Arizona republican., 1898-04-27
HE SPOKE FOR NINE MILLIONS

HE SPOKE FOR NINE MILLIONS. Ex-Governor Pinchbeck Reads an Address From the Negroes. Washington, April 26.-A delega- ,, tion of the most prominent negroes in the United States have called up on President Mckinley and pre- scented patriotic address. In the delegation were Representative White, Register Lyons of the treasury and MT. Cheatham, recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia The ad- dress touched the president deeply and he responded in the most feeling manner. The address was read by ex-Goyernor Pinchbeck and was as follows:
 "To His Excellency, the President Of the United States: In every 1m- portant martial conflict in which our country has been engaged, beginning with the struggle for independence of the American colonies. negroes have taken their places as soldiers in the ranks with white men and have fought with a gallantry that will ever be re- garded as a climax of courage and daring.
 "On March 5, 177O, occurred the Boston massacre. In this bloody drama, which in reality began that thrilling chapter in American history known as the revolutionary war, Cris- pus Attucks, a cOlored man, was the first of our countrymen to suffer mar tyrdom. The hundreds of colored men who took part in the memorable struggle for the establishment of our nation proved themselves brave sol diers and worthy of the cause they fought to maintain.
 "eGeneral Andrew Jackson's attesta- tion of the bravery and good con- duct of the negro troops who fought in the war of 1872 is too we'll known to require comment here, yet it may be well to give an excerpt from his spec ial address to them just before the battle of New Orleans. Among other things he said: I knew you could endure hunger and thirst and all the hardships of war. I knew you loved the land of your nativity and that like ourselves you had to defend all that is most dear to man. But you surpassed my hopes. I have found in you, united to these qualities, that noble enthusiasm which impels to great deeds
 "The story of the negro troops in our late civil war is fresh in the mem- ory of this generation of men. Their efficient service has been applauded on two continents. We have called your attention to these facts at this time because we fully appreciate the serious situation that now confrouts our government in it's relations with a foreign nation. We know that we express the sentiments of the negro people in the various sates Of our Union when we say that we most heartily indorse the judic1ous, states manlike and conservative methods that have characterized the action Of your administration in dealing with the all-important question touching the future of the island of Cuba It has upheld the dignity of our country. It has taken and maintained an at titude consistent with American ideas of justice and civilization The black American is no less loyal and patrl- otic today than he was when he fought for his country's independence ana his own freedom. His sympathy goes out to the oppressed everywhere and especially to the brave people of Cuba, who though living in the very shadow of our broad American liberty, are subjected to the intolerable and des- potic rule of foreign power. To support you in your determination to extend liberty on this continent and to maintain the honor and dignity of our country, we tender you the moral and physical support of nine million col cred Americans"
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