The crusader., 1890-07-19

praise eworthy ambition, he 'resolutely set
to work to ameliorate his condition and,
if coming events cast their shadows before,
the pext-decade will witness remarkable
change for the better in his moral and
mental condition. He may be trampled
upon by arbitrary laws, but..his advance
i. ment to higher plane of citizenship and
civilization cannot be checked. Perseeu-
tion cannot down him, and in his invinci-
BILE march to better and more elevated
goal, his advancement has been steady
and continuous.
Mr.. President, who are the enemies of
the colored people Is it the educated
and refined whitef No, it is that class who
have no social or moral standing in the
communities where they live, and there
fore they with keen sensibility feel their
inferiority, and to acquire cheap notoriety
they are willing to resort to any measure,
they care not how ignifcant, ,per6duous
or oppressive it may be against the Negro,
in order to carry out their unholy and
hellish designs. In this hall, like other
legislative halls in the South, you will
find class of Democatic Senators who are
constantly clamoring for changes, fo-
menting civil commotion, seeking to ac-
complish innovations restless spirits who
are never satisfied with the present order
of things, full of diabolical prospect and
schemes; all the time boasting of their
devotion to the interest of the State, their
love for the people, their zeal for the pub
lie good Such representatives constitute
the most dangerous element in the body
polite of the State and are deadly enemies
to the good order of society and have no
claims to the lofty epithet of an honest
man. Nor is that man honest that VIII
attempt to elevate himself at the expense
and injury of others. And this is the in
tention plainly and Enthusiastically exhlb-
tied here to-day in attempting the pas
| sage of this bill.
The Young Senator, Mr. Provosty, has ad-
mitted upon this floor that the colored peo-
pie composing his Senatorial district elected
| him to this hall. | desire to ask the Sem
ator, if it is not an act of base lngratltude
rarely ever exhibited in legislative halls
to cast vote to oppress people that ele-
waited him. Mr.. President, the Negro like
the Jew has been oppressed for centuries.
More than fifty years ago young BacOns-
field, when elected to the House OF Com
nous, was Kissed at and rOtten-egged
He said to} his oppressors then that the
time would come when England would
bend to hear his voice, and that predic-
tion has become living history, for We
saw him more than once afterWard elected
Premier of that mighty Nation. And
| to-day those of his race he left behind him
| are the ruling spirit in the financial
world. Every oppressive act inflicted
upon them cemented and made them
stronger.
Like the Jews we have been driven from
our homes and tire-sides, from our church
es and school houses, form our civil and
political liberties, and from the elevat-
| ted avenues of livelihood, and now in Or
der to reach the lowest depth of infamy
in order to surpass all other indignities
heaped upon us, you are willing to forget
YOU are men and vote for the passage OF
| this bill.
| Mr. President, when this bill shall have
passed it is the last indignity left for you
to heaped upon us. You have exhausted
every indignity, you have inflicted upon
us every oppression known to your race
and we have born it with a patience un-
known to other races without single
word of resentment, because we desired
| the security of peace, prosperity and hap
| piness for all. But the time will and
must come in our case, as it has in the
history of other races, when we will rise
and strike, for our liberties, let the chips
fly where they may or consequences be
what they will.
MIR. President, we made this bill para
mount to all others that have been intro
duced in either .of these halls; we were
willing to vote for or against the exten-
sion of the lottery proposition. We have
<entered into a combination with!a sufficient
number of Senators upon this floor to
defeat the passage of this bill. We have
carried out our part of the programme
honestly, faithfully and completely
There is nothing left for us to do now
but to wait and see if you gentlemen will
carry out your promises sacredly made
to us. 1t has been estimated that you
intend to violate that obligation, which
l consider is as sacred as if administered
by an authorized officer of the gov
ernment.
/ will not and cannot believe that W.
will be deceived or betrayed until the di'
is cast.