| Show THE NEW DEMOCRACY address delivered november 1895 by julius F taylor I 1 on this occasion to present to you a few plain conclusions founded upon facts and history and tending to prove that there is a nw new democracy or rather perhaps a new feature to the old Pem democracy A few years ago it would have been a novelty to see or hear of a colored democrat and even now iu in some communities they are rare species but my friends there are thousands of them in the united states and their number is increasing as intelligence and reason dawn upon the mind of the colored race I 1 therefore assert that the time has come for the colored people to i divide on party lines aj in time long past the colored people were taught to believe and i many believe it yet that the word democrat meant everything that atvas opposed to the interest and welfare of the negro the name was supposed to embody an buvet and dislike of all our popple peb pleon on account of their race and cr for that it meant AL a desire de at to beep h i I 1 slaver slavery y the mind body and soul and that thai ever since the fortunes of 0 war struck the man acles from the slaves that the word democrat meant the incarnation of oppression outrage and wrong starting ng out ont with this wrong impression in the mind of the colored nan man it perhaps is not to be wondered at that he treats with disdain and fear the thought of his b being edg i a aj democrat this was his early im J en grafted there by wily wil V and dishonest politicians andere and we all know how lasting our erst and ana earliest impressions are but bat my friends lends fi the time has come when ve must awaken from this nightmare of falsehood and open conr eyes to the true reality we find about us i let us now unfold the pages of history and see if we have hare not been misled in our early impressions and later conclusions first let us see aft whether or not the democrats or the people of the southern states were the first and only people who favored the establishment of the slavery of the black man in in the united states according to ill ab accepted history ii a dutch vessel sailed up the james riya in iii with a cargo of goldred people who w im were gold as slaves to io the plan planters t os of virginia aag just one year lieh th the diliz pg and it was theIr stait ea ing s t but a taj s mav sy i i my ah of the acin never fa J 2 li ly 9 E giana colb mea but bi as E beshah we V my shaH awl fes rf e 1 sa f m i rr tir T i ii sy amly mv ea b aw aa n wa j selves had sought a new land to enjoy freedom and independence new york and pennsylvania not only tolerated slavery but it actually existed within their borders until long after the revolutionary war all the slaves during daring the early period of this century were the product of the african slave trade the slaves being brought by the shipload direct from africa and the islands of the tropics the new england settlers being expert seamen and avaricious sailors engaged largely in the slave trade for the immense pro profit there was in the business so thousands of these poor creatures were yearly landed in the colonies by the shrewd yankees who afterward 1 became ee ame the ranting abolitionists it soon became apparent that slavery could not ba made profitable to the owners except in the milder portions of the country owing to the nature of the negroes and their long continued habitation of a tropical land hence the institution gradually gra duall y died out in the colder latitudes and increased in the warmer or southern portions of the country this result was in accordance with a natural law and not the result of any difference or distinction between the white people of the he northern and southern portions of the new world in fact the history of each shows that the early set tiers of virginia and massachusetts of georgia and pennsylvania and of many of the others were all from england all of the same blood the same education the same sam e religion and ana they all received their law from the same source viz the common law of england As time went by the sturdy new englander looked with a jealous eye upon the ease and comforts enjoyed by their southern neighbors neighbor saud and he naturally attributed aith the difference in their situations situation sto to the result of the advantage of having servants to do d 0 the hard labor incident upon the establishment of civilization in anew continent thiv thi feeling of envy grew year by year until it blossomed out in an active opposition of slavery not upon any moral or benevolent grounds bai in a desire to heck check the wonderful growth and prosperity of their brethren in the south at the cloge of the war of the revolution congress Con gres submitted the question a of f thi the anve slave trade to a committee a majority of whom were northern on the eight of august 1787 they reported a against any prohibition thus legal fazing ing the slave trade forever i constitutional convention I 1 question again to the of reported that thes slate vp trade absolutely absolu iely which was tended aa to 1808 by ther I 1 ae man ia ramp hamp adire I 1 will say sa tight aj g S 1 tart X antio W ur ir d of df f t the A ar 1 1 england on account of we great I 1 profit resulting to those states by its continuance prom from 1626 to 1664 queen elizabeth