The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-27
BLACKS AND WHITES.
ingalls, Speech On the Race
Problem.
INVOCATION TO THE sourH.
He Declares 1Aat ths Only Bslatiea ~
~ Quesessa h Justice - All
Citisens Alike.


WAsHixSfoN err, JAM 2h-Une Of the
most notable speeches OF the week IN the
sensse Vas tnst OF cenator inesls. on the
Butter oiii 70 encourage emigration OF the
eoiofeo people % Ainca u vas o. con.
ndefaoie iengtn. ous = lew extracts WA
gave 5000 soee o. the eenerai argument
IN the snresnoid o. our second CEN
tnry, said the senator from Kansas, we
are confronted with the most formidable
ana pcfsentous problem ever submitted 70
: iree people Tor soiutlon-compiex, un-
preceoented. involving SOCIAL, moral ana
ponucai conslderations. party supremacy
ana IN the estmafion OF many ttnougn not
IN my own the existence OF our sys-
sem OF governments us soiunon
VIM oemahd all the resources OF stssesman-
snip OF the present ana OF tne future 70
prevent crisis, which may become ca
sastropne.
III should De approacned with candor,
Win soaemnity. with patrrouc purposes,
with fearless scrutiny. without suo.erfuge
ana without reserve The nne OF cleavage
between whites and blacksis becoming con-
stantiy more distinct and percepuDie. 70
iticany tney animate Win the victors Ia the
late civil war; socially, ana oy locality and
residence, tney are associated win the van
quisned.
req Dougias' tne most INDUSTRIOUS
hving representative OF the negro race, once
ss'a 70 nue. ne tnougnt, as prejuoice ana SO
ciai ana pohucai antagonism disappeared
tue races Houiu niend, coaiesce ana become
homogeneous. ! 90 not agree WIN MN:
oucn soiuuon. III my Judgment Wouid
Pelpctuate the vices Oh potn races ana tne
virtues OI neither
n.er pf.isilk tne coicreu PeoPie ,of 'ne,l
lue,,'y W tne ooutn curing tue WAT nc saio
seems incIeoiple tnae sra..uae
snouia nos nave defended ana snieiaed
tneM from tne Mucous ana ihaescrnap'e
wrongs ana crimes OF winch tney nave
been ior quarter OF century the guiiuess
anu un.esisank vicims.
ingans went on 70 speak OF tne dcter-
minauoh OF tne SCUM 70 enminate tne
negro iaceol IRON us pohtcai ana SOCIAL
history, ana quoted evidence on that point
rom Democfauc newspapers ana Demo-
ciauc Pohuciens. he ParucuiaHy instanced
the recent jackson, MISS, eiectaon. ana
quose9 statemeht ihat the eiecuon Al
Jackson was tne most outrageous ever seen,
inc tQWn having oeen TAKEN possession Oh
oy pougns rhes. TWAS SAID mat senator
georges son was one OF the rinemen.
fretexw Tor THIS CONDITION OF Things,
ne continued. all rest upon the fear OF
negro supremacy. To this nuliification OF
the constitution the people OF the North
have apparently consented. The South Is
standing upon volcano, the south is
sitting on safety valve. Already = NUT
tering discomfort by hostile organizations
= heard. ihe use OF the torch and the
dagger u advised. l deplore II, but as
Tod Is my judge, say no other people on
tho face OF the earth have ever submitted
TO tho wrongs and injustice which have
been Tor twenty-five years put upon the
coiofed men OF the south, without fev0-
luton ana otoodahed
inga!ls went on 70 warn the South Of the
natural consequences OF its course toward
me colored people. Despotism makes
nihilists. lngaIls then spoke Of an outrage
committed IN Aberdeen, Miss, on the day
OF Jenerson DAVIS funeral when German
unner, citizen OF Indiana. accidentally,
IN the course OF ms work. let faii from
mouse rooi' cable which had been
stretcned across the street by . citizen
bearing the emgy OF the secretary OF war,
win the inscription: "Red Proctor.
iIaitoi. TOT TINS ACCIDENT the INNER
was wniPPeu ny one McDonaid, receiving
~ least ~ iasnes ana oeing nearly blinded
anu urnOay iacctAsed- McDonaid was
nneu su. Inc ci.iAens subscribed twice
sne a"o.n. .nu u'scnaisoo the hne, PAID
iol INC broken wnip' Dougnt . railroad
ucAe' io' Tue vicum ana sent MIN OUT OF
own
~, oontinuea lnsais' an outrage IKE
uns' n.o oeen innc'eo on an American
e'.i1cn IN Eue'anu' risnce' Spain' or any
where ON the lace OF tine eartn, and there
nsn not Deen an instantaneous disavowA
OF reParsuon' million men IN this coun-
Wy "ouio spring 70 arms 70 avenge the
outrage ana wrong. out the outrage WAS
ihhicteo IN Mississippi ana the perpetrators
30 unwmpped oil Jusuce Race antagonism
Is applied only 70 coiored men. Ii they
were all Democrats the race question would
oe over.
-Four solutions oil the problem have
f;on ahscrrt;or .ra ,h;..,...
pat tnere - SUI hitn sosutlon wnicn mas
never been tried. and that solution Is JUS
tlCe.