The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-02-01

once SAID to me that he thought, as
prejudice and social and political an
tagonism disappeared, the races would
blend, coalesce and become homogen-
eous. l do not agree with him. There
is no natural affinity between the races.
This solution of the problem is impos-
slble. The relations between the sexes
in the time of slavery were compulsory.
The hybrid was the product of relations
between white fathers and black moth
ers, and never between black fathers
and white mothers. And the inference
from that result (ethnographically) is
the conclusion of that question. Such
a solution, in my judgment, would per-
petuate the vices of both races and the
virtues of neither. There is no blood
poison so fatal as adulteration of race.
The colored people, he continued, are
here. They are natives; they are clti-
zens, man for man they are our politl-
cal equals. They came here lnvolun-
tarily, as prisoners of war, captured in
fight. They are of ancient lineage
genuine F. F. VS.. Laughter.
After praising the colored people for
their fidelity to the South during the
war, he said:
1t seems incredible that gratitude
should not have defended and shielded
them from the hideous and lndescriba-
bic wrongs and crimes of which they
have been, for quarter of century,
the guiltless and unresisting victims.
The same impulse which made them
loyal to their masters throughout the
war has made them faithful to their de-
liverers since. Their allegiance to the
party of Lincoln and Grant is persist
ent and answering. Their instincts
were more iDfallible than reason. They
have voted with their friends.
Mr.. ingalls, went on to speak of the
determination of the South to eliminate
the negro as a factor from its political
and social history, and quoted evidence
on that point from Democratic news
papers and Democratic politicians. He
sent to the Clerks desk and had read
extracts from the Jackson, Miss,
Clarion, just before the election seven
teen days ago, in which the interroga-
ton, "Who cares2 The Bolton boys
will be here Monday there will be a
fair election" was repeated dozen
times, the only difference being the
name of the companies to be there was
changed. When the last interrogatory
was read Mr.. ingalls, said: "They were
all there" amid much laughter. Mr..
ingalls, then read the statement of
correspondent that the election at Jack
son was the most outrageous he had
ever seen, and that the town had been
taken possession of by "Toughs with
Winchester rifles" and held throughout
the day. In this extract it was said
that Senator Georges son was one of
the r1emen.
Resuming, MIR. ingalls, saiu Ine
pretexts for this condition of things
have been many. But they all rest
upon the inferiorlty OF the African race
upon the fear of negro supremacy. l
confess, with humiliation, that to this
notification of the Constitution, to this
breach of pGghted faith, this violation
of the natural rights of man the people
of the North have apparently consented.
Practically q say it with shame and re-
morse) the negroes have been aban-
doned to their fate. There are un-
doubtedly some thoughtful men in the
South who apprehend coming events
and would willingly relinquish the right
to representation if the State could be
permitted to impose the race condition
upon suffrage. But this is impossible.
1t would shock the sense of mankind.
The gods cannot recall their gifts. Edu-
catlonal qualifications and other qualf-
cations would only postpone the crisis.
1t may be postponed for a generation
or it may be precipitated in the next
Presidential election ; but | warn those
who are perpetratlng these wrongs upon
the suffrage that the North and the
West and the Northwest will not con-
sent to have their institutions, their in
dustrles, :heir wealth and their civiiza-
ton changed, modified or destroyed
by government resting upon deliber-
ate and habitual suppression of the col
ored vote or any other vote, by force
or by fraud. Sooner or later there
would be armed collision between the
races. The South is standing upon
volcano. The South is sitting on the
safety-valve. They are breeding in
Vulnerable John Browns and Nat Tur-
ners. Already mutterings OF discon-
tent, hostile organizations are heard.
The use of the torch and the dagger
is advised. l deplore it; but, as God
Is my judge, say that no other people
on the face of the earth have ever sub
mitted to the wrongs and injustice
which have been for IS years put upon
the colored men of the South without
revolution and blood. [Applause from
the negroes in the gallery. The con-
duct of the colored race had been hey.
ond all praise. They have been patient !;
they have been loyal; they have been
docile to their masters and to the coun-
try. Timon of Athens said at is not
enough to help the feeble, but to sup
port him after"
Until 1877 the unstable fabric erect
ed by the architects OF reconstruction
was upheld by the military authority OF
the United States, and when this was