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miSSiMTBEHOCR.
SUFFRAGE
AND
NEG-RO EQUALITY.
Additional evidence that the Republican
Party is for Negro Suffrage and Ne
gro Equality.
The XtiC York Tiibuite, in it leading editori
al of March Uiiii, 18.11, -n>J:
"There is, no doubt, a great prejudice a
gainst the black race n the United States, but
it is impossible to spy tout this is not the result
of ere! and systematic degradation, and it
will continue to be impus-iule to say this with
the least logical accuracy until uii traces of the
bondage in which the blacks have for neatly
two centuries been held have disappeared. Such
prejudice is by no means a novelty nor has it
been tit all confined to blacks. All Christians
in the middle age supposed that Jews exhaled
a bad odor froiu their bodies, and the marriage
of a Jew and Christian at that period would have
been far more likely to provoke u mob in any
livilizcd oily than the marriage of a white man
and a black woman would be now. There is
the sinq le fact, it is impossible to get around
it or under it, or over if, with the whole Cop
perhead power of wriggle. Now the white ha
tred of ihe black in this country is precisely of
this character. Delicate people say that it
•s natural. We answer that it is impossible
to prove thai it is natural. Of course it is
er3y to classify its different sources; A man
of great reiinem nt may dislike to associate
w'th an ignorant r.egio as he Would with
an ignorant man of whatever tribe. A man
S} Aematieally acquiescent in the wrongs and
cruelties of soeie'y may shun a necro as he
would ar.y unpopular white. A man who has
himself been under-estimated, may be jealous
of any a tmipt to do juelice looters. But we
must insist that nil this s<"ties nothing except
our human inhumanity—except thai m spite
of our religious professions, we do not dwell to
gether as brethren —except that we do not, in
spite of our Bibles, believe that God has made
all men of one blood. For the opinion of a
jealous, illiterate, coarse-minded creature upon
this or any other topic, the moat reiincd hater
of the African would probably have DO respect
and yet the iiluatured prejudice of this brutal
ized bring is just precisely the prejudice of the
learned and accomplished. You' ask the one
why lie hates the Dlaek, and he will answer—
b?c.:use*l.e hates him. You will ask the other
whv lie 44'e- the Mack, and he wiil answer—
because he hates him. For the life of us we
cannot see why the philosopher of the^shanty
does not-tnak# out quite, as good a ca-,e as the
philosoplier of the study. The reason why they
cannot tell, but this they know, and know full
well—they do not like the blacks.
It is hard to decide how long this prejudice
may contiuue to influence society ; and it will
probably continue to be felt long after till tracks
of it have disappeared from the statute-books
of alt the states. Hut this thing is certainly
clear—that under the Constitution in its most
libera! interpretation, and admitting our cher
ished American doctrine of equal human lights
if a white man pleases to marry a black wo
men, t:i c mere fact that she is black gives no
one a right to interfere to prevent or set aside
such marriage. If a man can so far conquer his
repugnance to a Mack woman as to make her
the mother of his children, we ask,in the name
of the divine law and ot decency, why he
should not marry her ?
Next to the Tnbune, irt influence and circu
lation in the Republican party is PU Impen
dent, edited by IIENKY WARD BEECIIH:.
Its leading editorial of the 2,3 th of February
1804, thus speaks:
•'Leaving out of view our native born A
mericans of English descent there are enough of
other stocks on this soil to make three other na
tions —namely, the Irish, the Germans and the
Negroes. Even the Negroes number one mil
lion inure than the whole population of the
I'nited States at the adoption of the Constitu
tion. liut these three eto -ks have rot come
hither to establish themselves as distinct peo
ples: but each to join itself to each till all to
gether shall be built up into the monumental
nation of the earth.
Read this .again, Iri.-hmen and Germans.
the article continues;
"We believe the whole human race are
on. family—born, zvery individual, with a com .
mon prerogative to do the best he can for his
welfare; that in political societies all men, of
whatever various rime or color, should stand
on ata aWoiutC equality oeunc
whites and blacks should intermarry n the.v
wish, atl d should not unless they wish; that the
trgro is not to be allowed to remain in this coun
try, hut is to remain without being allowed
a.-kitcr nobody's permission but his own ; that
wo shall have no permanent settlement of the ne
groquestion till our haughtier white blood lock
ir>t at the face of the negro, shall forget that he
i- black, and remember only that lie is a citizen.
The article Concludes: .
