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CI I'.ARI JI.l) AGRICULTURAL SO.
CIliTY.
Kb LIS AND REGl'LATIOXl.
The Fairground is one of the most beautifully
located in the State, and of convenient access to
v isitors, being located on the bank of the West
ulrnncli of the Susquehanna Kiver, loss than one-
I ulf mile from the llorough of Clearfield, where
jmplo accnnmodittions can bo had by all. The
ground is enclosod by a substantial board fence,
f feet high, and suitablo buildings will be ereot
t'l fiT the protection of a'l articles on examina
tion. j Premiums and diploma, will bo paid on and
Vter the first Wednesday of Novembor and until
$lie 1st day of January, 1861, after which time
11 money premiums unclaimed will be consider
al a donation to the Society. The eflcers of
(lie Society aid members of tho Committee of
arrangements will wear a badge designating their
il'.cc, and it will be their duty n. well as pleas
Ire to aitend to the expressed wishe. and wants
I exhibitors and others, if it is in their power so
In do. A telect police forco will be In constant
Ittcndmce for the preservation of order and
rotection of property.
I The trotting conrse it level, well graded, and
lie-third of a mile iu circuit Ample arrange.
nt.m wlllbe uiudo for the convenience of spec
tators. ( llutci of A1miiinn. Member, with wires, and
(liildrcn under sixteen rear, of ago, if dues are
;iid up, to be admitted free ; singlo tickets, 20
eDt; (ticket, for $1; family tickets for tho
fair $1 childnn under ten years of age not ad
tutted unless accompanied bythoir parents or
guardians. Life menibors and family, free.
Tickets to be given up at the door, except tea
ton nr free tickoti, which persons after shewing
t)if door keeper, will retain,
j Every person wishing to be enrolled as a in c ru
ber uf this Society muet apply on or before the
nt day of tho fair, and on the payment of one
e 1 1 .- r to the Treasurer shall receive a certificate
I UHtuborrhip containing the name of the ap
flitaut and eudorsod by the Secretary.
I Kvery person becoming a member as above
iLiill on the proseutution of hi. certificate, re-
eive a ticket which will admit bint free during
tl fair. Any person coinplying with the abovo
fegulutions and paying $10, shall become a life
ember and shall be exempt from all contribu
te im and shall annually receive Irom the Secre
Urt a free family ticket.
(All persons must bo provided with tioktts
which can be had from the Kxecutivo Commit
tee, Trca-urcr or Secretary or at the door, l'tr
nnt acting ns judges are expected to become
Giuvcri of the hociety, i'orson. from otucr
aunties can become uiember. by complying
Villi the above rule.. Ladies can become mem
bers by making application as above and paying
tato tho Troaaury fifty cent, whon they will re
aive a ticket to admit thorn free.
) Kxhihition of Ladys and gentlemen's horse
Bjuiiehip will take place on Tuesday and Wed
nesday evening at 3 o'clock, fast riding will not
M slowed ; those violating this rule will be ex
eluded from competition. Plowing match will
take place on Tuetday at 10 o'clock A. M. The
aeMress will bo delivered at 2 o'clock on Thurs
day the 18th October, and immediately after the
ti iress the report, of the iudgos will be read
at I the premiums awarded.
4 All article fur which a premium of two dollars
at d upward, i. offered, .hall pay fifty cents en
tni nee fee except horse, for trotting, which shiill
pay two dollar., Ail article, entered for a pre
mium under two dollar shall pay twenty-five
enfs. liorses entered for amusement shall pay
twenty-fire cents. All articles, except horses,
far wnich no monoy promium is offered, no
charge.
Exhibitor, must bocorae member, of the So
elfly and have their animals and articles enter
ed on the Secretary', book, on or before the tilth
day of October; and all animals and articles,
etoeiithor.es. must ba brought within the en-
tic sure as early as Tuesday noon ; and all per
Mns entering animals and article, forexhibition
wli procure cards from the Secretary with the
eitss and number of on try of tail articles, pro
tIoui to placing said articles on the ground.
Hay and straw will be furnished grati. for all
Mimals entored for premiums, and grain will be
famished at cost for thote who desire to pur
laso
Ko horse slinll be entered or allowed a pre
turn unless he is tree from disease. Hones
Will be received until Wednesday noon, but must
N entered pievieusiy. All persons who tntona
(exhibit horso. entile ,. sheen or .wine, or who
Islctd to offer stock or any other article for sale,
ttof 1 notify the Secretary or such Intention on
o before the 10th ofOctocer, and have with
him a list and full description of the same
Persons intending to exhibit blood stock must
pnduce authentic pedigrees, and are earnestly
requested to furnish the Sesretary, by the 10th
Oet., with a list of their stock and tho pedigrees
of each, this will facilitate the preparation, of
tries and in case vf deflciont pedigree will at
Ibtd the owner time to correct tho tamo
' 1'iKrtriion la Judge. So animal to receive
M award it more than oneola.s.
vudgo. are txprcssly required not to award
rtiiums to oifea animals. N'e preailmn. jry warned us to beware Ol sectional par
lobeawttldtel;ulU,(wsorheifer.)whiohitie an,i t0 jnJijjnnntiy fr0wn upon the
I (II appear to bar. been tattoaed, only in the fi t RtUrnpt to llfinato one section of
Lf..? ' !V! W. :. ! V!. !,.n - the Union from the other. "A house di-
An -
uii-iu t,uuui0 wa sssisi uvfvniuwH ii
io person .hull be allowed to interfere with ! true in the political a well ss the relig
f,m during their adjudications. Tee judge. ! jous world. Tlrs war of one section npon
apt satisfied a. to the regularities of entries, In ,
4rrespectiveola.se., will apply to the Seore-
for Information, and should there be any .
