St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-24

ming:
''Chained in the market place he stood,
man of giant frame
The conscience of New England had
not been aroused to sense of the
enormity of the slave system until it
had become Improbable. [Laughter.]
Besides, large part of the people of
the United States had not contemplated
the freeing of the negro in the war for
the Union. When the negro was freed
he had been given the franchse-not
for the purpose of perpetuating the Re-
publican party. That calumny had
grown old enough to be superannuated
and placed on the retired list. Ii the
negro was not here, Mr.. ingalls, said. he
thought the people of the United States
to-day would hesitate tn invite him here.
with the experience of two centuries of
slavery and twenty-five years of ostenSi-
ble freedom, he believed that they would
prefer to have remained in asso-
cation with their brethren on
Tie dark continent. But the negr1
lineage-in fact, genuine F. +. VS..
Laughter By their sobriety and stead
lness they had justified the Judgment
OF those who had believed them better
than the brute race. But TO what did
their freedom amount' Their citizen
ship was such only in name. The black
vote of the South was practically sup
pressed. Senators, euitorS and the lead
ers of the South had announced their i'll
tentlon of breaking the control of the
negro. Henry w. Grady had said:
''W hen will the negro cast a free bal
lot?'' On that point Mr.. ingalls, said he
had other testimony to off r. and he
would call only Southern men and DEM
ocratS as witnesses. Mr. ingalls, read
an extract from the Memphis Avalanche,
commenting on what was called The
election in Mississippi last fall" Laugh
ter. The Avalanche had stated that
"Chalmers coul not get the Office of
governor. however large his majority
might be-" The senator said he would
not go into archaeological research for
illustration.
HE WOULD EXHUME NO CADAVERS.
This extract was printed in October.
last. On the 10Th Of that month the
Avalan :he had said deliberately that
the South did not propose to be gov
erned by the negro under any cOndi-
tiOns. On account of this condition of
affairs. Gen. Chalmers had withdrawn
from the race for governor. Mr.. ingalls,
quoted at length from Gen. Chalmers
address to the Republican voters of
Mississippi. He considered that adj
dress, he said, one of the most ira cic
utterances that had ever occurred in
political history. Seventeen days ago
there had been another election in Mis-
sissippl with which the country was
somewhat familiar. He sent TO the
clerks desk to be read an extract from
the jackson Clarion. of Jan. 2. In this
extract was the constant reiteration
of the announcement that the Reg
ulars," the ''BulldOLers, ETC., would be
on hand to see that there was a fair
election" At the end of the enumera-
ton, Mr.. lngalls remarked, Senten-
tiously. They were all there. MIR.
President" daughter Mr.. ingalls,
read an extract from correspondence
about the election, telling that it hal
been controlled by Winchester rifles,
and that no negro had been allowed
within 100 yards of the voting place.
Mr.. Ingalls also read letter from a
federal officer. stating two sons of Sell
ator George had been in the crowd of
regulators, armed with Winchesters and
wearing badges headed ''WhIte SUI
prtmacy." Was it any wonder. he said.
That Democrats themselves had become
alarmed at this condition of affairs?
Mr.. Ingalls, read an eXtrrct from an in
terview with Hon. Frank Burkett.
Democrat who said that there We're
TWO DLMOCRAT1C FACTIONS
in Mississippi. Equally honest"-"A
valuable admission" said the senator.
Laughter. The state of Mississippi,
said Mr.. Burkett. stood to-day between
Winchester rifles and feieral interfer-
ence. The South. said MIR. Ingalls,, ev-
identity intended to deprive the negroes
of their vote and of their independence;
and practically the North had arqui-
nSppd in this EnrrpI Il
been made to pass vii rights laws and
federal election laws, but they had
failed. The negro had been abandoned
by the North. But he wished tu warn
tile people of the South that the North,
the West, the East would not allow their
commerce, their manufactures and
their social condition to be modified by
executive aud co Igressional majorities
obtained by the suppression OF the col
Ored vote or of any other vote.
No one could tell how long
this patient endurance of the Nor il
would continue: but that the crisis
would come. in peace or i'll bIooi. was
the npXorable decree OF fate. Ii this
condition of affairs continued nothing
| could avert armed collision between the
races in the South. Ultimately the col
| Ored race would be strong enough to re-
! Sist violence and inte ligent enough To
| resist fraud. The South was standing
| on a volcano. 1t. WAS sitting OH the
safety valve. 1t was breeding innumera-
| bic John Browns and Nat Turner's. AL
| ready the use of the torch and the dag
| gar was advised. He depored it: but
as God was his Judge no other race in
| the history of the world had submitted
to the wrongs heaped upon thA negro i'll
| the last twenty-five years without
| REVOLUTION AND RI.uunSUEn-
Mr.. ingalls, sent to the clerks desk to
| be read newspaper extracts to show that
the "rheory of Ext nination" was
already being put into practice. In one
of these it was stated that l55 negroes
were lynched in Mississippi last year.
| The negro. the senator said. was no
| coward. lie had been brought here a
| prisoner of war. Th- Athen.ans had
erected statue to Esop, who was born
slave. The American nation should
also place the slave Upon an eternal
pedestal" His conduct had been most
admirable. DespotiSm made nihllists A:
| tyranny communists; injustice was the
| greatest manufacturer of dynamite
| The murderer wounded himself when
he stabbed his victim. The South should
remember that there was nothing so un-
profitable as injustice, and that God was
arelentlesS creditor. The South was in
| greater danger than the enfranchiSed
slave. 1t had loaded itself with
heavier manacles than those with
which it burdened the negro. There
was no affection between the North and
the South. he South had not forgiven
the North for its supremacy and super
iority. If the South could hold the
purse and the sword it was patriotic.
The South had not accepted the amend
ments of the constitution in good faith.
They had theil own heroes and anniver-
saries. They exalted their leaders
above the leaders of the Union cause.
Until these conditions were changed,
cooperation in solving the Southern
problem could not he expected from the
North. The South must tread the wine
press alone. He could understand the
reverence of the Southern people for
Jefferson Davis. He honored them for
their cOnstancy to that heroic man.
Ideas could never be annihilated. Nc
man was ever converted by being over
powered. Davis had not crooked the