New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
THE TAIL OF THE OLD TlChtI'
urxDR1cKs,s OPPOSITION TO THE NEGRO.
mrs OF HIS RECORD BEFORE AND pu"r,oS ,,C,, rur
w,R-rHE NEGRO NOT GOOD hNoUIA f'' 'i'-'
rrtrNFss BOX.

,,,s pvcoRp BEFORE AND DURING THE
w,R-rHE NEGRO NOT GOOD kNoU'A fo' '-'
WITNESS BOX. ..,,,
NV TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNtI >,
WASHINGTON, July 27-lt seems l'e5 S'lanS ~ tho
,,,.;onis+s especially to those who served III Vuo
r., ARMY 10 see a man like Coioho' l. '" 80.
.noon throwing up his hat for tIoNV' -
s. the name of Thomas A. HendrichS r. - >,
,ben Colonel HiggiusOn was IN hals" "a
rrevent the LecOmptou onifase' DIai + o,d
IIahaDo,,s Commissioner of the Gener''i h'"
na,an =, washington. was squeezing money ont u
-, s,hordi,ates to be used in forcing the Leconp
a.. - Co,stitution upon the people OF Kansas. Alo"
- later when HigainsOn went TO South N"io-
,s q can+ain in Massachusetts regiment hen-
sr;ots in Indiana was shouting ior NoIVnW''V
- Confederacv in order tn " get rd OF New Ing
- and her Yankee institutions But COiouel
,,,;rson has several other good reasons to remem-
~ the Democratic candidate for the Nlce-Iies,-
a,rcv In 1864 Colonel Hlgglnson was colonel VI
:. regiment of colOred troops, whose actlNl'y "n"
Lr.verv gave Mr.. Hendrcks's friends III 0ouVu
Carolina aud Florida much trouble Ouuot ".t
.,so,'s command one of the exploits oi TINS regl-
=. ,-,s ,bo captnre of jacksonville. Fla. ms
~, of thing seemed uncomfortable TO the Copper
- 4, Congrcss and on March Il, 1854, MT. Hen
-. 4, tbe limited States Senate, voted Tor
,o.,l,tion 50 20 investigate whether T. w. hlEgh-
40, now the colonel of n regiment OF negro troops
had any connection with the attempt 10 reS'uo
Anthony Burns. fugitive slave from the cuS'"'E
,r ,bo l-nited States officers in Boston, In lSoi ana
eth the killing and numbering OF any person
having hls custody"
MS nppOsfTtoV TO NTGRo TROOPS.
A, ,,e anne session Mr.. Hendricks oppo'cl at
Every stage measures 20 place the negro u"'P' wv
c same footing ~ white troops In respect to pay
tations and clothing
A, extrnct from one Of his speeches Aiay H.
,sep on this subject, will interest not only McsSrH'
it,gynsou and Curtis, but coofed voters oN'iF
,bere. lie said I'm the first place am not con
So rheerfullv to vote mn increase ot phy 10 the
,c,ro troops. / believe honestly thnt every nlulon
of dollars that s pad away oi tho pe"P' m"n'{
to support negro troops ~ the ilrlu ~ :" mum @
money lost and that the people 20 thnt eA,olt Nv w.
unnecessarlly wrcnRfully taxed lha' HlN'Iu WI W'
vaJe long after the negro troops had ehhip,t,u
,br,r valor on score of hard fought plo9uy n',u-
sud when every officer and soldier ~ Tue ARMY @ @n'u
f'.,,J to ndmirc their soldlerlY qualities. burlnR
,he anne session Mr.. Hendricks repeatedly SPOKE
mud voted against the einanclpat'u taoos ~ r"W
catrd negro, a surgeon with the rank ol M"Wr ~
tLc Union Army. was brutaily thrown liom WASH.
,ng,nn street-car while on his way 10 htt'hu '"'
martial senator sumner called the matter 10 thc
attention of the Senate by u resolution whlch NI,
Hendricks stubbornly opposed. In thr coui 50 VI
his remarks he declared that none nut m Ln triipu tipu
dent negro would wish 90 crowd into iho Wni'o
r,en's can" Opposing the bill so TO amend ihr
charter of a street railroad company aS 10 proh,4l'
cudlug COlOTtd persons lIolh lt' 'iA'
Hendricks said The men who nave mEtslou III
ms corporation, and whose money ~ now III 'uc
rails cars aud horses, dld not 40 SO WIN VIZ" w"
ard e,-nectatiOn of legislation on the part OF Ton
ercss that would deprecate the value OF the prop
ertv | think there Is no question that thiS lesisl1-
tion will make this property less Valuaole'
HIS POOR OPINION OF THE MICRO As MAN.
At the same session Mr. Hendricks was one of six
Senators who voted against the Constitutional
amendment TO abolish slavery. and be both spoke
and voted against the measures TO repeal the fugt
tive slave laws at the same He also bitterly
,.,l ,ba hill passed during that session to admit
nayroes 10 testify in Uuited states courts. IN a
srerch on this subject, FebruSSy 20 loot' he 9"it
Uit Is right bring the negro into the conI' lu % e
shall testify a case between White men, tai ne sun
coupetent DO i'm each the testimony OF NAc
cannot why the Senators -uouIu s9P Ili - at.s
al ,o make him competent "a Juror III thc O.I my NC
courf n his j. ,geuce and integrity art -uh tnal we
NAV tulsy hi a witness, not OhA 10 VleI'Uuio @ 'No
testimony OF the white man. 'ui al'o 70 G C.t. ~ a.,
yvines, 10 imIcach the cTedibly or Widlt man III
conrt of the United states, why not place MN III tHc
ury box and him decide what snail pc tAe Ieic. lu
ih4 Csc between TWO white mcnt II ltl7 tLc
opinion OF majority oi TINS p"'lH lHsl -, - 5,j-
nor only Dee "A witness. hut that he shall DE juror 10 u"
te case let them II n groe- are Jo couiIul lu
result OF vcrcts by their testimony, WN sn" NV HOl
control the result OF verllcts by their Judgment ds
irr,r,l For one do not believe tueN are our
equals do no. believe they are our ellt> h inc d'I'
i the courts or anywhere else and for thaj reason
vo+ed aa9st the bin proposing that thcy should have
the same nav IN the white men her ser lVes
an. moi worth so much: and not who say- 10 the
contr~v do NOT believe nor any weight of tcetl-
believe, that tie negro IS INC 'i VI INC
vlufe soldier, that 20 from the state OF lntlant
With such facts standing before rs am nara TO pr con-
vucrd is the equal of lhe WIllt hhi anu
8u moi content to see "a passed Y the Congress O
ibe tinted states placing the negro upon platform OF
equality with white race In the courts OF inc country
the sanctuary OF our rights.
It's dificult to realize that only twenty years
have passed since Mr. Hendricks made for himself
the fOrhdlug record from Whlch the FOREGOING
passages are culled. The tunes lloeed nav
changed. but the views OF Mr. HendrcAs remain