The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-05-24
WHOLE NO. 1862.
fFrom ih. Haiiinnrs oasstisl
A Lively Speech by Fred Douglass Al
Baltimore.

Washington was not a good city II
has = good many churches. hot u % some
distance from the spot which their spires
point Ia bad a bad beginning and bad
never produced any Fr~at st-iesmnn or
philanthropisL The dc-c~udant. Of the
I'D families make no mark u sided
with treason against loyalty. and its -.
lection was grand mistake. being sand.
wichsd between two slaVs Stat~ss sud
the headquarters Of the slave trade.
where the bnv- we're sold as -sins. 10
vas cruel without reason and tndscrnt
without shame. Freedom % speech nnd
he pres- was unkuown. aud ~ id.-A waa
-lnv~ry Iohn Qaincy Adams wss ihrrst-
-nsd with death ior advocating the right
~ p~tition Drinking sud gambling
s~r- pr.vHl..nt under ths. dome ~ the
''apitoi The dus-li-t w. in F~puie. aud
the place hll'sl with t,oisunuu- w.rsls
'ud rsfp.nts M..rsi 10. w.- = sh#ms.
Al Ws- isir with.ut. tut toul withia ita
l''sa-tei chivHity wH. - ch#ii-nsr =
Nnrthrfn n,.n 4, u lht sod 10 help whip
, n-grn wtih hi- han.i- tied Th. people
spl,isu.l.-l Rtsekintiig. 10 ~. ti.s.,sn.
,i..s1 b..twr~n At.slr-w Iahus.,n snd im.
I,~arnm-ht. end in their mid-t waa
hHtrh.d the d.viii.h plot thst r,.hi.d
l. ucoiu 81 his hi-. buttuE thr war
ia Davis would hHvs is,u uinf- VI.
Guns. than Lincoln. lie than Ursut. Hnd
tho Star. sud Bsts uiaF.. thsu th~ star
SpanEisi Bsnn~r. IApplau.+l Psr.nn
bfownlus m~ds an apt f~mfsfk un his
way to Washington. IL ssid h. f.it he
must be- getting nsar the city. as be he.
gan To feel ~ % h~ wanted 10 steal some
thing Laughter Washington socie.
~ tanned Into iufy the passions of
men. aud much of the old spirit was
left The portraits of Oidding.. Gsrfit
smith aud such men bad no place on the
wall. df the Corcnran Al Gallery. but
the Calhuuus and McDufiies w~re numsr.
ons They knew hos 90 make Northern
men with Southern ptincipiss snd that
cisss Was ~ appearing naw. IL was arain
getting dark tor th~ coiofei race. bat tho
-hadow would ultimately pass away.
lAppiause The old Maryland and Viz.
sinia iHmiiiss always bad the bsst pick.
inEs aud the ofhcrs sud slaves Bot Viz.
Einia's glory has d-psrt~d inst.ad ~
the mother OF ststrs .hr is ths grand.
mother: Hnd occs.ionsliy one NJ her sons
~pp~ufs. chewing Jam.s RIVER tobacco
hi- dignity gone. nissirt. without slaves.
lnrd- withnut land. The Wa.hinEtonimn
y ind"l.nt in ~ ~. movements. Step
INTO sAfffF Miift you VII NaAt NNE mlaus
nts- be.orss you Hfe noticed. Every one
oi them ha- l.'-~n 80 expects ~ ~ great
man LaurLisr They pHlk siuuly.
hut NOT n,.H-ursd their Htni- hanEiuH
ii-il.--ls ~ their sides a.. sHc-is I'll
"th-r Americans IN sitting. Hnd c.n -.
main IN Hn ~a-y eh.ir iopF-r withuut any
fatigue thHn Hny other m~n Laughter
IT, ). fully equal in this rr-r--rt io the
Turk ll- c-rti.s = cans il~ walks
wiih u. sit- With u. stalks with ID Like
the swords oi The knisht- oi old. they
are more for ornament than support
They w+ar bats pulled duwn over their
eyes like thisv-s aud fotb-rs They
think u gives them = Congressional look
There IL a clHss called post white trash"
who never held office These we're the
slave overss.r-. caichsrs. whippcrs nnd
watch dogs. They made some soft Of
living by hunting aud fishinF. aud yet
they are n"l happy. LsvFbtrr They
talk of the Lost C@us~ NJ u they bad
millions In a. The city - fillrd wtth
-chemsrs OF al kind Hnd bsth s-x~s.
who strive 10 ret something Tor nothing
To be hon~-t is 90 be a iool. The
pace - hlled with duplicity end
--rviltty The change iu the cund.-
tion ct the cnlots'l y. opir -. rrmarka-
Bile Their schools w-r.. smons the bet.
aud when h- visited there sud found
bright sod intelligent children doing the
most q ilicult math~m#tical Traisl-ms. be
i-lt their wHs future Tor their race.
Applsus.