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EVEKI?O, FEBRUAlt \ 19, 187-4.
dly
t9 r*R ?tJ9 lilt* I ?i*b ?bwt? itenvxt ?00 |T ;
FKr,r.o\v-CiTiZENS-?I can han
find words wherewith to adequately ex '
press the seuse of gratitude that my
heart at this moment feels for the many
kind sentiment of approval that havo
becu uttered by yju as to my course as
I your Representative, in t he .National
I Legislature.. 1 'am-equally destitute, of
I the power to sumuiou forth to my aid
j appropriate lauguuge wherewith to
testify to iny hea: tfclt appreciation of
I your many manifestations of friondship
towards, and dcop ooufidenco iu, my
I humble self. , ,],mu.st, therefore, content
myself with the more common-place ex
presaiou of sincere, genuin* thanks, and
my curucst assurance that 1 shall ever
strive'td be worthy of your coufideuce.
Indeed, fellow-citizens, fioui the bottom
of my heart, 1 thank you:
Three years ago, alter a sharp and
ncriuiouious contest, it became my good
fortune to be chosen by you as a ltepre
scntativc to the most august parliamen
tnry body on this continent, the Amuri
can Congress It wii6, indeed, a highly
distinguished honor, an honor of whicli
I was sensibly proud.
But. fellow-citizous, amid the cxulta
tions incident to my success, I was j
deeply impressed with the importance bfc
so high n s'ation, mid the tremendous j
responsibilities that rested upon me in
tho discharge of its functions. I felt
thou, a.s 1 feel now, that as one of tho
j iojK.-ers iu the imtiouul arena of a race
just rii.crg**! from u long and gloomy
?light ul 'American bondage?a race "till
weighted with heavy burdens?I would j
be requtrod to bring soutcthiug worthy
whereby to propitiate the judgment of,
mankind. Kob d with the ??r.o'ga" of a
Ilcpvv.-oiit.iinxv I ut oiiro ru .h/vd h >w
-much was expected of mo a.* a natural
deq uty ol-n jmtplO but rev. ntly infused
as a new tlenient into the Bn lv politic.
While 1 could fcaf-cly hope to fill t!i"?
measure of public ex peel a t li, 1 never
tticrcas d Lerutiin:^ uti ler Ii v in ; gu.d
atice, to vinlieitq, to tIt | bos of my
ability, the wisdom hi iti.tt beneficoht
policy whi.-h ."?tr.tck fr on the liiub? itfl.
four millions of human beings thi j
palling chains of slavery, and from their
low.c-state lifted them before the. eyes ot
tho world to .the proud position of j
American freemen . I resolved to con
tribute my humble share in illustrating
tho capacity of the negro for tsclf-govern
tnentj and in justifying the conduct of
those of my white follow citizens who
thought it no disgrace to vote for
colored men.
Tho condition of affairs in our State
at the time of my first election must
still be fresh iu your memories. Organ
ized crime wus dominant in many of
our counties; murder, unabashed, stalk
ed abroad ; inoffensive men, women and
children were b'oing subject nightly to
outrage; many were falling victims to
midnight assassination ; many were
writhing under the sting of the pitiless
laBh ; while many others, hunted for
opinion's Bake, were fleeing to our
capital as thoir ''oity of refugo." At
such a time- and amid such soones, I
hastened to Washington to assume.the
duties of my olfioe. Shortly after, it
become me, in the line of my duty, to
invoice the exercise of the national
power for the protection of American
citizens domiciled in our State.
During tho consideration of the "en
'forcemeat bill," that great measure of
protection, 1 had tho privilege of taking
part )u tho discussion. I ahull better
forget that day, when, rising in' my.place
to address the House, I found myself
the centre of attraction. Everything
wns still. Those whs believed in the
nnturnj inferiority of the colored race
appeared- to feel that, the hour had ur
rived in which they should exult in
tiiuniph over tho failure of tho first
ijjjan o.f "the despised rnco" whoso voice
wus about to be lifted in'that chamber.
