Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-24

with which IL burdens the helpless slave.
And those who are denying to American
citizens the privileges OF freedom should
| remember that thoro IL nothing so un-
profitable as lnjusilcc, and that God Il an
nrrelenting creditor. Silent IL may be,
tarly aud slow It NAV be, but inexoTatle
and RELENTLESS. Behind the wrongdoer
stalks the meDaeing spectre Of velgeanco
and retrlbu,io,.
The orator then went on to rpeak Of an
outrage committed In Aberdeen, Miss,
on the day OF Jefferson Davis funeral,
when German timer, n citizcn Of In.
diana, accidentally, In tho course Of his
work, let fail from house roof q
cable bearing tho eillgy OF the Secro-
tary OF War, with tho inscrip-
tion Red Proctor, traitor" For this
accident tho timer had heen brutally
whipped by one. Mcdonald, with q
whalebGne coach whip OF the largest size,
receiving at lea.t 200 lashes, and being
nearly blinded and terribly larcerAted.
Mcdonald had been arrested and taken
before the police court, whsrs he was
fined 80. The citizens Immediately sub.
scribed twice the amount, discharged the
fine, paid for the broken whip, bought q
railroad ticket Tor the victim snu sent
htsAA pAh VIZ toWus
"Ile has never" said Mr.. Ingalls,,
'been heard from since. IT an outrage
like that had been inflicted on en- Amerl-
eau citizen In England, in France, IN Spain,
anyw here on the face OF the earth, aud II
there hal not been instantaneous disa.
vowal and reparation, . million men In
this country would have sprung to arm,
to ayengc the outrage and wrong
(Applause.) The armaments that thun.
der strike the walls Of rock-built cities
bidding nations quake and monarcl.s
trcmble 10 their cspitsls"-wouli hAv,
gone "swiitly forming in the ranks o.
war; lie was citizen OF Indiana.
The outrage WAS inflicted In Missssippi
aud the perpetrators go "uuwhipt oI
justice"
RATHER THB AFRICAN THAN THE SHOT
GUN.
az said that was not in favor OF th,
Africanization OF this continent, or any
part OF It," continued Mr. Iugails, "bu
II the methods OF the Chalmers campaign
and oi the Jackson osmpsign, and OF the
proceedings ut Aberdeen are illustrations
OF the temper, and spirit aud purposs oi
tho pfople Of that State toward the gov
ernment Of the United Sta'es and its citi
4 Lfue, 1 Wouiu lnOusauu-'oiu pTbtcl
that every road oi that State should bi
occupied by An African rather than by
those who at present inhsbit it,
He went on to say that rscc-antagon
ism applied only 10 the coiored man II
the south when heliesired to vote tn
Republican ticket II the colored me
there were all Democrats, the race uues
ton would be over. -Four solutions q
the problem he said, had been sugge,
tod-enigration, determination, absort
tion, and disiranthisement-bu ther
was still fifth solution, which liza
never been tried, and that solution wsi
justice.
~ appeal to the SOUTH" he exclaimed
ITO try the experiment OF Justice. Stac
your grns, open your ballot boxes, regi,
ter your voters, black and white, and 1
alter the eXperlm mt has been fairly an
honestly tiled, 1t appears that The Atr
eau race 10 incapable OF civilization, If
appeara that tbs complexion burnt upo
him by an indian sun 1, incompatible
with freedom, | will pledge myself
consult with you about some measure
solving the race problem, but, until thei
nothing eau be done. The citizenship
the negro must be absolutely recog nize,
Ills right to vote must bo admitted, au
/ the ballots that he casts must be honest
counted"