The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-31

WHAT FIXED DOUGLASS SAYS.
The Washington Pest publishes the
following: When Mr. Douglass appear
ed IN the parlor OF his residence Fri
day night in response - reporters
call he did not appear in the least dis
turbed by the excit ment which his
marriage bal occasiensd. at do not
see shy ihsre should be any comment"
he said. ''It is certainly not auy
event of public moment. have simply
ex rcised The ngh's which the laws &C
cord to every citizen, and l am IS
tonished that a city 50 large as e, n
slider Washington 10 lie should bee ,me
II once so small 1t seems that tae
newspapers would PIE enl to the eye OF
publ c cariosiiy. and 10 those, TOO, which
every man bal IS most dear and sacred,
the Affairs Of the family What would
you have nae say? 1 can give no ex-
PLANTATION Can make no apology"
"Fhe opinion has been expressed thai
the ,l,r. d people, whs lo..k TO you as
leader w.sl consii,r your position 10 the
light of :oir present ac:i N as equ:vo-
cal H
Il da Got presume TO lie leader"
answered Alr. Donglass. but il have
advoc4 ted the cause Of the coiored peo-
pie it is not bscau4e am a Eegro,
bat because / am man. The
same Impulse which would move m, to
jump into the water to stve a white
child from drnwni7g, canses me to
espouse the cause of the down-troddtn
and cypress wherever l find thsm
Mr.. Lincoln and Mr. Samner were
leaders of the coloreG people far greater
than /, sn humble citizen, can ever
hope to bs. They were both white men.
What effect, then, can the affairs of my
| privat: life have upon my principles of
justice? | want for the colored people
equal rights and advantages OF CITIZEN
ship, and for those Objects I am still
working just and earnestly and sha all con-
tinue t. do so until TIE end"
at is said that your action r, fl cts I'M
favorably uron the women OF the color
ed race, and viii consequently have ru-
nous effect upon your political future ~
Il have no political aspirations l
am getting well along IN years now, and
| wish only to live quietly and peace
ably, doing all the good can. All this
excitement, then, is caused by my mar
| rage with woman lew shades lighter
than myself. If l Ii d married black
womrn ;here would have been nothing
said about it. Yet the disparity in our
compilations would have been the same.
l am not an African, as may be seen from
my features and hair; and it is equally
easy to discern that am not Caucasian.
ThCrs are many colored ladies of
my acqaintsnce who are as good as l
and yet in affairs of this nature who is
t. decide the why and the wherefore?
haye been associated with the lady
who has become my wife for some time
past. came to know her well and was
pleased with her, and she, l hope, with
me. conceive" said he, in conclusion.
''that there is no division of races. God
| Almighty made but one race.
adopt the theory that in time
the varieties of race will be
blended into one. Let US look back
when the black ard white people were
distinct in This country In $50 years
there has been grown up a million of
intermediate. And this will continue.
You may say that Frederick Douglass
considers hims If member of the one
race which exists
Mr.. Douglass stated that the disparity
in ages has been exaggerated. The lafy
has attained her 4e,h year