u
77 BLESSISGS OF GUVERXMZST, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVES, SIUULI) JiE DlSTlllliJTE!) ALIKE, UPON THE HIGH ASD THE LOW, THE 1UCH ASD THE TOOK.
EW SERIES.
SPEECH or
1!0. S. S. COX,
of oino,
J j i f.V Hon'. J!''j'iv :nt(((ir,
June 0, 1S02.
!
f ' ''.',..;...,'..? ,.f Kiifinr'ijtuHi-n Its Costs
I .v tji'i- tx' mi White Lulnr How it
1 ,.-..,,.! Aui Ohio.
' KMANtii'ATioX.
i li a scheme even de: troys a large
j , ;;. :i ,.f the. in ans to pay for itself.
K i -la!- of the negroes, after they are
j : colonized, is nothing, worse than
Vs ;;n.'. It is a loss to the country o.
;jj .: -.vliat it will take 'n time and tronble'to
it ly other lalxir tqua'.ly a go d.
if .- a loss to tin? cotmtrv of the laborer
he lal toners themselves, estimated at
ii.noi i,000.
': n we have the following results :
-."o.inipev.sati.-n t owners, of si ives,
of 0.01)0
' t'.i ii itatii'ti and maintenance one
i.,r, f.U'i,i'0O,U0
f '. r.-l to b- pi:reh--- .1,
: !j. s. h-rases roads, ke, 2O,O00,C-0)
. . :" I.J'it an.! !ah.-r -rs to
c .' i.v.try aii.! to the ma
- b, f ! a i.ew sur 1 v aa
. ; " ,00 cnn.ooo
!ih' .l'.v ai-rordi'ig to Sce-
.,Y Okv-c's r-i..rt 401,445,034
.-.'..!' a-.l.nti- .ial V y 1 C.:t
-rc.mg to Senator Silll-,v.-,s
."OO.riOO.oOo
" i sum ahno-t tqua's the national j
t.iiCii-at lh'itian. which as the ac
v.ilat'on of centurhs. amounts to
7s7.OoO.immi! Here is a bridge' of
jo! for the African exodus! Ohio builds
t span for one tenth the ct-t S.3 1,1 1 4.
i .','. -, my district ays one twentieth of
f iat, or SI, 1 0.., 11. lut now- nmcii ot
f 1 accumulations of our people will this
U;:atake? S.-crefarv ( lias,- P-Ils us
that
..-liiiir to th" census of IN0O. the n-al
1
oiinl propTtv of the jx-ople if the
Jt.-d States is SI.:.102.!2I,1 10!
1'. v.-. one tifdi -f all we have would
S s- a-.-. Iv m.-et tin-enormous iiatuiiiv:
la
!'..-name of ad aata-.'". economy,
:al h-anai-itv. will n 't the jople
thi- ii:-fcligi-:;s '. -uditurc
1
. !-. v, h I-.-vy it. sir, are na-n'ng a
: :.- hazard. Where .-i-n.-sun has
i '- t:;x to put it down, only yokes
1 h;i tiie d t-ple, w 'aah they will
."y I ay. this n-Iii iih- makes yokes
Think von tie- auihrs of s
I 1
r'- ' 1 - i. in-- can fscaje the vengeance
p ;!. bv r---inali. ni or exile?
"liii h - a dKm worse than that of
' ' ca. i hi of llolx-spii i re.
i'.ia :):,-. dreamers do not intend to
r.-id cn'onlz . Tlieir ethics, like
.; i'r':i are criblK-d frota the phar-
f- '! -i-.u;i.,gs of Lxeter Hall. The
:' '- l. e-vi.i. d do.vn the snbieel of co!
:".'U r. pi-ed bv the gentlemen from
-I u; i ( I'.kiir.) Thev will n-'t so
; l-.u-inn nature not thev. What !
: - V, ;,., ;i l'iiillips. export the four
; "ii- whU-h are the fulcrum ol the le
H' ; -.vhich the nation is to lc restored !
1 . n . Is this not the land of their
5' ' l.v. a the cohinization nienilM-rs
; ' !''!: TojK.-e coercion. Their bills de
i f : '' liijiiilsion..
' i projHised to free all, and lcav
1'' : ; p di-tribute them among the pco-
ji-'-'- thaiu-e, sli-, is a. pxr enconomist
f a wi.r.-e rtih r. Ix-t us consider the
f "r: "5 lliis proposition.
