Excerpt from Speech of Col. Curtis M. Jacobs, on the Free Colored Population of Maryland: Delivered in the House of Delegates, on the 17th of February, 1860
Are men so blind they cannot see? Are their ears so dead they cannot hear? The times portend evil to the liberties of the country, and all patriots should be on the alert. This is no time for timid, nervous action an imploring voice seems to come from those mute sentinels upon the walls in the Sen ate chamber, more eloquent and stirring than anything I can say. Shades of Carroll and Chase, Williams and Smallwood, nerve us to the discharge of duty in this trying crisis in Maryland’s history.
Are there any negro slaves in England, France, Austria or Germany No. Are the laboring white population there slaves or free? They are the veriest slaves on earth - slaves to wealth under the goading lash of imperious necessity. In the South we have negro slaves, and all whites stand upon one level of social and political equality so long as they lead on honorable life. Poverty is no disgrace, wealth confers no distinction in the South. Our motto is, Honor and fame from no condition rise Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Not so in the Abolition part of this Union. There, every man and woman that labors is called a servant, no matter how white they may be.
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