Tho countenances of those who syqipa
thi/ed with Qqr chuso seemed to indicate
their anjety for my nuooass, and thoir
heartfelt desire that it might provo
equal to the emorgcrioy. I cannot,
lellow-cimchV, picture to you the otno
tions thQt then filled my miud
tu emitted that my cause was juat. How
" well that argumenLwaa austfdnpd, with
what.crpdit I acquitted myself, let tho
Ma'at^eriiig comments ol tho Notv York
! TriCnnr, th/o New York UcrahL and
other leoding journals of the country,
answer. Suflinco it to soy, that even
where sympathy whb withheld respect
was freely accorded.
Hut, fellow citizeus, it is unuocc-sary
for me to recall at this time the iuci
dentB connected with the Other occasions
' on ? which I had the honor to address
tho Forty-second Congress. I am
admonished of tho fact that you are
assembled to do mo honor more particu
lurly for my recent effort in the present
Congress in favor of equal civil rights.
It is, indeed, pleasant to me to know
that my remarks on that question, on
tile 6th of January hist, have met with
the highest commendntiou throughout
the couutry. It is gratifyiug to know
hut my utterances on that memorable
occasion have becu endorsed, not only
by tho five millions of people that arc
most diroctly concerned in the result of
tho issue, but by n vast majority of the
dominant race. That pleasure is in
creased tenfold by tho warm and flatter
ing manner in which those whom 1 have
the honor more directly to represent
have signified their approval. My gr.iti
Heat ion is also increased when I re
member that, in our own Legislature the
t Conservative Senators and Keprescuta
lives, with but two exceptions, recorded
themselves iu favor of a resolution iu
structing tho Senators and requesting
the Representatives from this State iu
Congress to vote in favor of the Civil
Rights Hill, and expressing sympathy
for the .National Convention of the
colored race. With this fact before us,
who is there among us that can fail to
understand tho signs of ! the limes?
Which of us can refuse to go forward
cheered and inspired with renewed
hope and confidence it. the complete
triumph of true Hcpublican principles
iu our State, prominent among which
arc these cardinal points : liberty, fro
tenrty, justice, ci\il and political
?qmlity?
Who among you can reasonably
doubt that ?ho Augfo-S.?xoil and the
Auglo-A trie iu races, who arc hero
mm ltd toge nor by the ties >l acimmiu
de-tiii}', o i wh ?s.; iitturt? liavo been in
scribed by the 'fiJtHCcil lau I" kiudrtfd
'Oflings ot" folio.Vs'iip, will yet live to
_rfiher in cotiteiituiJUl ati 1 happiness,
and mutually enjoy the victories of
peace ?
MIS ?<?,.'< uJ: S -a
In the recent debate on the Civil
Plights Rill, the privilege of replying to
the elaborate, legal and constitutional
argument of Mr. Reck, of Kentucky,
and more particularly of the Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, was,
by general consent, accorded to me.
This privilege, of course,-brought, with
it, tho highest responsibility. It was
felt by all our friends that this was an
occasion on which it became tho colored
race to be leproseuted L>y one of its own
members- It was felt, too, that the legal
ami constitutional arguments must be
fully met and ? answered. With a pro
found seu'-e of my responsibility to my
race, to my immediate oonsti'uents, and
to my own reputation as a Hcptcscnta
tive. iu Congress, I addressed myself to
this great tusk. No man could have
had a more inspiring theme, or a more
exciting occasion. I must speak under
tho eyes of crowded gallries, in the pre
sonco of n full house and of many dis
tiuguished strangers, attracted by tho
novel iutcrest of such an occasion.