the stuarts stuarta and even the city of amsterdam were patrons and partners of slave vessels advancing money for outfits and sharing in the returns see Ban crofts history vol 11 II page 60 even william penn the great quaker philanthropist opposed the abolition of slavery in 1701 abid ibid page ZIP in 1669 an agreement was entered into between england and spain whereby the english obtained the mon monopoly 0 poly of importing the slaves from africa to the west indies and america and in thirty years one hundred and forty four thousand slaves were brought to this country and sold queen anne and her subjects receiving three fourths of the profits and philip phil IP V of spain one fourth lb ib page the churchard church chur chand and leading divines also encouraged this cruel and ini human business on the ground that it brought the african heathen under the influence of christianity thus the speed from coast to coast F fanned ned by ab ghosts H aown yon adil oie fhe origin of the slave trade and its connection conw action with and support from the northern people of the united states I 1 will now for a few minutes speak upon the recognition of slavery and imd the laws respecting the colored people in the north and east prior or to the civil war we have seen that our northern fathers were not cot only slave owners but slave trad ers wid and when it became evident that slavery could not be maintained with profit they sold then their slaves to the planters of the south and turned abolitionists thousands of our race ra c e were thus shipped from the new england shores shares to pass their lives in perpetual perpetu af bondage in the south from a rapid survey of the lava of new england and other northern states I 1 can only refer to afew of the many that proves the race cace prejudice and injustice of the whites toward the blacks no free fm colored man was permitted to vote in any of the northern states before the civil war wan many of the leading men of afis north believed the negro an inferior creature mr lincoln himself said 1 on septem september t 1858 1 I 1 mun am not nor ever have been in lavor 0 of bringing br about in any way the a and political equality of bf be white and black races r am not note nor mor over have been in favor df voters vote or of jurors of ot of qualifying them toli to uld old office nor to m marrying with X anite td ind I 1 will say aay iii m i ni Z t thai there is ig a oe tween the ii lati aaa aak races which I 1 ter ahe two to tein terms af tf gid 0 likiar q IBn i awas V tm prior af t M k in massachusetts if an african or negro not born there and not in bondage should tarry within the commonwealth for a longer term than two months he was imprisoned at hard labor until the next session of court and if found guilty be whipped with ten ten stripes and ordered out of the state within ten days and if he went not the same course to be repeated law of mass vol 1 1788 1798 if negroes were found abroad after nine at night unless upon an errand for their masters they were put in the house of correction and whipped ancient charters chap 16 p 3 any one finding a negro slave five miles from home without a written pass irom from the master is authorized to take up the slave and whip him or her on the bare back not exceeding twenty lashes and shall have a reward of five shillings and reasonable charges for returning them to their the homes to be recovered from the owner as any other debt laws of new jersey 1784 it may be lawful for any master or mistress to punish his or her slave at their discretion not excluding to life or limb new york 1730 by the law of new york a white man was fined five pounds and a colored man ten pounds for the same of fence in 1822 in new york and in rhode island if any person concealed or assisted in the escape of a slave they were fined three hundred d red dollars and imprisoned this was far more severe than the fugitive ti ve slave law I 1 in n new jersey massachusetts and connecticut no colored men could be set free unless ciless security was given for their main maintenance i te nance or upon the payment of twenty pounds annually in rhode island and in 1822 if any person rought brought b into the state any slave with the intent that they may there become free were fined three hundred dollars for each aeve the courts of the new england states recognized recognize rec ed slavery and protected it even not many years ago As time is passing I 1 win will only quote quo 1 two cases in point the supreme court of massachusetts 1819 says Y A bin bill of sale or other formal form il instrument was not feces karyto transfer the property of a slave which is a mere personal chattel but might pus pass as other chattels by delivery 16 mass rep T tyng yng F eps in 1816 the same wort court says at the time of his birth ave caesar was a slave elate and as such was the property of his master irn i a 2 ter as much as his ox or his horse lie he had no civil lights but that of protection from cruelty he could lac ac quire no property nor dispose 0 of anys thoa ahe consent aa 0 ta master aster his of the issue or his marriage aptha a joae 40 cr immediately upon t e came the or the em a M 13 maw ar er nag 4 1 w a a v in arr e Ss w ast sf S ax py aag a ass s K s i ass ss sass az A ss THE NEW HEW DEMOCRACY concluded all of the