''Maigr.ish.-d Senator from A'einiont
. - ' Hanier) fixed the projM.rtion of
: , - 'iistnbution at one n 'gro to every
'r;x whites. 1 lvtr to the fLIlow-
: j - : ' th.- -jfech ,,f S'uator I)(H)!illIe, of
t' -''!, -in, iihV at this .-'s-ion.
o A t:r.i;r.he.l gentleman from Vt-r-f,
, llrt ek-cted to C. .i.-ress in 1813.
jl e woil to do farmers in his neigh-
'-
ui ie.l upon him the i-voi inR before
L V"'" - tr Waslungtoa, to pay Id? re- I
: ' He f .und him in his oflic-e.'and told
I . 1. 1 . .me for that piiri s.e, and to
J -'.' ' 1 - ' hje. 'Asd now Jn.'gp,' said
i you get to Washington I want
j", ZQ?-'-X e cf t!,is LCSr" l'u"
; " -:-1 p.. ,.f it ;u j.ylC Wilv ,-ir 0ther
i I 11m- ;,v;TVa1,"h--hed and K' ".! n with
j T. , ,w'-'.'sai.l the Jud-c. s the pe-p'c
M- T: 7n slaves, or claim to own
lve f'a"' t,t'r motuy for them and
V- " proi-trty under th ir Suu
; ' '' . it L tie jii-t if v.e aU-lish :-L-
i
vcrv, that some provision should be made
to make thcin compensation V 1I hesitated
thought earnestly, for a while, an l in a se
rious tone, replied . 'Yes, I think that
wouhl be jut,t. ami I will stand my share of
the taxes.' Although a very ch.se anl
economical man, he was wiiliag to hear his
share of the taxes. 'But,' sai l the Judge,
there is an other question : When the lie
Prix's are emancipated, what shall he done
with them : ihey are a poor people ; they
have I.-.tl.ii.?; there ina.-t lKja pla,:e for
them to live. Do von thmk it wj'ii.l be
r.,;. !..,, m .,,1.1
ilU Ul"lw lOilll lilll lllilb OUI'UIU HIT".' Olll
share of them V V.V!!. what would he our j
s aare in ine rown 01 uiKibi'i-K i lie ci'ii- l
,,J ti. T, r..i?.-l - .'n,r(. L..t
-j,.-0o people in the t.wn f W.htrk ; j
au.l it you take the census ano maKe MjC
computation, you will f,n,. that there will
I e one f r evciv five.' Yiiit.' said he.
five h-.i. Ire 1 ! .irrois in Yc .'-t-.k! .Tudjre.
I called to p iy my respects ; I hid Vol! j;--l
cvei.inir : an-l h" starti d f r the door and
mounted I.!-' horse. As l;e v:is about to
have, he tu-iie.l ar.-uud n:vl said: '.Judge
I guess -oii need ii't do auyteiiig more a
b. .lit the !!orn hu.-ipess on my . -count '
(banht- r). ?dr. lVesi-Ioiit. perhaps I am
p ling t 10 fir when I say th hon-'rable ;-ea
tleni in s;'s 1. ''.tv uv n-nv Mr C"ll imer. j
" Mr COhLAMKll As the ir-nth-man j
ha- eahel me out. I may If all iwe-l t say j
that t!..' iniiabitants of the town were ab ii:t t
turce tlionsaiui. a:ul that tl.cpr p Ttitn was
one to six.
lie was ,-LI:,. l'.v the of 1S0O j
then- w:,. in the I'nhed S.at-s 27.O0S.-
OSI whitis. and o.!'!i!.o -." slaves. ll "' i
,1 - I
111.
e s'aves were couaiiv Oistniiuteii Xortn i 1
and S.,uth this would make one negro to j Or has 1 .i-loaigs, w nil a Mew 10 pio
everv seven white men. but if all are dnv- i prop-iiy and keep up its pr'nv, -oux-
Xortli bv social eonvul-i.
hown
n. as
by the gentleman fnun Kentucky. (Mr.
Mai lory, ) it would make 111 re than one
black for eery five whites.
lint we know that the African will not
go to New Englan 1. at le 1-1 in such num
Ihts as to otlc-r States. He does not
thrive theiv. In boston the city n-gister
shows that for th last five years there
were 131 births to:70 deaths among: tht
-olon-d Hple.