I may confess to you, fellow citizens,
that T trembled for the result. That
result I need not nttOmnt to describe. It
has more thon filled tho measure of try
ambition. Tho praises of that ofTort, us
?you all huvo obsorved, have been numcr
ous and wido sproad. Friends have
boon delighted and enemies have been
forced to enncedo that the Vico Prcsi
dent of tho Southern Confederacy?a
man acknowledged to bo of the groatcst
intellectual force, and long public
oxporipncu ?has been mot in debate,
and that his sophistries have boon ex
po3cd, and his constitutional arguments
overthrown, by ouc of that raco which,
twolvo years ago, he described as lit
ouly to bo 1 bowors of wood and drawers
of water" to the dominant white race.
This triumph I do not chiefly value as a
persona) ono If it boa triumph, it is a
'triumph' for you as well asfOrmo?a
triumph for our wholo race. Ayo moro
than that, a triumph for justice, whioh
Sir James Molntosh hna so finely said ,
"is tho common and pormauout iutcrest
of all men -a all ages,"
:Let me'not fail on this oooasjon, and1
ail occasions, to do full honor to my
worthy colleagues from this State on
the floor of Congress, as well as thope
other Representatives of our race ^vljio
occupy ecats in the National Legislature.
You know with .'what discretion nnd
ready zeal the Honorable J. II, Ruuiey.
has entered tho debates which ha ye
arisen from time to time upon the sub
ject of our civil rights. His ju>t, though*
caustic, rebuke of Mr. Cox is fiosh to
your memory. The Hnnorablo A. p
Ransier^ has proved himself to be yot^r
zealous aud able champion in Congress, %a
you have long known him to bo in othtjr
places. Tho effort of Honorable R. ft.
Cain, in reply to Mr. Rubbing* of Norjh
Carolina, has commanded the attention
of Congress and of* the country,-and hhs
added to the well named laurejs of this
distinguished chanipiou of our righos
Long may you be represented by men of
equal ability, zeal, prudeuce and lidelitV.
With such Repiescntativqi to sustain
our cause, victory cauuot bo long
delayed.
Rut, fellow-citizens, not only have we.'
national interests and national duties,
but wo have home interests and home
duties The guarantee of the fullest
measure of civil rights by ^he national
Congress is uot all that we need. That
will give us the opportunity only Co
prove our fitness to possess and use those
rights.
I should fall short of my duty on this
occasion if I did not draw your atteutldn
to the immediate and commanding
ueeessity of a chaugc in the character of
our administration of the public affairs
of tli's State.
Fellow-citizens, I approach this sub
jeet from the stand point of n strict
Republican. If there be any mm here,
or in this State, who caii i in poach or
gainsay my Republican roeord, let him
come forward. If there bo any one who
eau- show a longer, a more untiring or
consistent service of the Republican
party, I challenge him to appear. Wtmt
. I rafy tonight, 1 fay a* a Republican,
standing on the identical platform which
the Republican party solemnly put forth
to the world as the expression of th e
political laitli of the lie publican pity
of South Carolina, on the 211 djy of
August' 1S72. Upon that pl.t firm I
still stand. If others nave wandered
from it, I have uot. The pledges'con
taiued in that platform are still binding
on my conscience and honor. Those
pledges / trittst arid thutt redeem.
Fellow-citizens, no man oan oxaggcr
ate or overstate the critical eh it actor of
our present political situation upon the
fortunes of the colored race. For ceq
turics our history has been marked by
oppression, in all its forms, at the hauls
of the white race of this country. We
were that stricken and pitiable people
whom the world Boomed to believe was
brought into existence solely for the
service of the white races of the earth.
The pathetic miseries, the hopeless
.subordinations of our race, have formed
one of the most deeply tragic features of
the world's history. At last, the in
stiuets of humanity, the divine sense ef
human brothet hood, have re ognized us
as men, entitled to the rights of men,
worthy to be clothed with the powers
and responsibilities of self-governing
citizens.
