Year: 1874

comes from above. You can't strike down
your teachers and expect Your people to be
educated. Gifts come from GU high shall
this bill pass W hich cetiles the m at the foun-
tain head You talk of pfejudlces what
do you mean What 10 the end Of human
government? Willyou insist that children
shall be forced to do " hat rs men or women
they would rcpef? There is this feeling OF
repnlsion in the races why Isl IL? Who
placed it there? 1t has shown itself in
many ways, and where you find SO great a
difference God formed it and men can't
strike it down. They want civil rights
What is it the negroes have not in the Southy
They are judges, rulers, lawyers, doctors, and
yet they say they want this to place them
higher. All such efforts will result in no.
thing.


pass by the Cemetery clause. The dead
know nothing of the intended insult, but
the living will feel II bitter, AID you cannot
touch the chords Of human feeling roughly
without awakening repulsion. What good
does all this do; why make any such pre-
vision as this?


Again your party system is in danger


You are forced to have no more class of
men fit to carry Out the law.


1t has been said that all the thoughts be-
slowed On the British Constitution all it's
intricate political machinery had but one
resuit--to put IL honest men in Jury box


We OF Delaware with the experience of
many generations are to be deprived of this
privilege, and ignorant negroes are to be
forced upon our juries. II wanted to cut
up community could think OF no better
manner than to corrupt the jury system.
Let it be known that right and Justice are
to be sold and there will be little left in this
community worth living for. 1t the United
States Congress can proceed 10 this extent
oil making negroes eligible they can say we
shall have q mixed jury.


II sitting in jury is natural right, why
distinguish between aye AID sex2 l could
take up the Constitution, with its forced
l4th and 18th amendments, and show that


no warrant exists for this law, and think
there is decency enough lett in our Courts
to declare this an Invalid law, il passed. for


want OF power III Congress to pass it. But
before this could happen We would see our
schools closed, eur colleges broken up. the
state aid to education, drawn from the
tax payers, withdrawn, and the disruption
Of our social system.


shall not pursue this further than TO ask
you to consider irhnkly, to ask my honest
Republican friends to cen iler frankly, and
for the sake OF good government, tor the
sake OF yourselves and children, stigmatize
and show your utter adherence OF this law:
and any man who would propose to make it
bind you and your families. Ii Mr.. Lofand
meant to defeat this bill lie never would
have voted to take it out of its regular order.


When the negro delegation from this city


went to Washington he told them he would
assist them. THEY can't sneak out of 1t. /


want such verdict at the polls that he will
feel called upon not to record his vote in
favor of this bill.


1t is true Grant may have intended to
veto this bill, Hope he did, but don't t
think 1t. There never was President
who carried SO much Of personal feeling
into his government. He has heart of
steel against his countrymen. Had you
seen the delegation from the South Caro-
lima Taxpayers Convention who came to
petition him about their wrongs; high
toned, elevated christians they came
humbly, not speaking of political issues,
but asking him to regard these State
plunderers with disfavor. They showed
him the items, one of 100000 for print
ing for u Legislature, three-fourths of
whom could neither read nor write.
Grant turned in anger and told them
that u member of the Convention had
used disrespectful language towards him.
They told him they had condemned that
man and that he was not one of the dele
cation. They told him they were the
victims of II civil war and asked him
about some of the evil. Whittimore' 8
delegation came up headed by Whitti-
more, who is an expelled member of Con-
gress for selling his cadetship appoint
ment. They were received with open
hands and Grant said they had accounted
to him in o satisfactory manner. can
not conceive that such man could do
such an act US veto this bill. Mr.. Ere
linghysen, Grants most intimate friend
introduced this bill, and here let me say
that in all my life IL more suhservient
politician than Mr.. Frelinghysen,I Il never
saw. 1t might be truly said Of HIM that
eyerY time Mr.. Grant would take snuff
Mr.. Frelinghysen would sneeze. Until the
grey OF the morning the majority labor
ed to pass this bill by tiring ont the mi
nority. Grant could have expressed his
disfavor if he felt it. 1t is not Grant
alone. however. The evil is through the
entire Republican organization. Look
at Blaine the Speaker of the House.
There was Il struggle in Massachusetts
between the best and worst elements of
the Republican party, between Butler on
one hand and Washhufn, the Hoars land
OtHprS, ullu Wllcn MI. buCler 1alleu TO
become Governor of Massachusetts, and
come back denounced by his own party.
Mr.. Blaine put that man in the most
position in the House-Chair-
man of the Committee on Judiciary thus
giving HIM q power not given to any
other man in Congress.


Look at Grants Attorney General hol.
ding his position after being fairly
kicked out of the nomination for Chief
Justice. / think have shown that we
are the friends of an honest government
that we are not for the election men to
office for the profits. One of the sad
features is the growing distrust of re-
publicanism when distrust of that comes
in our government will go down. |
was born a republican, was taught to
believe in republics and | know the
hest way to destroy them is to create
distrust in the rulers. If you want to
that offers fair play whichwas
cure this distrust you must have a 60
The one our fosefathers founded. and in
which man is not bound by any invidi-
ousbar. Republican government makes
this possible and it shall not fail if
can help it. For republican institu-
tions to stand the people must under
stand their value. If we have not in
telligence in government they can not