Whether or nut the universal complexion ot
the human family at the millennium "will not
be white or black, but brown or colored, w c
certainly believe that the African tinted mem
he r of our community will in the future grad
□ally bleach out their blackness. Ihe facts of
to day prove that beyond denial- Already
tlir. . -fourths of the colored people of the l. ci
ted States have white hi >■ ! r> th'.r viens. I iic
two bloods have been gr a ; ua lly intermingling
ever since there were whites and blacks among
our population. This intern, ding will con
tinue Under slavery it bus been forced and
f r ";u<fTit; under freedom it will Le vol up .. y
and unfrequent. lint by-and-by counting ,ht
years not by l'residenta! campaigns but by cen
turies, the negro of the. South, growing paid
with every generation, will at last Qonipleo-'h
h -1# h>s face under the snow-.
VOLI.WE 01.
NEW SERIES.
As early as 1863 VVendel Phillips said:
| Remember this, the youngest of you; that
on the 4th of July, 18G3 you heard a man say
that in the light of all history, in virtue of ev
efy page lie ever read, he was an atnalgania
f'onist to the utmost extent. I have no nope
for the future, as ibis country has no past, and
Europe has no past, but in tnaf sublime ming
ling of races, which is God'., ovrn fc:fV ' f ' c
civilizing and elevating the world G. 1 by the
events of His providence, is crushing out the
hatred of the race which has crippled tins
country until to day.
'JTieodore Tilton, followed, saying:
The Miory of the world's civilization is writ
ten in one word, which many are afraid to;
■ speak and many re re afraid to 'ear—aud that
. is amalgamation.
The Republican State Convention of Massa-
I chusetti, met September i ii'i, 18:;"). S nator i
I Sumner presiding (Jn taking tiic chair he used .
the following language:
' Neither the rebellion nor slavery is yet en- j
ded. The rebellion lias been di.-ai nod but'
I that is all. Slave; has hecn abolished m name '
but that is all. As there is stiil a quasi rebei- ;
lion, so is there still a quasi slavery. The;
work of liberatirn is not yet completed, nor can j
it be completed., until the equal rights of every ;
p rsou, once claimed s a stave, are placed un
der the safe-guard of irreversible guarantees, j
It is not enough to strike down the master; you
must also Ift up the slave.
I seek no merely forma' Uni -n,teething with
smothered eursta, but a practical moral end
political unity, founded or. <o amoit rights, k.u. j
■ together by a common intwest, and inspire.;
! by common faith, whe e our Constitution, i:- '
lerpre'ed anew, shall 1: a covenant with life!
and a league wiih Heaven, and liberiy shall be ,
everywhere not only a right but a duty. John |
llr iw?i , on his way to the scaffold, where he
was to atone witli life for a deed of self-sacri
fice, stopped tolake up a slave child. That clos
ing act. was lite legacv of the dying man to I
- -
his country That better el: n vv\ must con- j
tmue and fulfil. The last shall bo lir !, and ;
so, in this new order, equality long postp >n- ■
ed, shall become the master principle of our
system, and the very frontispiece of our con- ,
stitution. The rebellion was to heat down iills |
principle, by fouudiug a government on the
al'eged "'inferiority of a race." Taking up toe '
gauntlet, I now insist that the insolent as-amp- J
tion of the conspirators shall not prevail. This
ia not the fir"t time that I have battled with j
the barbarism of slavery. I battle stiil, as the i
bloodv monster retreats loir* last citadel, and, j
God willing, I mean to "to fight it out ou j
this line,'' if it takes what remains to me of life. I
General Butler, also, addressed that Uonven- j
v irtkn), he said: - *■*"?
"Again, it is objected, i; the negro votes lie
will be the equal of the white man, and I am j
triumphantly asked, "are j'ou in favor of negro
equality T" I answer yes, equality of political
rights. ( Loud applause.) As to any other e
quality, my "pride of race" teaches me that
my race is superior to his. lam not afraid of
the contest with him for that superiority, giving
him fair play. If God has made him my su
perior he will show it. I will not attempt to pre
vent him from asserting that superiority if he
has it, by wrong and injustice. (Applause )j
Those who are continually crying out that the j
negro is their inferior, act as if they were afraid •
that giving him a fair field he would show him- j
self equal or superior. The principal of jus
tice asserted this, that every man "hould have
the right to be the equal of every other man if
he can. (Applause.) Now as I understand it,
the true loyai Union men do not insist .hat ev
ery negro shall vote, more than every white
man shall vote. But what wc do ask, in the
name of justice and rig!.', i- that me qualifica
tion of voters shali be equal. Fix the stand
ard where you please. if the B! ick man corne
up to it, let him vote. If the Wfiile man comes
up to it let him vole. If neither, neither.
