The advocate., 1890-09-10


SOME suggestions that both white and colored
mon may pronAbly think about, -EDToHl
In 1857 Governor Walker In his inau-
gural address said
Those who oppose slavery In Kansas DO not
base their opposition upon any pllnltllOplc
principles, or any sympathy for the AlflWin race
Tor IN their aO-callod constitution framed pm no,
peln they deemed thht en!lfe rRe w lnlellOI Nnd
degraded ms 10 exclude them All forever from
Kansas whether they be bound or ifGe, thuA de-
DrlVlnR them OF all rights here, and denying even
That they can be- citizens Of the United bMles
FOR II they are citizens they could not GOnHtltu
hOnnlly be excluded from Kansas. Yet sCl n
clause, inserted In tle constitution, Was submit
tod BY that convention FOR the yOtt OF the people
and ratified here by an overwhelming majority
OF the republican parly
This party here therefore, mas IN tne ilohs
positive manner affirmed the cOnsltnLOnally OF
that portion Of the recent decision OF h0 Bt
preme court OF the United States, declaring that
Africans are not citizens Oi the United SGtes
This Is the more important inhsmueh As thlS
TOpefn constitution was ratified with thla Gntlse
inserted by the entire republican party in Con.
gTo8s--thtis distinctly ahrmlnB the decision Of
the supreme court Of the union That Africans are
not citizens OF Che United states
According 10 these and other state
ments Of Mr.. Walker, we can plainly SEQ
the spirit existing with the republican
party regarding the negro. Ever since
the emancipation the negro has been a
stumbling stone TO Il large number Of our
good republican friends
II the slave holding element had kept
j. its compromise Of 1920, when would this
great emancipation have come aboutH II
the south had laid down her arms Of re-
belllon and come back into the union, as
Lincoln proposed, where would the ne
gro be to.dayY Unless emancipated by
some unforeseen providence, as was the
the case, to day his back would be lacer-
ated In Dixie. The emancipation was u
war measure. The result OF the war was
not the cause Of II. Our great and glo-
rlous sunllower state opposed slavery be-
cause she wanted to curtall the power Of
the south; for In their so-called constitu-
tlOn framed Mt Topeka they say: "Those
who oppose slavery in Kansas do not
base their opposition upon any philan-
throplc principles for the African race"
Now, dear reader, remember that new
times demand new measures and new
men, and this ia time when they are In
great demand. The old parties have had
the power 80 long that they have become
very corrupt, falling to make laws that
will benefit the majority Of the people.
IL Is time that we were looking for those
new men; and we can not find them in
the ranks of those who have been using
us az their "prolido animals" II Is time
we we're educating ourselves to resent
these wrongs which are being continually
perpetrated upon us. We are too slow TO
anger and swift TO mercy
The thing for us TO do is to try another
Antidote aside from the republican or
democratic partles-ty party that Of
fers something more than tariff reform,
We want reform upon home products,
as we'll as on freights We need re-
form in our Legislative and judiciary de-
partments.
What do you think Of country that
will put protective tariff on the pro-
ducts Of other countries and fail TO pro-
tect the rights Of its own cltlzensS Why
don't Congress put a protective tariff on
those foreign syndicates that come over
here and buy our land by the millions Of
acres for speculative purposesS
BERRY O. DUKE,
1904 Lincoln, Topeka, Kan.
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