Year: 1870

shalt not refuse the man and brother


employment, whether you want him OF


not, neither shalt thou discharge him


therefrom, whether his services are Ion
. ger required or not: neither shall he be


turned away because Of inSOlence, laZj-


ness or neglect, lest he "deliveT thee to


the Judge, and he to officer and thou be


cast into prison. Verify thou shalt by
/ no means come out thence till thou hast


paid the uttermOst farthing." A poor


white skinned radical you may tamper


with or discharge at your political pleas
Ure or personal caprice, for ne can he


kept into the party fold with a small Of


fee, or has not sense, decency or spirit
enough to be true to his own race and
color. The superior negro, however, is


indOient and tender, therefore you must
let him do as he pleases and pay him
wages out of your pockets for doing so;
he is weak-minded, therefore you must
not impose upon, persuade or reason
with him; he is radically venal, there
fore you must not offer him bribes, pres
ents or inducements; he is timid and
cowardly, therefore you must net threat


en- or intimi ate him; he is peculiarly


proud and se7itiye, therefore when he


approaches the polls, You must move your


offensive CarCaSSes out Ofhis dainty way,


and with hats under under your arms,


bow to and cheer him in his noble and


unseIfish effort to vote himself into Of


flee for the purpose Of ruling you and


spending the taxes you are required to
pay. How do you like it, white man of


the North? ALI vile coward, degraded


subject of a remOrseleSs despOtism, you


have no right to like or dislike it. A


dUsly idol YOUR masters worship, and


you must cringe and bow bOfOre it. The


negro is privileged above you, he Is


made your political superior, and is or


dained by law to be your master. Go


then TO your white wife, and confess to
her that your votes have made the me-


gro your ruler; tell your fair-haired


children that you have robbed them Of
the government their gTandsifes left in


trust for them surrendered the rich leg
acY to usurDers and tyrants, tell your


family how grossly you have wrOnged


them and how culpably you have de-


graded them, and your high spirited


wife will scnrn you, the proud spirited
mother will despise you, and your chill


dTen, inheriting some Of their mothers
soul will curse you for the humiliation


you have entailed upon them, and the


legacy of revolution your stupidity or


cOwardice has left them.


Yet the bill is being considered, and


will doubtless be promptly passed. It


viii work grievous hardships i'll it that


will open the door for political per-
secuti0n such as this country has never
known before It will effectually place


the white man at the mercy of the ne
gro. If the white man refuse to employ


him, he will swear that such refusal was
prompted by political animOsity, that


propositions were made to influence his


vote, and his virtuOus refusal to be thus
controlled was the cause of his denial.


If his services are no longer required,


or personal grudge of any kind be en-


gendeTed, or political dislike to any


white man be instilled, he will not hesi-


tate to pUrjure himself for the purpose of
reeking vengeance, and the provisions
of this Statuary instrument of an infa-
nous organic fraud will be invoked and
inflicted by a malignant partizan court.
The white man who so far degrades his
race by persuading the negro vote
to the other than the radical
ticket or the man who happens to stand
a moment longer at the voting place
than is absolutely necessary, and there


by 'Obstructs' a privilege man and broth
eT' even for a moment, will be made to
incur the penalties of this nefariOus act,
the one for 'tampeFing in any way with
the new-made voter, and the other for
'unlawfully Obstructing' him in the eX-
else of his high prerOgative. This is a
synopsis of the bill alrdady framed for
the purpose of enforcing the Fifteenth
Amendment.


That is piece Of partisan enginery a
tyrannical lever to crush the white to
utter subseTviency to the black race,
and that is the despOtic attempt to per-
petuate the unscTUpulOus and reckless
uSurpation now welding the high hand
of absolute power, no sane man viii at
tempt TO deny. But we welcome it.
We trust it Will pass, and if any amend
ment that viii render it more cruelty
aud TemOrselessly discriminating and
remOrselessly already is, can possibly be
invented by the ingenuity OF the sCoun-
drels who conceived tive trust that too
will be added. If the white race EleR the !
TO perceive their humiiia-
tion and appreciate their degradation; |
if their reason has been so perverted by |
their Judgment so warped by |
paTtisanship, their patriotism so blunted |
by corruption, and their spirit so curbed |
and debaSed by the terrOTs of yindictiVe |
power, that they will not otherwise be |
taught their rights, or be induced to res
cue their government or reassert theiE
then we want just such ven
omOus goads as these to torture them to |
4 lively sense Of their utter debasement,
and compel them in sheer desperation to
demand and recover what they have
lost. We want persecution and suffer-
ing to teach them what dethroned rea-
son or duped cTeduality has led them in
to, and we want it so patent and severe
as to convince them that any remedy,
however costly or violent, is better than
l longer continuance of their serviIe dis
Eases. We trust, that the contemplated
measure viii pass, and pass in its most
obnoxious form, and that when it has
passed, it will be enforced to popular
Humiliating and painful
Is it maybe, it will nevertheless prove
blessing in disguise if it prove to be {
he means Of arousing the people Of the
North to a full realization of their own t
md their governments condition, and l
inspire them to restore the Constitution {
hey have surrendered and the liberties t
hey have IOst.-BdLtinlore SilRddy t
telegram. {