Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-24
LOVE F0RTHE NEGRO.
SENATOR lNcAlLs'S ALLEGED DEEP
INTEREST IN THE RACE.
tChcap-John " Taik Haired Mt the Freed
mems best Friends. tho People
OF tho South.
Try telegraph TO the Dlspa,ch.l

Mr.. Vest presented tho credentials Of
William A. Clark and Martin Macinnis as
scnators-clect from the State Of Montana.
They were read and referred con Mr. Vests
mohonl 20 the Committee on Privileges
and Elections ON his motion also four
Gentlemen who claimed TO be senator's
elect we're admitted pending the contest
60 the privileges of the floor.
On motion of MIR. Dolph the Senate bill
Tor an immc 1iatc appropriation of $500 600
fora continuance az the improvement al
the mouth ~ the Columbia river was taken
up and passed.
Mr.. German said that while he would not
anngonize the bill be would oppose any
farther specific appropriations until all the
uublC works were considered IN the TiveT
and harbur bll
number az bills on the calendar were
passed. among them one establishing u
lchi-station af Ihll-horo' inlet. lorida.
hi2 o'clock NJ. ingalls, rose 10 speak
upon Nr. Buffers neglected emigration
lil. AZ this time Their" was scarcely
Nacnt scat ~ the galleries except IN the
diplomatic gallery. IN which there wer"
onlr half "a dozen seats occupied. There
had also been numerous admissions 20 tho
fp.r # tho Senate. and there was cOnsc-
Dn.rtlV GREAT buzz and hum of CONVEX
.su0u oll over the chamber. Whom Mr..
I.ealle rose and asked for the reading OF
She hll lu fnll Che noise and confusion III
t'4rtlr ceascd aud perfect stiffness sue
,.eltd. lie opened his speech IN clear.
ringing voice. saying:
NJ. President. The rare TO which We
h,i0ng is the most arrogant and rapnclous.
flr most exclusive and Indomitablc 10 his
t.rv. n Is % conquering aud unconqucr-
ahIr race through which alone man has
tqh.n possession of the PLY and moral
world To our race humanity ~ indebted
far religion. for literature, for civilization.
Do il~ genius for conquest, tor politics, Tor
.ur .prudcuce. and for administration. The
In,r and family are It's contributions TO
f1.Dtl ludlyidualisw fraternity, liberty,
.r. equality have be, "a is contrit uuone To
t.Hfr AZ othor race have been lts enc
mics and IT'S victims. This is not the time
r.r l- 20 tho occasion 90 consider the pro-
r.urllv interesting question Of the unity
of races. r. - sufficient 20 SAY that either
hr instinct or design the Caucasian race
.t every stcpuf taurogress from barbarlsm
lrniiehteumcrt has refused to lninglo IT'S
It..d or to as.miiatc with the two other
rr.4f human fAmilics the Monaghan and
frOAu and has persistently rejected
alHitrraflon.
Nr. Ingalls, went ON 10 speak Of the fri
1mph accomplished by the cxilcs Of Ply
mouth and james, own. who had vcniured
pn thf. continent. Ola the hitherto unired
,r.rrInDui eparadoX Of Government
.l N.l0l those who rule are those 20 be
governed Under the shield 81 American
Government, he said, every faith had found
..- ~h.lter. every creed sanctuary, AID
.,.r, wrong O redress. II he'd resisted the
a. Of party spirt, the violence OF fac
'.t.rclc pcrils II foreign lmmlgratl on, the
M Pms OF civil war. and jealous menace
-,rrf reign and hostile nation. lie quoted
Of wanlu bught- sucecn during the civil
f.t thwhlch Bright ana: see announcer
t.rtnilghter VISION before my gaze itHay
STATE. B., ~. but chori-h II. see one vast
of'ii- r,ptlon stretching IRON the frozen
# the f.rm the glowing south, ana nom
hons. If hiaillOws ~ the Atlantic To the
'ln -ru.al ofrs OF m" faciic mann ana !
a Tobacco CYulc. ono nrua@e, ono lAW. anu
! all over That VIDE continent
IiNH roedom and the refuge OF the
Nr Moore ocycn race and every chme:
-, .fne.lls pr'cen Ted: On the threshold
az Guar second century. W. are conhoul'u
with thc most Formidable ana port'n'io3S
problem ever submitted I" rec P,"pI'
inr solution complex unprecedented, n
NniYing serial. moral. anu poillcm cnhslle-
ratlDu-. pnriy supremacy, ana IN the eStl-
WatlOn 81 many tthough NOT III my OWN
tbe expense Of our system ~ gov
eminent. lt3 solution VIII demand
nN tn" resources and Craftsmanship
n the present aud of the future TO
prevent catastrophe 1t should be mp
lchcd with candur, with sulemnlty,
SAFE. patriotic purpose. with fearless scru-
without sOhiertuge, ana without re-
lr Let mo state IL ia tue language OF
&c the most brilliant. most inpaislon-
and powerful al All the orators OF the
.th-now unfortunately no more When
h.rrv ". Grady died luminous meteor
Ola. ppcarcd from the southern frmamcnt.
til. ingalls, thcreupOn sent 10 the Clerks
I-h and had read an extract from Mr..
llity 8 Grafton before tine Boston Cham
YER of Commerce. and then went on 10 say {:
.f me state the arithmetic oi tins pro-
|iem. lu l-H0 there were IN the United
States 4.ii0000 negroes. slaves aud free;
go 1870 there were 4,isO,O1O; III 1850,
hJJU.u O00 An increase which Il say
in passing can only TIE accounted
5or ou the principle of a prcmedl-
tatvd and INTENTIONAL fraud on the census.
A. the close of chs century, probably,
thcr, Will not be less than l0,OOO,OOO
az blacks and the colorcd race on tins CON
ineut The problem Us still further COM
dictated by the fact that they are grega-
gnu- They instiuctiycly separate into
fhelr own communities with their own
l'1f~ their own customs, their own
mrthols If life. They worship separately
Nh,y are taught separately. The line of
cleavage hctwcon the whites and blacks -
becoming constantly moro distinct and
Ir.ttnnlc. There Is neither amalgamatlon
'.r absorption nor assimilation. toh'l-
'l'y they are affiliated with the victors
81 iAe late war. Socially and by locality
Ul residence they gre associated with the
yauuuish,d. VIII the experiment that has
;a...I Elsewhere succeed hereY Can the
BLACK race exist as citizens Of the United
Estates ou terms of political equality with
t.e Caucasian raccg And f not. why not {?
Ir.L Douglass, the mostilustrious living
preventative of the negro race, tcrcater,
J tmuk Toy his Caucasian re-entorcement
t.nu hy his African blood, once sara 10
D., thaj ho thought as prejudice and social
ana .liucal antasonism disappeared the
.4e.- would blend, coalesce' ana become
meogeneous. i 90 not ".rte WIN
l'u. Ih,re Is no natural athnity be
'N'en me races. ne me S.i",'In or -,
problem Is lnPos.lple' InV irl". ,'''ro
'r'",, tne seNes ~ 'lluv vi S,t,',S Soct
uls9iy. ne nv iau W. ~, lDr' o,'d
l'la,' IVY - he,,yoen blsrl
H'o1noIs' an" ,,,o, Snd me IN
I-'i7 anu Hh.'o
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