foregoing ing shows conclusively that the sentiment of the northern people as aa expressed by their laws fews de decisions visions and speeches was not as friendly towards the colored race as many of our people think today but a large i number of bf our colored people say the republican party and the federal army by virtue of mr lincol ns emancipation proclamation succeeded in libe liberating the slaves and hence as ta an act aa of gratitude they should support that party with their votes mid and for ever abhor thea the south and the ahe democratic party because th they ey w were ere the former ni masters ast e rs i of the negro the abolition of slavery in 1862 3 was I 1 the result of the fortunes of war As AB we have alread yeen wr mr lincoln coln seven years before his death expressed sentiments the equality of the races the great eman emancipation aard n proclamation which emanated froin 4 this noble man wis y nd ed as ii a war measure to aid ina crowning the northern laurels of jc dat ethe the noted president JP resident inard in order er to baiev e suet sue cessin pu jin g ad 6 chere rebellion thel the f 0 S south ath if they would woul d J lay down 0 v n i their t h e i i a arms r M s a and u d tre te tum ta otheir 4 their the ifie federal feder 47 1 g government bv crillie nt the they y would be erm retain we w h the shows J by rieley P page a e 55 afie arti a ft wen 13 par y of ne new Oi orleans leiAi fort forty height counties desi designate gua ia das 1 rg counties ul including the 6 cities iti e NorfolK of ot and portsmouth edth aca e states af C it r ind antl j adail delaware a hichez cep tea parts arpoik S V 1 left lef 1 tp i J r as ift bis we n sy id afro Erom m this isi my you could biot vass that it was M the design ofine party lincoln ei b 4 was the fortunes of b r v awre ahe resul ul v of icci derit ssi made UP ur W ma y 2 abich V t s ail een opposed r A vown f ta a S jrsn sl f fa M A tt i ear ate ra f r s sf M i vvs re 4 did ae aass r y 4 fa j pa u si ls l s f f so far as aalto to k thai il language the sparty Tp arty wita j adherence here to the zif state rights bights that each sh have absolute a cons con overita own institutions see ee af z p evi evident fro from m the foregoing fingl that the grea re pa w was as no es especial ecial fri friend eh ao f chec 0 p up p to alie em emancipation anci aaion 0 of f t h e ifal ea jt it n now aw re remains main for r us to consider the treatment ment 0 the colordo by their supposed 1 northern corthern friends from that time until the present it i is s said saia that the new cona condition of liberty of the negro at A once adame of love jihad admiration zu on the part of thet ilig whites of the north NT orth for their dark skinned brothers and that hereafter the two races would be as a black damon I 1 and a white pythias X T regret however to sity say that thai subsequent even events ta have not verified this dream of fancy the fabled forty acres of land and a blind Wina mule was never donated to the freedman freedia n even in a figurative sense instead we got the Freed mars sureau bureau which became a savings bank for these children of the south and soon failed without assets sets hereby these poor people lost hundreds of thousands of dollars this was one southern 0 outrage ut that atis was never used for political purposes by the gi 0 P the colored people in the south after the war were turned over to ta the tender mercies of the lous carpetbagger carpet bagger under whose influence they became z mere tool jool for those adventurers who went south for the avowed purpose of oppressing the whites and of misguiding and Tobb robbing the blacks during the period perfo id of reconstruction and until 1876 the negroes and kneir proxies the carpet bigger held control over the greater port portions iotis of the southern st states ates these poor ignorant people were a as A corthe bons eons ma mation of a system oNd ai 1 1 6 cb P t management of te baff am of the state thit thai ever edye r dai demoralized moral zed ikea a t Y t effect of which wai simply ay iy to degrade vaid and de ile I 1 ta h ea es 3 colored p people epple in a new regime came bame al abou out bic r the negro eg ro was once more mord the dominion 0 of the t ers zt e whites of ther the iliin period on to tol the h e present presen our burrace race have made a such u 4 ah adva advance u i ce and im improvement i pro einmo ity ud rise the civilized world ald ghe The me negroes ot the sonah te dp happy aney i are I 1 thea h e c f I abed milli ons of property school nAhey gei have inie ato 7 he various z trades ancl sessions fill many OA office 6 ii 6 f aft trust h b Y f jhb fates of hiti lattia be ing some c barely taie y bocc u r 8 i i aa K 6 othe ft I 1 xon ah jiin ge i ii a jari tie k johnd 61 and i r isug a ih air pro f a es r noi no one t e m 41 K t fiul fin any office oil the thea eJ th itce d have kii af X fakeji the 1 nagi b y both diw beaw besa un their c co condition i step e fejt nathe the maitra aade h ave bp dorid 1 ai d ki jeru 4 A ck 1 n 77 bais p aa 0 ar t tl I aki ak I rf AO 1 sf S 5 ig w v jali t they edever ever aie apu epu lica apro aim OW no myza ahi dem aci not your natural toes an and enemies but they th eyare area your why under the presen e V 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