If Ohio were ojk-ii, as my colleague
advocates, we would have at l.-a-t twice
as many negroes llocked into that State
as to the rest of the North, and twice as
manv in Central and Southern Ohi.t as in
Norl hern Ohio : or one ne-i. lr -v.-r- !
three white j-rsons in the State, and
perhaps twice that ratio in Southern and
Cent nil Ohio. Take Massachusetts as a
fair avi ntge of the North. There oxory
iiidueeineiit is otl'Ti-il f r hi- iiumigratioii
He is n.ade.i ot. r, he is a l-nitted to the
b:.r, h i- ma !e c.ii U f '.-r ihan a while
man in .-mirage, provide I 'hat the. while
man come- from (I.-minny or Ireland.
Yet, in a population of 1 ,2." 1 ,00.", the
blacks numb -r on'v '.. 1, or on black to
loOof the pnlation : w hil in Ohio,
with not double the po nhiti n, I here i.-
one black to -' of the p. .palatioii
The
increase of blacks in Ohi is b)..") jmt 1
c-iit., while in Ma.-.-achu-i Its it is only j
2o.00 h i- cent. So I ran ju uiiied, not j
alone l.v Hie census, hut most l.v lhe ge- j
-niphieal p.sith.n and i.esmiess of Ohio to j
the Smth. and the extent of its Stat- 1-r-
der,in ioflrriog that she would nceive !
more than double the number assigned to
the States North, by Mr. Coll: liner's a-
jH.riionmeut. Y hat; then, would U the
r-ult' Ohio has 2.oO:h.-.7 I whit" pro-
, 1 1 .!...,. 1... . ... .t...
. .
pi.-. -..'iii'i .0
..f one b -ick to evi-rv lliree w hite ntTsons.
...l.lo;. ... ..f TUT 7M1 t.i her black u.1111-
an
Iatiou! AIv district, conuiosed of Frank -
' '
lin, Licking and 1 i-ka way counties, w licn
ne-nw-s seem to roii'iv-nfc mo:i- than
anion- their rofi ss.,f fVh-nds in North-
cm Ohio, would have .--altered among
till Oil l.Ii.L,!.. tbe nil III-
, r-.-oci 'in.:, U- e,. .l ...
I.. . .V'.. rii .......... .-- ....
ir:t 'i 1 111 1- 11 1 ? I -
the whole population of Licking county !
They would U- distributed a follows:
Lickinir, 12.)70: lYanklin, lt.,77 and
l'ickaway, 7,21.
1. . i...i. .1 .:...:... .1..,
incxonible li -un-s ; f..rmv di-triet i- i-
culiarlv bless-.l with n.-gii. p.pulati...
Whether it is Lean-.- the ..-..ple ar(.
nioiv "eiK n.us in
il...;r ... .X ii...
blacks; wh ther Kentucky and Virginia
families who s ttle in it are more numer
ous., t.r what it is, it is still true, by the
cen-ns t.f 10, that wilh a ipulati..ii in
my di-irict of about one-twi nth th of the
wh-,!.- pipuku'i...! of tlw Stat'-; it ha" "ii"
EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY. 9,
ou.-foiirbx nth o fits Macks, or 2,000 out j
of C0,07o.
Whites
48.7S:J
108,181
Blacks.
1 IS
1,573
030
2.000
lacking
r'ranklm
1 lckaway
One wouhl supiMjse that in (lie AYcs
Kescrve where the iufes.-i'a of philan-
j , . - ;n h
. i i
nml in urint : W'lu'lV lor veal'S tliOV fill-
ihate.1 no civil discipline wh
- 7
,-hich interfered
... - - . i .1 .. . ... .. 1 1
with then- noOons ot suuery, there would j
he the thrones of bhu-ks. Is it
Ml 1
j
if, '
Thou iron tonucd c-usus sjH-ak ;
C-.hired persons in Aht:'.hulah
li.) Ctiyaho-i 80 f
Do Lake :i
Do Mahon i.j; :l
l'o l'oitau'e 7S
Do Truuihull SO
Do (J.aiipa 7
!. Kor:iine GfO
D t Medina 33
D Samiait
Total 1.1
S that in these, ten counties of the
YVe.-teni IJcsorve, there are but a ll-w
moiv Africans t'nan in 111 county of my
'"t. - ,jom
Strict! Why then especially avoid Ash- !
