The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-18

ne,ce. against the property, against the ~ ~
liberties of the people of tins na.ion. ~ ~
Whv, sir, they even go SO tar III thea III =, ~
sane efforts to retain the spoli OF olnoia a. H.
thunder, in violation of the deargss ~ =, =,
mans natural rights. to invest .ne r.,
dent with power and authority 10 suspe"a p
the sacred right Of hdoedS co. =,
right inherent to US OF TINS I'VE go ea.s -
handed down to us from the teh'ee 80 h
Of Runnimede. where the baro,is % 10 =
land wrested from King John tha' lanous :.
charter. the bullwark OF Lhs,isA NV y
dom = and declared 1na' ~ -
every Briton as his nll'o 10 lree' -
His person safe, his properly seeue' =
-. .a hGaa u,seen the ever open doors, a
~ "a 70 determined by the rules OF right, t
~ ~ ro;ce enacted in the common voice '
- General suffrage Of an assembled e
sao1,, No hand invisible to write his I
doom No demon springing in the mid ,,
a;aht hour to draw his curtains or drag
him down to mansions of despair. 10
Pr;ton's sons on these great pillars, tree
dom Of speech. freedom of thought and
freedom of pen, the base of Briton rests.
Truly. Mr.. President, we fall upon evil
times when even the suggestion that one
man holds 100000 Of people at his
mercy for life or death by drum head
court martial, or freedom, or imprlson'
J ment bv the tinkle Of bell, the lightning
fash over wire. Does this picture not
anpal YOU. sir? But pause, the tritilng and
contempt exhibited for constitutional
r;phts by the dominant party already
nrnduces its fruits. I call the attention
!: nf this Senate to manifesto OF the
, colored men at Washington, IN
}. which rapine, blood anu
. desolation are boldly proclaimed if Con-
O gress does not bow to their oeniaio''
r. read an extract:
i s.If affairs are permitted to proceed as
"a now Il requires no unusual foresight 10
T soc that the colored citizens of the South
"a will either be driven into neutrality, OF.
-, Cor selt-nrotection, to act with their old
20 =. onnress ,rs in the Democratic party; ana
h the latter is more probable than the
no former, as a peaceful organlzat on tor the
ne nurpose of neutrality would naturally ex-
q. cite suspicion, surveillance and violence.
=. There is still one other alternative 70
;s which we are exposed-one which is truly
of fearful to contemplate. Human nature IS
st the same everywhere. There are many
IS. varieties of men, but only one human
he nature. and it Is possible that
40. stunp TO madness and desperation
of bv the continued and increasing outraSes
he and seeing no means OF escape. spirit .
vo retaliation and revenge may be aroused
no which will fill the South with scenes
.od rane blood and fire. To avoid such
,rn catastrophe. we earnestly appeal to Con
~ rrcss for the action already mentlencd
We invite sympathy and support 10 I'M
III. appeal from all lovers Of liberty and ordc
on. throughout the country. :,
- Signed by Fred. Douglass, Jno. NJ
of Lanestow. A. W. Gibbs. Of Arkansas
an. ph;jlip Joseph. Of Alabama; Geo.
NV Price. of North Carolina committee an
ths !. \. Emerson, of Arkansas. Secretary.
oc. These. sir. are the views not OF a fe
no obscure men. but the sentiments OF Tn
ed representative men OF the race. nap
~. blood and fire is to be their motto. Fl
1llv teen wears ago we were promised peace
~. sixty DAYS. and 10 there
Nv ~ no peace. Richcleu exclaim'
',ta TO the monarch Of France, Take ava
ION the sword: States can be saved Wltho
ave IT," Cromwell announced to his Parll
eac 90 ment. s.Ye are no Parliament, and u
hat ssamp of his foot threw the Commo
,;ent wealth into a Protectorate Napoie
NV saws to the Council: y on deemed !
or. republic in danger; you call me TO car
.vho your DEGREES into execution. surroui
civil ed by my brethren in arms | VIII sect
light. you. "orenauiers iotws
hat ment that hall of Legislature was clear
Or. and .Bonaparte vas master OF TINS DEPT
that able field of battle.
ing a Are the hses o' 'ne ','o 10 tu.;h,o
TAX brave men nothing, that this horrioie
o. of terniccen strife is to be renewed,
IN of with 1t war OF races sep., ~
aw the lives of a hundred thousand Or
the men nothing ! Are he tears OF the
: the phan, the wall Of the widow nothing IN
ar NV scale of our consideration! Are the d
~ =, or strife never to end You, Sens
body. from st. LOUIS, nave See" a,.u w, -
. * \ YOU. uphold. support. aid and abe
cation partv whose sole aim seems 10 be to
"A the alive the fires of hatred and STRIFE
r ,o-. with us to alay the bitter
oror. or diving struggle. bind up
wounds of those dies ira. t
- vs,l davs Of wrath and blood. Let
,he balcyon DAYS of white-winged I
,,a;ned spread her downy pinions o er our
;, .,nl.S hanpy land. Let not the fields OF
rs ago. repuoilc agar. oe nv -. -.
Sheri- blood OF Its ofsprihs' Le' ."e -, ~
acts the South murfhu' ',iei'
m 700 over the dead slumberers beneath
r,yious waves. Let love supplant hatred II
the Ill, land where
nerican "Down by the flow OF the inland Tlver,
,x,.+ Whence the fleets OF iron have fed,
80 Where the blades OF the green grass qui
south Asleep are the ranks OF the dead
to-day, "I-naer the sod and the dew.
.rraigns Awaiting the Judgment pay,
Under the one the blue.
Houses Ghuef 'he o''ieI ~. th.t love alon
,i",1. cement or bind the States OF tins
a 'AN in one common brotherhood. and II
,,,. no, sternly rebuke these lnvasions
psn"'"' sacred rights of the people. them $