The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-14
$500, inf. mics Of the State gov.I

,hborrent infa mics of the state govSH
rnents which hey were UNFOLDING.
:. .,loct that there was Senator N
S,d;ona now dead, who was upon Oh OF :
.,,sse committees. His heart was III " I
.sre;ndice against our people, but evel.e c
Pporid moi be blinded to the cruel oppI-
80, under which the southern peoe 8
..,ore ,vrithiug in agony. Referring TO v
condition of the people under those g 4
ornn,ents. referring to the superincumbe
,u.;oht az a crushing and devouring tax
ton, he says: r., c.a... tb,,
-. 5onht Had the Ks KIux outrages bee
Nrscted at these faithless public servants,ttl
,-ord weuld h We been well rid OF them an
nobody complained.
Mr.. COCKRELL. Who was htG
Mr.. LAMAR. Mr.. Pratt, OF lodi ma.
Those State governments have gone ane
the influences have gone with them. Inc
neople of those States have recovered their
r,oht of self government. l need not
aneak of the prosperity of that people,
black and white, under their present gov
ernments. The census returns have given
a result which has astonished the world.
and which is wholly Incompatible with the
theory of down -trodden and oppressed
neopiewhich the Senator from Massachu'
sets represented the colored people OF the
South to be. l will say one thing, ana
that is, that if you compare the condition
of the State of Mississippi, or Alabama, or
Georgia or Virginia. or any other Southern
State. in 1880, with the statistics and MS
tory of its condition as prepared in 1870,
Won will be forced to admit that there is
not nation on the face of the earth which
in any two periods Of its history exhibits
such a contrast in all that constitutes the
strength of a people and their prosperity.
have here description of the South
as It now is. Here is what reverend
bishop of the Methodist Church, (Bishop
Simpson closely allied with the republi>
can party, who had made a trip to the
South as part of his episcopal work, said.
After traversing hat country he returns
to the Nerh aud reports his Impressions,
but he says no hing of kind that sustalns
the denuuciatiops of the Senator from
Massachusetts,; he confirms no statement
that there are men down there with their
feet upon the down-trodden and oppressed;
and nobody says so except prejudiced par
tisans and witnesses brought before conf
mi,tees to make. false impressions. En-
lightened travellers from Europe and rev.
erend clergymen from the North all con-
tribute their testimony to the peace, the
plenty, the order, the quiet, the prosperity
of both races, black and white. Here il
what that reverend bishop says
am satisfied that the South il gradually
but surely improving financially business is
reyiying and every indication points to o
period Of financial ease and comfort
Auti-savery as l always was from early
youth, had nv friend asked me twenty years
ago to express my utmost wish for thu color
gu pesple, | sbo,la cot hav dared 10 ask Tor
such advancement a. has been made
Here is the declaration of an anti'slavery
preacher, utopiau, benevolent mssiona
ry, whose every fiber was imbued with
zeal for the cause of negro emancipation
and advancement. Upon his visit to the
Southern States, so much denounced, after
She solid South has gotten possession OF
that country, he proClaims to the world
that il he had been allowed to tell what be
hoped in his brightest vison for that peo'
pie, il would have been transcribed By
what has been actually realized in their adj
vancement. Now, withhold your denua
Citations from the statements of Southern
men, aud let them fall and strike the hal
lowed associations that cluster around tia;
man.
Mr. Psesident,I am too much exhausted
to detain the Senate longer. have sail
no; hing to-day that was intende to stir W
any feeling of amnesty between iadVld'
uals or sections, belong to that class OF
public men who were secessioni1is Every
throb of my heart was for the disUnion OF
these States. If that dedpcis from The
force of the statements | have ide to.
day it is due to caudor and to you to admit
1t. I confess that believed in the right
of secession and that believed il The pro-
priety of lis exercise. Will say further
Tint il was q cherished conception OF ny
mind. that of tao great, free rcpuDhcah'
Oh this continent, each pursuing us o"i
destiny and the destiny OF It's people un'
hcir happiness according 10 liz own VIII
But. sir, that conception Is gone; II j
.unk forever cut of sight Another oh'
has come in It's place, and by the way II
INV fra love. The elements of 1t we
nlsnted in my heart by my fathers th
we're taught by my mother, and they We
,ourished and developed by my own
lection. May tell you what 1t 49, SIT
stands before me now, simple III i's ma
~ and sublime in its beauty IL Is -
one grand, mighty, invisible republic y, ~
this continent. throwing its loving 10
around all sections; omnpoteat Tor =. !
lection, powerless for oppression, c''s
none, blessing all Applause in tl'i'
leries.