The Colorado statesman., 1906-10-20

could not give the best brain TO this
operation, at least would as he has al.
ways done, give faithful heart and
the patriotism such as has never been
surpassed by any people in the history
of the world.
In other words, the government de-
cided to do that which would protect
itself as well as the ex-Slave, and as a
result governments were inaugurated
in all the South, and these states, by
reason of Negro representatives who
came to Congress, resume their place
in the administration of affairs. Not
satisfied with these conditions, then
came that system of murder by the
Ku Kux Klan throughout the South
They were shot at the polls, their
families intimidated, their lands and
holdings confiscated and there was in
stituted reign of terror.
The leaders of the Red Shirt Bri-
gades" went on terrifying and destroy
ing defenseless Negroes who dared to
perform their duties as citizens and
voters.
When we consider the greatness
which has been wrought in the South
by the Negroes toll and suffering, when
we understand that so much of our
American national life is result OF
his fostering and toll, how much we
realize, as did one who said:
There are they sowing but never
reaping,
Building, but never sitting in the
shade
OF the tall mansions they have
made"
speak
Charles Sumner, in his attempt to
set forth that which is justly due the
Negro, said, "Ceasiug to be slave,
the former victim has become not only
man but a citizen, admitted alike
within the pale of humanity and
within the pale of citizenship"
As man he is entitled to all the
rights of man, and as citizen he be.
comes a member of our common
household with equality as the pre-
Vailing law. No longer is he an Afri-
can, he is an American; no longer a
slave. he is common part of the Re.
public, owning to it's patriotic allegi.
ance in return for the protection of
equal laws Insult to him is insult to
an American citizen. Our rights are
his rights; our equality is his equality,
our privileges and immunities are his
great freehold"
1t is against the scheme of a gov
ernment such as ours, it's publicly ex-
pressed policies and its best interests,
to have ever denied to any class of cit
izens, by subterfuge or by force, the
right TO vote. According to the funda-
mental principals embodied in our
Declaration of independence and our
constitution, at birth child inher-
emily is prima facie evidence of a citi-
zen.
No man can protect himself in gov,
ernment such as ours where the citi-
zen is sovereign, and the expressed
will of the ballot should be supreme.
without having the full right to cast
his ballot and have the same fairly
counted. What other means of pro-
lection has he? The men who 20 to
Congress or to state Legislatures, to
enact laws controlling them, can defy
and do deny his opinion and will, un-
less he can make and unmake them.
In the North arguments are set forth
for the election of senator's by direct
vote of the people in order that sena-
tors may be more amenable to the will
o. the people.
This reaching out for the rights OF
the people by the North, the liberal
sections of this country is strangely
contrasted and thoroughly opposite to
the system of intimidation and theft
OF the rights of large portion of the
citizens of America throughout the
South. So we have in this country the
rights of the people sought after and
guaranteed on the one hand, and a sys-
tenn of denial of rights absolutely on
the other
Sooner or later these two systems
must clash and there can be but one
outcome; the North, right in its de-
mands for manhood and suffrage.
must win. The North, Republican in
its tendencies, and standing for the
best interests of Republican institu.