The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-01-24
WHICH RACE SHALL AULt
ingalls, Delivers an Address in the
Senate on the Southern
Problem.
An Admission That the Solution
of the Question Has Not
Been Found.
The Old aud Distorted STORM. uf uui-
rage, hehCHrsed The Businc.s
In The House.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 43.-ln the senate to-
day the hill increasing TO SsplUO the app
propra'ion for site for public building
at san Francisco WIS reported from the
committee On public buildings and placed
Oh the calendar. The senate hill oppfo-
priating S5Ntol for the continued im-
plovement ol the mouth Of the Columbia
river passed; also one to place Gen. Stone
man on iJe retired list MS u colonel Of in
famN. The senate took up the bin of But-
lei for negro eminigmtion. and ingalls, ad-
9,essed the senate.
The following are extracts from his Gd-
dress: "On the threshold of our second
century we are confronted with The most
formidable and puitentiOus problem ever
submitted TO Il free people Tor solution;
complex. unprecedented involving social,
moral and political considerations. par,y
supremacy and in the cstimHtion of uany
though not IN my own the existence of
onr system ol government. It's solution
will demand all the resources Of statesman
ship OF the present and of the future 10
prevent crisis that m'y become n catas-
trophc. II should he approached with cnn-
dor, with solemnitS, with patriotic purpose.
with fearless scrutiny. without suhterfugc
and without reserve. The line OF cleavage
between the whites nnd blacks Is becoming
constantly more distant and pcrceptihle.
I Politically they Nre affiliated with the vic
tors IN the late civil war: socially and hN
Locality and residence thov are associated
with the vanquished, Fred Douglas.
the most illustriOus living repre-
sentative Of the negro race. once said
10 me be thought rs prejudice and
social and political aBtagonism disappeared
the races would blend, ooalesce and become
homogeneous. | do not agree with him.
Such u solution, in my Judgment would
perpeirate the vices of both races and the
virtues of neither.
After praising the colored people for their
fidelity TO the south during the war. be
said: "lt seems incredible that gfatituda
should not have defended and shielded
them from the hIdeous and indescribnhle
wrongs and crimes of which they have been
! tor quarter uf u contnry the guilt=ss and
unresisting victims" Ingalls, went on TO
speak of the determination of the
south 10 eliminate the negro ng
factor from iis political and
social history, and quoted evidence Oh that
point from democratic newspapers and
democratic politicians. lie particularly Ia
Z rltlAtn AHf hftN7RAls AhANasf hi'iltAii NliA
/ quoted the statement that the election NJ
Jackson WAS the most outrageous evef seen:
| The power had been taken possession of
| by "tuughs." armed with rifles. Ii was said
that senator Georges son was one of The
| riHemcu. Reeuining. ingalls, snid: The
/ prcitxi for this condition of things al rest
upon he fear of negro supremacy. and to
this nulliilication of the constitution the
people of the north have apparently con
1 al. =. D a..
/ volcano; the south is sitting on u safety
valve; already mntteriuC discomfort by
hostile organizations AFc heard. The use
of the torch aud dagger Is advised de
plOlo II, but. rs God is my judge. ! say no
other people on the face OF the ea th have
ever submitted 10 the wrongs and injustice
which have for twenty-five years been pat
upon the col0red men Of the south without
revolution and blood"
Ingalls, wen, on 10 warn the south Of the
natural consequences of its course toward
the eolored people. Dospotism makes nj
hllists. ingalls, then spoke of ma Outrage
committed in Aberdeen. Miss. on the day
of Jefferson Davis funeral. when GeTlau
timer, "A citizen of Indiana, accidentally
in the course ot his work let fall from n
house iuofn cnblo which had been stretched
across the street lay u citizen benring the
elliuy of the secretary of war with the in
scrption Red Proctor. traitor. For this
accident The timer Was whipped 10y one
Mcdonald, receiving nj least aDO lushea
and being nearly blinded and terribly lac
I Grated. Mcdonald was tined SAl. The
1 citizens subscribed twice the amount
Mcdonald was discharged aud paid for ilo
broken whip The fellow then bought n
railroad ticket for the yict IN and sent him
odt of town. III" continued Ingalls,, "an
outrage like that had been inflicted on nm
American citizen IN England. France,
Spain. anywhere on the face uf
the earth. and there hnd not
been nn instantaneous diAayoWal OF
reputation. million men in this countl
would have sprung 10 arms TO ayengo ibe
wrong and outrage: but the outrage WIS in
iliciod in Mississippi aud the perpetrators
20 unwlippcd OF Justice. The race an
,rgouism applied only 10 the colored mcu;
If they were all democratic the race question
would be over. -Four solutions of the prob
lem had been suggested. emigration, CN-
termination. absorption and disfrFnchise-
ment: hut there was still fifth solution.
which had never been tried. and that sOlu-
tion WIS Justice. appeal ~ the south, he
exclaimed, 80 try their cxperlinCu ul oi jus.
ticc. Stack yonr guns. open yonl
ballot boxes, register your votes, black aud
white. and il after the experiment has been
fairly tried it appears that the African race
IL incapable ui civilization, If j. appears
that the complexion burnt upon him bv the
suu is incompatible with freedom. ! will
pledge Sseif 10 consult with Nou about
Some measure Of solving the problem
but until then nothing c1n hf
done. The citizenship OF the negro must
he absolutely recognized. His right I'd
vote must be admitted and the ballot ht
casts must he honestly counted. These are
/ tho essential Drpiiminuflfs procedpuf fu uuy
consideration of the ulterior and funda.
mental questions Of rce supremacy or race
equality ~ the United Stales. north oi
south. Those who freed the slaves ask
nothing more. they will ho content with
no,hng less. The experiment must bC
fnitly triod.'
Ntho conclusion Of Ingalls, address th,
senate adjourned till Monday