The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-28

the escutcheon Of popular Government to be
| found in all the republics OF Christcndom
THAT that purpose was taken and that you
to deny, but affirm II; and It is at once m 5nu-
not deny It, aud OF your benumbed moral
sense that the fact can exist
| Said an eminent southern statesman, re-
Gently my colleague in Congress, to q party OF
| Northern Representatives with whom he was
exchanRinel So9d,natpred raiileryi What do
paigns cost you so much lor2 In my district
! 1t only costs $3.50 to run campaign, and we
the night before election, to let the darkies ali
know that there is to be n fair election the next
"Tho man who said this Is a genial and
| kindly man Of great ability as LAWYER and o
| legislator who hates deception and whose zeal
moral obllnuity which, in my humble ludg-
ment the ages TO come will brand "a a crime
against popular government and against HUI
II shall not enumcrnto or dwell upon these
wrongs. 1t would do no good. andis foreign to
And, now. what word can speak Of coun;
eel or OF warning to you Young men and
lima and the South. upon this Southern ques-
uocp2 ,,
Of tiylnSstone College. | have this to say;
| Press forward In your good work. Spread in.
telligence, quicken industry. irugality, and
OF virtue: teach them to respect themselves,
| and thus command the respect OF others. Be .
| living embodiment OF the immortal words at
| tributed to Cato's son:
"'Tis not in nature to command success;
But we II do more. SemproniouA wen deserVoh.
And having done all. stand. Stand In an
unfaltering faith in God. who. as the worlds
history .attests. has never left nor iorsaken
those who put their trust In Him Cultivate
6s FSd 81 I %ch
chosen S n people Of God white. people at that,
who were escapinG from an an. African bondage
RT asy IN Ws ho Tor
ed, your .' PEOPLE the ffsedmon and theit shii;
come TO you moro easily than did the $4,000
Of divinity and respected and respectable leg
islators and ministers In national affairs.
What though y1u are snrr9S Sn VIE dc .h
tho globe, and note the fact that you tower
tower above tho foothills which nestle at their
what have ~ to s say t. ny own kinsmsa
speak with the candor Of the prophet OF old.
who told bis king Thou art the man 49,
lection By you Of the first overtures Of recon
struction, In which you were asked to, give
was mistake. recur to It again to say that
1t was worse. 1t was inRrattude.
was nsyer bs In
For four years the most gigantic war Of his
tory was waRed over his status and for the last
two years he, knew 1t as well as, you did
manhood was Of the front and the war was
BnrinR R tbose two Years he never BETRAYED
Northern fugitive escaping from q Southern
prison on the one hand. and on the other he
never raised hand against your homes or
your loved ones.
When the DESTROYING, ranks from the North
You had adj LETT from of ire Hs' and from marsSder
whore you could not yourselves even have
f9u9d IT, and when danger was past ne return.
you paupers, and though he was freed by the
war power. he remained with you paupers
slave that he might minister to your helpless
"But, my countrymen. there are yet con-
son WPonF
suffrage does not stop with the wrong to the
blacks. It is wrong against me and against
every voter In the land, and. most OF all 1t is q
The wrong Of, slavery did not stop with its
the white race, only exceled by that against
the black.
broke down all ali virtue in the slave. at he
same tmeit Slapped the very foundations OF
purity in the master. .,
hour. barring your settled determination and
eeHe
free. H. indeed they are not more free. from
corrupt practices and methods than are the
DO you remember the aphorism OF Mr.. Lin
sSp sDPPesn SsS5o
come either all free or all slaveT
apply the remark to political honesty. and
affirm that the elective franchise must be 30
administered that as q system 1t shall be all
honest or 1t will be all dishonest
:" A fraud in an election begun only against
the black man. IL persisted in. breaks down tho
moral sense OF the participants till the sacred
obligation, OF pure ballot Is obliterated in all
elections"