The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-02-06
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SHALL THE NEGRO GO?
The Emigration Bill Discussed in the Sem
ate.

+ the nited States. he began 0y quoting
Scripture, saying that the sins of the
father shall be- visited on the children.
It vas, be said, but another way of say.
iug that the mistakes and crimes of one
generation remain to plague another
generation. He sketcbed the introduc
ton OF slavery into this country, its de.
struction as the result of the civil war,
and the establishment of reconstructed
governments 10 the South.
"But,n said he, SO, the negro again
hobs up serenely, daughter and for his
sake to day we are threatened, not only
with political agitation disastrous in
itself) but with Eergile was, whose
weapons shall be the midnight torch and
assasins's dagger, and whose victims shall
be sleeping women and children"
Mr.. Vance went on to>criticise Mr.
.Ingalls's speech, which he characterized
as piece of oratorical pyrotechnics,
concealing its paucity of ideas. 1t re-
minded him forcibly of an astronomers
description of the remarkable tenuity Of
the tail of recent comet. l's length
was described as a hundred million miles
as it stretched athwart the skies, its
breadth as $4,000 miles, and yet the
solid matter which it contained could be
transported in o one horse car. He
f (Mr. vance, had listened, and listened
with the greatest entertainment to that
speech. He had searched, and be had
wondered where the remedy was for the
evil that was depicted in such colors.
He wanted to see the solid matter OF
illumination suddenly, he said, before
the light expired and the senate vas left
in darkness. Thesolution was announced
ss '.iustice." However sententious thai
might be, it was about as definite as the
twinkling that remained under the closed
eyelids after the withdrawal of light.
Justice, as the senator from Kansas had
explained it, was that the South should
quietly, and without an effort, submit to
negro rule where the negroes were in the
majority. The senator had graciously
promised that, if the remedy still proved
failure, he would do what? He would
counsel with the South. What blessed
and comforting words he regretted
that he could not support the bill of the
senator from South Carolina. It did
not reach the case; ss impracticable, and
would result in no substantial re-
|.lief. Under ils provisions few
negroes would go from the country, and
thoss few would probably be the best
He could not say that he had any desire
to attempt in any way such a great un'
historic task as the removal Of whole
people, amounting to probably seven
millions from their native lands. There
was ample room for them in the northern
aud northwestern States, and it was
entirely practicable to induce them to
settle in those States. If, said he, the
negro ia good thing, let Us divide out
Laughter. He admitted that such 8
plan would be the death of many politi
clans, but it would give peace to the
country, and he could bear the absense o.
politicians. Laughter.
In conclusion, he said, addressing him
self to Mr.. Ingalls,: "If you cannot helr
either the whites or the blacks, common
deceucy requires that you should hold
your peace"
GENERAL HAMpToN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Hampton addressed the senate
He referred to the sentence in Mr.. In
CALLS speech which cast serious impu,
tation upon him-that he Hampton.
deliberately advocated the policy of the
determination Of the blacks. MIR. Hamp
ton read the newspaper extract on which
Mr.. Ingalls, based that statement. and
declared that there was not word II
that extract which warranted the con
struction put upon it by that senator
He would willingly submit that PROPOSE
ton to any impartial, fair. minded man
who understood the English language
He would even leave the decision of the
matter to the senator from Kansas, him
self, if his answer was to be given moi
in the senate, but in court OF justice
where be would be bound by his oath
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. The senator had
al undoubted right to use newspaper's
paragraph wheri he thought to ipjure Q
political opponent, but no such methods
Of dealing with great public question!
were becoming. He Mr.. Hamptop) hao
never made such an utterance as was
quoted. He had never seen or heard o.
it till he read in the Record the.report O
the senator's speech. He had never, fol
q moment, entertained feeling, nor
had wish that his colored fellow friends
should be exterminated. Such sentl-
meut Was repugnant to all sense of hu'
mauity. It was abhorrent in its concep
tion. It was foreign to every thought
he ever entertained or expressed in regard
to that people, and he disclaimed, en-
phatically, the advocacy of such cav.
age and. horrible policy. The only two
authoritative expressions of his yiewi
that had been made public were iu. the
Washington Evening Star and in the
Charleston Neps and Caurier. In regard
to the first, he remembered that a very
intelligent young gentleman had asked
his opinion on various matters OF public
Importance as he was passing through
the city, and, searching the files Of the
Star, he found that bis young friend bad
published in very terse and graceful
language that interview.
Mr.. Hampton quoted the publication
on which he said that an extensive ex 0:
dus of negroes from the South would
work an Inconvenience but no injury,
and that he would gladly see the colored
people 90 elsewhere and would be will.
ing to suffer the consequent reduction
of representation. The paragraph in
the Charleston Ne,os and Courier was in
the shape of his reply to circular SUBJ
mitted to several members of congress
asking their opinion of Mr.. Buffers bill.
and was to the effect that although be
had not read the bill, lie was most ear.
Mostly in favor of any measure looking
to that end. Itwas not, he said, hostility
to the negroes that prompted this genera!
feeling in his State. The feeling existed
among the blacks even to greater de-
gree than among the whites. The native
African who knew the white man, iu
his own country, only by deed of cruel,
ty painted the devil. white, and wherev,
or the negro held sway, he jealousl y
excluded all white men from particips.
tion in governmental affairs.
QUOTING INGALLs's WORDS.
Mr.. Hsmpton turned the tables agai nst
Mr.. Ingalls, by quoting from the Atlanta
Constitution the following extract
Unless history Ia a false teacher, ii is
not possible for two distinct races, not
homogeneous, 10 exist on terms of politi.
cal equality under thl5e same government.
Oae or the other must 90 to the wall