Year: 1874

Rev. Henry Highland Garnet on tho


Persec cution of the Colored People in tho


south.


The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet spoke lasc
evening, at the Shiloh church. in Sixth avenue,
upon the prosecutions OF the colored people in the
South TO o crowded audience. He took for his
text or sentiment" as he termed 1t, the fifty
ninth chapter OF Isaiah. The reverend gentleman
SAID After the war OF the rebellion over and
the sacrifice or treasure ana OF blood mad been
made, it was hardly to be hoped that the nation
would find immediate repose. But ali hoped for
peace and that hope has proven deusive.
The folly Of the people who made the rebellion
still crops out and they believe they are not yet
conquered but that the Southern heart shah again
be fired, and that there can be return to the old
order OF things-that slavery shall be restored
practically. and that they shall their separ-
alton. The old idea Of these people was. by any
way they could, to perpetuate human bondage.
That attempt has been abortive. They succeeded
to some extent They intended To divide the
country, to rob the arsenals and to make slavery
secure and perpetual. They were smitten by the
strong arm of an outraged people and by the
wrath OF God. They brou yht about q double re-
sistance to themselves. Their first Intention was
to divide the Union. They had aroused the friends
OF God and humanity, and even men in the South
were glad to meet this enemy OF God forever.
some Others were undisturbed IN the enjoyment
OF their comforts-they cared not what hap
pened TO others, and when the voice Of the
Almighty came and said. "Where is thy brother ~
! they answered, "Are our brothers keeperY,
They were prosperous and cared not what hap
! pened. Some loved the Union more than they did
| their God. TO talk to them OF destroying the
Union was the one thing they could not brook
Seward said there was a Higher Power than that
OF the law and the constitution which was God,
and storm OF oboquy and derlson was launched
m n haV m m1sf nlnnt
the enemy, and defeat more overwhelming than
that OF the men who endeavored to destroy the
Union never took place.


The second subject to consider is the present
bold attempt OF the rebels to subIugate the coored
murder and ostracize their White friends, and am
surprised to see some while people here in the
North scare these men VINO have gone south aud
attempted to Int up the colored man. But the
Northern REBELS too civilized ever to speak OF mur
they say extrpate the negro This is their solution
OF the difficulty. say these people had better
II morning paper can be believed an eminent
lawyer, man OF great talent, fine jurist and an
author. recently gave some OF his opinions on the
was to prove that slavery was divine institution,
and he found quotations to prove his grounds IN
the Book OF God This man Is besides an enlightened


CHRISTIAN OF CERTAIN KIND.


He says the negro must be extlrpaued as you do
weed which is plucked up by the roots. am
too just to do as the white men often do. blame
whole race tor the fault OF one OF lts members.
these opinions: 1hs bloody idea is not American.
which makes the cheek mantle with shame. 1t is
fec4 EnSs nSn noa S we,
thousands of lrlshmen repudiate such thought,
though the man is an lrlshman who pronounced
it, 1t Is malevoence at variance with Ill, Christian
religion 1t is devllish diabohca-in one word,
II Is OConnorlsm. Ii rankles OF the bloody spirit
OF 1868, when men were murdered in the streets
ofNew York. Extirpate the negro 1t cannot be
done, because God and all His angels stand by
u.s. and when we have them 1t is enough. say
this idea is devilish. for men do not know that
they are tanning the flame OF boodshed IN the
South. Thank God 1t was not a Southerner who
uttered THESE words, Tor 1t takes a Northern man
to do the drtlest work OF slavery. Northern
man who does tSls has double lace, and il you
tipped a cent at him it would stick. II we had
been disloyai we should have deserved the con-
tempt OF all honest men but to a man we stood
by the side OF the defenders OF the Union ana the
nberators OF our race. IL was SAID we were


UNFIT TO HAVE THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.


people OF the country with our votes, and this is
another reason why they desire us TO bc extlr-
side this persecution would not have come down
upon u.s. II we try to learn they try to murder
our teachers ana tnen say We are ignorant; ana
level social distinctions. But between slavery
and eXtirpation, give me the latter.


The reverend gentleman then went on to argue
the Civ Rights bill, and said that he did not think
the clause as 10 colored people having the same
rights as, the whites while travelling aud IN hotels
&C., OF any consequence because the social level
would always right itsell; and as tor learning In
schools together, that was not necessary as long
as the money was given properly to the colored
people TO run their schools. lie just as OPP
posed TO ms children studying with the children
OF some white men as they could be To having their
children study with his. lie thought the question OF
the prosecutions III the South could be settled by
the coiored people moving away rom Georgia, Ten
nessee and Louisiana where they were prosecuted
to other states where land was cheap, and they
would be welcomed. IL would be tue best retribn-
toh upon those who prosecuted them, ana they
would starve to death without negro help. Tor the
Irish and Germans would not work Tor the wages
oil the negro.