The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-02-06

cipal street 81 the town and labeled
is "Red Proctor, the Traitor, I"
''Rsd," I suppose, being q contrse-
tien for "Redheid," which IL the
first name Of the Secretary OF War,
I believe. There Il hung as an indi-
cation Of TIE grief Of the citizens 81
Aberdeen ct the death Of jefferson
Davis. In the town Of Aberdeen,
Mr.. President, q few days before,
had come = journeyman timer by
the name Of Franz. He Was q eiti-
zen Of Indiana. His politics were
unknown. He was wise. He was
about Is years Of age, Of dimiuutive
stature, of lnoffensive dsmeanor
and OF coneilatory address. In the
process Of his work a. . tuner, 10
covering the roof Of . building on
which one end Of the cable which
supported the sffigy Of RED Proc
tor, The Traitor" was attached, he
was compelled To move the cable In
order TO give himself space TO con-
tinue his work. Proving too heavy
for him, it secldently slipped from
his hands and fell TO the street. He
protested that be had no intension Of
giving offsnss to the citizens Of
Aberdeen. As he descended from
the roof to 90 to his dinner, he was
interrupted by q gentleman, q citi.
zen OF Aberdeen, by the name Of
Mcdonald, who had in his hand one
Of the largest-sised whalebOne car
rage WHIPS, and, confronting him,
told him that Tor the offense he had
committed he had got to take q
whipping or something worse.
Franz endeavored 10 escape. He
had no remedy. He was not armed.
He was not q pugilist, Blthough
pugilIsts have been In Mississippi.
Mcdonald, being surrounded by his
friends, intercepted his escape, and
proceeded TO Infiict upon Franz q
castigation, which one observer said
extended To at least 30 lashes. The
whip was practically destroyed.
FraDI's face was cut and bleeding.
His sight was nearly destroyed. He
was mutilated, crippled, ard went
bleeding to his boarding house after
the castigation had been completed.
He was waited upon that evening
by a committee OF citizens Of AbeT-
deem, who purchased q ticket and
placed him upon q train and sent
heard Of. Many Of the citizens of
Aberdeen said Il was q great out
rage, aud Mcdonald was punished.
He was arrested and taken before
the police court and fined $50.
ThereupOn the citizens who had
stood about and walked under, the
effigy, aud who had observed the
castigatiOn, started a subscription
paper, and raised 500 To cover The
expense Of the tiDe and the sfilgy,
aud to pay for the whip with which
the easiigatlon was Inflicted.
Mr.. President, u an outrage like
that had been inflicted upon an
American citizen In England, In
France, In spain. anywhere upon
the face Of this earth, and there had
not been an instantaneous disavow-
al aud reparatiOn q million Of men
In this country would have sprung
to arms to average the outrage and
wrong. The ornaments that tliun-
der-strike the walls Of rOck-built
cities aud bid nations quake and
monarehs tremble In their capitals
would have swiftly formed Ia ranks
Of war. He was q citizen Of Indiana.
The outrage was inflicted In Missis-
sippi, and the perpetrators go un-
whipped of justice.
I said, Mr.. President, that ] was
not In favor Of the Authorization Of
this continent or any part of H.: but
IL the methods In the Chalmers cam
paign, In the Jackson campaign. aud
the proceedings at Aberdeen are H.
Illustrations OF the temper and spirit
aud purposes Of the people Of that
state toward the government Of the
United States and Its citizens |
would a thOusandfold prefer that
every rood Of that state should be
occupied 10y an African rather than
by those who at present inhabit IL.
uRADY's SOLUTION
Let me refer once more, Mr.. Presi-
dent, before closing, To the utter
ances OF the great orator, Grady,
about the solution of this great prob
lem. lie said:
There can be hut one answer. II l. the
very problem we are now Ia cunSitler. The
key that opens that problem will unlOck Ia the
world the fairest half OF this republic and
free the halted feet Of thousands whose eyes
are already kindling with Its beauty. Better
than this, 10 will open the hearts of bru,h -
for thirty years estranged and clasp In lasting
a million hands now withheld
In doubt. Nothing. sir. Tut this problem aud
the Susp'c ion I'm breeds hinlar clear under
standing and perfect uninn.
Mr.. President, what are the sus-
picions raised by the race problem
which hinder clear understanding
and a perfect union referred to by
Grady in his Boston speech? ] un-
derstand il. The suspicion IT. that
this cry Of race antagCnism applies
only TO the negro when lie Is free.
Grady says:
The love we feel for that race ynu cannot
measure nor comprehend. As attest here,
the spirit of my old black nanny, rum her
home mp there, looks down on me ." bless,
and through the tumult OF this night steals the
sweet music Of her crODningS as, thirty wears
ago, she held me In her black arms aud led
me smiling In TO sleep.
Such 10 the combined testimony Of
ali who have spoken upon this sub
ject-that this cry OF race anIaguu-
ism aud race repugnance did not APP
ply TO the race when they we're
slaves. Aud there IL q suspicion
that IL the blacks had remained
slaves, there would have been no
either for separation.
or determination. There
10 q suspicion further than this, Mr..
and that Is that race au-
tagOnism and race repugnauee APP
ply only to the cOlOred man la the
when he desires To vote the
Republican ticket. IL they were all
Democrats, then the question would
be settled. There Is furthsT suspi-
clOn, Mr.. President, that the ques-
ton as to whether these two races
can subsist on terms Of political
equality under our system Of govern
ment has never beed fairly tried. II
the South desires TO he rid OF the ne
gro, they can readily accomplish
that result by refusing to employ
him; aud yet u In admitted by those
who are competent TO know that all
they paid him In wages this last year
not less than tl0O, OOO, 600 and that hr
aud indispensably con.
to the production Of crops |
besides that, that In the state OF |
Georgia alone the black race Accum-
liated property, real estate. that Is
worth not less than s2O, 0OO,OOO.
THE NEGRO Is PROGRESSING.
Sir, the black race 10 capable OF |
Il siIiEation, notwithstanding the
and discouragemeut OF fail
lres and disappointnents. Justice
requires the admission that in the
lark and tragic interval Of Its tran
'ition 10 has made marked progress,
greater, far greater, than could be
expected. IL the degeneratsd pro-
engendered by centuries Of
oppression and ignorance have not
'een extirpated, they have At least
Desn surprisinRiv modified. While !