The national leader., 1889-02-09
An Open Letter to Senator Morgan.
OfAlabama, Through the Columns
of the s'NatIonal Leader,
90 GROVE ST.. BosroN, MASS.

29 GROVE ST.. BOSTON, MASS.
SIR:-Recognizing the fact that it is
my right as citizen of this grand Re-
public TO note and critlcise the acts
and utterances OF its public servants,
and In pursuance of that right, there
fore address you this letter. 1 have
often read your discourteous language
and the cpl that you seem to de-
light to indulge in toward a people
whose misfortune it was to have been
ens'aved In one Of the most dlabolical
institutions ever known In ancient or
modern civilization, but your language
in the Senate chamber on Wednesday.
the 10th inst, about the young negroes
of Alabama was wanton in every par
ticular, and proves beyond doubt that
you art not philosopher. And such
course as you pursued can not but be
condemned by every fair minded man,
be he Democrat or Republican. The
course which you, Oates and Vest. of
Missouri are pursuing clearly demon.
strates that you and they are some Of
the few that yet remain of the old
school of the notorious Bob Toombs,
who has long since gone to his reward,
and If there is such a place as I0ppet
land have no doubt but that there is, J
and according to his deeds he certainly
must be among the lowest of It's in
habitants. aud [ should regret very
much to know that any of the despised
negroes should be found there in his
company. In your attitude toward the
negro, you are SHINING against light and
knowledge, and if persisted in, will in
my opinion, be more toerable for
Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of
judgment, than 1t will be for you.
God will not always chide, neither
will lie keep his anger forever. I"
In your wOuld-be magnanimous offer
TO Senator Blair, OF New Hampshire,
Ia man whom God made and honors,
you should remember that the negroes
are 10 more yours to give and to sell
as you please, they are no more goods
and chattels, but they are citizens of
this country as much SO as you are.
and Can 60 whenever and wherever
they please, if they have the means to
go with. 1t is or 1t should be to your
everlasting shame when you attempt to
hold up to public gaze the imperfec-
tiOns Of the negroes of this country,
and try thereby to antagonize and I'm.
pede the progress of people who are
indeed without doubt the truest and
most loyal citizens Of this Republic,
especially are they such when COM
pared with the whites of the Southern
States. If we are thieves your ances-
tors set the example by stealing US
from the shores of Africa, and con-
tinued the outrage upon their children
and their children's children down to
within the memory Of the present gen.
GRAFTON, and you and such as you would
still continue it, had not the Govern.
ment which they love and uphold de.
prived you of the power. Still, angry
over your defeat, but not daring open
resistance, yet burning with revenge,
you seek it in abusing these unfOrtu-
nate people and throw every obstacle
you Can think Of in the way of their
advancement. You extend them no
aid in their efforts to improve their
condition. You cheat and wrong them
Out OF their wages. They are treated
with scorn aud contempt In your
presence. You oppose schools for their
AuoGA uSoiOA' AHCJ lCCOiFo uObuluS UuG
Indifference and injustice in your
courts. and nothing but bludgeons and
bullets. if they resist unprovoked and
wantOn attacks of violence upon their
persons. or attempt casting a ballot
contrary t. your wishes or desires.
And though you have made them
oil that they are that is detestable. you
have the shamelessness to villify them
in Congress before the whole country
and express your desire for their re-
moval from that portion of it which
you dishOnor and represent. Verify, a
people thus robbed Of every right
which renders life desirable, what is
left for them but to fee from such a
community OF white-skinned rascals.
To seek some more hospitable locality,
shake the dust from their feet, and
leave forever your detestable State.
Respectfully,
w. H. PHILLIPS.
HON. JOHN F. MORGAN, u. S. Senate,
" ashlngio on, d. g.
JANUARY %, 1889.