National Baptist world., 1894-10-19
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an territory tnaL are acceSSlDle ana /
can be had on easy terms. The Kick
apoO and Iowa reservations Of Indian |
Territory, will soon be thrown open
to settlement. Tn all thy getting
get land. The G0,00O Negroes in the
Territory, most Of whom own prop
erty, will, with the next five years,
change the complexion Of the social
and Political status OF the race.
The POLITICAL HIATUS.
The Republican party is the great
est Of all political organizations in
America. 1t has championed liber
ty for all men--the Caucasian, the
Negro, the Indian and the China
man, 1t has digni1ied the ballot, and
consecrated the trophies Of true gov
-rnment. Truly it is the party OF
great reform, Of civility and law,
That party has produced marvellous
development in the moral and politi-.
cal world. We have looked forward
to this organization as our only
friend, our advisory counsel, as our
haven Of peace and tranquility. I'm
der the eagis Of its prOtectorate, the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments were enacted into the
law, and assurances of life and eX-
alteG citizenship were acknowledged
upon the statues Of reason and his
tory which were revoked by nine
learned Republican judges Of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
This one act was enacted in the
house Of our friends. When we re-
member that Portia, Of Venice, con-
strued the law in the interest Of the
poor and feeble; the French had
compassion upon its enemies in time
Of war; Greece granted liberty to its
captives, and these illustrious eX-
amples Of heroism have challenged
the admiration of mankind; but the
wound a poor, helpless: defenseless
race received is made without warm
ing or agitation. But fellow country
men, let rs not be wroth, our friends
are sometimes mistaken.
The emancipation of 100000 Of
our people occurred under the efforts
Of Abolitionist and Republican alike,
and like the fatal stroke of the
French at Waterloo, it was the cap
stone Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, it has added new impetus to
our national life. The names Of
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner
Truth, VIM. Still, Henry Ward
Beecher, Lloyd Garrison and Wen
dell Phillips are the luminous mete-
ors Of our armament, and their alb
sence in the forum Of legislation and
history has been q calamity to the
course for which they gave their
| lives, Justice requires the admis-
/ sion that during the 80 years of Re
publican administration fhe popula
ton grew from so, 900, 900 to go, 900, 900,
onr wealth from $4,000, 100000, to
500, 900, 600 900; carried civilization,
by means Of acqueducts and tunnels
from Castle Garden to the Golden
Gate At the genius Of science,
mountains have clapped their hands
for Joy, rivers held their breath
while the electric current still reigns,
conQuers, subdues. This is Victor
Hugo's prOphesy Of the ideal age of
the worlds history.
With these progressive, civilizing
influences, the platforms and issues
Of political parties have materially
changed. The civil right bills for
the Negro American rights, the pen
sion bill agitation, the bloody shirt
dogmas, the abnegation Of the Con-
federate government have been sub
merged by the impending tariff and
commercial questions, They have
become matters Of history, and in
the main they will never become
prominent again. The missions Of
the Republican party is twofold, viz:
To contend for liberty Of citizens and
protect it. Fellow citizens, let us
continue with our. friends. The
Democratic party is oar same stub
born enemy, and the Peoples party
is its orphan child. All roads out Of
the Republican camp lead them into
the vine yards Of our enemies. All
roads lead TO Rome.
1t is contended by some that it is
wise to advise that the Negro vote
be scattered as solution Of our pres
ent peculiar condition; that such a
course would ultimately subserve
our best interest and ameliOrate our
environments; but the logic OF this
advice has been exploded by the
continual inhuman treatment OF the
Negro merican in the South, and
the Indifference of the present ad-
ministration, President and both
Houses of Congress, to enforce the
plain letter of the Constitution OF
the United States. Why should we
throw ourselves in the lions den
When in the face of these facts and
the fact that protection Of tariff is
more important than the protection