(Loud applause.)
Soldiers who have fought our battles for us
and saved the country shall have a vote in the j
Government of the country wherever ti.ey be. j
(Applause.) He who is worthy of handling aj
bullet in defence of the country, should carry |
a ballot in the government of the country. The j
fact of serving his country in the field, should
be his certificate of naturalization, lib enfran
chisement, bis citizenship, his qualification to
vote everywhere. (Loud applause.) It is due
to those in whose hands we have trusted the
musket that they should have the ballot. Grant
this, and the equality oi right to lit: ballot, in
white or black, is settled at once rnd forever, i
We are called radicals because we advocate this ;
\atrs i&tTiefn
Stales hut we are the true conservativi s. Put,
the ballot in the band of the negro under what- ,
ever reasonable restriction, and you send : gn.tr.l
wiin him for hi protection at all times and e\-,
erywhere. Having power to redress his own
wrongs and to a-sort his mani.ooJ, you may
| withdraw your armies lioni Ihe s.avolioiding
States, as far as he is concerned. .Ie can pro
tect himself and will nut rebel against the laws
he helps to make with the ballot.
That Convention adopted the following res
olution: —
Resolved, That the entire pacification ot the
country, and the restoration ot order b an ob
ject ot the first importance, and one which re
quires the exercise of the most deliberate and
i cautious wisdom, in order that there may be no
necessity of retracing our steps; and we agree
! '.villi the Republicans of Pennsylvania, who in
' th.'if recent State Convention, expressed thecon
| viction that the people lately in rebellion cau
not A* safely entrusted with the political rights
which they forfeited by th ir Reason, until
thru have , roved their acceptance of lien
units of Ihi tt*a/ by incorporating into their
constitution/ pre isions, - .'/ cey'ring to o
men within their botaera Ho ir inaiitnyi ng<Js
to liberty end the pursuit o/ \appinesi; and
f we call upon Congress, before whom must .-peed
BEDFORD, PA..FHDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1863
j ily come the whole question of reorganizip: the |
! southern community, end to see to it tljt the I
j loyai people, white and black, shall hay the j
most perfect guarantees for their safetybefore
any final steps are taken toward restoriig the j
revolted people of the South to their fyfeittd j
; rights. _ ' j
Compare the words in Italics with tic Inrt- :
guage i' f resolution of the j
vt ntion of Pennsylvania, and determine witth
er tiic doctrine of both are nut identical Ton ;
this subject.
Senator Sunmcr in one Jay in the Senaijof- \
fered a series of seven resolutions on thtf-ia- .
veiy aud negro questions, presented memo. (- t
p ,>l.ig that the right of suffrage may be ;
| tended to persons of African descent, introda
j ce.i a bill to repeal ihe Fugitive Slave Act and
■ another to enable negroes to testify in fed
: er;.l courts. A negro was put in nomination
. for the otfice of chaplain at the organization of
| the last Massachusetts Legislature, and was '
J bar ly defeated, and Mr Sumner wrote to sonwl
' of his '. • aids, expressing his "murrificat i n. tha( i
' the irieu 1• of human progress in the Lcgisbi |
j ture of the Old Bay State had not been mor t
; united an 1 elected a colored citaplain."
j lion. Mr Kef ley, of Pennsylvania, in his re j
i ply to Mr. Cox's speech cn miscegenation, quo S
; led a passage from a work cn Central Amei ica, 1 ,
| in which it was stated "that the great workoi;
;."e d amalgamation had been going on qui-j
jelly fir gcnersitbms; that color was considered j
: a me:c matter of tasio, and that some of thej
, *o-t re-peetabie nihaidtaiits had black wives j
J and mongrel children," and Mr. Ke'.ley added (
that the itu-idi nt purified our minister of some |
\ prejudices, and continued : "Our fellow-citizens
of African descent, freeil oy tlie rebellion, will
j not be long iu n..arizing tliis, io them, con
j genial region, in which complexional ditl'ereu
ces do not affect the social or political position
j of a man, if we have the sense and humanity
to give them a fair chance for culture and en-
I ti-rpi i-e.
! l- oniey. commenting on this in flu. Philadel
phia Rrt -ay : "These are practical and there-,
j fore valuable truths. They < pea the way for
statesmen to new and to new prepa
-nti.in for t!:e eternal adjustinent of the tre
j cva;d ..is :-uc growing out of the war.
