Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-09
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age, Ar. AenEy Wattesson of LonisYlis.
hy.i said: Two dangers seem TO me 4
this time to threaten ihe integrity Of th
Union and the prosperity OF tho people
One Of these is the gospel OF force nm
the other is the doctrine OF protection
The Lrst is expected to hold the oount1
wailst its fellow akinB Il, and 20 both I'll
Republican party mas committed itsnlt.
II wish that it Wers otherwise. Iwisl
that l could sac in the RepubIioAnism 0
to-day some rsh c'ion OF the spirit whiol
animated u Garrison aud ia7Dirsd WHIT
tier, aud brought forth in the authors d
sha a1ti-slavery movement modern and
native race Of Paiadias for thougsni
years of Song AMI story, wish that tht
mtr who have RIcc3eied Lincoln and
Seward, Chase and summer, Fsgssndsn,
Trumbull and Greeley, In command,
possessed aiittle CT their moderation and
patriotism. When l seek for lhela l en-.
eounter in their places another and q
different Get OF leaders. | am chilled by
tho tnplacable hostility of Sherman
and Hoar; am amazed by the viudle-
tive and sensational on.cries Of en- liz.
gals AND Chandler; / stand ashast be-
fore the shamaless intrapidity OF Quay,
and find all progress toward the liga6
aud warmth of truth completely blocked
by the adventurous and unfeeling
obesity OF Reed. In my despair
I smialmost tempted .to.sezcleim-
9, for Lodge IN some vast wilderness,
Where sumor Of oppression and deceit
Might never reach me more.
tBut here again, aaddest OF all, when
/ look for independent thinking and the
faithful dischar 10 of early promise, see
the aspiring young man OF letters turned
into the ambitions politician, forgetting
in the selfish aims OF to-day the disnter-
eated beliefs Of yesterday.
"The gsonnd upon which these hot
and cold gospellsrs 81 repression and
pillage plant themselves il an assault
upon our national character and institu-
tiOnH.
''rhey say that one-halt the country Is
not able to govern itself, and that the
ether half needs Chinese wall to cave it
from ruin. They shy that tho white PEG
pie OF an entire section Of the union are
Little better than savages, who loya mar
der for murders sake, and that, mex after
the duty of suojecting these to Federal
supervision, tine whole power OF the
government must be bent 10 substanti.
Ating the thaosy that man may be en-
rlched by taxation. They declare that
the south is a. dialoyal as ever it was
though generation has CONS upon the
scene since this final gun WIS fred IN the
great conflict, and rot single chief OF the
secession movement survives iEnor-
Ing the promise which underlay the
enactment of the war tariff, that it was an
imDnEitiaD T1npn MA T1aa,,,Is ol,c,,Yz
not outlast the military necessities which
called il into being, they tell us that IT'D
exactions represent m original function
Of government, which nluss never bs sur
rendered. In short, intrenched behind |
the ramparts Of Mr. Resd's ruies ard Mf.
Qlay's Doodle, they demand OF all |
hszsrds, and in the exclusive interest Of
the Aepuoiican party, full poll and an |
exact count o. the nagro vate in the south /
and the establishment Oe Mr.. McKinley's |
new-found theory Of protection as q |
fundamental principle and fixed policy. I
II hGVe not come hsre 10 make apoio. 1
pses. stand in This er6al sad free city /
OF Bolron, che shrine of AMERICAN rign. /
hood Dud llb9rsy, an American eitiZ n, |
With all his faculties about hitu ana ali |
his rights intact 10 cali halt upon go +
yeas Of sec ional elimination and recrimi.
nAsion born Of hideuus mlscQncspsion |
sad alike disoreditGolc 20 tho south ana
the north, and to proclaim and maintain
that ttere u net 8 particle o. difference
between Inc north and the soutb, natWeen |
thu northern people and tho southern
people, hat that body aud soul they IRE
exactly alae; that the blood which Gibbs /
and flows here IL Nav England, war,niag
TO generous deeds aud ready to pour it.
Half freely upon the aitsrs OF truth and I
swslling with noble rBga and rrQrn
against all tat il cruel and mean aud 4
hase, is the same Blood which cour5es
through tho vsins OF Migaiseippi Arkan-
Ess and Texas. I am here to put tns
foot upon the tGisenoed thnt the peopl3
of the aouth ere doing anythiar or hGy
done anything that yourselves would MT
have done had yoEr places osen tx.
changed. an here to 4anind rou that 1
the sin Of slavery was N tbs beginning 4
divided sin, hut that the cost aud lie
curse of it have fallen nolsiy upou It'd.
and that We have ezDiated il
THE sdy1c2te4 Of eStFsia5 fneaFurss
for the south make very s'gong anS
PlRngible onsa iu.sad, tha chief ds5acs I
about It iH that, o. vas Tile cong.itaticaal
right OF ownership u man, il aas ~ goo
ne gro hes the constitutional ri4at to vote;
shat by no means or smother thiy riaht Is
denied him, and that Il is the 9rtp ii TIC
government to protect ail its eli Fans III
ell their rights. 1t is 40 EASY to azgsrI
our rights; 80 easy to tell cur ow0 g.dg of
the story Ihese is nor black MAJ FIJI
Boston vino has not tire Eame III It'll tlst
you and h5Y9 10 coma ald % aE VIII!
to occupy the beat rooms at tic htssis,
TO sit in the stage bUxeG OF tie taaatse
to hold the choicest peW9 ia tbs
churches. But what would hanpoa ii
the blacks should dock III ova- i helm
Ing nuuters to the hosei5, lbs
theatres and the churches2 And WHIT
would the white people of Besten shfns,
what would they do, if hostile party,
having chance majority in CONGRESS,
should pass law setting forth ths biasE
mans constitutional right If evil
eqqslity, creating d sgsteni Of machinery
10 enforce IS, prescribing gains and pen
aitiss to inset acts of violation, md 10
pointing s'S@efviaoFJ, deputy matshais
and oonstables, baesed BY troops, to oxe.
pute its provisions Yst the AVERAGE
black man III Boston meauutes cot the
distance from the ayarage black Inar in
Alabama, Rhich would be measured, il
We could make q DURAN by tie iGtei.
ectuel territory separating hir. F-a14rirI
Douglas trom Mr.. et5wes ingenious
yunn2 ssiani5 Mise T5pay St J.air, "a
Tti.st be cuts ~ figure u tue prlH.lGs .el
1t Boston, ne 4 2 ~ a3tdal l13I1silg Il
many peris Of AlRaamo.
Ia th3se regions lie ragro hiss III
conception Of TIE meaning o. vote, II
40 cannot aell it il pas5ss3aB 10 value 10
i'm. Left to himself liz eesses to tQi5
my interest in politics, par uinT tls sfsn
snor CT his wa II happy g0-'u lse, kind T
vi daelIe eEoArrre. 10Y WNa.a La..nHI