The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-22
Fred Douglass on Washing, on City.
lFrm the Baltimore Gazette, May lo.l


 The following is a synopsis of that terri ble speech delivered by Fred Douglass. fo, winch the people of Washington City asked President Hayes to dismiss the coal in the snowbank from their midst:
 Washington was not a good city. II has \ good many churches, but 1t Is some diS- ta5c from the spot 10 which their spires
 paint. II had bad beginning, and had perer produced any great statesman or phi.- anthrupist The descendants of the old families make no mark. IL sided with troa- son against loyalty, and its selection Was a great mistake. Icing sandwiched between two slave $, jes, ana the Headquarters of tht save trade. where the boys were sosa as Sw1ne. l. aas cruel without reason anu ln- deceat without shame. Freedom of speech and tae press Was unknown, and lis ldea was slavery. JuhI Quincy Adams was threat eaed with death for advocating the right ol
 petition. Drinking and gambling were pre- paieut under the dome Ot the Capitol. The duelist was in re, Ute, and the place filled Niih paisnnuuS wees and serpents. Mora. lie wa> a sh me. All waS fan without, bui foul within. Its baasted ohivdlry WAS to chal.e ge Northern man 10 fight and to hep Mhip a negro with his hands tied. The
 people applaudcd Br, ckinridge in h's trea- son. stoua between Andrew JackSun and i'm peachment. and in their midst was matched ,he devilish plot that robbed Lincoln of his life. During the war Jeff. Davis would have been more welcome than Lincoln, Lee than Grant. and the Stars and Bars more than the Star Spangled Banner Applause. Parson Browulow made an apt remark on his way 10 Washington. He said that he felt he must be getting near the city, as he began to feel as ii he wanted to steal something Laughter. Washington society famed into a fury the passions of men, and much of the old spirit was left. The portraits of Gid dings, Gerritt Smith and such men had no place on the walls of the Corcoran Art Gal lery. but the Calhouns and AcDutfies were numerous. They knew how to make North .rn men with southern principles, and that class was reappearing now. It was again getting dark for the colored race. but the shadow would ultimately pass away. Ap- plause.l The old Maryland and Virginia families always had the best pickings and he offices and slaves. But Nirginias glory Las departed Instead of the mother of States. she is the grandmother; and occasion ally one of her sons appears, chewing James river tobacco -h his dignity gone, masters without slaves, lords without lands. The Eashingtonian is indolent in all his move laents. Step into store and you will wait five minutes before you are noticed. Every one of them has been, or expects to be, 3 great man. Laughter They walk slowly, but not measured, their arms hahging list ,esxlv hy their sides He cNcels all other Americans in sitting, and can remain in an easy chair longer without fatigue than any other man. Laughter He Is fully equal in this respect to the Turk. He carries q cane. He walks with il. sits with ii. stalks v!th it. Like the swords of the knights of cid, they are more for ornament than sup port. They wear hats pulled down over their eyes like thieves and robbers. They shiak it gives them a congressional look. There is class called poor white trash Kho never held office. These were the slave eve rseers, catcherS, whippers and watch dogs. They make some sort of a living by huating and fishing, and vet they are not happy. Laughter They talk of the Lost Cau SC as if they had millions in 1t. The city 5s led with schemers of all kinds and both ss .s, who strive 10 get something for noth- ing. To be honest is to be a fool. The place is filled with duplicity and serviity. The change in the condition of the colored peo- pie was remarkable Their schools were among the best. and when he visited there and fouad bright and intelligent children doing the most difficult mathematical prob lens. he felt there was a future for their race