The vastness aud rapidity of this
change iu our civil and political c?udi
tion has no parallel. Many have, at
every stage of our progress, predicted
our failure. With what confidence did
niou foretell that the colored man of the
South would not work except undor the
spur of the task.master's lash. Yot the
crops of the South, for the last four
yours, are mure than equal iu ainouut to
tho crops of any four years during the
I days of slavery. How oonlidonMy was
it said that thu colored man had tiq
senso of prudeuce, uo provision for to.
morrow?idly basking iu the sunshine
of to-day, nnd laying up nothing fur tho
morrow. Yet ouo of thu must marked
results of freedom has Deuu tho univcr
eal aud unconquerable desire of our race
in these Southern States to secure
homes aud lands of their own. U has
been our reproach with tho whito man
that wu were not content to pass all our
yearB iu tilling tho lauds of othors.
Thus, oue by oue, tho colored race
havo shown to the world their right to
a place among lll?tl } ami our olaitil to
Buoh a place- has boon Qonoeeded at each
stop. Our present claim to complete,
j civil right* and privilogos wtll, 1 lirmly
belioyo, bo soon grantqd,?^ ?.
Rut, fcllow-citizens, irights impose
dutios. Wo aro 'not now, as 6noo we
were, without responsibility I because
without, power, without duties because
without rights. 'In the order of God'?
providence, tho . politioal power of this
State is '? in' our huodri. Ten years ago
without a vestigo of political power, we
are to-ufty iho absolute .masters of South
Carolina. Such a change is without,
parallel, uot only in its rapidity, but in
the momentous responsibilities it im
poses upou us. Arc wc so ignorant as
to imagine that God and the world will
not hold us to account for our use of all
these rights? Never was I here-a people
on whom the eyes of the wholo world
were lixed with more interest, than ou
the people of South Carolina ttf-day";
'Ibis proud State?mother of statesmen,
numbering nmrtng her sons the brightest
and bravest hearts that our country cau
boast?has been committed to oiir keep
ing. Our former tnaat ts have predicted
our failure. Admitting,!as .niauy af our
slave holdurs do, our- capacity forim
provemcnt in ' many directions, they
have declared that here, iu the highest
test, the negro would fail ; that he would
bu tho i victim of the cunning uud uu
scrupulous white, man, and the base
slave -of his-own.greed and dishonesty.
I wish I had ten thousand voices with
which to proclaim the great.ftct that.,
they, the colored men of South Curo
liua, arc note on trial br/'orc the uliolc
vonntri/. The' question is now to be
decided?can tho colored people of this
State maintain and administer the
government of this State upon the basis
of self-government and unrosti icted suf
frage '(? This 'is the tremendous re
sponsibility which we are to meet. The
power wc have will be our condemnation,
unless we mouse ourselves to our re
sponsibilitics and resolve to be governed
by a constant and profound rog:ird for
the public w'elfare. lie member, my
fellow-citizens, {hat no fact, is more
derply engraved on nil the tablets of
history than this ; that individual pros
pevity can only bo secured by an on
selfish devotion to the good ef the whole
community. That State or community
is hastening to destruction when its
citizens are no longer 'bound tr. each
(i her by the great moral ligament of a
constant toward for the welfare of the
community as u wholo. Sejf-presprva
lion demands unselfish patriotism If
we um.k.3 of the machinery of govern
n.cut anything else than a means of pro
moling the common good, we remove
the very foundations ol all our civil
liberties. The fonner slave holder, who,
perchance, still denies your right to
freedom . and sullenly opposes every
civil right which you demand, is not
half so dangerous an euemy as ho of
your own party who touches you to re
gard the functions of a public officer us
the means of merely securing your own
personal aggraudize.uent. Nothing can
save that people who have come to con
sidor public position as a source of pri
vnte advantage or gain. Your liberties,
you rcivil rightv all that- you now hold most
dear, will be dust und a-dies, unless you
use thorn under a sense of your rcsponsi
bility for g*ood government and tho goner
al public weal.
