The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-01-29

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SENATOR INGALLS,. refused to assimilate
with the two great human families the
Monaghan and African. Mr.. ingalls, pro-
ceeded:
On the threshold OF our second century we
are confronted with the most formidable and
portentous problem over submitted TO free
people Tor s'lItion-complex, unprecedented,
involving social moral, and political considera-
lions, party supremacy, aud in the estimation
OF many-though not in my own-the existence
OF our system of government. Let me state the
arithmetic OF this problem In 1850 there were
in the United states 100000 negroes, slaves
and free In 1870 there were 4, $50 900; in 1880
o,5S0O)O, an increase which can only be ac-
counted for on the principle OF premeditated
and Intentional fraud on the census. AT the
cloie OF this century. probably. there will not
be less than l5O00,OOJ OF the black and colored
race on TINS continent.
The problem is etill further complicated by
the TACT that they are gregarious. They in
stinctively separate themselves into their own
communities, with their own habits, their own
customs, and their own methods OF life The
line or cleavage between whites and blacks is
becoming constantly more distinct and per-
cepiible. Politically they affiliated with tho
victors in the late civil war. Socially aud by
locality and residence they are sociated with
the Nanquished. VIII the experiment that has
Jailed elsewhere succeed here2 Can the black
race exist as citizens OF the United States on
terms OF political equality with the Caucasian
race? And II not Why not?
The Speaker then quoted a remark of
Fred Douglas, that, as prejudice and So
clal and polite i antagonism disap-
Peared the races would blend. The
Senator did not agree with this belief, as
there was no natural affinity between the
races. After praising the colored people
for their fidelity 10 the South during the
war, he said:
1t seems incredible that gratitude should not
have defended and shielded them from the hid
"A a MI erin Df
which they have been for II quarter OF Il century
the guiltless and unresisting victims. The
same impulse which made them loyal To their
masters throughout tie war has made them
faithful 10 their deliverers since Therallogiance
20 he party OF Lincoln and Grant il persistent
and answering Their in stincts were more in
fallible than reason. They have voted with their
friends.
Mr.. ingalls, went on 10 speak of the de-
termination of the South TO eliminate
tho negro as a factor from its political
and social history. and quoted evidence
on that point from Democratic newspa-
pers and Democratic politicians. He
continued
The pretexts for this condition Of things have
be- many. but they all rest upon the inferiority
OF the African ra e. upon the fear OF negro SUI
prenacy. L confess with humiliation that TO
this notification OF the Constitution, TO this
breach OF pbghted faith. the denial OF the nat
urhl rshts OF mau, the people OF the North
have apparently cousen ell PiHcticaly-I say
II with shame and remorse-the negroes have
been abandoned To- their tn. There are un-
doubtedly some thoughtful men in the south
who apprehend coming events and would viii
lingly relinqUish the right 10 representation il
the states could be PERMITTED TO impose the
ne - condition upon suffrage. But this is i'm
possible. IL would shock the sense OF mankind.
The gods cannot recall their gifts. Educational
qualifications AID other qualifications would
only postpone the crisis. 40 ,nav be POSTPONED
for genera ION or il may be PR cipitHted AZ the
next Presidential election. but ! warn those
/ u M TIM
suffrage That he North and the West and the
Northwest viii not consent 10 have their nsti-
iutlons, their industries, their wealth aud their
CIVILIZATION changed, modified or destroyed 10y a
Government resting upon deliberate and habit
ual suppression OF the coloIed vote or any other
vote, 10y force or by fraud
Sooner or later here i'll he armed collision
between the races. The South is standing upon
| volcano IL is breeding innumerable John
Browns and Nat Turner's. Already murmurings
II discomfort by hostile ORGANIZATIONS are heard
mo use OF the torch and the dagger Is ad vised.
dellOre IL but, a. God is my nudge, say that
no other people ON the face OF the earth have
ever submitted 20 the wrongs and injustice
which have been for twenty five years put upon
The colored men Of the south without reyolu-
ton ard blood. Applause from the negroes in
the gallery The conduct OF the col0red race
has been beyond all praise. They have been
patient they have been loyal; they have been
dCcile 20 their masters and 30 the country.
Mr.. ingalls, went OH TO warn the South
of the natural con sequences of its course
toward the colored people, saying:
Despotsm makes nihilists. Injustice Is the
grent manufnctOry OF dynamite A man who ia
n thief robs himself A murderer inficts u
deeper wound on him self than that which Stays
| his victim The South, in imposing chains ON
The African race, lays heavier manacles on it.
self than those with which &c burdens tire help
| less slave. And those who denying to
| American citizens the privileges 81 freedom
hould remember that there is nothing so I'M
rottable as injustice. aud that God is an un-
| ftlenting creditor. Silent ii may be, tArdy and
gl.s tttf
Behind the wrong-d oer stalks the menacing
| specter Of vengeance and Of retribution.
Mr.. ingalls, then went on TO speak OF an
| outrage committed IN Aberdeen, Miss, on
the day of Jefferson Davis funeral, when
German timer. n citizen of Indiana,
accidentally lin the course OF his work.
let fall from house roof n cable which
had been stretched across the street by
the citizens. bearing the efiigy of the Sec
etary of War, with the inscription Red
| Proctor traitor" For this accident the
tir ner had been brutality whipped by one
Mcdonald with n whalebone coach whip
OF the largest size. receiving at least 200
lashes and being nearly blinded and ter
Iibly lacerated. Mcdonald had been ar
rested aud fined $50. ] he citizens i'm
medately subscribed twice the amount,
discharged the fine paid for the broken
whip, borght raj road ticket for the ic-
tim and sent him out of town. lie has
never been heard from since.
If, he continued. an outrage like that
had cen inflicted on an American citizen
III England. in France, in Spain, any,
where on the face of the earth, and if
there had not been instantaneous disa-
vowal and repnration, million men IN
this country would have sprung 10 arms
to a'enge the outrage and wrong.
The Senator went on to say that race
antagonism applied only to the colored
man IN the South when he desired 10 vote
the Republican ticket. If the colored
men theie were all Democrats the race
question would be over.
THE Rev. Mr.. Lamb--You shouldn't
display such an aversion to Miss GIVE,
God loves her, you know, just ~ He
does you or me. Miss Kidd-Well. if
God loves such faces rs hers I shall