t:lb,,,:, 1 ra,,1M,t Is " 1,,C
profession and scant practice of humanity.' ;
I , a......
tT .....rl.t...-
'-."-"o
" 'l them into Canada, wdn-re happily he is
now domiciled .' And there is Cloauga.
whv not as many n -griH-s ;us I-'ulton couii
tv has Indians? Vhat a coiununtarv
on ivprescntatic fidelity is here! The
inemlK-r from Ashtabula, Mahoning and
Trumbull, (Mr. llntcli'ms,) sienks for
100 iicgnn-s; but from his piti-ous sulo,
one would supjiose that he represented :'t
l.-ast as many Africans as the king; of
Dahomey. (Laughter.) And there is my
sinilinir ctiih-arrue from the North-west,
er. Ashley) wh.' rotund form is ready j
to lK-,-..me like Nioln all tears by his 1
gricf for the p.r iu-gr ; (laughter.) j
w bos.- gu-bes of ch-i'ienee in tli.-ir W half .
l-eiuind one of the Arab Ivrics in nndse of:
, ...1. c m.t-" :,.:.. ,,1. ... t,r.,- '
in.- 1 1.1 1 iv in. .ei 11-.1 . ....... ..... ;
.-i;ng. 'Oh ! the black amlK-r! the black
amber ! Its '.K-rfiime by far exce.-.ls any-
thing else iu earth or star : the loins of
the ni'e. tii-- rose of Ca-hmeiv, mv sens-, s
enthrall, when thou ait not here.' (Oivat
laughter.) Yi t. from the w hole ch-ven
cuati -s of his di-iriet, lie cannot couu!
as many ii- gro. s by h i'.f, as live in my
own county.
I am not pai ti.-ularly pmud of repre-
seining' a larger muoiK-r .vincaiis man
my colic agues. I think so far as the
chatterii-ir gH-s nUmt tln-ir inalienable
rights and ccrla-ting w rongs, I
am en-
ny un-uitlcd to represent them; yet I
h,.R- that in actual" kindness to them I
,;, rcpr. s -nt Hie wln.e jn-opie 01 my ui.
tricf, whose practical ben-vole,,.-,. has at-
traei.-l to that ,-,-.ion .f the State an un-
due share. What I fear is, and what I
, dedu.-e is, that tins ilispro;M.riionaic siiaie
1 will lie continued w hen the bills voU-d lor
m 1.1 11 1
; l,v my colleagues are law, and Itie leack
i exodus has Ikui.
I understand that it is lh" intention of
some ol mv l..iu!uean co;ieagues 10 ire-
! .r?.. tl.e work of ii. -to iiuniirjnition bv fa-
! king a drove of th.-s" free n -n-.s lo their
t
) ilistrlc's. If they w ill keep them on the re-
! serve I will not complaiii. Th. ir m .lives
' ,av 1h g 1 : hnmanitv and duty may
niiuin' if ol llietn, .-ni'-e their otainoi nas
: l.ri.ie.bl then) ill! . t h IT b ll .lc-Ml'-sS hftV
t
! 1..,, .,..1. l..,.,uitv will ! like shvi a
. ,ivB.
" "
i crum to a hungry man. I lie work ol
j ,,,-ro cmaniii.aliou is stupndou-. the cx-
- .ensc cimthious. :
uhI tlie nsult will U- a
! faihnv.
lint I iroi-e. sir o make a ihuiht
. r .1.
analvMs of Ih.s m.I.j.- I. 1 l.axe the 1,..,,-
, -r as it is i..i..uy ..-non, ... .-.
! a pro-,.-ctise om-iiu nt of tith.r my
. r it. 1 1! .. 1... .....v.- 1..
