The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-31
Mr.. Turner Will Recover.
VANCE TO INGALLS,.
More oratory on the South and the
Negroes.

WASHINGTON, January 30.-In the Senate
today Mr.. Morrill, from the finance commit.
Zee, reported back with verbal amendments,
the House bill to modify the existing tariff
law. He stated the bill was intended to
remedy what had been decided to be defect
In the existing law in regard to silk ribbons.
Mr.. Harris explained that the Supreme
Court had decided that all silk ribbons i'm
ported for ladies' hat trimmings should
come In at 20 per cent ad.valorem. Silks
were generally liable to duty of 50 per
cent The bill was to correct that error.
The amendments were agreed to and the bill
passed.
Mr.. Vance proceeded to address the Sem
ate on Mr.. Buffers bill to provide for the
emigration of colored people He sketched
tne introduction of slavery into this coun-
Wy, lts destruction as a result of the civil
wal, and the establishment of reconstructed
governments esNe In the South. Said he, for the
sake OF the negro today, we are threatened.
not only with political agitation, disastrous
IN itself, but with servile war, whose wea-
pons be the midnight torch and assassin's
dagger, whose. victims shall be sleeping
women and children Mr.. Vance went on
cSe W craticlse Mr: lngalls's speech, which he
characterized as a piece of oratorical pyro
,ecnn1cs, concealing its paucity of ideas.
MT. Vance quoted Mr.. Ingalls's speech as
70 tne South standing on volcano, as to its
81 sso'1i9ig iss on the the safety valve and as
press ~ fHaslng Hs go,,tSed to tread .sa % the wine
passed the blackest and foulest Judgment on
ms own people. He believed hundreds of
thousands OF stout hearts would rush to the
rescue OF their Southern brethren, should
the South have need of such help. But the
SCUM would not call for it 1t could wage
"a, E~a
IL could easily manage and overcome an up
rising OF seven million negroes. Then would
come the solution of the negro problem,
winch would stay solved. 1t was funda
mental ineii principle of American law that ma
lorlty OF those to whom the franchise was
committed should rule, within limits. but it
was principle of natural law, the stronger
must rule, without limit lie affirmed. not
tnat tne negro was incapable of civilization,
put that ne was incapable of keeping up
te wisn civiiizaton " fa OF the white race Any at
tempt 70 force the negro into equality in the
race OF progress, could result in nothing else
than the holding back of the white race. His
solution for the problem was simply "hands
on. No man need be afraid, If Northern
people ceased their interference, that the ne
It was such interference that had
driyen him to the wall, whenever
ne has been driven. Men would not be bul
ned into doing right. Every speech made
AZ VIC Ocudtc, uonunclat0ry OF the Southern
people, every punitive law passed against
the Southern people, served but to defer in
definitely that state of cordial harmony be-
tween whites and blacks so necessary to
both, He regretted that he could not sup
port the bill of the Senator from South Caro-
lima. He could not say he had any desire to
attempt such a great task as the removal of
a whole people, amounting to probably
seven millions, from their native land There
was ample room for them in the Northern
and Northwestern States, and 1t was entire
iy practicable to induce them to settle in
those states.
Senator Hampton referred to portion of
MIR. !ngalls's speech in which it was stated
that he MI. Hamptopl deliberately advocated
policy of determination of the blacks. Mr..
Hampton read the newspaper extract on
which Mr. ingalls, based his statement, and
declared there was not word in the ex-
tract which warranted the construction Mr..
ingalls, put upon it,
MIR. Hampton turned the tables against
Mr.. Ingalls, by quoting from the Atlanta
constitution, Unless history is false
teacher, it is not possible for two distinct
races, not homogeneous, to exist on terms of
political equality, under the same govern
ment. One or the other must 20 to the wall. !"
And that. said Mr.. Hampton, is signed 81.
j. Ingalls,"