The Washington bee., 1903-02-07
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oppressed, and outraged of every for
eIgn land. He fOreSaW the forCl BILE
carrying away from their native land
the Negro and the long night of bar
baTlSm and slavery that awaited him
| IN the land OF his new, untTied but un-
willing adoption. He saw the outcome
OF two civilizations one as represented
by The Pilgrim Fathers who believed
IN universal liberty and the other by
the slave holding oligarchy of the
South. 1t is but natural 10 conclude
mat he ioresaw the struggle of the
colonies battling for self government
and their determination TO throw off
the yoke of British thraIdom and
tYrany. In this fierce conflict TO aC-
compllsh this result the Negro was
to play an indispensable part. Crispus
Attucks, negro and his allies G. d
intended should be an irresistible
public necessity 10 dive Great Britain
aLd her armies of subjugatiOn from
the American continent and make
possible the adoption of the decla.
ration of independence, procIaiming
IN its provisions universal liberty and
equality OF all mankind before the aw
. lie toresa the tW nty-nine saves
landeda at Jamestown in 1920, and sold
into aDJect slavery, grow to four mil
lions IN numbers. He knew f the
slave pen, tile lash, the mu. ders, the
auction blocks, and the brutal tearing
away from the breast of mothers their
infant Chill rem and sold into bondage.
tie saw the bIut | separation of hus-
band and wife and the final elimination
OF an institution of slavery which ha
for $50 years been stencil in his nos
tTlls. Statesmen spoke, the christian
church prayed and the great advocate
p OF justice and humanity sought to
abolish the slave oigarchy without
resort to the sword and canon; but the
distinguished Senator aud his
, southern allies refused to listen TO the
voice OF justice and reason, then wal
was declared between the North and
South.
Inc Negro was then a slave, without
) home, without a government, but
in the terCe conflict for the salvation
OF the Union he was finally ushered il
to battle. Day by day news came from
the held OF conflict that treason anC
rebellion were triumphing over the
forces OF the Government and the ad
vocates OF an indeStructible Union
Lincoln heSitated, statesmen became
dlSmayed: il was then that God anC
tate decreed that the Negroes were al
irresistible public necessity 10 save
the Union, to destroy the institution o
slavery, aud TO plant the flag of tht
Union and victory over the crunbline
ramparts Of the Southern Confederacy
{ Talk about there must be an eVentua
separation of the whites and the black.
o. this country on the ground of an ir
: reSlStable public neCeSSity-Th peo
pie Of this Country would be branded
everywhere as nation Of ingrateS anC
reprobates, were they in sincerely tC
advocate a movement either for the
peaceful or fOrCible separation or de
portatiOn of the Negroes from thi.
country. and leave behind The very
enemies who sought the destruction o
this Government on a hund ed battle
fields of the Republic, and who ever
now fail and refuse 20 respect nationa
authority, and by their treatment o
the few Negroes, holding Federal 70
silions in the South, show that AT thS
slightest opportunity and upon the
most fimSy PreteXt would repeat tht
lesson OF 1851.
! Thus the Senator continues TO shoul
der out the African-American from hi,
native land, and appeals to Public
Necessity "
"Oh Liberty, where is thy virtue;
Oh Justice where is thy throne"
. And 20 aD~o,,r,o. H. TIL -
his presumptive desire for emigration
or separation, as he calls
the scheme of exile, he stops to give Us
final send off and tell us that
"The Indians who were once the oc
!, cupants of all our present domain have
been separated from the whites, that il
has required Compulsion to accom-.
pliSh this result, and that the Separa
ton will come at some future time. >
or course the ten millions of Indian.
that once occupied North America
have been separated" and expelled
from the lands and homes of their an
ceStoTs by the bullet of the white man
And that is the final solution of the
"NegrO Question" in the mind of the
Southern Senator.
God made the globe for all creature.
alike; the white, black, red and yellow
man, sharing in whatnature has SprelC
out for all, in her vast dominions o
river, lake, land and sea.
The SO-called civilized white mar
has never heSitated to enslave or de
Stroy any other race for his own selfst
purposes, and his whole history fol
{, COO years has been one of rapine
robbery, and murder, more heartless
than the tigers Of the iungle-in crush
ing and deyouring weak humanity.
The Plebian of Rome, the Helots o
Greece. the Jews of Spain, the Pea
SAINTS of Ireland, the Serfs of Russia.
the Fellobs of India and Egypt, and
the Negroes of America have each suf
fered the tOTtures of poverty, slavery.
exile and death at the hands of the
Caucasian tyrants.
If the settlement Of the Negro ques-
ton can only be found in special legis-
lation, because of color and rapid pro-
creation, the suggestion Of the Senator
| should include the red Shirters and tar
heels of North Carolina, the lyncherS
| and murdeTeTs, and the thieves who
have stolen from the Negro the right
! of franchise in Alabama; the Crackers
of Georgia; the Clay eaters of South
Carolina, the Sand hilIers. and Pine
roOterS of Mississippi, the Yahoos of
Arkansas the HuUpsrianc The ,.b;ta