The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-15
Africa's Bishop answers Ingalls,.

"The Negro a Failure Here" Such
have just read his elaborate discus
sion of the subject.
Without controversy l respectfully
submit the inquiry: do the facts in
! the case warrant that conclusion?"
The honora bic senator treats the sub
! ject under two general heads, known in
! logic as IAN Art and the Art" The
abstract theory and the practical facts.
/ He says: THE right of secession, if it
ever existed. exists now so far as any
declaration in our organic law is con-
cerned. 1t has not been renowned.
nor is the supremacy of the nation af-
frmed in its charter
reply: The right of secession never
did exist in fact after the organic
union of the states into nation. It
existed in theory IN the minds of a
minority of its citizens. who submitted
the question to the arbitrament of the
sword, and it was ruled out forever,
and the supremacy of the nation
affirmed in fact, and accepted as fact
by its citizens at large, north and
south. This was the ostensible object
of the federal forces in the fight,
which nevertheless involved as fact
the abolition of slavery, which led to
the theory of the Acknowledgement of
the freedmen which was legalized by
fifteenth amendment. declaring that
the right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of race, color or
previous condition OF servitude." The
HONORABLE gentleman says: The right
to vote is conferred upon no one by
the constitution or its amendment"
Ireply: The right to vote is funda-
mental in the constitution, ard is en-
phatically stated in the fifteenth
amendment; so if the negro has no
right to vote no other citizen has
right to vote. The negro, then, is free
man in fact, and by constitutional le-
gal right the peer of any other citi-
zen in the nation That is not so bad
for the time he has been rising. He
will require time for the Development
of his possibilities; he has a powerful
physique and average mental ability;
he excels in the gifts of oratory and
song. He has very emotional re-
hgious nature. and is teachable. he
is a soldier. More than two hundred
thousand negroes enlisted in the ma
tional armies" and poured out their
blood freely in helping to restore the
union. They are indispensable as Ia
borers in the south: the whites Of the
southern states would not willingly
part with them. The negro Is trust
worthy when trusted. Gail q Kaffir in
Africa. a niger not to be trusted. and
You cannot safely trust him, but Yin
his confidence by fair dealing and
kindness, and You can safely trust 70
his care a thousand head Of cattle.
vour poclletbook or your life. He
would die for you If the fulfllmeat Of
his trust should require it
Those original instincts OF the nero
have been blunted by what he has
suffered as slave And yet during
the bloody war that secured their
emancipation. countless thousands Of
them were safely left in charge OF t1e
women and children and estates Of
their masters rs slaves they were
not allowed 20 learn to read. bat now
statistics inform Us that 2..2see5. tsga OF
them can read and write They haze
I5o training schools for teaching. L.
o0o colored teachers; $3.50 schools l.
rs. GOO pupils They are rising
Dreadful crimes are CHARGED ag3i1s.
the negroes Of late The daily pers
are filed also with the dsrs. details OF
horrible crimes among I'll classes OF
foreigners and Americans. but eve 90
not charge the whole class with the
crimes perpe trascd bg the exceptional
eases out OF q population OF eight
millions OF negroes IA America, rot
one ii thousand OF them -