Henry Wilson, at the third decale of the
1 American Anti-Slavery Society summed up what
j this administration had done for the black man.
Two and a half years have passed away, and
J.there stainfsji proclamation—never to l>e re
, called or modified—making three millions, three
j hundwd thousand men in the rchel states free
. toravermofe (applause)—there_jtasnls an act
j forever prohibiting slavery in the v i<t territo
i |ies of Ufifr d States (appri■)-i-thcr^
I .(*•' a:j wMvtabtfiishnig slaweprio'tbc District
' of I Columbia, and I thank God that he gave me
; lh>. privilege of introducing tlie tiiii that abol- i
ished the cleaving curse in the eapitol ot' my j
country. [Three cheers for Henry Wilson :
were proposed hv Fred. Douglass, and given by :
the audience.] There stands an act annulling j
the slave codes and black laws of the District
of "ulunibia, making the black men amenable '•
to the same laws, to be trieu in the same man- i
ncr, and to be subjected to the same punishment ;
as white men, and I am thankful that it was j
my privilege to introduce that measure of jus
j tice and humanity. (Applause ) There, too, ,
: stands an act, clothing the Fivsid-rit with aa- |
j thority to place the sword, t!:e rille, the hayu- j
net, and the flag in the hands oi black men, to
fight tiie battles of the republic. There is tlm
recognition of the black republic of Hayti and
Liberia —the treaty for the suppression of the
African slave trade—the opinion of the Attor
ney General mat tlie black man is a citizeri of
tie* United States—and the passport of the
Secretary of State, the evidence to the nations
of tue citizenship of men of the African race.
(Applause.)
'l'ne Republicans of Pennsylvania on Satur
day, Sept. 10th, 1865, held a meeting at Na
tional Hull, Philadelphia, organized by John
Cessna, Chairman of the State Central Com
mittee, at which Hon. Henry Wilson, Senator
( from Massachusetts, was the principal speaker.
i The campaign for 'lariranft and Campbell has
j t.ius been inaugurated, by Massachusetts men,
1 will bo conducted for the propagation of their
1 doctrines, and it successful will he heralded as
u victory for their principles.
Il'rn. Morton M.'Michael. Editor of the North
American, and Republican candidate for May- j
or of Philadelphia, at that meeting said, "I
pledge myself to know no creed, nor sect, nor
i color, but the iruiy loyal man should always
I find iu him a friend, whether iiebe rich or poor,
| black or white; and he would not /.•■■
the lurihcraiice of union principles.
The REPUBLICAN or UNION PARTY
in the following State.' have passed resolutions j
in favor ot allowing Negro " to vote.
MASSACHUSETTS, 1 MINNESOTA,
: RHODE ISLAND, IOWA,
CONNECTICUT, | VERMONT.
The Republicans of PENNSVIA ANIA,
through their County Conventions, have deci
ded in favor of "Universal Suffrage" in tiie fol
lowing named counties :
I CRAWFORD, | NORTHAMPTON,
I SL'SQI: EH ANNA, UNION
j SULLIVAN, |
The following named Republican newspa
pers have declared in favor of "Universal Suf
frage" —advocating either a change uf the State
, or Federal Constitutions :
. Press, Philadelphia city.
[ Gazette, Pittsburg, Allegheny county.
. Commercial, " "
. j Dispatch, "
lehgraph, Harrisburg, Dauphin county,
it t Examiner, Lancaster, Lancaster county.
. Record , Readin;*, Berks county.
. th„.oorai, Kiiiiwuihig, AiUistrong county.
7 ! Alirgh-nisn, Euen-' .: c Cambria county.
5- Rtpo'Ur, Tov.-m-G, Bra 'Ard coumy.
( Dn>f*!ch, Mercer county.
. Gu tile, Sunbury, Northuiuberiand 00.
Freedom of TLwa£it and Opinion.
j American, Danviiie, Montour county.
Herald , Norristown, Montgomery county.
Herald S' B hig, Somerset, Somerset county.
fTtriern Jldvocnl'., Greene county.
Tribune , Johnstown, Cambria county,
j Reporter Tribune, Washington county.
Minerß. Journal, PottsviHc, Sciiuylkil! Co.
: Village Record, lYestchester, Chester co.
j American Republican . Clie°ter county,
i Republican, Montrose, Su a queh:uma co.
; Northern Pennsyh'anian, Susquehanna co. !
Register, llollidaysburg, Blair county.
