The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-09-14

the negro as tool to place thel
into power, they take the sam
Democrat that they told us was S
barbarous, SO mean and such
disgusting object TO look on, an
90 arm in arm with HIM to the Ia
bic and feast, and ii the negro
there he is there as a flunky
Huge laughter and applause.
! "If you should go to hell Il
search for voters you might find I
few Greenbackers there, asking fo
the imitation OF the currency; vol
might find few prohibitionist.
asking for a drop OF cold water
you might find a few Democrat,
who are asking that they be pro.
lected in their States rights views
but of the few Republicans there.
when you find them, you will find
every mothers son of them hold
ing a negro between his own skin
and the fire. Wild and tumultu-
Gus applause. say to you, and
challenge successful contradic-
ton or dispute upon this point,
that If citizenship means anything
to the negro at all it means that he
has the right TO intelhgently eXer-
else his franchise just as do white
men. Ii citizenship means any
thing TO the negro it must mean
that he must think something
about public questions which agi-
tate the public mind. If citizeli4
ship means anything at all to the
negro, it means that he must be a
man, use his own brains, make
friends wherever he can, and vote
as God gives him TO see the right.
| Applause. | tell you it is an un
fortunate state Of affairs if what
you tell me is true, that the negro
must forever remain a thorn in the
flesh of the body polite here. |
say to you, gentlemen, and | mean
it, that the negroes have as many
true, DEVOTED, warm friends in the
South as they have any anywhere
else. Applause. There are men
there who would fight for them. |
know whereof | speak, but a few
INSCRIPTIONS graveyard hyenas,
born and constituted like that
emaciated, caustic, bitter, vitupera-
tive bug from Kansas called Ingalls,
they tell you that if a negro de-
3lares TO vote the Democratic tick
et it is evidence OF the fact that he |
S a traitor to his race and don't |
leserve his freedom. and ought to
)e again enslaved. Why the teach
RS down South tell them-those
hat they call their teachers-when
hey say their prayers, TO say:
Now lay me down to sleep,
want to be "A Republican!
LGushter.l
Oh Lord my soul take,
Because Pm Republican.
More laughter. Well, thew have
nit that. Forty-seven negroes
Tho have their homes III Indiana
ave sent a letter TO Mr.. Jewett,
le chairman of the Democratic ]
late Central Committee, pleading |
lat they may be recognized by e
le local County Committees, and {
TX TO 20 among their own breth-
N and tell them that they need
} longer be afraid, that their
ghts would be as well protected C
, Democrats as by Republicans.
"My feilow-Democrats, | don't a
sire to weary you. There are a Ii
eat many things | would like TO II
y 10 you. Cries of Go on Il
0 or. | want to say, and will v,
Y now, that when they talkabout nj
nigh protective Tariff will dis 81
SIS it in one or two sentences al
against the reduction which Mr.. nc
lis asks, from AZ to 40 per cent. tb
: negro answers it in this wav IN
He says, off your protec- nj
n is 10 protect manufac- wi
'ers, when no negro can be ff
ployed in those manufacturers,
" in the name of high heaven tb
/ we be interesledIn your tariff? re-
pplause. We dismiss it that ri
Y. Aud now IN conclusion, let an
ask you Democrats 10 be har- if
nous. When a negro Demo on
t asks for harmony it onght 10 lie
forthcoming. If you Demo fol
is will act with harmony, why IN,
news will go out from here, 10,
| it will be so influential that mr.,
m The lakes of the North TO The eo
Ii OF the South, and from the en-
antic to the Pacific, every babe, Ih,
n from now until after the elec- ga,
l will want 10 hurrah for CleYe- IN;
d. Loud and tremendous ap- of
use. ho
rom the published proceedings
the Board of Supervisors Of sb,
nrOe county, it would seem some ~