The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-26

feeling of insecurity and uneasiness among
the coiored classes springing from the un-
fortunate race collisions and violence that
nave sometimes existed in certain southern
localities; and second, from the fact that the
c0lored laborers have not in many instances
received satisfactory returns from the pro-
duct OF their Is Dor.
OF similar import is this statement from
the Charleston NelrS and Courier:
when three thousand negroes are on the
bank at one place on the Mississippi await
ing transportation to Kansas IL Is useless
to speak of the movement as sporadic and
unimportsnt. Like an army, the negroes
will pass over the bodies of those who fall by
the way and mske OF the vanguard a bridge
TO bear the rest of the column in safety. In
freedom confronted by hard wo, and small
pay they long for a new deliverance ce, whether
II shall come in the shape of Liberia with its
molasses trees or Kansas with its golden
grain IL Will take time to overcome this
fallacy, If IL can ever be overcome; for the
negroes the supremacy of the Democrats in
the south Is cause of uneaslness, II not
OF alarm. Curiously enough, there is q steady
flow of cOlored people from ber counties to
Beaufort county, the sniy county in the Stsie
which the Democrats did not carry at the
last election.
Against the assertions that have been
made here as to the origin OF this move
ment, l place these declarations from we'll
known newspapers published in the locsli-
ties where these outrages have occurred.
If these declarations are true, then the exo-
dus OF the negro Is fact of supreme signifi-
canoe. He is not needed for political pur-
poses in the States to which he goes. The
Republican majority in Kansas is too large
for the good of the party now. He does
not belong TO the North; left to himself, be
would remain in the tropics.
Migration is governed largely by climate,
| and no xuonll natnrallv
toward the equator rather than toward the
poles. The tranquil and orderly dignity
with which he has accepted the trusts
and responsibilities of citizenship has de-
ieated the prophecies and challenged the
admiration OF mankind. Had he been
turbulent and disorderly when enfran-
chised our system could not have endured
the introduction Of such an element Of un-
educated suffrage. During the war he was
loyal and faithful. He did not pillage nor
plurder the estates that he titled, nor insult
nor wrong the helpless women and children
who were at his mercy while his masters
were re.delivering despsr t attle to: :rivet more
firmly the letters that bound him. Eman-
cipated, he has retained the typical virtues
of his race and has gradually discarded
vices that were engendered by the cruel
code of which he was the reluctant victim.
He has been patient Of labor and obedient
to law. He has in many instances ac-
quired home and property. His domestic
relations have become more definite and he
has sought with avidity the rudiments Of
education for himself and his children.
| Probably there is not a former master
nor freedman who wishes slavery restored;
but there are many who believe, and | am
one Of them, that the Africans are in a
| worse condition now than when they were
slaves. Emancipation has been a curse to
them. The promise Of freedom has been
kept to their ear, but broken TO their hope
When they were property they had some
guarantee OF protection in the selfshness of
their owners. Now that they are men, they
are denied the right to protect themselves
and are refused the protection OF the nation.
Land monopoly, vicious credit system,
social intolerance, and political proscrIp-
tion have combined to render their Sc vi
tude uncomfortable, and when they attempt
to escape their flight is obstructed, and
those who would welcome the fugitives and
insure them the free enjoyment of citizen
ship are denounced ss incendiaries and
characterized as enemies Of the southern
people.
Mr.. President, the present aspect OF
sff-irs is in many respects deplorable.
Were 1t to continue for any protrscted
period the grsvest consequences might be
spprebended. But the admirable aexibil-
i;y and strength Of our Government and the
wisdom OF Its trainers receives new illus
tration at this serious iuncture.
The next census will readjust the social
and political forcss Of this country upon a
basis which will finally determine the sec.
tional controversies which have so long
disturbed lis peace and delayed its prosper
ity.
Upon the present ratio OF representation
the great interior States drained by the
Missouri river and its afiluents will gain
under the next spportionmeHt not less than
ffty-two members Of Congress and presiden.
tial electors.
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
Nebrasks, Colorado, and Kansas alone viii
have at least twenty representatives more
than all the Southern States combined. I'm
der just distribution OF political power
among the States, "a contemplated by the
constitution the issues would have been en-.
tirely changed. Had a new sppor;ionmeni
been made in 1875 even, the condition ot
the nation at this time welld have been
radically different.
There would have been no electoral com
mission. There would have been no "solid
South" for when Southern solidity caano:
secure Democratic asceudency the South
will cease to be sold. Political cohesion
will end. Parties will divide there as else
where upon economic and practical, rather
than emotional questions, affecting the
whole people rather than section or q
State.
| We are on the threshold Of a new epoch.
With the close of the Forty Con-
gress the seat of political power will be
| transferred from the seaboard to the vast
region between the Appalechians and the
Cordillerss, Intending f.om Manitoba TO the
Gulf.
| Upon this the great drama Of American
civilization is to be enacted, ard there its
ultimate destiny viii be accomplished.
Hitherto the controlling Influences have
proceeded from the circumference Of the
continent. They will emanate hereafter
| from its center. Relieved from exterior
causes OF estrangment the States OF that
great basin, united by twenty. five thousand
| miles OF navigable inland waters, by indis-
| soluble ties of mutual interest, and by pa
| triotic devotion to the welfare of the coGn-
| try, will inevitably coalescc and give a new
| impulse and direction to national growth
and development
1t is idle to anticipate revolution, separa-
| tion, or disunion. Geography has much to
| do in shaping the destiny OF political socie-
ties and Kingdoms. This continent was
| formed to be the abode of one nation, peo-
pie indivisible, one in language, motive and
impulse, having one civilization, and abso-
lutte political liberty. Local causes msy
distract and delay the accomplishment OF
this great design, but at last the coalition
will be be complete; from diversity will
come unity, from conflict will come strength
and pecce.