To-day the North doubts whether we
can maintain dccetit government iu
South Carolina. To day our friends
blush for us. To day they h'ok to soe
whether we are capable of shaking off
this monstrous mir.km of mal ndmiuis
t rat ion, and rising to u tolerable degreb
of regard for our common public inter
es s. m Mistakes, many aud grievous,
may be made without impairing the
confidence of our generous friends abpad;
but it is mit our errors and inexperience
which threaten to ruin us ; it is the pre
sent reckless disregard of publio inter
. csts. the prostitution of tho maohinery
of tho Guvcrumeut to pursouul ends, and
the total luck of responsibility ou the
part of some of oar publio officers.
?? e riso our demand lor OOtnpioto
civil rights, and tho answer is, show m
th'ityou uro capable of appreciating your
rights, restoro good govorinjiotit to South
Carolina, uso hor revenues to publio
ends; build up her material prosperity:
vindicato your right to full oitizens of
the republic, und your demand will
I meet no denial from any source
1 oonfess, follow-citizons, that with
all my wa\ for equal civil rights?and
it is a cause in which I am ready to lay
down my life, if need bo?1 con loss with
8uduos8 greater than L oau express, that
here, in South Carolina, we to day pro
sent a spootanlo whioh d ?es uot exuito
interest iu oiir cause; a ?p?otuole whioh
digheartfcnf) our'frioqds, ptralyzes our
best effof'ttT fbrnh* 'tomplete civil pro
teetion of our 'people;--' dnd- .makes the
Otimo of rids State a by -X^ord and re
.S ?11 I'-iK ?ni?4 m? i'i co<
pronch to our race. Our danger is not
from without' but from within. It is
oot'the Democracy that will overthrow
?UBr?-it is our own party, with its faith
less loaders and their infatuated Ahonoh
men. Let us not look abroad for our
enemies?they are hero, members of
our own party?officers olocted by our
owj votes.
I have a 'hundred times lifted my
voice before you iu support of the priu
ciples and policy of tho Republican par
ty. Those principles, undor all circuin
t-tanccs, I shall assert and maintain.
They arte .the \ expression of tho highest
political ^wisdom of the world. . l3ut I
say to you now, foUow citizens,, we in ty
shout our party shibboleths, , wo. may re
peat our .party -watch -word . wo may?l
discourse; ever so . eloquoutly,-.!upon the
glorious principles off tho, Republican
parly, but a\l this will not save us froth .
overthrow and defeat, unless we.maiutajn ;
good government in South Carolina.
Party fidelity will never, in the long run*
atoue for this willful disregard of\publi,c
interests, or Tecklcss extravagance in
public expenditures; No party tie ein' *
ever'be woven strong.enough to hold to
gcthcr any party whoso members are
joined by nothlug save the secret) b.>nd
of a commou bode of gain by public
debauchery. Dissolution will follow
pollution. Distrust is born of pollution
Discord is tho child of fraul. Nothing |
but houor, honesty, patriotism, regard ,
for the public interest, uan pro-iei-ye any
party. . ... ,
j here may be some so thoughtless or
so base as to charge that the utterance
of these truths is an act of treachery to
our party. Fellow citizens, the man
who fails to sospnak iu our real ene
my. The man who hesitates to point
out our true (langer is the man of whom
.the Republican party must be aware* If
what 1 say here to night is not true dia
piove it. If it is true, accept it, act- up
on it. T speak to night from a deep
SOMSC of the danger that confronts us?a
danger springing not from the Deraoera
cy of this Stato, not from tho Tax Pay
era Convention, nor from any external
j foes?but from the extravagances, the
disregard of public Lite rest* the subordi
' nation of public aims to private gains,
milnstested so eonspioibusly by some of
the members of our owu party.
