, 1896-06-13

0oVerHHeht, III any way 10 dehy Cnem PiO-
lection, rights, privileges and liberty" which
in full accord with their Declaration of indie
pendence, "Give unto all men equality"
and the privilege of exercising, and enjoying
their full rights as citizens; but the American
people for their own 0he Negros) benefit,
and the protection Of IN es, in those
States where the Blacks are in the majority,
endeavor to intimidare them from using their
rights to vote, etc, we'll knowing what
would follow. That tho deserving Negro IS
always held deservingly IN respect and
esteem, is proven by such men, as Fred
Douglas, Senator Bruce. also DR.. Derrick, Ia
West Indian Negro Of Antigua,l Abort,
Blyden, etc., etc. The first named. although
a born American slave, holding the esteem
of the people, to all extent almost unsurpassed
by Lincoln, as was shown 10y the nations
honor paid to his obsequies. That such
cases, VIZ, the Negro aspiring to command
respect and esteem in the y. 5. A, do seldom
occur, and more so than J like 10 admit, Is
undsniable, but this goes against the race itself,
according to Mr.. Froude, exceptions go to
prove the very opposite of what they
seem to prove That the Negro, III the
u. s. A., however, who knows his stand
lag far better than either my Trend
"Content' or myself, is satisfied with AmerI-
can rule and treatment is proven by the tact
that they cannot get him TO e%migrdte there
from. It's but q short time ago that the Ill
berian Association made most energetic at
tempts to encourage him to 80 to the land OF
his origin, and notwithstanding the advan-
tages, which they offered in the way of free
passage, agricultural implements, free land
III Liberia &c, &c, their call was very poorly
responded to-; some Of the few who travelled
even returning to the U.S.A. At about the
same time The Mexican Government, by IN
ducements, tried to get them settled in Mexico,
but their abode there was but short lived, the
Negro preferring 20 return to the U.S'A., and
he ar what our friend would make us be-
lieve to be, American oppression and Injustice.
He refers to England, but let me remind him
that at this moment there exists within the
British Empire, slaDery itself. The Commits
sioners of such recently acquired territories,
as Zanzibar and Uganda, finding 1t preferable
for the Negro himself, as we'll as the country,
than giving him liberty before he's capable
of turning it over to good account, or has
learnt to realize what liberty really is. About
France, | shall remind my friend Of the
"blot' she made on her history, in her deal
ings with the Black race, Ivy her treatment Of
TousBaint POuverture, q Negro of excep-
tiOnal, fine, and noble qualities. About
Danish treatment of the blacks, | refer my
friend to such placards as that issued on Slst.
January 1888 (see Taylor's Leaflets from
the Danish West Indies, page 101.)
/ now consider, whether u transfer would
be beneficial or no, (see Royal Proclamation
9TH May, 1870 which expected that the
annexation of the islands to the .. S. A,
"would have afforded the islands important
advantages an idea which was supported
by the unusual r%apidity, with which the
Landsthing ratified by a unanimous vote, the
sale also by the very large majority Of
votes received in the islands, the inhabitants
voting for it almost to a man.
By a transfer we could expect
lst. Home rule-that ia the sole right of
managing our local affairs, instead of the
nominal legislative power we at present
possess BY the way, what has become of
that bill some years ago introduced, to
curtail e Ell The sphere of the little power
possessed by the Council?
2nd. We could expect an exodus Of Ameri-
can capital and energy to the islands, imne-
diately raising the value of property over
100 per cent, and have our harbor improved
"a want now widely acknowledged.
Ord. To have new industries introduced,
and our present greatly increased. by
placing in cultivation our waste lands. And
could you deny that were we to have a
few thousand laborers in the Eastern end of
the island, and to have the soil of which
~Do1,oinm mora than mara thOrnC and