The progress., 1891-03-07

sNpuiauons with various Indian tribes for the
rear ending june 81, 1892, and for other pur-
poses--...
Mr.. MILLER said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: Coming as do from
II state that has BEEN first in all str;faa
looking toward the suppression OF hui
man rights or the destruction OF re.
publican institutions, it is expected
I hat should be moved, like Others
rom that state IN the last forty years,
bypasslon founded upon sectionalism
and local ACKNOWLEDGMENT But, Mr..
Chairman, that is not my purpose. /
ain here, first ms an American, second
Il South GarolInlanf AS an American
for Americans, living IN the present
with hopes for the future, | am here
10 speak to this question.
With regret have witnessed the ac-
rImOny, crinfinations and recriminai-
tions indulgetl in by those from my
section against the legally chosen rep
resentatives Of a people and a party
ahose views are broad, liberal, hn-
maine aid mercifnl have read all
the speeches delivered blythe Senator's
| and Representatives. against the pas
sage Of an election law, a law which is
lintended TO protect the humblest
| American in the discharge of the du-
ties OF freemen at the elections, mi law
which II. omses the absolute ptotee-
tion of republican institutions, law
which aims nc the obliteratlon OF sec
diona.ism, caste prejudice, and the
hatred that'is manifested by the rep
resent atives from the south. There is
II at
malignant hatred and statements I'M
] sounded in history and political econ.
omy Every one OF them savors Of
the same stale tale that has been an
nounced either in this chamber or in
| the next, or over the entire country in
the past fifty years, by arrogance and
/ Ignorance.
But there is one speech to which /
must invite the attention of the Amer
lean people; | refer to IL speech of a
Christian friend from Georgia Mr..
Colquitt Its Importance does not
lie in the fact that he announces any
new doctrine, but because he repre-
sents hlmselfa self-constituted sponsor
Of the negro in religion and politica
economy. He claims to speak for lis
rs our religious adviser, political and
personal friend. Standing out in bold
relief from the others is. that clever
theological politician. With gloved
hand he holds the Bible in most the.
ological way while he lays down his
badly mixed syllogisms, but in that
gloyed hand is the stiletto, the dagger,
which, as he advances in his argument
he inserts into the very yitals of the
negro, and along with him he drags
down the representatives of the party
OF constitutional liberty, the party
that has driven from the north sec
tionalism and clannish hate, the party
that has planted north of Mason and
Dixon's line IL civilization founded up
on ''Do unto Others as you would have
others do unto you,@ the like of which
has never been known under the can
opy OF heaven. Speaking of the south
that wouldbe friend of the negro
i Senator Colquitt says:
But in material prosperity it has suf.r Ell
eclipse by the side of the north and west. As t
i the causes the two leading ones are: The pres
ence Of the negro; not his status; the action Of
government
Mr.. Chairman, the presence of the
negro does not retard the development
Of the south. 1t is not his fault that
4. the south has remained bottled up
i yes, literally bottled up, within hel
circumscri6ed sphere feastTng upon
sectional hate, seeking to destroy al
that is good in our institutions, falsi
flying and misreptesenting her country
men, and playing the part OF Kilkenny
cats among themselves. There is no
II ,,ao Y,ta -, tha r~ iii ,,,frn calf oV;.,;0y,
ited without cause, more bigoted
without achievements. more boastful
without a status; no people i'm the
world SO quick to misjudge their coun-
\ trymen and misstate historical facts
or political economy. and impugn the
motives of them History does not
record a civilized people who have
been contented with SO little and who
can feast so long upon q worthless
buried p ast. While crying for mercy
and attempting to speak as embassa-
doris OF peace, there are no people in
the worldmore vituperative than her
leaders
1t is not the negro, Mr.. Chairman,
that keeps northern capital and west
ern energy from within the borders OF
the south land, but it is the revolu-
tionary spirit Of the white citizens. it
is the cannshness of the white citi
zens, it is the petty prejudices of the
white citizens, it is the mean jealousy
of the white citizen, it is his love OF
misjudging and misrepresenting histor-
ical achievements that drive from our
borders thrift capital, energy and in
| yentiye genius. Caucasian energy and
enterprise will seek wealth in any
cline, and the color of mans skin
can not keep them from coming; but
men Of refinement will not go tothat
country where the rights of property
are not secure; men Of religious con-
vlctions will not 60 among people who,
Pharisaical-l consider themselves
superior of the influx: men of business
habits will not go in q country until
by the laws OF that land investments
are secure.
The negro, Mr.. Chairman, beyond
any people from barbarous state
assinilate readily Full OF gratitude,
trained to obey, it is his nature to low
ineIy serve those by whom he is em-
ployed; he never attempts to cross
the boundary of established social
lines; but, like the newer of wood that
be is in the south, be tolls, obeys and
develops his section. His habits are
those Of the white man, his religion is
that Of the white man, he has not al
obtrusive nature. Then in God s name
| ask Christian statesmen not to mix
their theology and .theirpolitical econ
Omy, and state 1t to the world that
4 the presence of the negro Ia tha oai,co