Year: 1876

when trouble comes, desert them. All
the mobs which we have had In the
South have been gotten up by bad
men. know wo hsve some lawless
white men here, but the good people
of the South must not be blamed for
their acts. You have them at the North
with you. This wild and fruitless con-
test has been going on for years and
who are thesufferess Two colored men
being the weaker party, always lose
ground and must at last go to the wall
il the fight is kept up. know you.iu
New Hampshire, may not see this mat
ter as do, but l tell you that the ne>
gro Of the South must 60 under if the
policy Of the last few years is to be
continued. Now, if the Home Mis-
sions Board discharges me for these
sentiments, regret it, but cannot
yield my honest convictions; am sor
ry l cannot make them see the right
fulness of my position.


You ask me wnat the persons who
have contributed from time to time
for my support would think. To this
I would say, if they understood my
true position they would, think,
make those contributions more readily
than ever. The negro is now passing
through the most critical period of his
history, and his destiny for good or
evil will be sealed by his action. If
he arrays himself against the white
people, he must, sooner or later, be
ground to powder.


There is no natural antagonism be.
tween the two races in the South; the
whites and blacks were born and
brought up together, and must live and
die together. The late trouble at Ham
burg, South Carolina, and, other trou
bles we have had in tho South since
the war. have not been the result of
any i'll feeling on the part of our home
people, but are the result of the action
of bad men who have come South and
kept up from year to year the most bit
ter political contest, and have used
every effort to keep the white and
colored people from making friends.
one of their principal means is the
wholesale use of bad whisky; also, ap.
pealing to the very worst passions of
the ignorant. No stone is left unturn
ed on their part to exasperate and exs
cite the feelings of our poor people,
which might at any time be kindled
into flame which might result in
bloodshed. 1 only wonder we have
not had ten riots where have had one.
Now say that every good man in the
South, white and black, ought to join
hands and rid our fair section from this
terrible state of things. hope you
will not misunderstood me; these
charges are not against the good peo-
pie of the North. We will give the
most hearty welcome to any good man
of the North who may come among
lis for good purposes. think that il
you were to live here few years you
would take the same stand that l haveI
We have some men from the North
who are highly respected. but all of
these take the same stand, and are
not the men objected to. The colored
men, if they are to be citizensof this
country. must differ just as white men
do on all the great questions of the
day, such as finance, tariff, taxation
and questions of law. trade, sc. Until
we arrive at this point we will be
mere machines. and not men in the
true sense of the term.


In conclusion, | would call your at
tention to the report of the Hon, B.
b. Douglass, of Virginia, on the Freed
mans Bank fraud, and the speech OF
Hon. W. S. Stingcr, of Pennsylvania,
on the same snbject. would also call
your attention to the large amount
of money stolen from the destitute
widows aGd orphans of the colored
soldiers and sailors. The District
Ring and many other Things might be
mentioned, but time and space will
not allow it. The colOred voter OF
the South, as ruled by the Radicals,
has no liberty in the use of his ballot,
which liberty we claim, and must
have, or continue slaves. He should,
be taught independence and selfsre-
lance.


Please answer me few question.
Who should be the best judge of the
true condition of he Southern people,
| ], who was born and brought up in the
South. as l have been, and served
twenty seven years of my life as q
slave (when boy I played with white
boys, and knew there is no natural
bad feeling between the two races), or
yourselfe What can you in New
Hampshire or Maine know Of our
condition down herep When you call
our people ''rebels" you do them a
great wrong. l believe the people Of
the South are as loyal to the Union as
those of the North. l ask you, a. q
Christian, do you think it right TO be
constantly abusing the Southern peo-
ple9 They have come back to the
Union and fully accepted all of the
amendments to the Constitution, with
all the results of the war. The only
reason why they have made such an
effort to get hold of their own State
governments is to protect themselves
from the wicked plundering and rob
berry OF carpet baggers; and every good
man, white and black, ought to join
hands to emancipate our section from
this fearful state of things. Remem.
Der that our homes in tho South are az
dear to US as yours in New Hampshire.
Now how would you like your State
to be infested with a gang of those
political thieves from another far
country, ,plundering the public treasure
and leaving tax on the people too
heavy for them TO hear excifipr r;,.ts