The Washington Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1888, Page 1

A ire ast ing {iB j in ave \TIONS' FRIEND. | — | OHLOS LEADER. j THE LEAGUE. HE | iOLENCE AS A RETALIA- & DUTY OF CONGRESS. lay evening, Dec. 21st, Sherman Republican in organization named in Senator Jobn Sherman, a serenade at his resi- treet un. w. At 7:30 2gue formed in f.unt | ,1109I st. a. w.,| k Lieut. C. H. ander, gave orders e was headed Band of 20 men ijor and marched street to New York York ave. to A st., ldth,up 14th to K sidence of Senator msisting of W. . tary of the cage Smith, W. C. Cox, 1, W. Garden and i tue resideuce received them ig the distin- BMsued Henators eseut were lloar and ase intro- the spok- the follow- tor: ATOR. erman Republican , he said, had come spects, to wish him much pleasure dur- £ the ig holidays, and to eude serenade. Recog- 2 organization there t hese gentlemen,” he} i ed themselves to-| sete purpose of render- ow r service they could Or the tion of the best inter- lican party. We} me for our organiza- that we could be d having, in grateful} the sigual services of n Sherman to the Re- yand the cause of orzanizalion was most “sh : chuistived the John . t ican League in who stands at| and frout of republi- | \mwerica, Aud to-nigh ,! fave come to tender | ade inorder that we opportunity to re-| : over tbe glorious | ¥ victory recently achiev- | : uk sou forthe noble } ‘ il the great struggle, e Ume to ask tbat man _ $9.00 Per year in Advance. | parties, and by the ominous visits | application. The election shonld ; come in.” ake off your armor Jour sword, for we | KR HUMAN RIGHTS | uae 'y IS MOL yet over and | { your giant service | 7H = ‘ihe to come. Our peo- yet secure in their} a © Under the laws of the their ‘ ae not protected at aud. eS from the shotgun, denied the privilege ice la many parts of — WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 1888. oT done to emancipate yon, to edu- cate you, and to elothe you with all | the legal rights of American citi- zens. So far as the constitution | and laws of our country can do it ,; | you now stand before me invested with every right of freemen. You ean acquire and hold property ; you can sue and be sued ; you can free- ly associate in clubs, leagues, lod- ges, societies and churches; you are entitled to the equal protection of the laws; you are ettitled to | vote wherever and whenever white men can vote, and upon the same | terms and conditions. Sueh is the |law and such your legabrights. In | all the northern states and'in some of the southern states these rights are freely coneeeded and openly enjoyed by you. It iu some.of the southern states: these rights are de- nied te you, you must remember and make due allowauces for the opinions and prejudices of ages and | for your enforced ignorance. | THE NECESSARY RESULT OF SLAVERY. But it is certain that these prej- | udices will disappear as you acquire | education and property, and that. you can win by your moderation aud good conduct the respect and confidence of the sons ef those who | held you or your ancestors. as slav- es. If you suffer injustice under the shadow of the past remember that never before in human bistory did an emancipated race or class | make such progress in so short. a time. Z . — — “Therais ono measure that is the country. These grave state- | Within the power of Congress to ments are warrentea 6Y the ac- | enact needed for the euforcement knowledged suppression of the col- | of your legal rights. 1tis a law to ored vote, by the awful cries of | provide for the election of mem murder that come up daily from | bers of Congress containing all the South, by the renewed agita- safeguards as will secure to every tion of the question of the disfran- | legal voter one honest vote and no chisement of the negro by promi-| wore, and to have that vote count- nent politicians of both political/ed. The law must be of universal of oppulent democratic pilgrims to | be conducted under national au- the President-elect asking that at thority by fair, von-partisan offi policy be adopted for the south | cers free from local influence or which will deprive our people of| prejudice, who will not cheat igno- the privilege of holding office un-| Tat voters or forge election re- der the government of our common | turns, or permit violence or intimi- country.” | dation or bribery. We want such After referring to remarks of|a law in Ohio; we want such senator Ingalls in regard to the ex- | @ law in New York, South Caroli~ tinction of one of the two races | 2a, and Mississippi. _We must and Congressman Oates in favor of | have fair elections in this country the disfranchisement of the negro | or our institations will become a and that of others regarding the | mockery and ashame. It 1s mon- solution of the race provlem, the | 8trous for any section or party to speaker concluded as follows : hold power by such crimes. We “Senator Sherman, itis to you | kuow how elections have been that the colored man turns in con- | conducted in the south to deprive fidence for friendly advice ; it is black republicans of their repre- ‘ sentation in Congress, and this ex- “10 YOU ME LOOKS FOR COMFORT, | ample bas been followed in the feeling that he shall not look in| vorth to cheat white republicans. vain, for he knows that your heart | Congress can exercise its unques- has always been with him in the! tioned power to guard the future hour of his adversity. He knows | election of members of Congress that you have been consistently | from similar crimes. I trust the his friend from the days of the Mis-| next Congress will have courage souri compromise down to the pres- | enough