; Republican, A'ork, York county.
i Try tliem by tbeir Record.
! On th" 26th of May, 18G4, a bill for itm
' registration of voters in the city of Washington
was before the Semite cf the United States. —
Mr- Sumner moved to amend as follows : "Pro
, vided, Thai there shall be no exclusion of any
person from the registry an Tccunl of color.''
| 27th May, 1804. Mr. Harlan moved to a
| uiand tiie amendment by making tiie word "per
. on" read "persons." and by adding ihe words :
| 'Who have borne arms in the military service
of tli 1 United States, and have been honorably
i de-charged therefrom.
Which was agreed to as fofcbws :
Yi.As—Mea,rs Anthony, Chandler, Clark,
j Col lamer. Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot,
i'l'oster, Grimes, 11 ale. Harlan, Harris, .Toliu
' on, Lane, Lane, Morgan, Morrill, Pumeroy,
lamsav, Sherman. Ten Eyck, Trumbnll, Wade,
I V illey, VYilson —'2* l.
j Navs—Messrs. Bnckalcw, Carlile, Cowan,
j Davis, Hendricks, McDoogall, Powell, Ricli
rdson. Kaulsbury, Sumner, \ an \Y inkie, \\ iik
*son, —l2.
On '27 th February, 1853, a supplement to
fie Orange arid Alexandria Railroad Company's
..'barter was before the Senate of the United
States. Mr. Sumner offered this proviso to
ihe first section ; "That no person shall he ex
la M from the cars o:. account of color.' —
Which wh* agreed to :
YEAS —Messrs. Arnold, Chandler, Clark,
Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Harris, Howard,
King, Lane, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sumner, Ten
Evi-k, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson of j
.Massachusetts —19.
Navs —.Mesrs. Ar.tliony, Bayard, Carlile,
Cowan, Davis, Henderson, 1 licks, Howe, Ken- i
nedv, Lane of Indiana, Latham, McDougall,
Pow ell, Richardson, Saulsbury, Turpin, Willey, i
Wilson of Missouri —18.
On 2d March, 1803, the House of Represen
tatives concurred in the amendment.
On lOtli February, 1801, in the Senate of
. .be f 'nitcd States, Mr. Sumner offered the fob j
! "Resolved —That the Committee on the Dis- !
* trict of Columbia be directed to consider the j
; expediency of further providing bv law against ;
| the exclusion of colored persons from the equal;
j enjoyment of ail iaiiioad privileges in the Dis- j
; trict of Columbia."
j Which was agreed to as follows:
YEAS —MV-sr-. Anthony, Brown, Chandler,
Clark. Col'.unicr, Conness. Cowan. Dix*.ii, Fes-;
: seiidcn, Font, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Ham.-,
Harlan, Howard, Howe, Lane, .Morgan, Morrill,
| Pomeroy, Ramsay, Sherman, Spragne, S-imner,
Ten Eyck: Trumbull,Wade, W r ilkinson,VYilson
! —3°. * . . I
NAYS —Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Harding,
i Ilcn.iiick. Nvsmith, Powell, Richardson, Riddle,
Saulsbury, Van Winkle—lo.
24th February, 1864.—Mr. Willey, from
the Committee appointed upon this subject, re
ported that "colored person:-* are entitled to
all the privileges of said road which other
persons have," and the committee were dis
charged.
17th Ma'" I', 1 ', 1805.—--The United States Sen
ate considered the biiljo incorporate the Metrop
olitan Railroad Company iri the District of Co
lumbia, the 'question being the amendment of
Mr. Sumner, as follows :
"Provided, That there shall be no regulation
excluding any person bom any car on account
of color."
Which was agreed to as follows :
YEAS —Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Black,
Conness, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes. Har
lan, Howe, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill,
Pomeroy, Ramsay, Suuiner, Wade, Y\ ilkinson,
Wilson —19.
NAYS —Messrs. Bnckalcw, Carlile, Davis,
DoolLtle, Harding. Harris, Hendrick, Johr.su:.,
Lane, l'owel, Riddle, SauLbury, Sherman, Ten
Evek. Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey—l2.
On 19th June, 1864, 1 Lis question came up
in the House of Representatives.u£ jJ'Vud'roltf
going amendment. The House refused to strike
it out by a vote of 60 to 76. All the Demo
cratic members from Pennsylvania voted to
strike it cut, and Messrs. Brooicall, Kelley,
Moorhead, A My eta, L. Myers, O'Neill, Sco
lield, Stevens, Thayer, and Williams, all Penn
sylvania Republicans, voted against striking it
out. Their vote change.! the result. The bill
passed and was approved by the President, and
is now the law in the National Capital.
