Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-07
AL FREE AND EQUAL.
STEWART TAKES ISSUE
WITH ORATOR THOMPSON
VIA the Records Show JeferSOn's
Opinion TO Have Been Equality
Knows No Barrier of
Race.

EullOI Evening bullttlu. he |
Declaration of Independence. declaring. |
as you have heard, that all men are
created free and equal was written
when 100000 Africans were held in |
bondage. The document is a general
one. and must be construed in the light
of its surroundings. It accorded and
meant to accord self-goYernmsnt to all
who were capable OF exercising the
functions OF self-government. IL did
not mean to hold out TO the cannibal
inhabitants Of a Hottentot jungle, the
benefits of the Monroe Doctrine"
This paragraph from F. L. Thomp-
sons eloquent Fourth Of July Grafton
astonished me greatly. After limited
conversation with him with reference
to It. | concluded that he is not well
informed as to the part the colored
American has taken in our Nations
history, and that, like large class OF
persons. not well read in this respect
he is inclined to confne the Colored
man to an exclusively seTvile place.
He thinks of him only as a slave. Be-
fore dealing with Mr.. Thompson's I'M
American Interpretation Of the Declara-
ton of Independence. let me state very
briefly the colored mans place in the
Revolution.
At Philadelphia, october "a, 1774, the
Continental Congress abolished the
slave trade Journal OF Congress). DR..
Benjamin Franklin. April 10, 1773,
wrote, Il have had the satisfaction to
learn that a disposition TO abolish sla.
very prevails in North America
Sparks Franklin. Vol VIII. p. 42).
Virginia led in this movement but the
King opposed il: and jefferson, in Au-
gust, l77i. wrote. The abolition OF
domestic slavery is the great object OF
desire in those Colonies where 1t was
unhappily introduced in their infant
| state CJefferson's Works, Vol /, p. 1851.
| The original draft Of the Declaration
of Independence contained paragraph
against the King for sustaining slavery
/ in the Colonies. CGTeely's American
Conflict, vol. |. p. 34).
The real commencement Of the Revo-
luton was the Boston massacre, March
3. 1870. The leader OF the Americans
was a colored man, Crispus Attacks, to
whom a monument stands erected on
Boston Common. He was real leader.
Previous to the massacre. he addressed
a spirited letter TO the British Cover
nor of the Province OF Massachusetts.
adams Works. Vol. H., p. 1927. b.
fore the Declaration Of Independence,
colored soldiers were found through.
out the American army. and the black
regiment of Rhode Island will never
be overlooked even by the most casual
student OF our history. The Continen-
tai Congress, January 10, 1776, resolv-
ed. That the free Negroes. who have
served faithfully in the army at Cam
bridge may re-enlist therein. (Journal
of Congress. Vol. H., p. 26).
Now, then. If your space permitted,
would go more infinitely into this mat
ter. and | could show from statistics
of the War Department, at Washing
ton. that colored Americans were In
every department OF the Continental
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