The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-05-30
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huId she uiFievs NJ lh~ state. Am
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and oihst Northern stairs 4 mul,l.
snsle VI drlu.i~d. hungry, homeless.
mixed. and dsstisuts people, u he
supported In large measure by
nlnis. Nh, opposed ~ thla ~aosius,
breanas II viii enable cur political
ndversnfIes Ia make surc~ssful ~.
peals 10 popular prejudice. fas In thr
eSse Ut the Chlnese.) On the ground
these people. ~ ignorant and help.
less. have i,~en imported Tor The pur.
po~@ ~ making tim North solld BY
ontvoslnR Intelligent white Northcrn
eitisens. ] AM opposed 10 thIs ego.
dM6. eecAusr rolling ston~s gather NO
n,oss. aud ! agree with Emerson.
that thr snsn who made Rome Or sny
other locality worth going 70 ~.
siaid there. There n In my jmdg.
incnt no part VI thc United States
whore ~ Industrious and iatcilIg~ns
eoiored man can serve hls racc more
wisely and efficiently than upon the
soil whore hs Vas horn end reared
snd i known. ] am opposed to this
exodus, because ! ses In II = tend.
sncy " convert colorsd labortng men
Into travelling tramps, nrst going
North because they sre prosecuted.
snd then returning South because
they have been deceived snd dIsap.
pointed In their expectations; who
will enclte ARsinst themselves and
against our whole rsce IN increased
measure of popular conHfnpt and
seorg, ! nm opposed " this exodus,
because ! believe that thu conditions
Vt existence In tho Southern States
ars steadily improving, and that the
eoIorsd man there will ultimately
rsAItzv tbs fullest measure " liberty
aud equality accorded and secured
IN my section VI our common coun.
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II II Ati U0DsGnss tAnd perhaps
something wofssJani almost bsnrath
~ compare the evils fgrsAt
~ tlley are) from which the cOlorcd
man " now fleeing to the North with
those endured by eolog~d men In tho
time of slavery. The men who
make this comparison with . view 10
convict mo of inconsistency know
that there u nothing analogous IN
lhs two situations. Thsn ths blAck
man WAS 4 ebAttst; now h. II \ n.an
sud . man among men. Then tho
black man WAS . slave: now he IL !
free man. Then the black man had
no legal Or constitutional rights
which anybody Va bound 70 respect:
nov hs haS III ths lsgsi and conssi.
luttonsi rights which srs guaranteed
n the most exalted Gitlssn Ut shr
Republic. II II true thst these rights
have been In n,asy Instances cloven
down by violence, and TINT for th~
present the Constitution IN inOp~ra.
tive; but shall ~, who have borne
70 many hssdshlps and ouirages. and
s~sn 10 many changes In our favor.
nov throw UP tho sponge. abandon
our vantage ground u possession,
which II nlDe points NJ the lsw. and
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homss IN mold and une0ngenlal
climate, rather than remain on ths
soil u our birth, where ~ may 1.-Two
down persecution and 0ppsesslonf
i t)ssrs j. sDg psrt 81 the UnItsd
States ~ which ths negro ms 3
stronger sDslm Tor peaceful residences
thsD ANY othsY. that part u lying
sOuth ~ Mason And Dlson1 line.
Whatever The south II In paint of
wealth md ciyllisatlon the negro
hrs made hSr, His lsLor hsx con.
vsrtAd TN Southern wilderness jnto
fruitful Astds, sDd dottsA them about
with comfortable homes. His arm
hAs ISvvivd thH forests. e1trsetsd Tho
stuinps, reclaimed her waste places,
graded her roads, supported hsr
commerce, alsvst0t~d mr. resources:
IN > w0sd. ~ hAs iiiisA her soil with
hIs hnvd hADds, m0islsn~A u with
Ills swssi, and enriched II With bDOoA,
md IiHs claim u remain on hsr