The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-24
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THELATESTNEWSBY WIRE
SENATOR INGALLS, ON MICRO
EMIlsRA
II Nas n mighty Effort ana Liz
tened to- by Crowded Gallery
The House Discusses Mattera
Relatiyt. tn the Tariff.

tened to- by CrOWocO asaiierS-
The House Discusses MatterH
Relative to the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-SENATE.
When the senate met the galleries were
crowded with spectators in anticipation
of treat in the promised speech of Mr.
ingalls, in opposition to the bill to en-
courage the emigration of the colored
people from the United States.
Mr.. Vest presented the credentials OF
Vim. A. Clark and Martin Maginnis as
scnators-elect from the State of Montana.
They were read and referred on MIR.
Vests motion to the committee on privi-
lcgcs and elections.
On his motion. also, four gentlemen
claiming to be scnators-ccct were nd'
mittcd, lpcnding contcst) to the privi-
lcges of the floor.
On metion of Mr.. Dolph, the senate
bill for an immediate appropriation oi
S5OO,0Q0 for the continuance of I'M
movements at the mouth of Columbia
river, was taken up and passed.
Mr.. German said that while he would
not antagonist the bill, he would oppose
any further specific appropriations until
all the public works were considered III
the river and harbor bill.
A number of bills on the calendar, were
passed: among them, one establishing
n light station at Hillsboro Inlet, Florida
At 2 O'Clock Mr.. ingalls, rose to speak
upon Mr.. Buffers negro emigration bill.
At this time there was scarcely va-
cant seat in the galleries, except as to
the diplomatic gallery in which there
were only half dozen seats occupied.
r. ~. nIv
sions to the floor uf the senate, and there
WAS consequently great buzz and hum
of conversation all over the chamber.
When Mr.. ingalls, rose and asked tor
the reading of the bill in full, the noise
and confusion Instantly ceased and per
feet stiffness succeeded. He opened his
speech in n clear, ringing voice, saying:
Mr.. President: The race to which We
belong is the most arrogant and rapa'
cious, the most exclusive and indomita'
bic in history. II is conqucring an ui-
conqurcablc race. through which alone
man has taken possession of the physical
and moral world. To our race humanity
is indebted for religion, for literature. for
civilization. II hasa genius iorconqucst,
for politics, for Jurisprudence. and Tor
administration. The home and family
are it's contributions to society. lndi-
vidualism, fraternity, liberty and equal
ity have been it's contributions to the
State. All other races have been its
enemies aud it's victims. This is not the
time nor is il the occasion to consider
profoundly the interesting question ol
the unity of the races. II is sufficient to
saw that. either by instinct or design,
the Caucasian race at every step ot its
progress from barbarism to cnlightcn.
mcnt has refused to mingle its blood. or
to assimilatc, with two other great
human families (thc Mongolian and the
African and has pcrsistently rejected
adultcration. MIR. ingalls, went on to
speak of the triumphs accomplished by
the cxilrs of Plymouth and Jamestown
who had vcntured on this continent an
hitherto untricd experimental paradox
of governmcnt--in which those who rule
are those to he bcgovcrncd. Under the shield
of the American government. he SAID.
every faith had found its shelter. every
creed sanctuary and every wrong re
dress. 1t had resisted the rancor OF
party spirit, the violencrs Of faction,
the pcris of foreign immigration. the
collisions of civil war and the jealous
lie quoted from Mr.. John Brights speech
liuring the civil war;, in which Mr.
Bright said:
II see another and brighter vision
before my gaze. II may be n vision. but
cherish il. see one vast confederation
stretching from the frozen North To the
glowing South, and from the wild hi
lows oi the Atlantic to the ccalmcr waters
Of the Pacific mann. and see one people,
one language. one law and one iaith ana
all over that wide continent the home
al freedom and the refuge Tor the OPP
pressed oi every race and every cline.
Mr.. Ingalls, proceeded: On the thresli'
hold ofour second century We are con.
irontcd with the most formidable and
portcntous problem ever submitted to n
free people for a solution: complex. uil'
prcccdcntcd, involving the social. moral,
political considerations. party suprcin'
acy, and in the estimation Of many,
though not in my own, the existence OF our
system of government. Its solution will
demand all resources and the statesman
ship of the present and OF the future to pre-
vent crisis that may become u catastro'
plc. II should bc approached with candor
with solemnity, with patriotic purpose
with fearless scrutiny, without SUMTER
iuyc and without reserve. Let me stat,
IN the language oi one oi the most bril
liant, most impassioncd and powerful o
all orators of the South, now uniort,i
natcly uo more. When Henry W. Grad.
died n luminous meteor disappcarct
from the Southern armament. Mr. In
gals thcrcupon sent to the clerks dcsl
and had read an extract from Mr.. Grady'
oration before the Boston Chamber o
Commerce and then went On to say
Let me state the arithmetic OF this prob
lem. III 1860 there were IN the tnitc'
States 4.++O. 900 negroes, slaves an,
free. Ia 1870 there were 4,+SO, 900; II
1880 there were $3.50, 900, an incrcas
which. | say in passing, can only bc nc
counted Tor on the principle oi q prcmcdi
tatrd and intentional fraud on the cen
sus. At the close OF this century proba
bly there will not bc less than fifteen mil
lions Of the black and colorcd race u,
this continent.
The problem is still further ercomplicatc'
by the fact that they are grcgarious
They instinctivcly separate theniselve
into their own communities, with thci
own habits, their own customs, thci
own methods Of life. They worship scpni
atcly. They arc taught separately. Til
line of cleavage between the whites an
blacks is becoming constantly more dis
tnct and perceptibc There is ncithc
amalgumation nor absorption nor assim
lntion. Politically, they are affiliate
with the victors IN the late civil wal
Socially aud by locality aud rcsidcnc
they are associated with the yanquislic,
, win the experiment that has iailcd els'
where succeed hcrc1 Can the black rae
, exist as citizens Of the United States u
terms of nnliticnl cumnliiY with the ca