Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-24
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Their industries, their wealth. and their
civilization changed. modified. or DESTROYED
Ivy the Government resting tipop the de-
liberatc and habitual suppression Of The col
orcd vote or any other vote by force or by
fraud. sooner or later there would be
armed collision between the races. The
South is standing upon a volcano. The
South is sitting on n safety-valye. They
are breeding innumerable John Browns
and Nat. Turner'S. Already the mutterings
of discomfort. Of hostile organizations are
heard. The use OF the torch and DAGGER ia
ADVISED. | deplore it, but, as God Is my
Judge, ] say that no other people ON the
face OF the earth have ever submitted t0
the wrongs aud injustice which have
been Tor twenty-five years put npOn
the coiored men OF the South with
cut revolt ana blood. lApPlausc from
the negroes In the gallery.l The conduct
Of the colorcd race has been beyond ali
praise. They have been patient: they have
been loyal: they have been docile to thoir
masters and TO the country. Timon Of
Athens said 1T is not ENOUGH To LclD
the feeble. but 20 support him.r Until
1877 the unstable fabric erected Lv fhe
architects Of reconstruction was upheld bv
the military authority Of the United States,
and when this was Withdrawn the incon-
eruous cditicc tOppled hcadlong and var-
t'.-"fA INV tAA' NR-flf-~ lAtlit OA " Nl-l lI.
MT. ingalls, went on 20 warK the South
81 the natural consequences Of its course
toward the cOiOrcd people. DcspOti-m,
ne sad, makes Nlhilists. Injustice Is the
great mandatory Of dynamite. The man
who ~ a thlef rObs himself An aduitcrcr
poliutes himself. A murderer inllicts a
deeper wound on himself thnn that which
siays his victim. The South ia imposing
CHAINS on the African race laws itself lin
! L.. IA d
and slow 10 NAV he, but incXniaDle and re-
leniless. Behind the wrong-doer stalks the
mynacDg spectre Of vengeance and Of re-
tributiOn.
Mr.. Ingalls, then went on to speak Of an
outrage committed in Aberdeen. Miss. on
the day of Hon. jefferson Davis's funeral,
when German timer. a citizen of Indiana,
accidentally IN the course OF his work Jet
fall from the house-roOf n cable bearing
the eiigy Of the Secretary of War, with
the inscription Red Proctor, Traitor"
For tins accident the TUNER Ind been bru-
tally whipped by one Mcdonald with q
whalcboue coach-whip Of the largest size.
receiving at least 200 lashes and beng near
Is blinded aud terribly lacorated. MELON
aid. he sand had been arrested and taken
before the Police Court, where he was
fined $50. The citizens immediately sub
scrbed twice the amount. discharged the
fine. paid for the broken whip, bought -
ralirOad-ticket for the victim aud sent him
ont of town. He has never, said Mr.. IN
calls. been heard from since. II. he con-
tinuod an outrage like that had been H.
fIctod on an American citizen IN England,
IN France, IN spain, anywhere on the
face of the earth. and If there had
not been instantaneous disayOwal and
reparatiOn. million Of men in
this country would have sprung to
arms to avcnFe the outrage and wrong.
lApplause. "Armaments that thunder
and strike the walls of the rOck-hullt
cities. bidding nations quake and mon
arches trembic in their capitals" would
have gone swiftly forming IN the snnBs
of war. " He was u citizen Of Indiana.
The outrage was inflicted IN Mississippi,
and the perpetratOr goes "unwhlpt OF jus
ticc.n 1 said that ! was not IN favor OF the
AfrIcaniZation of this continent or any
mart Of it. But if the methods of the
Cha meIs campaign and Of the Jack
son campaign. and OF the proceed
iugs at Aberdeen are illustrations OF
the temper, the spirit, and the purpose
of the people Of that State toward the
OF the United States and its
citizens | would a thousandfold prefer
that every rood OF that State should be
occupied by an African rather than by
those who at present inhabit It. He went
on to say that the race antagOnlsm applied
only TO the cOlored man IN the South when
hr desired 10 vote the Republican ticket.
II the colored men there were all Demo
Gratis the race question would be over
-Four solutions Of the problem, Mr. In
calls said, had been suegested-emgration.
determination. absorption, and dlStran-
chisrmcnt: hut there was still fifth so.
luton. which had never been tired, and
that solution was justice. ! appeal to the
South, he exclaimed, to try the expert
mont Of Justice. Stack your guns. Open
vour ballot-boxes. Register your voters,
black and white And if after the expert
ment has been fairly and honestly tired,
il appears that the African race IS
lucapable of civilization if IT appears that
The cnmplexion burned upon him by an
Indian SIM is incompatible with freedom.
! will pledge myself TO consult with You
about some measure of solving the race
problem. But until then nothing can be
done. The citizenship Of the negro must
Doe absolutely recognized. Ills right TO vote
must be admitted, and the oa'lots ne
coets must bs honestly counted.
These are essential preliminarles-
conditions precedent to any consider
alton of interior and fundamental questions
of race supremacy or race equality IN the
Tinted States. North or South. Those
who freed the slaves ask nothing more;
thcv will be content with nothing less. The
must be fairly tried. ms IS
the starting point and tins ~ the eohi;;
The Longer il is deferred the greater VIII
he the evaporation and the more doubt
full the final result.
As Mr.. ingalls, took his seat he was again
londly applauded. He had spoken exactly
two hours.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Dalzell. of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee on Elections, submitted the re
port of the committee on the contested
ease of Smith u. JAG kson' iroin Ihe our ~ ~
district of West Virginia. Ordered 10 De
printed and recommittcd. The minority
WAS granted leave to file minority, report
Mr. Brewer, Of Michigan, introduces q
I'LL for the construction of puOhc oullu-
inc hv contract. Referred.
Tho House then went into Committee OF
the Whole. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, IN
the chair on the customs administrative
The bin having been read at length,
Mr.. Mckinley said the bill, rs lho
title indicated, was purely ; IN ~
bill and was not INTENDED
10 chance the rate of duties. Inc
necessities for a simplification of the
laws in relation 10 the collection OF the
revenues had been first called TO the alien
lion Of Congress 10y Secretary Folger. -,
Mr. Carlisle. while he admitted that the
provisions Of this bill We're substantially
ihe same as those contained IN the MOTIF
son and Mills bills. said that the gentlemen
Who agreed with him in his tarii views
nirht not feel themselves IN position 10
i've support TO the bill while standing
siene There were certain provisions
which while they did not iii terms change
the rates of duty, would necessarily N
crease the duty. The restoration OF GUY
ON packages aud coverings woula increase
he revenue II the extent of i've or SIX
million dollars a year. He regarded as m
iust the proposition Of the olll when M
noses the same rate OF duty, on goous
bronght here in a damaged condition as on
coods in perfect condition. go,
on motion of Mr. Post, OF limos, an
amendment was adopted providing ina3
invoices shall be produced to the United
States consul, vice consul, or. commercial
orrnt OF the consular district IN whlch lhe
merchandise was manufactured or puF-
SECT, section II Of the bill defines more clear;
" The elements of cos: to be ascertaihea
Iv the appraiser when it Is found linPracIie
csbla otherwise to appraise the value OF
One OF these eleincntS AZ