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refuge The oppressed o every race and every cline
our second century. We. are confronted viii
ever submitted 10 free people for soiution1 f,S1
SDd ogSynE soc
premScy. % | and. % in the estimation Of Jam many ny
syStS$ Si government. lss solution viii SSi ao;
the present and Of the iuiure. to pre-.
vent a crisis that may become, a. cataP.
EGTdeS eSnTdon With h0%S nH P%3S &
purpose. with fearless scrutiny, without sub.
terfuRe, and without reserve. Let me state Il
the most I'm pasaloned and powerful OF all the
orators Of the South-now, unfortunately. nc
mSscE Sp from SS' tie s0Sthe SSa FSa
M I1FSllT IE Il. .hsrSSpo9 sSpt to tie Clerk. Clerk.
oration before tho Boston Chamber OF Com
meTce; and then went on to say:
lem; IN 1850 there were in the United States
10000 negroes; g e.; slaves so and M free & In 1870
SPease Which, sSy IN ip passins can ony be- ne
counted for on the principle OF premedltated
ana Intentional fraud on tho census. At the
less than ,15O0O.0oo OF the black and colored
Ta. race on this e9n!inept 1 The problem is etill
nre srosSpoS Toy snSs ne
themselves into their own communities; with
their own habits their own customs. their own
4.
They are taught separately, The line of
cleavage between whites aud blacks is becom-
R There Sh is neither RAM % nor sbsorpsion
nor. assimilation. Politically they, are hfilli-
ated with the yictors in the late civil war. So
sssociated with the vanauished. Win the ex-
pertinent that has failed elsewhere succeed
the Uuited states % on terms Of Of p Political sauel L
ity. with the Caucasian racer And IT not. why
FIRED Douglass. the most illustrious living
representative OF the negro race-Rreater.. l
think. by his Caucasian reinforcement than by
thoush s as Snd s sosa and poca @
antagonism disappeared, the races would
blend: coalesce aud become homogeneous. |
the problem is Impossible; The. relations be-
sS eHfs ha 1Ssd ss %S q hs %
mothers, and never between black fathers and
result. etbnoGraphically, is tho conclusion OF
that question. Such a solution, In my judy
poison SO fatal as adulterntion OF race.
oorSa SsEe h
They came here inyoluntariy as prisoners Of
IN h THEY 81 1nSs1. 0t
the South during the war. he ssid: 1t seems
Tended and shielded them from the hideons
and indescribable wrongs and crimes Of which
T
Impulse which made them loyal to their mas
ters throughopt the war has made them faith
to the party Of Lincoln and Grant lie persistent
and unswervinR. Their instincts were moro
ipiallibIe than reason They have voted with
Mr.. ingalls, went on to speak of the deter
mination Of the South to eliminate the negro
fror1 ttav and ol fat0
and quoted evidence on that point from Demo-
cratic newspapers and Dsmoeratio politicians.
from Ssokson & hta
he dsss ago n
fair election" was repeated dozen times, the
only difference being the name OF tho COM
last interrogatory was read Mr.. ingalls, said:
=" They were all there" amid much laughter
Mr.. lngalls then read the statement OF CORE
town had been taken possession Of !. by toughs
the led day. In this extract It was said that sena.
vas Of shS ~
upon the inferiority Of the African race. upon
the fear q negro a saprsmacy; i, confess With
to. this breach Of ,piighted faith.
this violation Of the natural riGhtsof man. the
Il W and
the negroes have been abandoned to their fate.
There are undoubtedly some thoughtful mon
REPRESENTATIVES ii the States could be permitted
Eut nRSS RSs so E nSossSa sB0f %oad ESef
reeai f'ni their efts Educational 0oe apscS shfeS.
postpone f % the Crisis. Il may be- postponed i for
9 generation: Or i may be pFecipitated IA the
n6TD6tFAttnR these
Northwest will not consent to have their insti:
their civilization changed. modified. or de-
stroyed By Government resting upon delib;
vote or any other vote. by force or By fraud.
Sooner or later there would be armed collision
the raTf g6%b Ths South % f. tPeg
John Browns and Nat Turner'S. Already NUT
:seSs sE9Ss Of aS Tno h0as' SFE1R
dSplore 4; but. as GOd God e ny Judge s9ythat
,yer submitted to the wrongs and injustice
which have boon for twenty-five years put up |
ution and blood. Applause from the negroes
n the gallery.l The conduct OF the colored |
had been beyond all praise They thsyy have
~ Tfmon OF Athens said: It is not enough
is ia9 the abra sreceed
lrehitects OF reconstruction was upheld BY the
military authority OF the United States. and |
Yhen this was Withdrawn the incongruous ed
fice topp!ed headlong and vanished like the
,aseless fabric OF a Vision"
Mr.. ingalls, went on TO warn the South OF the |
natural consequences OF its.coprse toward the |
olored people. "DeepotiJm." he said. makes
Jlhilists Injustice is the great manufactory
4 dynamite, A man who is . thief robs him
elf; an adulterer pollutes himself; Q muir
erer inflicts q deeper wound on himself than
hat which .slays his Victim: The South. in
mnoainu chains on the African race lays
eavier manaclcs on itself than those with
1hich II burdens the helpless slave: and those
Tho are denying to American citizens the priv
eges OF freedom should remember that there
nothing so unpro0table as inIustice and that
O. tardy and slow It may be. but inexorablo
nd relentless. Behind the wrongdoer stalks
no menacing spectre OF vengeance and OF
Mr. Ingalls, then went on to speak OF an out
age committed in Aberdeen. Miss. on the day
I Jefferson Davies funeral, when a. German
nner. a citizen Of Indiana; accidentally. In the
ourse OF his work. let fall from house roof
able bearing the effiRy OF the Secretary OF