The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-07

Hon. j. Sett0 Martin on the bften0S W
the UnS0n. tD
Hon J. Sella Martin delivered an ad-
dress before the colored men Of this city
last evening at Union Chapel. 1t was
very interesting and able discourse, be-
ing delivered with all of Mr.. Martins
eloquence, intermingled with certain
vein OF humor 80 peculiar to that GENTLE
man.
The Friends of the Union Mr.. Martin
classed under three heads-the friends
Of the Union across the water. the col
ored mans friends in the North, and the
| friends of the colored man In the South.
| While discoursiDg uponsthe first head ne
described his visit to England, under
commission from Governor Andrew, OF
Massachusetts, giving incidents OF ms
| interviews with the Duke OF Argyle,
Earl Of Carlyle, John Bright, Richard
Golden, and other advocates Of emanci-
patton and friends of the colored race.
In speaking of the South MIR. Martin
naturally drifted into the Louisiana
question and said: \
at Is often said that the Republican
party North Is tired of the Louisiana
question. If this be so, there Is no hope
Tor the Republican party anywhere
North or South.
"To be tired of the Louisiana question
i is to be tired of reconstruction and OF all
the beneticent measures involved in 1t.
"What is the Louisiana question: LII
Is u natural outgrowth OF Republican as
tendency in the South. There is but one
essential element in 1T, and that Is tne
vindication of the negro's right to vote.
"'The Kellogg usurpation,' the bay
onet government Boss Packards sa-
traps,5 are all no more nor less than the
mendacious phrases of Confederate
chagrin under defeat, or the empty re-
, iterations of their jackals, the so-called
independent press, in search of prey for
their masters.
"Governor Warmoth used the registra-
tion. constabulary, and election laws,
Ito cheat 10000 colored men who voted
the Republican ticket out OF the oppor-
tunity OF casting their ballot.
8 "rhis he did in the interest OF party
| VIGOROUSLY hostile TO the Union. When
, the TACT became known, United states
. Judge virtually declared the acton OF
4 Warmoth fraud by invoking one of the
: reconstruction measures to defeat IT,,
and when the President Of the United
States was called upon to interfere he
u did SO under a Constitutional provision,
e which prevented these ten thousand ne
groes from being killed, as well as dis.
, lranchised.
:. 0This seems to have been the most
b natural, as it was the first and grandest
+ assertion of national authority ever
. made by the head OF the nation since re-
construction.
S "Wnat hope is there of continued free.
l. dom in the republic il those most inter.
q ested in it's maintenance can be cheated
| of the ballots by which it is preserved
9 through the subterfuge OF State rightsf
8 uHas the nation no rights? Can IL not
/. protect its citizens? The citizens first
and highest allegiance is due to the ma
ton, and shall not the nation make il
e its first and highest duty to promote and
defend the patriotism which 1t exacts
These ten thousand negroes desired Va
vote the Republican ticket. Warmot1
and the conservatives said they should
a not. and Uncle Sam said they should
and by the maintenance of the Kellogg
y Government they did vote it. That Is
: the Louisiana question in a nutshell.
.And what has been the result! why,
the South has found out we have a ma.
= ton, A nation SO strong that nohe can
deity it's power. A nation that 10 so jeal'
Gus that nothing is too small for Its vigi
= lance and it's care.
L. "Goy. Kellogg has not only made {
20 good Governor for the State at large; ht
s. Ias also made good Governor tor the
negroes. He has protected their per
= sons as far as possible, tostered their in
J. terests, recognized their ability, and
', what is as good as all this, he has brough
y about q better feeling between the races
Z than exists anywhere in the South.
"Goyernor Kellogg deserves the NOR
credit for this, inasmuch as the Conied
u crates intended to make Louisiana til
n initial point Of onslaught against tn
y negroes OF the South, and he has causet
y their failure. The White Leagues wer
u born in Louisiana, and had they met
~ foe less willy than Governor Kellogg, ha
" the colored people found less Of friend i
~ him. had judiciousness and courage bee
~ less mingled III the man, the Whit
y Leagues would have triumphed, the he
q gro would have politically gone undei
:, and Mississippi wvuld soon have lol
- lowed the calamitous example OF Louis
~ ana"
= The concluding portion OF the speec
u was given 10 the Ohio campaign, and th
duty of the colored man at the comm
D. .. election. The money question he touche
- very lightly, saying the, main questlo
y was, VINO are the friends OF the Union
Nv and that this could easily be determine
by the past record of the two partie
The duty of the colored man was clea
and no man could be the friend OF I'll
ly Union who did not do his duty now.