Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-06-27
FRED DOUGLASS.

FRED DOUGLASS.
This colored saint has spread him
self wonderfully since Hayes made him
Marshal Of tho tho District Of Columbia
lie is little like Grant, in one partic
ular--he runs around over tho country
good deal, and in another way he Il
very much unlike Grant, who never
made speech, whilo Fred is OF it all
the time. Soon after his appointment
TO the office indicated Fred was sent
for by committee OF colored and
white Baltimore loyalists to como over
and make them an seiel speech
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regular sledgc hammer style. His
abuse OF the white race, generally
and the residents OF Washington in
particular attracted a great deal tfCSn.
ton, and Hayes was petitioned and
personally called upon by hundreds "a
remove "the gentleman from Africa.
Since that time Fred has been trying
to correct his blunder in various ways
by apologizing to many of his personal
friends, and upon recent occasion,
when invited by an excursion Of color
cd folks, near the home OF his old
master, in Talbot county Maryland, he
made another speech reversing himself
in many particulars, but telling his
race some plain and wholesome truths.
Had a Democrat uttered the same
words neithernogroes nor loyal whites
would have accepted them, but com.
ing from the colored "Paul," as many
term him, they must swallow the "hash'
however unpalatable it may bc.
Douglass passed into u eulogy OF
the white race and its achievements,
and said to the colored people they
were in contact with the most favored,
the most indomtable, the most energetic
race in the porid, and that he Douid be
raise TO ms olcn race " he did not tell
them Just lohere they stood-ichdt an i'm
mease distance they oere behind the tohte
people. He did not believe the colored
people were fundamentally and etern.
ally inferior "IVe must not talk about
equality until zoe can do phdt phite peo.
pie can do. As long as they can build
vessels and we cannot, we are their
interiors as long Ms they can build
railroads and we cannot, we are their
interiors as long as they can found
governments and we cannot, we are
their interiors" Coming down on the
boat he noticed that the one hundred
colored people aboard made as much
noise as five hundred whites would
have done and long as they do these
things they are inferior to the whites.
'lf in twenty years from now the
colored race as race has not advanced
beyond the point where it was when
emancipated il is a doomed race. The
question now is, will the black man do
as much now for his master (himself)
as he used 10 do for his old master Do
you, my colored friends, get up as
early now to work for yourselves as
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anu VIII coui1 10, ne pictured the con-
aiton OF the Engllsh-speaking race hve
nuhured years ago ana compared II
WIN tne condit'on oil the race now
he Illustrated Vh,s part oil his arg,n'
ment oy quoting the instances OF well
known o'ack men VINO hau risen 10
e,hlnence' ana was quite severe upon
PROFESSOR Jonh NJ Langstoh ior mann
tanning INA. .he mulaIVo, Is tne superior
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