid of
the black vote" He only hoped that
the next President would bc rs good n
friend to the negro as General Grant,
but seemed to regard him rs their last
friend! Douglass finally concluded that
the colored man was ''thrown upon his
own resources" And here follow some
quotations showing the new resolves as
we'll rs the resentmcnts of the betrayed
black man. See how the colored orator
pours his running fire throughout the
line of Radical humbugs:
"You will be the architects of Your
own fortunes. All we ask is fair field
to work in, and the white man to leave
us alone. We have been injured more
than we have been helped by men who
have profcssed to be our friends. They
arc lawyers without clients; ministers
es; wandering teachers without schools.
''They nre great beggnrs. They have
the science OF begging down to q nicely.
They are great ut getting out circulars.
They scatter them broadcast over the
land, us leaves before the autumnal gales
If you arc worth anything, they will find
out where you live; and if you never got
letter before, you will get one now.
Laughter
''Fellow-citizens we must stop these
men from begging for us! They misrep-
resent us, and cause the country to look
upon us as . poor and helpless people
They say. Please give something to help
educate the poor black people; hut do.
reduced to about 100 cents when it gets
to the poor black people We do not
want-we will not have--these second
rate men begging for us! We protest
against it! Voices: That's so.' Hear,
hear! Loud and continued applause. /
"Mr. Chairman, think tho colorcd
people of this country have had an cx-
periencc during the last decade that will
not be repeated in the future. We have
had .Freedman's Savings Institute,
but we don't want any more. Laughter
and applause Our white friends told
us if we Ind cents, bring them to them,
hhu thSJ WOulO IuhC cure OI we
had dollars, or hundreds, or thousands,
to bring thom to them. They told us
they had goose and golden egg.
lLaughter.] Yes, we put our millions
there, but where were they now? Voice,
That's SOL The men who went into
that bank few years ago poor men, are
now domiciled in beautiful homes and
drive their fine turn-outs. It makes me
feel badly to think how we have been
robbed. just enough honest men have
been put into the bnnk to insure it's sue
cess. But while they put in two sound
apples, they slipped in five or six speckcd
ones, and were sure to turn the specks
down. [Applause.l
II said, fellow-citizens, that we must
protest against these men begging for
begging ourselves. five build churches,
don't ask white people to pay for them.
If we have banks, colleges and papers,
do not ask other people to support them.
BE independent"
Douglass concluded by proposing a
declaration of independence for the
blacks, beginning with the first para
graph Of the American declaration, and
concluding thus:
"Wc propose to cut loose from all in
vidious class institutions, and to part
company with all these wandering men
dicnnts who have followed us simply for
paltry gain. And VIC now bid an nffcc-
tionntc farewell to oil these plundercrs,
and i'll the future, if we need a Moses,
we will find him in our own tribes. ~
Tremendous applause and chccring.]
If the scurvy Radicals can stand this,
they can stand anything; and can't they!
But will the co!orcd people follow Doug
lass or hold on to their Radical alliances:
We shall See
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