Lctme say here that I still luve full
faith iu the ho.iesty aud good intentions
of the masses of our people. I believe
that whenever the question of honesty
or dishonesty, of economy or extra va
gance, in public affairs, of patriotism or
of debauchery, is fairly presented to
them, they will be found on the right
side. I dclicvc the colored people of this
Stato will respond as promptly to such
an issue as any people. What we need,
what we must have, is an awakening of
nil the peoplo to their duty. Each man
who holds a vote must feel his rcspmsi
hilily for that vote, feel it as he feels
his responsibility in his own personal
affairs. For, after all, this misgovern
mont, of which conplatnt is made, this
' reckless extravagance which nowch tr
j actcri/.cs and disgraces us, will rest in
the end on the oommon peoplo. The
laborer in tho end pays the penalty of
bad government. Every mill of* tax
! unnecessarily put upou the property of
! this State is a burdon on the man who
owns nothing but his own bare bauds,
j If tux us nro high, wages will be low.
Tf taxes taxes aro heavy, rents will be
high. All intcrost suffer in the long
run alike. Aside from tho injustice
that may bo done, the adding of an un
neccessary tax on tho lands results iu a
' reduction of tho laborer's wages who
tills that land or fff an increase of his
rent. So tjiat it is truo that the p >or
man suffers as much, and more, from,
tnisgovornincnt.than the rich man,
Ina deeper souse than any political
creed can express it, we wore all broth,
n n in tho misfortunos, tho burdens, the
injustice, tho distress whioh bad govorn
ment brings in-its train. None of us
can csoapc theso consoquenoo. Ry tho
natural law of oauso and offeot,- by the
force of laws which no mnn can mako or
mar we are bound for weal or Avoo to
tho fortunes of our Stato. Constituting
a majority of the voters of tho Stato, we
are responsible befovo tho world for hor
condition: her disgrace is tnudo chargea
bio to us, und in all the evils whloh may
threatou her-Wo will bo sufferers. ?
? And no v., fellow citizen:?, I appeal to
you iu tho namo of our truo friends
everywhere, in tho too of the Ropubli
can-party, mdor whose guidance all our
past progress has been achieved, In tho
mime of th e honor or rolf interest as a
race in tho name of our Republloa^ldUa
of self jeoxernnaent,. iq. the .narno ?f
government by the people, of .i^flaa
plo, and for the people, toa^ouso;
selvis to these great, urgont,eommajidiag
and sacred dutjes., I appeal to rny fel
low-Republicans of ovcry race ^andlpa
tionality to arise in their streDgtb and
shake off the terrible incubus thattf oigli
down our party, to strangle'theRetina
ous viper that is sucking our lifo-blo&d,
to rcmovo tho corrodiug .bfprosy that ia
gnawing at tho vitals of our b&ljr jfeU
tic. It is to you more especially,">taf
colored fellow; citizens,- 4n? I'tfOt, tlw?
time, appeal. OuMfalvation.; 3>rid6lltfao
tion will come from our own -jbj&r4$S*
wjll tiepy; tbo Ryils <pf >iwbjol?t Vf*?W?
ken. Ouly those who refuse to^ptJttJt
Ab.ejMMven|1 .experieuc^j.i)^ J^ie ,-porld
pan doubtfthat such a condUiyUjof ??fflr*
will come to an early aud dtsa3trou|Lppdr
misgovernracnt works itsi-. ownuMHii
I appeal to you all[as Re^?Micans/ Ctar
principles* arn true and - uudoaiaole.
vVitiuu our own political* organization,
Tet%s^o?Mt Wnfediri&orm?tio?.
At our side, aiding us With all twttof
al support of noble ofiara?errl4hH^p*
less livetf^will ba ( fo^h^tn^^r^ ImI
crs Of. ih?^ep?bWc4rf?p4ky,':-5tnn ^rW
dent of the United-'1 States,?*tio ?jjfea*
cbieltain and.'great.civilian, trutf alwaj*
to ci v i 1 i-igh15 an 1' io tho ? colored ' rac3,
w hoi seeks' nothing' so' niuob dt s that trao
and lasting peacoffor. .-our Southcra
States which; comes from good- govcra
I nicnt and the, material prosperity ,ofjall
our people?Charles Summer, wboso
life long devotion to .the cause of fread,Ma
entitles him to our undying-gratitude.
