The Washington bee., 1901-09-21
rom the Cleveland o. Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland 0. Plain Dealer.
Aged and bent colored veterans.
many from the center of the black
belt OF the south, relieved their pent
up feelings with tears and shouts to-
gether with hundreds of their white
comrades from nearly every state in
the union last night at the Grays'
armory.
AS the camp fire of the colored
troops progressed the successive
Speakers seemed to be inspired bv
some unseen power and many of the
sentiments expressed will pass into
history as the most remarkable of the
entire enCampment.
Questions that politicians have been
IN the habit of discussing almost ia
whispers, fearful of string up iHtense
feeling, were handled by notable men
asst night with unguarded frankness.
Gen. y. .. Howard, the idol of the
@colored civil war veterans, started a
campaign against anarchy and lynch
law with ringing speech, that he SAYS
@ne purposes TO end IN the halls of con-
sgresS.
There are no black men and no
white men here tonight" said the
beloved general, but this hall is fill
Led with grand American c tizenS.
THE bloody days of war are over,
out new perIls threaten the nation
S Sthat must be StTangled, and stTangled
lat once.
Anarchy, the venomous spirit of
hate and malice, is rearing its kissing
anead IN this country. And with all my
strength wish to sink in your minds
S the tact that anarchy IS treason.
1t IS now the duty of congress to
pass certain laws that will 90 after
#treason with the force of a trip ham
#meT Laws must be enacted that will
4Oe carried out if every Anarchist that
#roams IN our great cities has to bite
#the dust.
THE awful custom of Iynching
American citizens without any show
oelng given the bleeding victims must
also be stamped out. The satanic
Spirit OF hell that these awful scenes
4Oreath forth IS only half the pity. But
the fact that the majesty ofthe law is
Oeing trampled upon is the great
curse of these terrible affairs"
A mighty cheer that set the rafters
OF the armOry to ringing greeted the
Iervld utteranCes of the noble old
soldier. When the feelings of the au-
ditOrs were under control Genera [
Howard leaned sympathetically to-
ward the eager crowd and with
broken voice he said:
This, my dear comrades, is proba-
bly, the last time the old man will see
you, colored and white, you are all the
same 10 me, and so in departing l
leave you in the hands of the God OF
Is the heavens and all the peoples"
As the general left the platform and
started to leave the hall the unique
audieece arose as if with one impulse
and Cheered the old commander to
the echo.
Following Gen. Howard, Congress-
man Burton spoke especially TO the
Sold colorcd heroes" of the bright
pages which they have written in
American history, and of what the
e american people yet expect.
When Gov. Nash stepped to the
Hiront of the stage he received one of
the most significant greeting gIveh
him during the encampment. II was
three minutes before he could make
his voice heard in the hall. lie sad
in part:
~
deeds the colored people, for we all
know them and the people Of Ohio
#aTe magnanimous enough to acknoNl
: edge them. But do propose TO talk
about the results of thatWar When Il
was ended no longer did human
#slaVeTy exist IN this country. And
then the colored man acquired the
, same right to obtain property and to
hat | y,neeacGaI Rtts 40 | A..
, want to say is that the movement to-
r 4disfranchise the negro already started
lin some of the states, Is a burning
HOut-rage. You who have fought for
Zthe preservation of the union are noe
to be dlsfranchised by those who
fought against it.
1 And 1 stand here to tell you that a
0 great work is lett tor US to do and a
Nterrlble blot on our CountTy's record
must be wiped away. And ! am not
#ashamed OF the record of Ohio in re-
gard TO the evil oil lynch law. On the
8ContrarY / am proud that there has
! not been a lynching IN Ohio for some
rHyears. But one attempt has been
made and that at Akron. The attempt
O Twas frustrated, happily for the honor
SOf Ohio, and over twenty hye OF those
who attempted the great crime are
HnOW behind the penitenllary walls.
r But the nation must be aroused and
d The honor of Law and true AmeriCanism
Eneld up for the benefit Of al men IN
MOuT grand commonwealth
The governor came into the hall lean
#lng heavily on his cane, but IN the
earnestness Of his address he fOrgo
/, aall about his weakened condition anC
a poke with unusual force. The spin
Of the gathering had thrown down al
\ ,arty barriers and so Col. James XII
: noourne, the Democratic nominee 10