RE: The White Man's Burden
June 9, 2018 at 10:09 pm
(This post was last modified: June 9, 2018 at 10:10 pm by Minimalist.)
One that Ingersoll got wrong. In an 1867 speech to the colored people of Galesburg , Illinois he said:
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In 1867 even a genius like Ingersoll could not envision the utter scumbaggery of ignorant southern whites. Well, he never claimed to be a prophet.
By the way, the library at infidels.org plays this little game when you go to access it where you have to write "Yes" in the box to gain access. It's free but it is a pain in the ass.
Quote:An Address to the Colored People
by Robert G. Ingersoll
1867
An address delivered to the colored people at Galesburg, Illinois, 1867.
I feel like asking your forgiveness for the wrongs that my race has inflicted upon yours. If, in the future, the wheel of fortune should take a turn, and you should in any country have white men in your power, I pray you not to execute the villainy we have taught you.
One word in conclusion. You have your liberty -- use it to benefit your race. Educate yourselves, educate your children, send teachers to the South. Let your brethren there be educated. Let them know something of art and science. Improve yourselves, stand by each other, and above all be in favor of liberty the world over.
The time is coming when you will be allowed to be good and useful citizens of the Great Republic. This is your country as much as it is mine. You have the same rights here that I have -- the same interest that I have. The avenues of distinction will be open to you and your children. Great advances have been made. The rebels are now opposed to slavery -- the Democratic party is opposed to slavery, as they say. There is going to be no war of races. Both parties want your votes in the South, and there will be just enough negroes without principle to join the rebels to make them think they will get more, and so the rebels will treat the negroes well. And the Republicans will be sure to treat them well in order to prevent any more joining the rebels.
The great problem is solved. Liberty has solved it -- and there will be no more slavery. On the old flag, on every fold and on every star will be liberty for all, equality before the law. The grand people are marching forward, and they will not pause until the earth is without a chain, and without a throne.
https://infidels.org/library/historical/...eople.html
In 1867 even a genius like Ingersoll could not envision the utter scumbaggery of ignorant southern whites. Well, he never claimed to be a prophet.
By the way, the library at infidels.org plays this little game when you go to access it where you have to write "Yes" in the box to gain access. It's free but it is a pain in the ass.