Henry Wilson, our^ Ytc? jrre^dent,
true always to tho best intereat-i of-OtiC
race, Morton, Dawes, Butler, Lawrence,
Hoar, all those honored nim??, whbc on
the floor of Congress, aqd througlioafc
the country, have evoir^'been sftift to
vindicato our rights and to advance) oar
welfare.
Follow citizens, the voices- of .'?tteli
men must be. heard. Tb>3y call oa'-? ta
discard such of our loaders as are brin^
ing disgracb and destruction -'tfu'lia.
They bid '4i ffte"* in' o?r?1Saah?:>3, and
put off our false and dangerous ???se of
security in our numbers. Thcybeseeoli
us to rally, one and all, to . the /Igreat
work bf restoring good govefumo.nti to
South Carolina. They tell us ia -plilo
terms, that our own safety depoads ? oa
reform in our State affairs, iacultiay.off
those who have proved uavpxthy of tha
trust confided to their care, in rac^Uin^
und reinstating honor And ability iu pjir
high places of public trust. Thay. d>
not ask us to forsaka the . Rjp^bHa*?
party, but rather tobe true to tbit.rpw
ty, to vindicate its fair nunc, to ra\ko it
us it is, the, party of progress, of \f^p)U
geuce, of public coouo.ny and good $u?h
They warn us, unless tho Republican*
of South Carolina take heed to tjhpir
way, purity thoir administration of pt*0?
lie affairs, seleot upright.ofFhsrs, exponi
the publio good, the natipa.il( Rjpnhli
cabs will no longer roojgolzo thorn, at
,i . ? ? I. * * i rfjnsa
members of that party, or permit them
to afGiliato with the national org^n^i
tion.. ' ? ... i I
I call upon you, tbereforo, follow-olti.
zcos, to look your safety, to take instant
hoed for the honor and perpetuity' of
our party. ? ?-? srs abunfti '$?*# '
Let us bore resolve that SoiUh Oaroli
na shall no longer be pur reproach. Let
us clear our skirts of the oditirn of gov
ernmental nbuses. In such a good wdri:
our friends ovory where will join within*
?tho groat Ropnblican party wjU aid
u.s throughout the nation.
Abovoall things,' follow citkens,' a*
representing the colored raep, let u*re
move this ineffable disgrace and stain
from our record as a race. ,Wy may be
ignorant, wo may bo poor?but'Aro can
he Inmost. There is to day,, within bar
party, intoltigcnoe and integrity enough
to give to our State a good government.
There are men in Our p irty who'ihaj bo
called to the holm of State, and who will
faithfully oarry out tho pledges made ia
our party platform, Flodgos, *reg$o4,
but wo must put mon behind jboso
pledges who will koep them tq the letter
and tu tho spirit. ' jloric?ty,' eooVo'my,
good government?in - city, county ;and
State?let this bo onr watohwbrd,' tend
our stern resolve., in thatsign rreajiall
conqur, aud-with our viotory Qpmo
a more obeorful aoquioscooc'o' in' oQf
politioal supremacy, a morofritndlyand
holpful spirit between our. two. .^om, &
more rapid progress in all ' uojnyuaad
a final viudioation of tho capaoit
im
colored race tb p'res?rvei tlieirViir^f Ifbor
ties, and to rctspcet. the rigbw of bettor?.
To the acooinplisbraonte of euobrtflpork.
1 plodgo my. most earnesteforta.,ij)Wiih
one heart, one .determination,,
niovo forward to tho rocslabl
, of an honest, economical and res^
' governmoot la'Qoatb' OatoHtt*;^
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