Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-24
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nsehaoud commented e. follows npop
ssms 81 sho things be had nssissd q
- Virginia caiptai:
ssssns q % hare had oar eyes opeeed
6eun thern. We found ne pfel4ale
aaslnsi giving civil rlRnts % tns eelYsse
raan - strong thai We we're aeseAl.g
- danger 81 oar liFha foF ina4AAh& 2.
taking ool0Fed maa = the tneA1se. 9
crest mob gathered s. the doos SO
large foroa Of polices n syl, p.s1y -.
tie mob, was present tteff N
tIoaaahsd ws had % oiFe up RolaE. y
wna WhAl b called an .'eye 49,. =.
- Win Others. had bson Inclined y
f.e11nvo sh,,f tha stories about baii1oxinR
1890 rsen. and about refusing them
~ gs.hf - Vots thege. 9efe toll f0f
oampsien eject. BAT Ve found tney
go frne. 1hs people Of TIE nosta
hare 4 noor conception Of the real stats
~ nHafrn. The oui8red mechanics -
Hinhmond dont Get one-halt ths pay
fhaf men doing the same WORK q tne
Nofth -. We fonad that lhe pzsF..i-
lnp vase for 8oIored men al oFef lle
Hensh a from - 70 90 cents Der day. 70
raanufaeturina places thsy eEe RAid
abaut 30 pef cent. iesg t1an y palQ ~
piafabnkr ana other noEabaKn ettie4 Tor
doiua simiiaf wosk. Tbs question Was
Generally discussed among ne aeieRates
befsee 1 Isfl kiehmond, and zoe Rsaefal
eonainalon vas tkat i Wlll b ioz our ~
feFesta 10 Vota for members o. Congress
Who VII favor giving the c0lored men
theif n hts. When the delegates Rei
home from Riehmond the Republican
narsq will have q good many more
frIanfs than Il had before We vent
there
Itis not unlikely thai ovidanoe Of this
Kind viii he accepted By many Who hags
herssosors resolutsly closed Their ears
= Ell tho assertions which havs besn
maao oonoernine tbs state Of alIaira 10
ahs South. Il Is not unIlkely thai many
Via have looked upon ihe Republican
lsadegn a. Dol. headed agilatoEs. will
eonfess lhas Tiers Il something more
than mere campaign thunder II The
statement thai she negroes o. The soath
ara deprived Of the rights suaFantsed
to them By the Consultation and that
much Of the real work Of emancipation
Is yel 70 be accomplished.
whsnsysr . rase Is deprived Of iis
natuFal rights. ths Iabor Of that raeo is
cheap labor. Whenever q Glass Of pee
pie Is forced into ; position Of inferior
~. the labor Of those people Il denied
tha remuneration which u commanded
b he same labor whon porfeFmed By
members Of the dominant raea. focial
aEd oivil inequality means inequality Of
wages for The same work. This Il true
as general ruls. and Il is true IL the
Southern States today,
A. Iona e. The STATE Of Affairs CON-
manfed npon By the knight Of Labor
Who Il quoted. continues in The South,
70 long will the wofkinamen 81 the
North 81 compelled TO face the menace
q oompetition by undergrad labor In
lhe South. when the negro Of he
6oath Il accorded IN ihs fullest degree
ths political and personal riahts 70
whioh be is entitled. then, and not nntil
then, she negro labozer viii be paid the
wages which be earns. The menace Of
sheap noaro labor can only Be removed
b protecting tbs Negro in all The rights
10 whieh be Il eniitied. Perhaps this
ia most selfish INCENTIVE 10 The per
foFmanes Of great moral duty, bat u
b 90 inoonfivo which will eventually
prove all-poveFiul. The men Of the
North will move quickly enough 20 pro
teos TIE negro in biz rights when they
comprehend The fact that when be l.
deprived Of thoss rights q stunning
blow 4 struck al The lntsllieeus labor Of
the North.
In the past the South has boen de-
voted almost entirely 10 aRsicnlsares and
She labor Of the negro has been en-
pendad IN she cotton and ries fields.
Wiahin the past few years, however, the
development Of the mineral resources
Of the South has begun on q gigantic
scale. and tho iron manufacturers Of
BiFminRham ana Chattanooga are Al.
ssady formidable competitors q thoao
Of PltlsbHra and other Northogn cities.
This competition will increase from
rear 30 year. Il is q composition be.
tween the undeFpaid labor Of people
Who are denied their natural rights and
the lahor Of the North. II is CON-
position which caa end only 10 The de-
ntFnetion Of the Northern Industries,
unless the pay Of tie southern lAboror
i placed upon an equality with that Of
she laborel Of tAs North. That equality
can b reached only By protecting ths
negroes IN their LEGAL riRbts. ana aach
pzoteetlon viii be afforded b. the Re.
pnblioan party, o. not ~ al.