; ineli l in.m ll.e v i.uk imsu ,11
I. nl-T-? r.) or th- hotiored ll pn-- ntati e
t.f lhe Madi-011 District, (Mr. Harrison)
willi whos' olcs I .- ofien concur. Tlie pjk. or ui of them work well, w hat Ir.r. destroy th. l.wlvcs. Yet th. -' divam
L gi.-latuiv of Ohio has made for my s -' m ,j0 ,ji;, t., upon our i.u ch.mio r.- cling : their iK-tioas witii tlie happy
ci.d contemplation a ikw district, -oinpo- .,, Liboring nun.' It i- said thaJ many ' impudnce of Mu;.ehau- n. who went to
cod of th-: coui,iie ,.f Chuk, M.i-li on, ' v( -J, in m il..- g.-l bV.-Vmiih-: :m n - ! the in-ton for '.ho .-llvr haleh-.t by in. ;ej-;
Franklin and Given. If my two friciils .
who !o not agree well in their votes, will '
upnc to make tho race next fall, I will ;
lcrl olro m a conservative word fu- ,
fheir crcneriil wtlfatv I piimncn.l to
:a i-i ; ( rti n I svn ilL-Tussinr.
This new tlistrict, sir, is rich in colon1.!
loattria's. I was in the .-elect a-s-lvm
Pt the bla-ks in their Xoiiher i
iinwrin. nls. ( !riv!i c unity to which I
'!ave rf.-m-l for the ha.-tity of its Af- !
ican lani I-: is a second l'nmdi-; of
live negroes. 1 lie t. n -woience 01 iio-
nice Maim at AntiH-!i ("ile. 1 1 the
bhl-ks to h-lieve that hen- t!e-v -oald re-
jws- in j""eii pastures as catent. d!y as '.
their hreiheiu ba-k tn the nivs of a C !
r -in. Th'-v were to 1m i l.-v.ited with- .
out . Hol t to an cpi:sriy with the white ;
miracle. 'I hat it has not b -en cliected
is iiu Ihiill of thi1 di.-tingui.-hed philaii- ;
thropist. The jK-opIe of (l;n-n county
Clai k has
Whites
4S.733
DJ.73!
Jt SOS
21,722
N-groea
1.578
270
1,475
3,821
Oreen has
111,052
Hen-
twice as many negroes as in
th" whole Western I Jeorve ! One n gro
to every tluve w hit e p-opIe would give:
Franklin. 1:.401
Ma.M-on 4 2'5
Chuk J-2'.O
Cr.-en 8.240
-r , - - 1, , . 1 ni 1 -.. .1 : -
Making: 111 all a total of blacks in tins
IK
w-district of :7.017 ! A very pretty
mosaic
! A sweet and fiiisnint nest!
,..-.. ,- . 1 . 1
Anl this is the Aincaii s ronu stand. t.
... - 1 1 . 1. 1:
which mv missionary latrs are to lie ill-
w.t.-l "YI,e nn. tl... .... f..,.il, ot
th" ln-gro.is of ( hio in this district: w ith
onlv ,. twentieth of the ,.pu!t;io of
tll.;Stat;.: S) ; ,i,;s .li.-tri.-t. if fhe
nXlt ,.,,Mtinul, we should have twice as
lu.luv :x o;,r f;,;r ban-. (at one nesro to i
.1..... ..fit... ..-t.tt.. ,...t.t;...- ..
.', ' . ." '
.r, v tiiou-ani iK'tirocs:
j How will this inuuigration of the blacks
j ,.t .xvtr oj,;,, aii ; ,juv Xorth ?
j ,,-,. ,1,,-,,-th,. it affect our laW. as all
.i-ohieing -la.-.--s del met from the pins
l j.,-l!x- ,,f :l eomimn i! v. Ohio is
r,(.il' and Strife. N-. n s will 11. t farm. '
, -i : ... . .,-,.0 ,. p , .,;,,. ,.r -ere anim-L
o.va -and citit s. This is cxid -nt from
the c-.isus of Cincinnatti, C!ea land, T-
, i).,xU,IU C'o'aunbus. Ziinesville and
j i.ijj;,.;, kVl.lv more than three fourths !
, (f ,,1., of ( ,,,-, JUV
i ,;t u K lliail(atiu l.ands, when I
will work the lands. Such is not
; tu. ,XjK ,.;,.,.,. ,. ,,.. Carolina coats. A j
; v. ; m . lu.slon .h-nrwl, fi-om Tort
jj,,vai tiU tjA. j ,,f ,v S02, t-sti-
tin r- are ,..,, D uu.) "o..ra-
,..,.,. :v , )(U() ,IltrjUlIls
'.,,.,,. !,!.m.K The ha-.e .!aut.-.l none
; r(m .HlU., . ,.,,.,,n U,,hr lhe Cov- !
