The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-18

3ou' a,',,,a3rance of Federal soldlGlS. tbinos
il4' la,,ino in this connecticut nv 4bay are:
-, 0( to be; am only saying nov have no
an candor compels me 10 auN'
Dower to change them A., come right to
nc III hoId office that you or | nav
VOC .'i,u 1,o,t 10 be admitted in theory, sa an
4 a;t !; carried out in practice 10 t 4bf
III Estate to say that the negro Las NV
- a. - ia restrict or call IN qUeS0loH'
80 ;j3+ion or other unlawful meai9' VIZ
rIte men, that the white NTH il''3
- ~ caII inouestion by the same "60ii
ann;as the rights of the black man. ,d,,;t
re- vasf majority of our people Sliii -
j, 70. nth and are sincerely III 1aVoI % %
th-s si: ;so' = ont do not allow mysell
seems - 20 for moment. But 1t cannon
- - fIo,ia5 with truth, and therefore i
ia not he disguised III fact that theIe /! -
= I,,;noritv who are not willing TO ao ~
a. lioin local and constitutional 1ac5 thal
in This country, all men are equ"l 00i0i0
the law. o,,rsoIvos and
+ban through our self-imposed delu9ioll d.
temnt to deceive the negro. Ii we seek :Iio 90
i6ance of the negro, we must deSeIG -
that. in my Judgment, IS about ail wa" III -
necessary to obtain It. we hiusU Ao :I '+ ,l5
With two tongues, one dipped IN on anu
ba1av for tbe negro, when we are taking TO
INN and another in gall and WormWooa;
when we are talking about him you "ou!o
never ret the confidence of a white man III
that way. and it is folly 10 try 1t on the ne
The observance of one single, plain, and
simple rule will 90 a great way IN gaming
the confidence of the black man, and secur-
mo his cordial cooperation III every good
work. and that is to treat him as our equal
in politics; and in all our business dealings
with him, Give him the same measure OF
iustice. that YOU would deal out to him II
he was Jwhite man. DO this IN cold
earnest. without hesitation and without
mental reservation; do not presume on ms lG-
norance. Forget that his skin lsblack IN your
political and business dealings with INN,
and though it be in fact as dark as the "a
vens' wing, treat him with as much justice
as though it were as white us snow Try
this and be in earnest about it, and you Will be
surprised at his aptitude. The scales will
drop from his eyes, and he will take in at
once the great lesson we so earnestly desire
TO teach him, and that is, that his interest
and your interest are identical. This being
done he viii not only vote with you but for
you.
There IS another great error into which
too many of our people have fallen, and that
is in supp0sing that everything has been
done that can be done to induce our colOred
friends to think right and act right. Has
it never occurred to you, my white fellow
that while some have worked zeal
ously, Others have had no heart IN the cause,
and have too soon grown weary that you
had not corrected your own errors before
YOU undertook to correct the errors of
others Would it not be better to make
sure that you had got the beam fairly out
Of your own eyes, before you commence
for notes in the negroes, eyes
Suppose the colored voters do not rally to
your support at the first, second, or third
call; suppose that after years Of honest toll,
they still do not come; suppose they do APP
pear to some Of you as a stih-necked, and
sufficient reason for giving up the struggle,
and handing them all over, and with them
the State, to hopeless ruin?
what would De Thought or missionary
to Persia, China, or Japan, who after a few
years Of toll in his Masters service, should
in despair over his poor success, or disgust
at the obstinacy Of the natives, suddenly
abandon his work, declaring that the heather
like Ephraim is joined to his idols, | will
let HIM alone" | do not mean to compare
our colored telloW-citizens to heathens. But
1t IS no eXaggeration to say, that when they
were emancipated they were almost as 10
norant III politics, as the Chinaman is of
And it ought not to be q
matter of special wonder that they have
been almost as slow in c0mprehendino DO
itical problems, as the heather has been in
understanding the mysteries of the Chris
Ian's faith. The wonder rather is. that
hey should have learned so much when we
AXE into account that every appliance has
)een used to mystify their minds and excite
heir prejudices.
1t has been charged in high quarters that
ms IS not what 1t purpOrts to be, a meeting
ii taxpayers to petition for a redress Of
grievances, but that the real purpose IS to
)ulI political wires, to the end that we NAV
gam party advantage; "Verily the wicked
lee when no man pursues" Men conscious
y their own rectitude are not ant to he
always ascribing bad motives. IF had SIM
posed that that asCribed motive was in an
wise true, IWould never have mt NV faat
.cross the Threshold Of that door and r. T
hought SO now, would at once stem doI,a
lhd out. This IS q meeting of tax-nazro,.s
Of white and coiored mon $50
enting almost every shade of poli+ic2I oPir,
on, and actuated by single motive NJ nc
emoVlng by peaceful means a portion IF ~
LIoIeraDle burthen now become too orr
IoQs to be borne. I can see but ono &C.,
Il charging different motive and tba{ =
excite prejudice, and keen aliTo ~
mberS OF discOrd. I warn Won NV frio1de
. Keep cool Neither for this nor 3nv otba@
nehce' allow yourselves to be provoked r.