to perform this duty. ent time. He remembers how you| ‘You no doubt sometimes feel fought, together with the great | discouraged when gross wrong is Charles Sumner, the illustrious | inflicted upon your people, when Thaddeous Stevens, and other uo- | they are insulted, assaulted, and ble friends, for his freedom and en- ; killed; cheated of their franchise, franchisement, but all of those dear | with no hope of redress or remedy. friends bave passed away and few, | You wonder that the republican ifany, have come to take their | party does not protect you in your place, and it is for this reason that| rights when these offenses occur. he still cails upon you to throw the | But you must remember that our | weight of your great influence in | government is a complex one; each | the direction of the helpless negro state is substantially independent when the new adwinistration ghall | in local matters. The national | government represented by Con-; gress cannot protect property Mi Z administer-jastice with- who prefaced his speech by saying Dee ene OE ae j 3 i limits of a state. he could not reply to the different ae oints of the address seriatim. He| “CONGRESS CANNOT INTERFERE IN tn spoke as foliows : LOCAL ELECTIONS, ‘ FELLOw CITIZENS: I thauk you | «‘A state or a part of the people of jor the bouor of using my name in| a state may do injastice to its citi- connection with the Sherman Re-| zens, but this does not omnes publican League of this District|Congress to interpose military and for the compliment of this ser-| force. If injustice is done you must enade. I recoguize > you men not resort to mob Vielenee ates bers of a race of nearly seven mil- | You must appeal only to the law lions of people suddenly enfran- | and public opinion nea @ patient chised from slavery or from a con- | waiting for justice, In any resort dition nominally free, but former. | to force the anvantage is fearfully ly excluded, by reason of your race | against you. Every coutest in the and color, from all the privileges) South resuits in a massacre of and rights of freemen. I also know your race. Your hope is in the that in several of the states you! moral conviction growing stronger are denied gs ae sfc forse by day, that injustice to ven This is caused by the prejudices reacts ou your oppressors. ‘oa that spring from your past coudi-| can best win sympathy and sup- tion and from the fact that you and | port from the most deserving of your ancestors for generations the white race by appealing to have been deprived of the oppor- | their antaitine pore of dnstion, to tunities of education and the liber- | er than by lawless force. If this ty of free speech and opinion, The | fails you are free men, aud can problem of securing to you the/ migrate to regions where justice is peaceful enjoyment of equal rights | not blind and labor is respected and privileges is the most difficult | and protected. The most interest- ove in American politics. [ have) ing trait of your race was exhivit- taken part in all the measures that | ed daring te war, sa — have brought about the great) your liberty was involv: in the change in your condition—the _— stragele, ze eters thee soil and remarkable in modern history. gui the hear ne, the wiv- have no regrets for anything I have! es and the children of the men who SENATOR SHERMAN, fought to make your slavery per: Entire geek Ist, ’S9. petoal. Let the same sperit be observéd now and you will gain your political rights as you now have your freedom, “And, fellow citizens, you must always remember that your rights as freemen impose upon you grave duties and responsibilities. 1 | is said in the states where your race is numerous that you are not FITTED FOR THE DUTIES.OF CITIZEN- SHIP, that you would establish negro rule and endagger our’ civilization. This pretense is:set up to justify a minority in the: denial of your rights. It.is for you to show that you have caught the. spirit and will observe the obligation of liber- ty. Itis the first duty of your people to avail themselves of all Opportanities for education and improvement, to seek to acquire property by industry and econumy, and to enjoin respect for the prop- erty of others, ‘You must yoursel- ves'win your own way by a@ strict observauce of moral and legal ob- servance of moral and legal obliga- tions. You must vaiue your rights as citizens above all money or price, and treat as the highest in- sult all attempts to influence your vote. Like all other citizens your standing and influence will depend upon your virtue, morality, integ- rity, and industry Your labor is the most valuable commodity in tho suuth, and you now own it. It is the great factor in your hands, and in time will commaud for you, comfort, home, independence, and civil and political rights. Be not impatient, restless, or discouraged, and as sure a8 God reins in infinite power and justice, your rights as written in the constitution of the United States will be respected and observed like those of all other citizens in every state and terri- tory of this republic.” Several national airs were play- ed during the evening, and at’ the close of Mr. Sherman’s speech, which was listened to with marked attention and enthusiasm, and lite of march was takennup to the Bre office, where the assembly dispers- ed. Seeuteinpemaasteuncntemmeeed A CONVENIENT CALENDER AND STAND. The most convinient, valuable, and noyel business, table, or desk calender for 1889. is the Columbia Bicycle Calender and Stand issued by the Pope Mtg. Co., of Boston, Mass. The calender proper is in the form of a pad of 365 leaves, for one tor each day. 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