; ,..., (lii-e tioti. The writer savs:
" U is .hlVienlt t m iKe the negr.K-i w.rk
or induce tl.cm to, (if i'..t somids letter
' N-rthj as they find so::..-hing to cat from
; M-s-a f.uv.-ola.aiid .-ivin to f.el th. varenot
1 .. . :.- ,1 .... ......1. v: . ..r,..
take a da ,- or sevi ra! .'a vs. to themsclt cs.
! w:a n t.e.r seriios ;.re p.-n.aps n.si t:v-
: a.i,:ii-l to Hilton lb no or 1.. aufoit.
j-,,,. 4,,,.;,,,. s ,vu. r,.,nid had been j - rc
p ut 1 f t pi -.w in and j -hii.tnu. bet iu-t as
c''h 1?V 'Trl"1 l
..:,t notice, thus iM.imi; tii" p..u ug
( 1111 ii .1- 1 ,iea 1. ik. 1 in 1. i.iir n n.
1 1 .1 1 . ... ..1
. , , , . . ...
'oea. .., tue M-ct-s.s.i
,.fw.rkf..r t'.-ir ..wn e -). i.ver nmei.t I
i:l re, eive but li th- U-i.. tit cmparatiM ly.'
i 1 th.-v .! anv 1- Iter north! We
iIIAV u),.,t ,.v n:iw. ,,.. Th. re an
1 An pi ions. I -pak of the ma-scs of the
In.. i.ll lliOMMeT .U .cT lUDlM 1 li I Kir
.
. ...... 1... ...
; y. yXnnv. or
ben', und
militrv -ui-. ei has M-.- .' i their condition
an-w. r. I.l rr th- .rtsnt is what
lli. ycr.ie: an lwh. n that is had, no
inoiv work until they cr.ne apiin.
r.ut su; p--i th- v do work, or work a
1S62.
ters ,S.e., and especial! v g.Ktd
servants.
If that lo so there are whit.' la!orcrs
X'Hh whoso sweat is to ln j-oiu-l into
taxes to rrur-.m the-e ivns, mvl the
first t (feet of . the rtuwm is to fke th- !
hnvl ami meat from the fajuili. s of wlsite ; it wa t- slmt. ISat, h.l.Iia fa-t bv
Iain tits. If the wap s of white p-opV.lh.-l.fi haml. v.i;h the ri h: he cut the
are mlmv.1, they will a-k th au-. I
The cau-e will K founl in the h!i:-i-.e
le ie s of mi n.h I.- of (oi !;: TIk
help-of ( en nan and I.-i-h d.-cent. the j
workin.-n an.l Ii-miu-s hi th"- sliow at-.-l
:md li Id. will lin-1 soin.-, if n- t all f th-
ii.-jr-.x-s, luj:!i: by th ir toil, c.-mp tii:jr
with th-mat rv tiun. ItlNirwill th. n
go d .wutoa song It will be d.-rTad.-.l bv
such asso -iatiou. Our soldiers wh.n tln-v i
return one hundivd thousand stro:i'r. to
their Ohio homes, will find thexi negroes, J
felling; titv-, plowing ground. gaJh-ring I
-nps .e.
How their martial laurels w ill I
bright- n wh' ii they iisco-er the rc-u!t of
I one half. Already, in this district, the
I Oovcmmcnt is hiring out the fn-jitixes af
j from two to tight dollars jht month, while
j white men are lagging for work. Nor is
j the Ialr of most of the-.' negro. -s de.-ira-
! hie. No fvst. 1:1 of lalr is -o un!e-s it
I
! Ik Steady. They will g. t their we. ks
j wag.-s, and then idle the next week away.
Many will luiimi ' a charge mil a nui
sance upon the public charity and county
poor tax. On-- hundred of the fifteen
hundred iie-rro s of (Invn numtv. av
1 have seen, were drones a".d scamps. S
j ?
in lrvwn -cjnty. JJ.-unlo'ph"s n.-gix-es,
taken to Mcnvr -ountv. w-re miisa:ices.
