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htuEess.
Delivered n Hon. Leigh Robinson
& Charles Town, w. Va, MAY (
/ S1st, 1918.
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BY the courtesy Of the author, we
are able to present to our readers the
Con laerate Memorial Address of 1918.
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nuesiipn came before an Illinois
Court whether any part Of the public
school fund could be used to pay a
teacher alleged to be one-fourth negro
IN October 1862. the Court held itclear;
that the spirit Of legislation IN this
Stats, as well as good taste and sound
public policy forbid it. The Constitu
ton of this State, and the statutes
adopted in pursuance thereto, forbid
the migration to and settlement in this
State Of such persons. They are for
hidden to vote, sit upon juries. hold Of
fee, and to testify in cases where white
persons are parties. Especially by the
common school law Of this state are
negro children prohibited from attend
ing as pupils, and enjoying the benefits
of schools established for the benefit of
white children, Any attempt to APP
propriate the public school funds to
such use is an abuse. and an assump
ton, of power wholly unwarranted,
against which the tax payers interested
ought to have relief. !" National In
telligencer, October 1861
On April %. 1862, John Sherman
said in the u. S. Senate; In the State
where live, we do not like negroes
We do notfdisguise our dislike. AS my
friend from Indiana (Mr. Wrght) said
yesterday: The whole people of the
Northwestern States are for reasons
whether correct or not, opposed to hav-
ing many negroes among them, and
that principle or prejudice has been en-
graved in the legislation Of nearly all
the Northwestern States" On Sept
ember 29th,=1s65, at Richmond, Indi
ana, Oliver P. Morton said; We not
only exclude them from voti,g, we ex
clude them (the negroes) from our pub
lie schools. and make it unlawful and
criminal for them to come into the
State. No negro who has come into
Indiana since 1850 can make a@valid
contract. He clnnot acquire title to a
piece of land, because the law makes
the deed void; and every man who gives
him employment is liable to prosecution
and fine. 2
The House of Representatives of
Pennsylvania, on Wednesday March
E5th, 1869 took up and passed the bill
which provides for preventing the inn
migration into that State of negroes
and mulattoes. National Intelligent
Ger March 9th, 1868.
Knowing the history of his own State
upon this race question, it would seem
natural candor for Mr.. Browning of
Illinois to say on April Sd, 1862, in the
United States Senate: Hostile as
every feeling and sentiment of my nat
ure is to a system of human bondage,
/ am by no means sure, while the races
do continue in the relation of master
and slave. It is because of the repug-
nance of the races, that the Almighty
has implanted in our bosoms, and the
strong instincts that we cannot eradi-
cate. When you come to propose that
higher and better test of catholic and
universal philanthropy. the admission
Of the negro to social equality and to
family alliance, it is test that reduces
all our sympathies and all our philan-
thropy, to dross and ashes. =
When such was the view, and the
natural view of a Senator, speaking at
that time for Lincoin's State, is it a
marvel, that the Southern people, for
whom the question was SO much more
momentous and acute should share his
views?
There was the suggestion of another
way than that Of garments rolled in
blood. " to accomplish the humane pur
pose of the North. On January 18th
1861, cd Session of 30th Congress.
Globe p. 1917 Mr.. Reagan of Texas said
in the House: II would ask this other
question. Suppose these slaves were
liberated; suppose the people Of the
South would today voluntarily consent
to surrender 8, 900, 600 of slave property
and send the slaves at their own ex-
pense into the free states; would you
accept them, as free men and citizens
in your States? (Nol No! from the
Republican side of the House. You
dare not answer me that you would.
You would fight us with all the energy
and power Of States for twenty years
before you would submit to it. And
yet you demand Us to liberate them; to
surrender this IS. o0O. 900. 900 Of slave
property; to dissolve society; to break
up social orders"
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