21st June, 186 L—A supplement to the
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Com
pnty's Charter was before the Senate of the
- United States, Mr. Sumner moved to amend
• as follows :
i "Provided, that there shall be no exclusion
of any person from any car on account of
cobr."
Which was agreed to as follows :
Yeas —Messrs. Brown, Clark, Conness. Dix
oi Foot, Hale, Harlan, Howe, Lane of Kansas,
Mc'-an. Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsay, Sorngue,
Sftmcr, Wade, Wilson—l7.
j NAYS —Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan,
j Dohltic, Foster, Grimes] Johnson, Lane, Povy
i c-lUiiddlc, Saulsbury. Sherman, Ten Eyck.
iTrmbuii, Van Winkle, Wiiiey—l6.
I 'fie bill then pasted the Senate—ycuu 23,
ate 18.
WHOLE \UJIKEK, 5317
J On February 8, 1865, in the Senate of Penn
' sylvania, the vote on the bill to alio** negroes
to ride in the passe tiger railway cars was as
| follows:
YEAS —Messrs. Ingham, Champncys, Con
noil, Dunlap, Fleming, Haines, Huge. Hcuse
; holder, Lowrv, MuCandless, Nicholas, Ridgvvav,
! Roger, St. Clair, Wilson, Wortlnngton, and
Turrell —17
j NASS —Messrs. Beardsleo, Barker, Clymer, ,
i Donov ~ Hopkins, James, Latta, N. Sherry, j
Montgomery, Randall, Scbell, Stark, Wallace, i
Walls—l 4."
i The bill went to the House fir concurrence, !
j and on the 22d of March, 1855, on the mo- j
tion to discharge the committee and take up
ana pass thebii!. tne ruiiowiug myuuuu... ,
hers voted
YEA— Messrs. A Hum, Alleman (of Snyder)
Bcicus, Billingfi. il, Brown, lluurquin, Chadwick,
Cochran jErie.) Cochran (i'iiiiadilphia), ( ol- ,
ville, Freeborn. Class, Crinnc'h Guernsey, Her-:
ron. Hill, Hofmr. Kaiser, Kerns, Lex. McCiure,
McElroy, Mi K inlev. Menley, Marsh, Miller,'
Negley, Orwig, i'cnnypacker. Quay, Ross, ■
ISiddiman. Sliarpless, Slack. Smith Sturtevant,
Thomas, Tyson, Wells, Welsh, Wood, and
: Olms'cad, Speaker —l2.
F.XTUACT rnor.T AN OFFICIAL OKtiEK OF ADJC
TAST GEXEItAI. THOMAS, L' • S. A.
The incorporation into the army ot the Lni
teil States of colored troops renders it necessary I
that they should he brought as speedily as pos- j
sible to the highest state ;>f discipline. Ac- 1
cordingly. 'lie practice which has iatherto pre- -
vailed, no doubt from necessity, of requiring
those troops to perform most of the labor on
fortifications, and the labor mid fatigue duties
of permanent station-, and cajnps, will cease ; j
and they wi!i Iwxeq'iircd to take their fair
i share of fatigue due with the while troops.
By order of the Secretary of War,
L THOMAS, Adjt. Gen. i
ANllinsON VILLE. ;
Extract from the official correspondence be
tween Cymmdsioner t mid. of Richmond, and
Gen. Butler and Solicit, r Whiting i
* * I*l . wrongs, indignities, and priva
tions suffered our wilt soldiers would move
me to < ••••rent , anything to procure their ex- j
i ('linage, EX.'LI-r to I. rt >• away the honor and j
faith of the Govern* lent of 'be Unit. 1 States,
which has been solemnly pledged to the colored
! soldiers (!) in her ranks.
(Signed), B- F. BUTLER, j
M;'j. Gen. and Agent of Exchange,
j * * AH other questions between us may !
be postponed for futur settlement, but the fair
j exchange ot colored 501 d,.:: s and of their white
, officers will be insisted on by the Government
j before another rebel soldier or officer will be
j exchanged.
VY.VI, WHITING,
Solicitor of the War Department.
Their Downward Progress.
I It is insttuctive, and ought to be convincing, :
to notice how surely and certainly the Repub
lican party have advanced, step by step, to
ward its final go .I—miscegenation. Look at
the record.
