The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

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I the United States court, save to max,
fees for officers and witnesses In th'
case of the postmaster who was killed
at Lake City? Will they ever do any
thing other than to make fees for tht
officers and witnesses? Will the
guilty parties ever be punished? No
never. The redress for these wrongs
| if found at all, will come to us from
other hands than theirs. 1t must come
to US through and by the teachings of
such white men as Rev. Wingard, who
was born upon the banks Of the Salka.
chatie, soil that is endeared by its past
history to South CaroliDians all. We
will have to stay here trusting to God,
acknowledging to our white citizens
our helplessness and weaknesses, rely
ing on them to right the ills we bear,
shoulder to shoulder, negro and white
men must stand, hand In hand they
must stoop under the burden. and to-
gether, with a heart Of love, labor for
the State of South Carolina, the good
of the race and glory of God.
Some say, II will not do it, I viii
not accept your teachings, Miller, be-
fore I do 30, I will leave the State"
If that is your choice it is your right
but where are you going? Are you
going to, any single territory over
whose sovereignty the American
Eagle spreads its wings? Are you 60
ing to high on across the Ohio and
stop anywhere under the Stars and
Stripes? Ifso, let me call on Senator
Hoar as my witness, for he says, ''if
anything we have been more kindly
dealt with by the Southern men than
the Northern since reconstruction"
Some would advise! you to stay, as q
good place, In the State where the re-
mains of our sainted:: resident repose.
It is natural to suppose that halo that
surrounds the martyr who gave us this
day to celebrate is sufficient to shed its
light, to and over a Republican COVER
nor of that State as least. But warn
you that it has no effect over there.
No, the remains of Abraham Lincoln
are not sufficient to guarantee protec-
ton to negroes while attempting to
work for bread upon the soil of Illinois ;
for net long ago a Republican COVER
nor issued his edict, that If negro min
ers dared come from the south to work
in Illinois, he would meet those aliens.
mark the language, "aliens," with gat-
ling guns at the border of the State,
rather than have them come to Illinois
and earn their living by the sweat of
their brows.
Who calls our race::of people aliens,
q people who came here long, long be-
fore the foreign people who have peo-
pied the northwestern States ever
thought of being born, race of peo.
pie who have borne every suffering
that the early white colonists bore,
who calls them aliens, and Is ready to
meet them at the border Of the State
and threatens to shoot them to death,
if they dare to come to work? A
Republican governor in the State of
Illinois, the home Of Lincoln, Davis
and Washburn. Verify I say unto
you and do plead to you to hear me
for your cause, that there is q Pharaoh
on the throne in Illinois who knows
not Joseph. ">... ~
Who is 1t that stands today In the
United States senate and warn negroes
and white men of the south that the
right to vote Is not q gift from nation,
but matter left entirely with each
sovereign State to be regulated that
is, to be given or taken? Why it is a
man from New England, the great Re-
publican, Senator Platt, and why has
this great change come over the north
in relation to franchises; why do they
yield to this principle that has always
been claimed by the south? Because
stified Yankee industry needed q
new outlet for Yankee goods. They
want Hawaii, the West Indies and the
Philippine islands. Negroes are in
all these countries. To secure the
votes of southern congressman and
senator's for the benefit of Yankee in
dustry, this great New England Re.
publican and august senator from a
sovereign State stands in the senate
chamber und virtually admits that
the 14th and 18th amendments are
nugatory and of no effect.
People, these pictures that l have
presented to you are held up In the
spirit that possessed and held up Sena-
tor Hoar when he was in Charleston
two weaks ago. 1t is because 1 want
negroes to make the white mans land
of the south his land, the white mans
God his God and resolve that we will
live here with him in love and peace,
with our bosoms bear the brunt of
coming necessity and our hands ever
ready to dare and to do.
I am convinced that the South is the
place for my people. Here we will in
ths end become strong people, yes,
we will be great factor in the &C.
complishment and development of
this nation but we must not rely upon
assistance from without. We must
depend upon the aid that is to be had
at our doors. Each family, every in.
dividual must depend on self. The
greatness of q race is the measure OF
the greatness of each person, Of each
family, of each community. Persist
ent vigilence, honesty and frugality
are the aids we must look up to and
rely on. Legislation has never made
q race. Laws are invariably negatives.
Do not rely on the written law for
help, but on the good will and esteem
of your neighbors. Let the written
law be against me, and my peighbor,
who Is to administer the law, be for me
and I am safe.
1t is my belief that our future was
never brighter than now, for the visit
of President Mckinley should be of
great assistance to us negroes, for at
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