1 If thev are listribiit-l into the ounvtrv.
'
i they inav work for a little w hile, and for
j
small w agn s, and woik well f..r a time:
' but wh. n Wiirk nw- irksome, and thev
1
i l-S'hiy. they wnl steal,
(Vr" :,n 1 ' ' k, -; disa,.- ar iu th- ir xiei-
lufoine fo Iay play. they will steal
na'je with the faci'iiv of shirts from the
h-l.'s wheiv 1 alsiaif m in h 1 his lattcr-
, d -malioii
And for this result thrH'f t. Northern
LiIkt. what o.nen-ation i- iher- to th"
j Southern half of our country by their re
jinoval! Ilen-in lies the indiici 1 ifv-et of
their inmegration up..n No tlrni hilr.
j lv this cnumeiptitioii the labor system of
the Suth isdestn .il. The cotton, which
i bnmght us s200.O'i;.oi p.-r rsmumi. a
! :' part of which came ! Ohio to pur
chase jM.rk. tni. flour, bet n:a hiiury.
vie., when' is it! b.n". Wliat of th"
cotton fabric, almost as common as bread
j among the IaV'ting classes.' With four
millions of indolent n-groes. its production
is desti-ovcd, and the ten millions of arti-
! sans in the world w ho depend on it for
cmplovment. and the bun hi d million w ho
I d-iend on it for clothing, will find the
1
f:,,,r"R" sl:h:u,H''1 a h""h l v C,,,t- S'
w :..! other pn-hiciions of slay
i ,:ll"'r !'or:,n n'M,!, ,a'"r"v"
curse tde i.-ii!ng 1 1. -meats, wna-a imi
disturb the market of the world.
; -""" v ...... -t ...
of the North, and especially of Ohio, is
! ,j,at 1. markets of the S.uth will!.'
i ,
i cios.-.
1. not bv blH-kade, b it forever. Our
oravs of wheat. lwi ... f. vv-., w 10 I
11 1
rhu by a fontnvb-I mak
, .
- suq-lus in Oh: th" pr.-t y ar
reduced bv a foiitl'iVle'I laakit. 'II
w of
gram. 2..l.(M0 bu-h- !-: o. b.-.'s. 1 .-
MM: of cattle. :MO.nM,, v;.,-!- fn'ti
tbe Stat.
or mre than .O.om.M )i
. ... . . i
,v, ij-j n : W 0 1 ;' I T an !ies 'i t 1 . 1 in."
; Worth S.' ... h ... v. 'H i- prlu-
worth S.'i .".( MM ino:v. H i- prlue
t.-.n is a!, ..u- that wiaei, c.11 u-..
If our market is r.-tiiet.d. who -ufl". rs !
- ; Th- fann.-r. If 1
aT. r-. who v.i'l j ay
I'ri.is n.a-t b- 1. -
, the
taw- in
Ohi
imincr.itivc or a-jneuiture .-u;:ers 111 i.i:
r ' eeiy man, v.oma
: :wvl lilM ftl- It.
j If thi- .-slieme f..r A fricaniu.g the Sa?e
lv d -stn.ying Suther;i lai'.-r. .-uceds
no fostering care or s-i, ufoie -kill tan
make up the loss to tlie f.mii.-r. Such
! -chen.es. by destroying the -o irces f t la-
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of a Turkish !e:m which t-w to iis
h:-.'-. AY hen la- l;in vv:i tlrivl up hy
th-- heat he IwiMcI a ixarr of stritw- l.v
whh h u .1,-smi I. fu-tcnaijr o.h' cu-1 to tlie
horns. Ala! like i-umv siioihir in.--.
an.l iwh ss ujjcr j:u1, whi. h. wTun
x ! I to the I-jwr r. L lrou-!it him saf. lv
to the :irt!i! Such will !. the resu!: .f
the. hroatle cxp-nmuits upon laimr svs-
t.-nis of the country. Th- SA.x'!ier they
descend (n'!ii the iina with their n-pe if
straw tlie Ix '.ter. Tlitis, wi:!i loss to the
Su:h and damage to tlie Xoilh. l.th ir
reparable, and no pun to cither, the year
of n-jru iubil.-e is to l.c i:.-hiTel into cx-
i.-tence.
In c inclusion, then, if the negro cannot
:m-l plans t.o d elusive; if lie -annot !e
freed and left Sv.uth w ithout desirovie'r its
'..b r, and without rain to Northern in-da-try
and .--K-iety, what sdial! Iv? done ?
