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Show IJU COLORED PEOPLE ARE LOYAL, Having many grievances, a colored man, speaking to his people, said the negro must forget the things of which he complains and stand loyally by the United States Col. Henry W. Wat terson commented most favorably on the declaration of devotion, reproducing reproduc-ing the speech as follows "We have a record to defend, bin no treason, thank God. to atone or explain. While in chains we foucht to frep white men from Lexington to Carrizal and returned again to our chains. No npgro has ever insulted in-sulted the flag. No negro ever struck down a president of these United States. No ngro ever sold a military map or secret to a foreign government. govern-ment. No negro ever ran under fire or lost, an opportunity 10 serve, to fight, to bleed and die in the republic's repub-lic's cause. Accuse us of what you will justly or wrongly no man can point to a single instance of our disloyalty. dis-loyalty. Grievances I have against this people, against this governnunt Injustice to me there js, had laws there are upon the statute books, but in this hour of peril I forget-and forget-and you must forget all thoughts of self or race or creed or politics or color. Thar, boy. is loyalty." |