Year: 1868

there is something still more striking
Ofall things in this world, perhaps, thai
fortifes religion and belief in the
existence of the soul, that makes u:
think We are not all of earth, and that
when we are buried once more in the
bosom of our mother earth, We do not
merely lie down, and rot like the brute:
that which, more than all other
things except divine revelation itself
teaches usimmortality,is that wonder
ful intellect of the human race, and its
works that seem like, not the works oi
men, but of the gods themselves. &C
into ono of those great mills
at Wheeling, at Pittsburgh, al
Lowell, or Philadelphia, and see
their wonderful machinery; see the pre-,
cision with which it acts; the certainty
with which its ends are attained, the
iron fingers doing the work of ten thou,
sand human beings, all working with
the harmony almost of the solar system
itself. See your mighty steamboats, on
the river; your vessels that plow the
ocean, your iron railways, that convey
you over the country with the speed of
the eagles wing; your electric wire that
spans the globe;-when you see all this,
and see that it comes out of the brain of
man, he must be cold reasoner who
says that man is nothing but clod of
earth. But of oil the inventions that
have proved useful in this world, that
have either beautified or adorned, and
rendered it habitable or profitable to
man, no single invention ever came out
of the negro brain.


Now, is it not wonderful Here are
the yellow races. Half of the arts
were discovered by the Chinese. The
loom was an eastern invention; Gun
powder is said to have been invented
by the Chinese. 1t is claimed that they
discovered the marine compass before
we did. The art of printing, in rude
form, was first discovered there. They
had astronomical tables, and made cal
culations when all Europe was wilder
ness. This was the yellow race. What
has our race donei What have been its
inventions to ameliOrate the condition
Of the earth, to make it fruitful, beauti-
ful and gloriousG What il has done to
elevate man, to improve his mind and
his morals, aud to increase his happiness,
it is not necessary for me to stand here
and recount. We know of what our
own race is capable; and we know this
striking fact, that no great invention
ever came from n negro's brain. What
further proof do yon want that the he
gro Is not n proper person to entrust
with the government of this country


THE RADICAL PURPOSE.


These Radicals intend that the bayonet
shall make yon trust them. Cries of
"Never. Never."l | say that these
men cannot be blind to these facts; they
are not blind. Even their fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution that
spoke Of did not require that the ne.
grocs should be allowed to vote, but
left each State to exclude them from
voting. 1t was only Year or two ago
that they had the audacity to say that
the negro should be allowed to vote.
Now they claim the right to give them
compulsory suffrage in the Southern
States; let that be done and how long
will it be before they have compulsory
sntfrage at the North Ifyou give them
votes down there, don't they help to
govern youi Do they not help to elect
Presidents and Vice Prcsidents' Do
they not scud members to Congress to
override those you send; and what non
sense it is to say that this matter does
not concern us here in West Virginia,
or in Ohio, whether the negro in Geor-
gia or Alabama has right to vote.
Ills vote there kills my vote.
ne sehan - I'omhfr to Congress whose
Congress. He sends two carpet bag.
gers there who vote down the great
State of Pennsylvania, or New York
1t is question which interests you.
Oar objection to negro voting is not an
objection which is the result of preju-
dice We are against the disfranchise-
meat of white men, because we believe
that all such legislation is wrong aud
improper; bat we are not in favor vi
giving vote to the negro, because we
believe that he is not fit to enjoy that
right.


CONCLUSION.


A few words more, my friends, aud ]
have done. | was sitting in the New
York Convention, the other day, and
looking round the walls of Tanmany
and seeing on them those beautiful
escntcheons that bore the arms of the
different States, amused myself with
reading the mottoes of the differen
States, and presently came to that of
West Virginia. | found it, as translat-
ed, "Mountaineers are always free"
and / asked myself, Good heavens !
who was it that put that motto at the
head of that coat of arms, with
thousands upon thousands, all
born upon the soil of this
State, loving their country as they
do their lives, disfrsnchisedp Aud
when looked at it again it seemed to
be the work of some demon who was
uttering it in irony and scorn, and |
thought of your disfranchising consti-
tuition and Of your disfranchising regis
try laws, and as l thought Of these
things-it seemed to me that if | were n
Radical member of the Legislature the
first thing | would do, for honesty's
sake, would be to expunge that motto
from the arms of the State. [Great ap-
plause.] ...,'


But, my friends of West Virginia, do
your duty. Do it earnestly and well
this year. Let the Democratic party go
into power-as by the grace of God /
hope and believe it will [sbouts of
"Amen! amen "l-and when you get
the power Of this old State-or new
State-of West Virginia, then you may
hold up your coat-Of- arms, and we may
read " MoRfdai sempr Gberi." [Great
cheers