The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-23
Frederick Douglass Gives His People
Good Advice.


rcprcSf NATIVE the cOlOTcd men nave IN HE
country. lie Is "A man Of much mental
yigor, natural eloquence, more restrained
habit Ofthought and action than y COM
mon with his race. Ii IL crediIable 70 him
that lac has not Joined the army OF carpet
baggers, white and black, which have la
tested the south since the war. and has
not tried To feather his nest and line his
pockets at the expense OF his people and
their former masters In the oil slave
States. Those negroes OF South Carolina
who found white men 10 step down 10 "A
lower level than thar 10 which even they /,
the quondam blackers OF bOO-s, were pr
pared 10 descend, he has not joined In
their shameless plundering Of the state.
Frederick Douglass enjoys no political
office OF power. he has not grown rich by
stealing. and he has not sought to curry
favor with either whites or blacks, while
he has always remained aud still remains
true 10 the latter, and makes no claim 10
office or consideration simply because the
blood OF the African, in diluted current,
runs through his veins. The Republicans,
mindful OF the negro vote. put him on
their last Presidential ticket as one Of the
electors, but they did il only becarse IL
served their interests. He Is an honester
man than many Of those then associated
with him, and ii he clung to the Republic
can party in spite OF his regard for Horace
Greeley and Charles Sumner, il was not
discreditable 10 him, considering his ca
reer and the ideas to which he had been
educated.
Mr.. Douglass made Fourth OF July
speech al Hillsdale, near Washington,
which was one of the most significant OF
the orations that festival day called cut.
Ii is worth the attentive study OF the
heroes of the Force bill and the manufac-
turers Of Southern outrages, as well a.
that Of the negroes for whom the orator
spoke. His demand for the black man
that he shall have fair field and shall be
let alone by the whites, whether phian-
thropists. so called. or politicians greedy
of his vote. is one which every just man
will concede TO be sound. What the ne
groes need, more than any thing else in
their Efforts to raise themselves TO per-
sonal respect. is give the cold shoulder to
Intermediates and political shysters of all
sorts. As Douglass well says. they have
been more hurt than helped by their pro-
fessed friends.
They have been used a. tools by hum
bugs and corrupt fellows with itching
palms. They have been the foundation
OF the worst rule of fraud, ignorance. and
money-getting greed of which the history
OF the county affords an example. They
have been tricked and fooled. sold and
plundered by the carpetbag wolves, and
put into an attitude of opposition to the
whites. which was needless. out OF line
with their temperament, and opposed 70
their true interests. La addition. they
have been the stock in trade OF ali sorts
of mendicant tramps, until the color Of
the African has become an ofiense in the
ewes Of the iudicious. Douglass gives
these frauds well deserved shaking up !:
"rhey are lawyers without clients. broken
down ministers without churches, wandering
teachers without schools. They are great beg
CARS. They have the gin Of begging down 10 a
nicely. They are great AT getting out circulars.
They scatter them broadcast over the land ~
leaves before autumnal gales. II you are worth
any thing. they will find out where You live, and
II YOU never got a letter before you viii get one
now Fellow citizens we must stop these men
from begging from ". They miErepresent US
and cause the country 10 look upon Us a. poor
and helpless people. They say Please give
something 10 help to educate the poor black peo-
pie but do, pray. pay II 10 me- And IL II h a
hundred dollars, IL is reduced 20 about hum
dred cents when u gets TO the pour black PEG
pie We DO not want will not have the Sc
second rate men begging for US. We protest
against it,
These are the words Of an honest and
wise man. The negroes need no such
mendicant army traversing the country
and picking up two cents for themselves
while they sxtort from the simple one for
the clients who never gave them the right
to represent them. The fact j.. there is
no laboring population in the world in so
good a position Is the negroes OF the
South. They have "A monopoly OF certain
sorts of labor, and can command good
wages without the aid of trades unions,
strikes or organization. Ii they DO not
profit by their exceptional advantages.
and save money and put themselves in a
position Of comparative Independence, il
i their own fault.
The material interests OF whites and ne
groes in the South are identical The hat
Ter are the tittcst workmen the former can
get. and the former furnish the capital
essential 10 the utilization OF the power Of
the negroes. Neither are their political
interests diverse. The division OF the
Southern vote by q line Of color l. ininri-
Gus 10 the prosperity OF the communities.
and especially damaging to the negroes ia
separating them from the sympathy OF
these tor whom they work, and who have
the capital and lands for their labor TO get
H. reward from.
The negroes, too. are now voters. and
on that account capable Of securing from
the whites both personal consideration
and careful regard fer their polticai
rights. The Northern people can be OF
no real service 10 them, now that they are
enfranchised. Their political and social
progress will be best observed By union
with the whites among whom they dwell.
and with whose prosperity their own is
wrapped up. and whose good or evil will
enurcs 20 their benefit or imperils their
Interests. II they 20 outside Of their COM
munitics for leaders. and take their cues
from Northern politicians who have no
further share in them than % use their
votes 10 keep thcmselyr. IN power, they
make the millions OF NEGROES IN the South
4 class viewed with Suspicion by the IN
teilcctmlly stronger ana materially more
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