Where th.i'.l he po? He nnsv.-ers for
himself. Tiie .'-.ro7f?of a drove of
ii"gnes. the ther dar. in the i.i'l. v ef
Yiiyinia, wasnsl.ed, Whcre are von jro
ing i" '-Dan iv, nuis-a, dun no, gAviiie
somewhere I r-;cke:i. fLnughtcr. His
friends can aTiswerveiy little leUcr. lh.t
s'i-h tuiswcr is not statesmanship.
What j-h.il! 1? loue? I nnswxr; l.ep-re-entatiws!
that our duty is wriiten in
ouroatli! It i in tJc Cvtdit'tn i tl.-c
l'it,f. ! .! : Ix-ave to the Stat tln-ir
wai institution-- whore that instrument
leaves them. k-ep your faith to tin' Crit-t-iiden
n--!u:kin, Ie rid of aiii!'ign.us
iK-r.ies, :ui-l tru-t, unVr Cli. Ct tlr
n-velatici of IIi will cono-niinz the.-
black men in our Laid, aiiIthe.vcrthor-v-ing
by ear power of this n-K lIion. Have
yu 10 faith in C.L who writes tlie his
t rv of tuitions 1 ('rent as Is ur pwvr,
wis.- sis is f,ir sy stnm of tnn emmeiyt,
lir.iu1 :is an' our sohlic-rs, nn-piali.l :ts
are our tleets .f iron, it is only for Him t
breathe upon us. and our ower wi!l Hide.
I know that Hi power can folve tlie-?
dirk prot.lcms f our f;ite. Let us ck our
duty to the order o-tabllsli-l by our fath
ers, under His wi-e inspiration, raid a!T
may he well.
Iu tliis nigh: of our g!.H.m ray faith Ii
leen in Him. ei-n as my th to the Oni
stitutioii. which lie ia-pin'.l, is made,
"so help me Col!" Cleax'nvj to that, I
can see te.c daw n of hope! Ixv.xi.ci It, I
s-ce nothing 1 ott p-rjury, iVau-Lmd a d:u-k-ir
night of disaster. In our Constitution,
a'one, under Clovl, is our n.iii 'n:d s;i!va
ti n iiishrine.1 !
lut I have r.o faith in an ! no hope of
this Congress, for they have no f.iiih Li
(lodorthe Constitution. (Ireece had a
law calh-d the indictment of ilhvrality,
when -by any man w a- triel and pm.is!ied
in a comm. court like a criminal, for
anv law.- which ha 1 pa cd on his moth.n
in the as-etiilily of the j--p!e. if that law
aij-are! unjust or pn-judlccl to ;!;e puo-
1
lie. If there wmv su. h a law here, how
f.-w of the majority of thi- Hu-e w .!d
i scap.' the doek 'f tin' -riln:u::l Ji.id the
n-p-of th gil.!"-t. Tli in. i:il r fn 1.1
IUltl 'is (el L'.ei .y ) would th n ni I'.e
the I atilude-. whicJi t'o'lo -,i-. :h1.-1 :i-
1 "n.iati n. Leigh:, r. I'mU what of th
j ii4ifc.r ot I . 5.11-y i a:, a, ( .li. K 1 ey ,
1 He I.;- D,n ,u-r nv.dy. in hi- d- fem.of
, J :.:l la.k t l-miet r, t "i a ail
iit
otia'.lv th -. with w h ai h" dltl" n--L
- J II,. could n-.t pa
He cuM n-.t na- l.r mv humble --h
:i- to I layfi w.f.ut i-.nw sana-ta-
mid much m-sti prentati. m, wl.hh h - n-
j fu-e.1 to a!!. nw fo an-w r. lie did 11. -t
I bke mv -t !. of d. -'-riptlon, and wojiden-.!
I .. 1. ... . ... 1 ... .
w n tl.-n- wa-110 laugu ai mv i.u;,i.ir
;dut lh i:.-gnj in court dn-s-. II.i
in sii.ee fn!. lie ii.xer sp. -as but he
i- I.ingh.-d at. His spwhes hae Ke:i
wall d. sj-.11.ci1 as King t .ry word a s-e-puh
h.-r. -cry seiitem-e a tomb, and eicry
spevh a grre yanL L-ug!:tT. In
this ptat yard he thought to bury me, a
he had buried other.-. Hut even that
voice "er ft jmUrr-i n-Jul which is li-
k- vA.l te !!:- rv tf an itir:- rt-r.t bull in
ll