Step I.—l'rohibi ion of slavery in the terrl- ;
tories.
Stop 2. —Confiscation of the slave property ,
! of rebels.
Stcpo.—The Emanc'pr.tiori proclamation,
i Stop 4.—lnsisting upon an equality of the ]
! colored with white people in public cars and (
conveyances.
Step s.—The arming of negro soldiers.
Step 6 —lnsisting upon their having equal
bounties and pay with white soldiers.
Step 7.—The right fo vote.
Step B.—Social equality,
i Steo 9.—The mingling of races.
They are driven forward by the inexorable j
' law of their existence; boT in agitation, they j
i will persistently agitate until driven to the wall [
by the conservative masses of the nation, or |
their last degrading step be fully reached.
The Other Side,
The hero of Cumberland Gap —Gen. Geo.
W. Morgan—Democratic candidate for Govern
or of Ohio—thus spoke before the convention j
that nominated him i
There is no hardship in limiting the r.egro to j
the rights of an inhabitant; and still less so, i
1 w hen it is considered that for such services as
' lie may have rendered in the field, hi has been
rewarded with freedom. It the negroes so de
\ sire, they can remain, qss 'bT'titizeiis of an
' f inferior order, and united to the society, vvith
! out participating in all its advantages. That
is, they would be protected in life, liberty, and
' property, without having the right to vote, or
the exercise of the other rights which are inci.
cider.t to suffrage. The Ober'.in committee said
to Gen. cox, in their letter of July 21 1865:
: "We want to know directly from you, your
J views on the following subjects: Ist, Are you
in favor of modifying our Constitution so as to
give the elective franchise to colored men ?' To
! this question thus plainly put, General Cox
; made no reply, ami every reader of hi letter
■ is left to draw his own inference. As to his
> views as to negro suffrage in Ohio, he speaks
[ of the logic of events, which I undershnl to
i mean to drift with the current; and if in the
i event of his election, and it appearing that a
f majority of the leaders of his party favcr ne
j gro suffrage in Ohio, then he, us Governor will
I favor amending our Constitution so as to make
• negroes voters.
, ' He says that the few colored men we have
, j among us are mere waifs and strays from the
j great body , but the question is, an these col
, j ore-1 waits and strays to be given the right of
- j suffrage :.i Ohio* lu his let.. - General Cox.re
, ' dined to answer fat question: bnt at the k.:e
. meeting at Oberiin, G -nerai Cox took occms
, j ion to define Lis oouuou as t r gro suffrage
in Ohio. According .a the official dispatch to
#
ilatea of 2tt>tmlising.
One square, one insertion, $1 Od
One square, three insertions, 1 50
One square, each additional insertion 50
3 months. 6 months. 1 veer.
One square, $4 SO $6 00 $lO 00
Two squares, 6 00 9 00 16 00
Three squares, 800 12 00 20 00
Halt'coJumn, IS 00 25 CO 40 00
One column, 30 00 45 00 SO 00
Adminiatrators and Executors' notices, $3 00
Auditor's notices, if under 10 Sines, $2 00. Sheriff 'a
sales, $! 75 per tract- Table work, doubie the
above rates; figure woik 25 per cent, additional.
J"-strays,Cautioi!sand Notices toTresj assers, $2 00
for three insertions, if not above 10 Sines. Mar
tiage notices, 50 cents each, payable in advance.
Obituaries over five lines in length, and Resolution*
of Beneficial Associationat half advei Using rates,
payable in advance. Announcements of deaths>
gratis. Notices iu editorial columns, 15 cents per
line. fK?°"No deductions to advertisers of Paten
Medicines, or Advertising Agents.
VOL. 9, NO. 10
i the Cincinnati Gazette, lie declared : "I have
j seen black troops fight nobly, and I say of all,
| that they who were good enough to fight with
| us, are good enough to stand on the Union
! platform with rne." This frank and explicit
| declaration of General Cox in favor of negro
| equality in Ohio, clears away the doubts which
i existed as to the true interpretation of certain
j passages of his letter ; and as I recognise the
i right of the people to be informed of the opin
' ions of a candidate upon all public issues sub
mitted to their consideration, I here declare'
that I am opposed to conferi i:;g the right of
suffrage on negroes in Ohio or in the South
now or at any future time, or under any cir
cumstances.
in Oiiio, and it i.-> believed that the n'omUSFiiSS
been increased fourfold from that time. Arc-
He to confer the right of 8Kff;:!g on a negro
population of 100,000, and thereby convert our
Stateiiuoa negro colony! For, grant citizen
ship to negroes in Ohio, and the African depen
dency proposed to be established by Gen. Cox
would become depopulated. The waifs and
strays would be the only inhabitants of the de
pendency, and the great body of negroes would
migrate to Ohio and other States, where they
could enjoy social and political equality with
liie white race Is this the reward which our
bravo sol liers are to receive for all their perils
in a hundred batiks, and aii their toils iu uscore
of campaigns* >
.Now that the war Is over, shall we say to
the soldiers, "As a reward for your valor we
will reduce you to the level of the negroes ?"
