The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-03
THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH.
"A Frank Democratic AvOwaI of How He Will
Be Treated in the Future


Be Treated in the Future,
r. c. Long, Democratic eandidatefor eleetor in
the State of Mississippi evidently has the cour-
age of his convictions not only, but the honesty
to avoW the real purposes of his party in regard
to the ealored citizenship, The New Era thus
reports his utseranees at Madison;
Il was sent out by the executive committee to
hunt votes. These are articles that we want and
want bad, and I'm going to have them. AL
though L am one of the Democratic electoral can
oluates, shall not attempt to discuss the tariff
question, because Idop't know anything about it.
and have yet tomeet man who does With us
there are internal questions of more vital i'm
portance than all the national questions. In
Ohls state We have a multiplicity of political
parties but out of all the isms and theories
which are 0elng advanced and advocated there
can De but two words spelled-one of these is
'wnte man, and the other 'nigger'-and this,
practically is the only question which thu white
men OF this State are called upon to solve at the
coming election.
Il desire to say to YOU black men that the
White people OF this State have tolerated your
toolshness Just about long enough. You have
opposed us in everything we have undertaken
since your emancipation. In every step we
nave taken forward, your hands have been at our
threats to retard us; YOU have not aided or as
sisted us in any manner. and we want you to
understand that we don't owe you anything
Whatever rights or privileges you. now enjoy is
Ol-
because of any obligation that rest upon u.s.
tOne thing Won might as well understand first
as last and that is you not going to rule this
government; and we are getting tired of having
our minds diverted from questions which affect
the prosperity and material advancement of the
State by your pretensions at each recurring
election in this direction We dc, not intend to
ese wbo has Vo 10 F9pe anybody
won't tolerate it. You may think that the alli-
ance you have made with the socalled indie
pendents renders you more formidable, and
orightens your chances of success but let me
tell youths no combination of circumstances
can render this possible mean what / say |
and | can tell you that the Democratic |
majority in this State is getting to be bad |
thing to tread upon, especially when the horns |
are sticking up and another thing can tell you |
is that the Democratic majority in this State is |
no longer tt-headed insttution-it now has
horns and you had bette not fool with it.
There has never been but bne serious conflict in
this State between the white man and the mig
ger. don't want to SEQ. recurrence of this
but don't you forget thayye are not going to see
this government 60 intfhe bands of anybody
who promises you half Pc offices There is not
man among you WIZ If he was worth ten
thousand dollars, wou select one of his own
race as an executor onis will You have nor
learned to appreciated II protect the virtue and
chastity of your lwouSi. We have been taking
money out of our nfets for twenty years to
pay for the educatioof your children aud out
side of the mere mebanieal art of reading and
writing and a supeTelal knowledge OF the geog-
raphy of the eouiry there has been no ad-
vancement. sMoIyy and socially there has been
no advancement IA there are lots of Demo
Gratis who are getag tired of this school tax.
when our anstors were planning an expe-
dition to traversnnknowp seas which led ito
the discovery oslls continent. Your ancestor
was crawling OF a cave with a club in his
hand to look ia lizard for his breakfast 1t 1
required centes for us to reach our present
advanced poson We had first to learn what
liberty was, d then we had to fight for it. and
don't you foat that we are not going to turn
this governJnt over to you or to any dema- A
gogue whofou may follow. But l love the
niger; he.a convenient fellow to have around
and 1 wounot live in country that did not
have theundl want more of them to come
Gvoice fro the audience: No we don't1 Mr.
Long we do. i don't care if they stand as :
thick ase palmetto on the coast, they will not
be in til ay as far as the government is con D
cernedN we are going to have a constitutional
convert IN less than eight months; that con
ventio7lll be controlled by white men: fnooone
but we men will be allowed a vote there: the A
angeaoriel himself would not be allowed
voted don't You forget that the status of the
niggis factor in the politics of this State
wilHn be fixed. Then we want them to -
con There are thousands OF niggers in Georgia u.
aniaoama who are working for from . to 30 u
ceper day, while in South Florida especially
we being compelled to pay from 81. Is to So
az We want more labor