The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
.FREDERECi. DOUGLASS.

III = E.ra>8ns for Opposing the EEodus.
70 tie EIir Il the Philadelphia Pros:
S.R:-In your paper of yes's-isy You
ssy, If Frederick Douglass really ssid that
u. W AZ N. sake fDr col oIeG PEOPLE Of the
Sluth TO move Gor,hward, he -hould ex
plain why he did no, return South after the
war, AID Why it - that hundreds of thous
auds uf ool3red men sre living in the North
ard West ! comfort while ,hnir brothers
in the ol slave Safes are Ul.ble 10 CO.in
Ih- nCC,sssrIss-Ot iife?'
TINS Is uuI the first time ! have been
pressed to explain the Apparent con;radic-
lions between my oPpOzluOn TO TIE present
scheme Of emigr tIun North and the fact
II a. men 4 slave | made nv escape from
the State OF " ,ryland TO IN. Sac Of Mas
ssChU=etts, aud % you have united with
This pressure, yOn will, | am sure, allow
us 10 make sn-wsr. The difference he
tween tie condition OF The zlsye and the
pr -eDt C. ndili0n of the cplOred people
10 lie. Southern States is as wide 2 part as the
poles Of The universe. Then the colored man
z4S proper Y, now he IL a persor; then he
was a chGlsl, nos he j. a ~ az; then he had
no rights under the law, now he il AT
American citizen with every constitutional
right which belongs to meric N C.iiLel-
ship. confess, | hardly kuow how to rea
son with men who csunOt sse a difference
between the act Of running away from
slavery and running away from freedom.
The cplored man when a slave, had no law
behird, no cousti.u ion unde- him. no great
party Il fiesdJm in the COuatry pledged TO
Il e maintenance Of liberty il every quarter
4 tae L pEb'ic. What though these
riEhts are ilr The mOmen. s lnped in the
tGs., tL=v re not exiting glished and never
en- hs. der The wings Oi stslgaft Re
pul-ea a. 1.UistTaI1u, such a. il sure 10
ns victorious ia q year or two t. come, We
-.al -. al the rights Ol tie c1'0Ted man
at sc S.g revive and four h. Win
lais ititI i have called upon lie cOlor5d
uar, vGsrs he is slr=ady s power, - stand
DO his allotted home. trurgie CT, sui
az Iii .he god time coming, v hen he will lie
able to exercise all his political rights uE-
der The Ccrsri.ution.
You fur eT ak me 70 expl ain W. did
not @ Ssuih after the war | thought.
perhaps il was 10 my yauity, that every
1G7 who kEev or cared anything abou,
m Slew sh It ! oil 60 S.uih, and thu !
am nov on he iile cf !siiiuie y here vas
bor1, and .-ai ! have Teietlcd!y gore fur
ther SauH il NY vocation "a Z public
speaker.
In resr. G. to the condition of the coloreI
people ii he North, might easily take
i-ru- with y u. Tie coloied pecpjs Of the
Nog.h have the good fortune to live smong
q more highly civilized people than those
OF the SfUEh-furiher removed, by many
years, from The bad influence Of The sysiem
Of slavery ne yeriheless, il the North the
n gro "a c7-iasi 10 : msr-in far less brosd
IN the rsugs Of employment than at the
SOUTH lie iads il easier ia the North o.
p, into 3 lawyers Office to study law, into
minister study 20 study theology, than
70 get into p blacksmith sncp TO Lsmmer
iron. He j. ahsciu'e ' exclude j in the North
from II n ch rnicsl industries The posi-
lions tendarsd him are all meuial, and in
these he Is confronted with Irish and Ger
man e mp=tit0rs; whereas, ~ the South II e
re.-o has molopo'y OF labor, and isresd
lis employed in al ihe neediul hsndicrafis
u hat section.
But, n. f .itor, If YOU will do me the
k-n5Gess 20 turn to nv letter, which you
did me the honor 10 publish in your psP,r
a month ago, you viii see my position CT
he * ldus question pisisy stated. II ws-
iu your columns a1d a. your request that
n be NV first statement to the public on
this exciting question. / sm willing b
stand ard b. lodged by that let er.
Ne:y truiy yours,
FREDERICE DoUGLvs
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