And our laboring men, are they to be brought
into competition with negroes with half wages
and be forced to take negroes' prices or starve?
No, sirs, it must not be done. Ti whole
scheme of negro equality is chimerical and
fraught with danger. We have upon this con
tinent examples of the total incapacity of m a
grei races for self-government. At the out
break of the American Revolution the popula
tion of the United States and that of Mex
i"o were about equal—three millions each. In
eiilie" country there were three races—the
white, red,- and biaek In the elates of the
Union, free as well as slave, the negroes have
been kept in a condition of submklon to thd
white race, and from a comparatively small
number they have increased to four million
souls; while on the other hand the savage spirit
of the Indians spurned control, and a conflict
eusued, which will only cease with the exis
tence of thered man. And what i s the rela
tive condition of Mexico and the United States.
The former has but five millions inhabitants;
neariy ono-half of her territory has been ab
sorbed by the United States; and she is desti-,
lute of commerce, manufactures; and schools,
while our ships cover the water of every sea,
our manufactures are to be found in every part
of the globe, and every child in our iaad has
an opportunity to obtain an English education.
Why this difference? The United States and
Mexico were alike colonized by Europeans. In
the former the white race preserved its integri
ty; while the Spaniards, on the other hand, a
malgaraated with the Indian and the negro,
and a race of wretched mongrels, doomed to r.
state of chronic anarchy, is the result- Some
well-meaning persons ask. ••Might it not be
better to give the negro the right of suffrage,,
and have done with the vexed question ?' Such
was the cry far twenty-five years prior to the
rebellion, let us abolish slavery, and have
done with the vexed question. What has been
the result 1 Let those who think thus ne not de
ceived, for he who votes for negro suffrage, votes,
for the inauguration of the most cruel, merciless,
and devastating of all wars—3 war of-races;
a war which spares neither age, nor sex, nor
condition ; a war which would make the West
and North, as well as the South, a scene of fear--
ful blight and desolation. Wo are told in a
tone of rejoicing by certain distinguished gentle
men that in the South the conflict- of races has:
already begun, and that our own race will be
driven to the wall —that i-, be exterminated;
and that in the new order of things, a negro
t aristocracy will be created, and that negroes will
occupy seats in the Supreme Court, and in the
halls of national legislature. That is the prop
| osition. Six millions of your own race—men,
i women, and children—shall be trampled into
, the earth, in order that an aristocracy of four
millions of negroes shall be established upon
I their graves 1 Can it be that a policy so mon
: strous in itself, so atrocious in its conception ; a
; policy equally inhuman, unconstitutional, and
unchristian, can receive the sqncrj—- ■' lUB en
v A >Y Uaio : .Can it be true that
the people of Ohio desire the extermination of
our countrymen of the South, and that the black
man's home shall be built upon the white man's
grave? Forbid it, heaven ! And in the name of
our country, in the name of civil liberty, in the
name of -all we hold most dear on earth, and •
• invoke the spirits of the mighty dead—of Wash
ington and of Adams, of Franklin and of Jef
■ ferson, of Hamilton, and of Madison, against,
the horrid profanation against humanity, against
the constitution, against the divine spirit of
j Christianity itself.
FROM EVERY QUARTER of the State tie politi
cal news is of tlie most gratifying character.
The Democracy are thoroughly aroused to the
importance of success in the pending contest.
In every from which intelligence has
been received, there is such organization as
must produce the mot beneficial results, l'ut
much bard work is yet to be done. The eon
test for United States Senator will cause the
Republicans to make desperate efforts to carry
the Legislative tickets. To counteract this in
fluence. the Democracy must poll every legal
vote within their reach. There must be no
iukewarmness, no apathy, rto cessation of la
bor. Deniocrats'nmi Conservatives! Friends of
the Union and the Constitution! Opponents
of nero suffrage and negro equality! Devote
all the time thai now remains between this and
election day to the <VOOD UT.I> CALSE '.—AYR