Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-11
SENATOR HIGGINS.
L,s FIRST SPEECH IN THE Y
S. SENATE.


Union.
r,,u,,eros, March l0.-Senator
,'.'.,. oi pelawsrs addressed the
~ ,Nt, afternoon, speaking In favor
.asWsr Educational bill. The senti-
..,,rd lire OF arsument Of tho sena-
c,.rsrh was as follows;
n. educational bill sill, he thought,
a q. nac. at the iose. The conclusion
,,Icd uJoa him from time to time
!, Willie ibis was nation, composed
mn, states, the people were In many
n distressing Tespocts two peoples.
.atl,l structure OF the North has
Suul,l on white free labor, that
4. South on black slave labor; and
;sergenc!os between toe TIVE ,sso-
vaus organized has remained and
1ued VI the present day.
n regarded tbs measure - one Pc
n, WITHIN The .c0p, or the nAtionsl
rnre en-, "a teuding to tho dnAl crAdi-
a Of those differences between the
sriIols and to tho making them not
n, one uallou, but one people. The
bprcllOOs we're lying 10 day 10 differ
E,rUtll atuo'pheies all growing out
,lse dlyefasncic' which were laid at
|, YER, !cur la,icn # tho government.
nj Il teeuta to him that they would
q. secon. uue people until tlioy became
n Al ,sspese hOmogenous--idsntical In
kh,r.s,e ,al W ,tarsctoristics. Until
SAss CAGE 10 pa. here would continue
y h tAus continual conflicts In which
bst t,ultp Werripusly concerned.
lilrrN 70 hlm that whether con-
fauaT Or not 'he sauth, when the re-
slHa sn pat down aud slavery de-
ffyt4 hsiurael its back upon its
|afnftal t1rret i,a lace To q new
stsr. Thi' i ha done involuntarilv
iea Of higher power, by the law oi
snlor imposed upon /, BY the act OF
tt railoa. ..'-..- ....
After suffrage lad been conferred upon
blacks tie Sguth, as we'll a. the
bith, was committed to tho task and
auiy oI eluo"tug all its citizens.
|irn lla South Lad taken the frst long
Prde toward the eslahllshmeu! of lie
fIl0h bile by SIDE with the North In
kd:vropmen, Of its industries In the
Finapalcn Of its people from all the
ltd'hn that had been the consequences
% coneolnilants OF slavery. There
Y urged today against tho bill a the
iolg II afgument that could be made
Ehss II HE splrud.d progress which
\ south bad so steadily made. Its
'les' 10 manufactures, its railways, It's
''As, lis agriculture, sven its schools.
~ aii brought up in the Senate In
Vsr 10 slow that the South had 40 far
gfrssed That 1t no Logger needed auv
whatever ltom the nation. He did
'eoncede that TO be the case. In the
iislilural STATE Of Virginia there was |
~ ,,,,, r's'' ss s. among ihe farming com. |
lnitl, $ ne same was the case in
''n carolina, South Carolina and In
ssnsoi'ufai s.a'. portions OF Georgia aud |
,Moughouf them all, throuehous ths |
AFofor, which was called upon 10
k problem OF education. the
'hi TO depend upon the outcome
= you'd not say the uncertain but
I titan Weakness Of agricultural
..hH 1l0he. 1t seemed to him that n
.slslI e1rdlion Of those etstca was
aputd with the c4ndiliOn Of ~ other
W. Of toe South that we wsfS essioy.
as Oeatiils of the jevelorfhsnt OF
.a'laiacinrcs and commerce ~ eay
~. s.a,s 81 COMPARING il Wifi the rfrat |
~ ~ ile enormous disadvantage
=. - " seen under which they restsd
aaNuas n The problem oi tho education
~ Nope aud OF the removal of the
,,stlall !. Of illiterscy.
!. ~ o. Seet upon two grcat facts
!. ~ Y 'ctacy exi'tef, and that the
.4.s LOl possessed OF ths means
,aailc ~ meet it.
~ nggllls went on to rsplv IN tho
11'l. |S5 llal one effect OF the bill |
M rs..s ee 10 destroy the spirit Of the |
aa ", !eop'e, 10 lake away from them |
a"aisl force and to emasculxte tho |
" ia strength and vIgor, Ho
, uA' experience did not bear out |
1ll.ht, and pointed to the fact |
(ss.ies lilies received state AID for com. |
n%,ls EN-, and that tho states them
4, a. i,,.I received large aid In public
Ikou," "sm su the general government
h,i any such bad eH, ct following, |
h in o,,it aneit we're seriously urged, |
ANA T'lei ,' TO be loyal and candid ii
lVs,'SSS'u,u SSuu bent on every state 10 civ.
b Il TX, H, 'uld, and to leave the sup.
tatoa AZ, common schools TO local
n.iitn,irp,s. AZ TO the question OF
h. Ffo,n !, J NO had no trouble about
l7S7 10 tts ,ae a NorthwesIsrn ordinance
iLe " r,'ss We pft'tnt time public lsnds
ll.d d ,ss 'as Of public lands wsrs
'Fo,et. wv 4eH states Tor educational
Nv + s9F,a, snl,, he said, had . rIrh. to ak
9 larn sanll children II they hal
seg,s ssa - 90 the cause of educa,inn @
Problem VA, ne east responsible Tor
black !, lhe South had said: ..Keen
/ man s aan In slavery" Alter ~
5"K.an" "as 'ree the South had ,tiii
Imam. K I'm !. ~ tho subor,lina,ion ri
.1,,a'" We .,a But the nation IiyM h.d ssId: II
W. u,iI gong to make the blaoks
vii y,v. WI glye them civil rirhts
ani 'e ealin .len the suffrage In YOUR
. Jaelp 10 make them govsrn
iorseS as' :, e the whole p.obism oiv haI
10 tuu vs,a a. on the South by ths powsr var
p,l 'v"rfal w,r government, hy % tSe
tia, IN MY !, aud werd. il sssm.a ~ ~
he ii l,ra.s 10 ,.s lish, of such iscis "su sS..o 20
IN sss, 'ss equity on th. aide oi the
d to @ ANY, oiIylag that they should 'Ss Ss
ioroea9 w '9ise " the problem which ' b's "
. viii ~ " a'nst their own viii an IA
u pa'y vas sres,
!, We savs her castorIa
," sho NASa fpi,,