Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-10-30

/, financial and other general issues, and.
turning to the relation OF the party 10
the negro. he said.
Republican Party and the Negro.
| Throughout this discussion have
| striven to set forth. In a measure. those
| things for which tho two parties have
| stood without special reference to the
| American negro / have done this. feel
/ Ing that that which appeals 70 every
As iaborer, business man or profess
s.onal man, he Is vitality interested IN
any and all things VIII. ch confront any
elements Of our American HE. S.nce me
| civil war, by reason OF education. enlight.
eminent, material acquisition and admitted
prosperity. his part in his country's de.
Selc pment makes his interests Identical
with that Of all other American citizens;
has more to lose or gain by the triumph
OF these respective parties. because OF
their well known attitude toward MIN IN
the the rom.ss 70, ad s ee tuure
1.-THE republican party. mere than hall
q century ago, began Its work OF eman.
cipa,ion for the negro. The horrors OF
can siase simply pIs' be ' dism. ssed as relic Of
barbarism which clutched at the vitals
OF the American republic. There were
four million helpless beings In slaverys
dark night. without. one shimmer.ng ray
OF hope The pro-slavery party. defiant,
tried to further extend Its dominion in
Stephen A. Douglas. the great leader
Kansas and Nebraska bill and with this
doctrine or suuatter-sovereignty afforded
on opportunity fer that great western
country which had been preserved inyio-
come the battle ground between the con-
lending forces OF slavery and freedom.
I'm the efforts to fasten slavery on
Kansas. the democratic party had the
then In the hands OF that party. Persist
entity. aggressively and continuously they
strove to accomplish their desires. Had
rreponderance in TIE senate OF the United
States and would have so fastened their
grip on our American life. that even un.
tn now the cries OF the oppressed. the
the auction block. the slave pen; and the
curse OF the republic would still be IN
vogue. ~ ., IT..
died thai the negro might be free, His
words and acts became the principles OF
RE republican party. led On by Abraham
lincoln the great smane,pa1or ws seue ~
the emancipation proclamation. .,o
THAT this might be accomplished. the
republican party sent host OF men 'nto
e! ..v: south snnd Sae se e
h he free e and panoplled with al, the rights
OF American citizens. This sangu'naahhs ~
struggle had hardly ceared before the
sa,tn i avs which would. in erect. have
reintroduced n condition Of slavery THIS
was the nssnn,sn,E c, q re.ssnt
throueh the. department or Justice. na a.
waeed such unceas'ng warfare; r Tier =, :, !
was that re rernbl,rnan cnt.tty w became not
satisfIed to suhrr't to the results ~ TIE
civil war. and that their orofessed ac-
nuiescerre In the vcrdicts IT the war US
mea r,-oless What was the rer1edv? TIL .
renurl'can nartv rr"noeed a,d enacted
The thirteenth a-rerdnrnt 70 the constitu-
t'on NJ the United States. which de-
'Thnt neither slavery or involuntary
.e-vitude. e~cert nc q punishment, TO-
crime whe-"cf the ca-tv -.all ,ave bee,
du,y convicted sh,,l he allowed to exist
ar"'rte-e. IN the Tinted States.
''rreed nv rn-c~ nf ar-rs. le't In the
midst ~ bis enn-"iee and rrp~esso-s. II
was necreea-v that TIE nero should he
g'vcr tho h""rt IN order that he might
protect himself
''Then came the fourteenth a,eri-ne-t.
tory ~ the rat'or the CONSTITUTIONAL rro::
vision for rev, r'tizersh'n. ana provided
fo~ The rera,'zatic, NJ thnsa democratic
southern states. which denied the negro
"stn, t,rtser cnrv,rred thnt the pol'ry
q. The aerrocratic south would ne 70 pre-
vent tNo neU~0 sNrNFn EXERCISING FNS M
i'ticaN rt~ht. the rc~rhliean rartv erorted
the c'teerth ar,aodment which ornvidef.
"'rhat IRE -i~ht IN. vnte shat, not r."
Ae-,ed or ah-'rped nv arv state ~ any
citizen on account NJ r.r" color or
prr..fn,,s rr~dit'nn ~ ss-vatu6e'
''Tt n we'll ~ pnfe here that IN the
enactment ~ the.e laws. trre ~ TIE ira
dIt'nn ~ ail its his'n~v, when these 9~ea'
amerd-~erte we've snh-ri|ted ~ me atate-
Tor RATIFICATION. " - recorded nv an emil
rent Historian that eva~v democratic"
rnarnfer ~ ere~v state leeis'ature north
a-a south. voted against their ratif'ca-
tico
1--WE. ~ . race, rejoice today In the