Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-04-14
A Kentuckian's View


The following was written 10 q CORES pontlcnt
" the ANfKitA ~, in the hope tha, it would be
published
PROVIDENCE X L. April T.
NJ Dear Sir Your sister. Mrs Pike.
has given me your name and has requested
me 10 write to you. | am from the South
Kentucky, native born white man,
tnionist and aboli,ioni>t was born and
reared on Slave plantation aud under the
curse Of slavery. Cons, queutly know ali
about what | desire to correspond with
gDu about The immediate in>tfgation ~
this letter however, is the remarkable
speech made here the other night by
Grover Cleveland Here il what he said
lie, u not for one moment miss the in
>piration az those words. The Peoples
Cause. They signify The defens. ~ the
rights Of aiHn.-Atfu rich or poor. in srery
c"rHer pf"Hr 'Ihd who Nv virtue uf simple
AMERICAN III tnhpud Laws claim to the prom.
i-rS 81 our free government aud these
mran The ptomntioh Of the welfare and
happiness IF the humhie-t Am, ricsn citi.
zen, VT" .rti,iin.iy iuvnkv- the protcc-
'iin II juSt aud sqiTi lsw~
"a" C,'t"nsnt ~ our Democratic faith
Is ! WRd'r,'rHd n "X,r'> e. instant "a ut IN
Thu cag>c ANT IFS i.frqgul | conceive 10
BE- crime against the creed OF true Dr.
aiocrucY
Noble words They emhody noble sen
timeut Further on Mr. Cleveland used
these almost sublime words Those who
believe that Nations foundation l. in
honesty and conscience. cannot afford TO
discard Rordi sentiment
Again / say. noble words Now TO the
facts
will undertake To confront Mr. Cleve-
land with American citizens in Louisiana.
the sons of veterans who az Union sol
diers faced death on the battle fields Of
the Civil war III defense Of the nation, who
are not allowed to cast their ballots in
Federal or State elections. Furthermore,
| will undertake TO prove, that the free
American public school system has been
overthrown in every southern state from
Mary and to Texas. aud from Missouri TO
Florida. and race-ca-te. pr slavery Jef.
Davis. anti American schools have been
established in their stead. Ia these race
caste schools the children OF the colored
American citizen are separated into one
social group, and the brand Of degradation
and nfertJiity is stamped upon them by
the puIiic itn. In the other (white)
schools. the children Of the white citizen.
are educated in another social group in
all the feroCity OF race hate and In the
pro-,iavery dogma Of their Divine right to
lord 1t over the inferior" p negro child
Better school accommodations better ,xt
books, etc, are supplied to the children OF
the white citizen. and for this the colored
citizen IS taxed. furthermore the colored
American citizen, who with his family
wife and daughters. buys a first elias. rail-
way ticket from New Orleans to Cincn-
natl, must ride in Niger" car dim
Crow car, INTO which car any white
ruff IN with his whi>key bottle cards aud
tobacco pipe, vulgarity and profa .ity is
free 20 enter.
Furthermore Mr.. Cleveland owed his So
called election in 1854 to these and other
Democratic" methods for creating the
''solid south along the color line :" that
is, conceding New York in that contest to
Grover Cleveland and giving Mr. Blaine
the four southern Republican states Of
South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi aud
Louisiana To which he was entitled) and
Mr.. Blaine and not Mr. Cleveland would
b., a IL a
southern Republican states were wrested
from Mr.. Blaine in 1854 by organized
armed revolutionary riolence
These are simple facts. In the face Of
England and proclaims the noble senti-
ments have quoted from his recent Prov
idence speech, What does he meanl Is
his own conscience aroused at last in re-
gard to this southern business? Let Mr..
Cleveland, if he is sincere, staud up to his
declared sentiments in his now famous
Providence speech. Let him say to the
political white Democratic assassins of the
South that he will not accept the Presi-
dency at the cost of a single social, civil
or political right of the humblest colored
American at the South. Then, he will
have the right to claim the respect and in
deed affection of every true American
Much has been said about the moral cour-
age and high purpose of this Democratic
leader His celebrated tariff reform mes
sage to Congress is cited as a proof Of
his moral courage and high standard Of
unselfish craftsmanship; so of his posi-
ton on the silver question. Neither Of
these episodes in Mr.. Cleveland's political
career testifles to the claims in this partic-
ular advanced in his favor by his admirers.
In both cases he evidenced simply the sa-
gacity of an able and far-seeng political
leader. But in dealing with this southern
problem, in accordance with the sent-
ments have quoted, he can establish in
contestaby his claim to true statesman
ship. He can do what Webster failed, for
want of moral courage. to do In his speech
in the United States Senate when he SUP.
ported the Fugitive Slave law. Let Grover
Cleveland learr lesson from Webster's
fate and stepping boldly before the So
called Democratic leaders Of the South
say Il demand that the sentiments Of
my Providence speech be applied in good
faith in Mississippi as well IS In Rhode Is
land"
Let him do that! VIII he do It? Dare he
do it? KENTUcK1AN.
To E. G. GUPTILL. Gouldsboro, Me.
DR. Charles L. Wilson Of Waterford