, 1890-01-30
ONLY ONE SOLUTION.
A Ringing Speech by Sena'
tor ingalls,.
TO IMPROVE THE COLUMBIA.
Passage OF the Appropriation Bill
in the SAnate-Contested
Election Cases.

referred The four claimants from
Montana were admitted to the privileges
Of the iioor, pending the contest.
A bill increasing to SS0J,OOO the ap-
preparation for the site of a public build
ing in San Francisco was reported from
the committee on public buildings and
placed on the calendar
The senate bill for the immediate ap-
preparation of 10000 for the continu-
ancc OF the Improvements at the mouth
of tllc Columbia river was passed, and
also one 10 place General Stonoman ON
tho retired list as q colonel of infantry.
The senate then took up the bill OF MIR.
/ Butter on negro emigration, and Mi.
Ingalls, addressed the senate.
Following are extracts from Mr.. In
gals address; "On the threshold OF our
second century We are confronted with
/ the most formidable and portcntious
problem ever submitted to free people
/ Tor solutiun-complcx, unprecedented
and involving social. moral and political
cons lieranons, party supremacy and,
In tlIe estimation OF many, although not
my own, the existence of our system of
government. Its solution will demand
all the resources OF craftsmanship of the
present and Of the future to prevent n
crisis that may become a catastrophe.
II should bc approached with oandOr,
with soleuuity, with patriotic purpose,
with fearless scrutiny, without subter-
mgc and without reserve. The line OF
cleavage le,wccn the whites and the
blacks is becoming constantly more dis
tinct and pcrccptiblc. Politically they
are affiliated with the victors in the late
civil war. Socially, and by locality and
residence, they aru associated with tho
vauquished lrsd Douglass, the most
illustrious living representative of the
negro race, once said TO me that lie
thought as the prejudice and social and
political nn,agonism disappeared the
races would blend, ooalesce and become
hOm Ogeneous. do not agree with him.
Such solution, in my judgment, would
perpctuate the vices of both races and
the virtues of neither"
Aflor Iruising the colored people for
their fidelity to the South during the
war. lac said: at seems incredible that
gmtitud should not have defended and
shielded them from the hdeous and in
ttNtI ltJh hlt NIhH40 hilb Atllhis VI NhlNiA
they have been fora quarter OF century
the Euiltless ana unresistlng victims"
MIR. Ingalls, then went on to speak OF
the determination OF the South to elm
inutc the negro as far as possible from
its political and social history, ana
quoted evidence on that point from dem
ocratic newspapers and democratic poll
ticians. lie particularly instanccd the
recent Jackson, Miss, election, and
quoted "A statement that the election at
Jack son was the most outrageous ever
seen and that the polls had been taken
possession OF 10y "toughs" and 'tiiics."
lit was" said Senator Georges son,
"onc of rifcmcn."
Bcsuming Mr. Ingalls, said: "The pre-.
texts for this condition Of things all
rest upon the fear Of negro supremacy.
TO this notification Of the constitution,
the people of the North have apparent,
lv consented. The South is sitting on
u sufcty valve. Already the muitcrinus
Of discontent ly hostile Organization,
are heard. The use Of the torch and
the dagger IS advised. | Geplorc II,
bu, as God Is my judge, say tha, no
other people on the face OF the earth
nave ever submitted to the wrongs and
injustice which have been for twenty
live years past put upon the colorcd
men Of the south without revolution
and blOud,hcG.
MIR Ingalls, went TO warn the South OF
tho natural consequences Of its cour,c to-
ward the Colored people. "Despoiism
makcsnihilists,' he said.
Nir. Ingalls, then spoke OF an outrage
committed In Aberdeen, Miss, on tue
dag oi Jefferson Davis funeral, when q
German timer accidentally, In tho
course of his work, let fall from house.
root the cable which had been stretched
across street by the citizens, bearing an
eligy Of the secretary of war with th,
inscription. "l;cdnoli Proctor. Traitor"
!or this accident tile timer was whippsd
hy uslc McDuuult, receiving at least 2Ol
laslcs. and being nearly blinded and
terribly laCcTotcd. Mcdonald was fined
$50. fine citizens subscribed twice that
amount for him, paid for tho broken
whip, and bought a railroad ticket ion
the victim and sent him out of town.
IL continued Mr., Ingalls,, IAN ont.
ruso like that had been Inflicted on an
American citizen in England, France.
Spain. anywhere on the face of tho
carlh. and there hal no, been IN In
stant disovowli or rcnnratiou, u million
men IN thi' country would have sprung
to arms to ayenge the outrage aud
WRONG; hut the outrage was Inflicted In
Mississippi, and the perpetrators 10
I 'uuwhippcd OF Justice II tie race an
! tugOnism applied only to colorcl men.
/ and they were all democrats, the race
qucst ton would be- over. Four solution.
Gl ,hc problem have been suggested.
namely, cmigrntiOn, cStermina,iun,
absorption and disirauchisemcut
hut there is u fifth solution that la,
never been tried aud that solution is
justice. | appeal to the South, to their
cape rience Oi justice. stack your guns,
orCn your ballot boxes, register your
voters, black and white, and, II after the
CNpe fimnnt has been fairly and honestly
tuoi, 1t appears that the African race Is
4 incapable Ot civilization, II ii appears
. that tic complexion burnt upon lin by
tie sun Is incompatible with
/ freedom. will pledge myself to
[ consult with You about some
measure of solving the race problem.
I But until this, nothing can Lo done.
/ Ihe citizenship OF the negro must he
Z absolutely recognized. His right To Vote
uust nc admitted, and tie ballots cast
must be honestly counted. ftlcsc arc
/ the essential preliminarcs, the cou.
ditiOus precedent Ia any considerations
81 the ultcriOr amt fundamental qucs-
/ tiJns uf race supremacy or face equality
/ IN the United States, Nortl or South.
| Those who fresd the slaves ask nothing
mort. They will he content with
moth Ing less. The experiment must De
/ f,irly tried.
At the conclusion of Mr.. ingalls,
address, the senate adjourned until
Monday.
HOUSE pEOCEspINGs.
Report on the Contested Election
Case OF smith vs.. jackson.