The negroes should not imagine and harbor fancied wrongs. and those among them who aro gifted with good sense and sober judgment should exercise their best efforts to wipe out such a spirit. and. articularly in success. set an example of modest. conservative ehavior. The negro race should also remember that the war which made them free caused untold suffering and in some cases made poor those to whom. although they were their slaves. they owe the civilization which they now possess. Compare the colored people. whom it is quietly proposed to disfranchise. with certain classes of foreigners who come to our shores. ignorant of our laws. ignorant of our language. ignorant of our institutions. who are eagerly naturalized sometimes even before the legal qualifications have been quasi conformed to. Let me refer the House to a carefully prepared list of the property interests of those affected by the amendments the gentleman would annul. which I shall print. and in this connection let me suggest another thought. By repealing the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. at once all the negroes in the United States would be disfranchised.
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Ignorant of our laws, language, and institutions.