Sections 1 WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE. 2 Those who knew of my more than friendly relations with Hon. 3 [Illustration: Charles Sumner] The idea that annexation meant degradation to a colored… 4 My selection to visit Santo Domingo with the commission sent thither, was another point… 5 My presence and position seemed to trouble them for its incomprehensibility; and they did… 6 It has sometimes been asked why I am called “Honorable.” 7 “Those unknown heroes whose whitened bones have been piously gathered here, and whose green… 8 “But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause. 9 From this Convention onward, until the nomination and election of Grant and Wilson, I was… 10 Equally significant of the turn now taken in the political sentiment of the country, was the… 11 The unveiling of Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, April 14th, 1876, and the… 12 My appointment as United States Marshal of the District of Columbia, was in keeping with the… 13 The effort to prevent my confirmation having failed, nothing could be done but to wait for… 14 “You will allow me to say also that the attacks upon me on account of the remarks alleged to… 15 “‘The wealth and magnificence which elsewhere might oppress the humble citizen has an… 16 I have already alluded to the fact that much of the opposition to my appointment to the… 17 In view of these propositions, which I hold to be indisputable, I should have presented to… 18 I should not do entire justice to the Honorable ex-President if I did not bear additional… 19 I can say from my experience in the office of United States Marshal of the District of… 20 In all my forty years of thought and labor to promote the freedom and welfare of my race, I… 21 Influenced, no doubt, by the dazzling prospects held out to them by the advocates of the… 22 “Important as manual labor is everywhere, it is nowhere more important and absolutely… 23 “Hence it is seen that the dependence of the planters, land-owners, and old master-class of… 24 “It will not soon be forgotten that at the close of a five hours’ 25 “Bad as is the condition of the negro to-day at the South, there was a time when it was… 26 “We stand at the gateway of a marked and decided change in the statesmanship of our rulers. 27 “Besides the objection thus stated, it is manifest that the public and noisy advocacy of a… 28 “It cannot be doubted that in so far as this exodus tends to promote restlessness in the… 29 “Not only is the South the best locality for the negro, on the ground of his political…
Start Learning WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE. The most of my story is now before the reader. Whatever of good or ill the future may have in store for me, the past at least is secure. As I review the last decade up to the present writing,…
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