The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-14

ished the world, and which is wholly in
compatible with the theory of down
trodden and oppressed people which the
Senator from Massachusetts, represented
the colored people Of the South to be. \
will say one, thing, and that is, that II
you were to compare the condition Of
the State Of MsssisAippi, or Alabama, or
Georgia, or Virginia, br any other NSohth.
ern State, inI 1880, with tie statistics and
)historyof the condition, as prepared in
1870, you will be forced to admit therelis
not a nation on the face Of the earth
which in any two periods Of it's history
exhibits such contrast in all that con-
stitutes strength of people and their
prosperity.
have here description Of the Sonth
as it now is Here is what reverend
bishop of the Methodist Church Bishop
Simpson, closely allied with the Repub-
liCan party, who had made trip to the
South as part of his episcopal work,
said. After traYersing that country he
returns to the North and reports his i'm.
pressions, but he says nothing of the
kind that sustalns the denunciations OF
the Senator from Massachusetts; he con.
firms no statement that there are men
down there with their feet upon the
down-trodden and oppressed; and no.
body says 30 except preiudiCed partisans
and witnesses brought before commit
tees to make false impressions, En-.
lightened travellers from Europe and
reverend elergymen from the North all
contribute their testimony to the peace,
the order, the quiet, the prosperity OF
both races, and the security Of the per-
sonal property of both races, black and
white. Here is what the reverend bish-
op says: ..,., .l.y.a,.,.. ,..... ,..,. ,,.,.,
II am satisfied tha t the South is grad,
ually but Aurely IL proving financially;
business is rev win and every indica-
tion points to pc iod Of financial ease
and comfort. H.. '.|
.
Anti slavery as I always was from my
early youth, had my friends asked me
twenty years ago to express utmost wish
for the Colored people, l should not have
dared to ask for such advancement as
has been made" I..... ..... r..
Here is the declaration of an anti
slavery preacher, utopiaD, benevolent
missionary, whose every fiber was inn
bued with zeal for the cause of negro
emancipation and advancement. Upon
his visit to the Southern States, 80 much
denounced, after the solid South had
gotten possession of that country, he
proClaimR to the world that if he had
been allowed to tell what he hoped in
his brightest vison for that people, it
would have been transcended by what
has been actually realized in their ad
vance ment. Now, withhold your de.
nunCiations from the statements of
Southern men, and let them fall and
strike the hallowed associations that
cluster around that man.
Mr.. President l am too much ex
hausted to detain the Senate longer. /
have said nothing to day that was in
tended to stir up any feeling of animOsi.
ty between individuals or sections. l
belong to that class of public men who
were seCessionists. Every throb of my
heart was for the disunion of these
States. If that deducts from the force
of the statements l have made to-day it
is due to candor aud to you to admit it.
l confess that l believed in the right OF
secession and that l believed in the pro.
priety of its exercise. will say further
that it was cherished conception of my
mind, that of two great, free republics of
this continent, each pursuing its own
destiny of its people and their happiness
according to its own will.
But, sir, that conception is gone; it is
sank forever out of sight. Another one
has come in its place, and by the way it
is my first love. The elements of it were
planted in my heart by my father; they
were taught by my mother, and they
were nourished and developed by my
own subsequent reflection. May 1 tell
you what it is, sir2 1t stands before me
now, simple in its majesty and sublime
in its beauty. 1t is that of one grand,
mighty, indivisible Republic upon this
continent, throwing its loving arms
around all sections; omnipotent for pro
lection, powerless for oppression, cursing
none, blessing ALL [Applause in the
galleries ]