Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-22


factor in our politics? VIII the politi-
clans never cease to fondle with his
wool Has he not been freed? Is he
not a citizen? Don't it appear that he
has equal rights under the law? Has
he not the same memorable taskmasters
over him in common with all laborers,
I. e., the stomach, the back, and the law ?
Is he not the cheapest voter in all the
government ? Don'the divide between
the two great parties according to the
eternal fitness Of things, by giving his
principles to the Republicans and his
votes to the Democrats? What more
would you have? You say, "He must
be colonized !" Colonized oDRerc? Must
he be sent to the North to freeze and
starve? To the Western Territories to
be scalped? To Tewksbury to be
Skinned, or to Africa to be eaten Z? No,
che is in his Fathers home and he is
here to stay"
But says the New England philan.
thropist, "These victims of your oppres,
sion must be educated" Welllet them
educate them. 1t would be nothing
but right if they devoted every dollar
for which their forefathers sold them,
to the benefto of their condition.
Victims of oppression Compare
the Southern negro with his progeni>
tors in Africa, even of the royal blood,
and he is as much superior as a two
hundred and fifty dollar Kentucky
mule is to a Mexican donkey.
am in favor of education, but l am
not in favor, on ever will be, OF, taxing
one man to educate anothers children.
And | also assert that no man has the
right to ask the government for bread,
for work, or for education, for religion
or for morals-and should they ask our
government for the two last, they
might as we'll ego to goats house for
wool"
But this is a dangerous subject, as
might be conscripted into being can.
didate for Congress from the Seventh,
and if | was not in favor of all the
humbugs of the day, | would have il
thrown up to me. So go on Mr.. Poll
tician with your policy, and Mr.. Phil
anthropist with your foolery. Insis
upon high grade of education for the
negro whether he is fit for it or not
stuff his head full of classical lore; make
the deferential and integral calculus a;
plain to him as the multiplication table
Let the pOns assinOrum, the hypothe
muses. and the neutrality-suspicious. be tt
him for playthings'; give him a con
tempt for manual labor, then clos,
every office of profit to him-deny hin
your clerkships, shut the door of you
professions upon him, and l tell yol
this problem" will become a comm
drum
| will make this propsition--let thu
cities take care Of all the So called edu
Gated ones, and we in the country vii
{ be glad to have those who only hav,
sense enough to fear God and obey tn
laws of the land
/ always associate labor with the ne
gro, the negro with the Yankee, tn
Yankee with that grand old crew o
crop>haired fanatics, the pioneers 0
tyranny and oppression, who fled iron
persecution to become prosecutor
themselves whose whole idea of ciyi
and religious freedom, was to do a
they pleased and make Others do a
they did, who as soon as they lande
7 on that celebrated Crock" called
} meeting, and,after opening with prayer
unanimously adopted the following
preamble and resolutions:
: "The earth is the Lords and tn
| tullness thereof"
Resolved LIST, That all things be
long to the Lords people"
Resolved I'd, That aoe are the Lord
people"
S That was the platform that enable
: them conscienciously to rob and nun
! der the Indians, to steal and sell ne
f groes from Africa, to prosecute tn
0 Quakers, and to burn aud drown OIL
J, women for witches. Their descend
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