The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-02-06
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THE cRIME or raR SOUTH.
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The clerk read as follows:
Negro immigration threatens 10 overnOs
Mississippi, and n ne did not have such ~
unbounded faith IN our ability 20 cope with
them u would make us fsel serious Tbs
A roiaaohs aud other gTeai dalies are pre-
cd clothes that Mississippi viii sci iher.
every time. There were rs negroes ~ nehed
In thta state last year. This II signlnesnt
and ought 20 have . restraining innuenet
over the coon.
Mr.. Ingalls,. One hundred and
ffty-1vs negroes lynched-thsi'
lives taken without authority Of Law
lin Mississippi lsst year! Mr..
President, the black man is not q
coward. The black man came here,
~ I said before, as . prisoner OF war,
captured In battle. Two hundred
and fifty thousand Of them enlisted
In the military service Of the United
States TO preserve the integrity OF
the Constitution that condemned
them to degradation and TO defend
the flag that was the symbol and
emblem Of their dishonoF. IL 10 said
that the Athenians erected . statue
TO Esop, who was born Q slave, or
as PhRdrus phrases 1t
SerruEsqse poss@re srtsrna pedesta They
placed a slave upon an eternal Pedestsll,
Sir, after what the enfranchissd
slave did for the cause Of constitu-
tionAl liberty in this cOuntry, the
American people should initiate the
Athsnians, and also place the slave
apOn an eternal pedestal. Their
conduct, sir, has been beyond all
praise. They have been patient, and
they have been dOcile. They have
been loyal TO their masters, to the
country, aud to those with whom
they are associated; but, rs j said
before, no other people ever endured
patiently such injustice and wrong.
DespOtism makes anibllists. Ty-
ranny makes socialists and COM
munists. Injustice il the great
manufacturer Of dynamite. The
man who II q theft robs himself
The adulterer pOllutes himself. The
murderer infllcts q deeper wound
upon himself than that which Stays
his victim. But the South In I'm
posing chains UPON the Africans
places heavier manscles upon them
selves than those which burden the
helpless slave. To those who are
now denying to American citizens
the prerOgatiyes Of freemsn, let ME
announce the principle that there Ii
nothing 80 Improbable rs injustice,
and that God IL an unrelentiIg cred
itOr. Violent Il may be, tardy and
slow IL may be, but memorable and
relentless behind the wrOBg-dOeT
stalks the mena,lng spectsr OF ven
geance and retTibutlOn. Sir, the
South 10 in greater danger than the
slave or the enfranehised slave, u
there IL 10 lie q policy Of extermina-
ton. But IL my voice can reaeh that
prescribed aud unfortunate class,
appeal TO them to go on rs they have
begun, and thus to commend them
selves to the judgment Of mankind
aud to rest for their safety upon the
ultimate appeal to ths cOnEcience OF
the human race. This II one of the
great dangers. Ordinarily Il might
be assumed that IL the supremacy Of
the white race In the South was
threatened by an armed negro
majority, fighting for the rights Of
which they are deprived, the cOali-
ton of the AnglO-SaxiOn race on
this continent would be instantAn-
eOus and complete. But uufOrtu-
nAtely, sir, the reconciliation Of the
sections IL not cordial nor final.
There IL no affection between the
conquerOrs, and the conquered.
AT HEART NRECONsTRUCTED.
The South has not forgiven the
Nsrth for its victory, for its pros
perity, for Its superiority. III IL can
collect the Government aud Its pa
tronage and hold the purse and
sword Il is patriotic. But Il Is OPP
posed TO pensions, TO protection aud
to national authority, because these
are the policies OF those who thwart-
ed the effort to destroy the Union.
IL re-enforces the coWardly and de-
graded elements In the North that
with their treason.
The South, cir, has not accepted the
TO the Constitution In
good faith. IL hAbitually violates
the treaty made with the North and
openly prOclaims n purpose to dis
regarded the pledges under which
anil Outlawry were es-
capped. They have their own heroes
and their own anniversaries. They
celebrate their own victories. They
rear their own monuments to civil
and military leaders whose claim to
glory Is that they fell for slavery
and anarchy. They exalt their
leaders above those Of the Union,
and continually cry that they were
right and will ultimately prevail.
Mr.. President, until these coHdi-
lions are permauentIy changed.
however formidable and perilous
NAV he the sxIgenCIps eon'renting
the South from the numerical
strength of the black race. assistance
and co-operation can not he expect-
ed from the North. They must
tread the wine press, and they will
discover the truth of the
Of history, that there II
nothing SO dangerous as wrong.
doing.
Mr.. President. | can appreciate
aud understand the reverence and
honor I'm which the memory Of JEFF
fersou Davis IL held by the South
ern neopIe. I honor them for their
TO that heroic man
ideas are immortal Their vitality
il InextInguishabIs. They can
never be annihIIated Force can
not destroy them. No man was
ever convinced nv being oyerpower-
ed Ideas may he suboIdInated and
their expressi1u NAV he supnressed:
hut. sir. they never die. War does
NOT change The oninIous either of the
cunaueror or of the conquered. II
proves nothing except which of the
had the most endurance.
tbp deepest purse and the sharpest
sword. Tberefore, when the SOUTH
err legislatures aud conventions and
be D,s,unar.tIa rongrass da.Iarad he