iMs after examination of their coming within
i regulation., or If an, animal 1. of .uch a!
otera.not to be entitled to exhibition in i
Yetitioa, they will report to the .Executive i
uuittee, that .uch a course may bs adopted as j
Le may require. '
hl Caltl. Theludiisonfateattlewlllelvs
oul..retiion to the aolmsl. submitted for
uii'-u. li u ..ii.vd a.i other thlng.be-
! iu a tii.5? ,: . -Ui,ie that fjavs the
Atost weight over the smallest superflcUi.
inejuagM will require all la thli elua to be
weighed, and will Uke measures to giro the
operfiole. of eaeh, and poblleh the remit with
.u.ir rcporu. iney will alto, before awarding
any premium., require of the competitor full
.t,i.m7. . ",,"" u puin mil
,weani?.d V. ,a" f fMd,in
"required by the regulation! of the premium
ltit.
When there is but ene eihiMtnr. lihn.. 1,.
may show several animals in one class, only one
premium will be awarded, that to the flret, or
otherwise as the merits of the animal may be
:,:! ,... 1 o viewing com.
,e'Su ,ht,U"ward "J discretionary premiums.
t m ? "oworer, articles of merit, superior in
linnl ! riCi,rotw' r P"ented, and which are
JO ou entitled to special commendations, the judge.
12 00 , are desired to notice them particularly and refer
14 00 them to the consideration
It: r. -
mittee at a subsequent meeting,
n. c . .B
. ouriuiciiueu. win iaae everv crecaution
in hi. power, for thesafet, of stock andarele. on
exhibition .ft.. ,i. .:-.i , " -
on the ground., but will not be responsible for
ny ,0M or dB,a occur. The .Ji.ty
desires exhibitor, to give personal attention to
their animal, and articles and at the close of the
fair to attend to ther removal as the inci.tv
cannot take further care of ih.m -
Jluly of VotMaj. The name of the plowman
must bo given as well as the kind of plow to be
used, at the time of entry.
The quantity of ground to bs plowed by each
.The time allowed to do the work will be two
hours. The width of furrow to be ten Inchon or
over and the depth not less than six inches.
The furrow slice in all cases to be lapped, The
toain to start at the same time and each plow
man te do bi. work without a driver or other as-
isinnco.
The proinium. ofTored by the Socio! v will h
awarded to the individuals, who, in the judg
ment of the committee, slinll do their wnrk In lh.
best manner, providing the work i. done in the
timo allowed for It. performance.
Each plowman to strike hi. own land, and
plow entirely independent of the mlji.ining land.
Within the one-fourth of an acre plowed, each
plowm nwill be required to strike two back
furrowed lands, and Inlih with the dead furrow
in the middle
Any infurmntion desired in recard to matlnn
of the Society can be gained by addressing the
V..,.,i:... ' !..-- . i . e . i ? ...
Avvuk,i, vumiiiiiicv or me ooireiary, woo will
be pleased to give any information iu their pow
er at any time.
THE POOU MAX TO 1119 BRIDI1
BV WARRKX VAISRT.
Ko gtmi have I, dear girl to offer;
No pearls to deck thy .ilken hair j
No storos of gold in secret e offer j
No lordly hails for theo to share ;
But yet I do not fear to woo thee,
Dear Mary lovely as thou art;
Though I have nought with which to sue
tho ,
Except a fond and doting heart,
What though th e world may frown npon ns.
And earthly comfort, pass aw ay
Affection's lamp is shining on ns,
To guide our steps and chssr our way,
Then dn not, denrest, longor tarry,
I n penury and woe; 1 .'
We cannot be tio poor to marry,
While health and lore within us flow. '.
political.
I III) GREAT ISSUK
TO HE DECIDED IN NOVEMB'E NEXT !
-0-
Sll ALL THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE
TJKI0Hr
STAND OR FAI L?
SHALL SEC nALISM TRIUMPH.
THE CONSTITUTION BE TER VERTED!
THE UNION DESTROYED!
OR SHALL WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
One Country I One Union! On Consti
tution !
AND
OXEOLORUUS DESTINY?
LINCOLN ANDinS SUPTOR
.. TERS.
BEHOLD THE RECORD !
An awful responsibility ' rests upon the
voters of this country !' A great, a fearful,
a vital Hsue i t be decided by them on
tho 6th dav of November next ! Though
tlio ballot-box, boforo the Supremo Ruler
of the Universe, (we spank most reverent
ly.) and In the eyes of the civilized world,
the citizens of this great country will bo
called upon to decide whether tho t'ons
titution and the Union our fathers mads
shall stand or fall whether this great
Government, the freest and the best tho
Sun of Heaven ever shono upon -sball go
on iu its high cireer or prosperity and
renown, or bo torn asunder by civil war!
Disguise it as you may, union or disunion
is tiid question to be decided in Novem
ber. No man with a thimbiefull of brains
in his head can fail to see that the tri
umph of a sectional pnrty, whoso avowed
onjoct is to war upon the institutions of
the other bulf of the Confederacy, loads in
evitably to a disolution of tho Union.
Hence it ss that the Father of his Coun
I . . , ... ft
videa atftinsi uscit cannot stana, noian
. . . ... 1st . . J 1 t 3
(he other section can have "tit wrni v ti
f,im ljon 0f the Cwifwlerscy. lrctii,li,i-
, , , d estrangement, thfn
"""s "-"- ' . , . '
hatred then open and violent alienations
and then the dissolution orthe bonds
that bind us together as one peoplo.
How happily and how truly did the great
statesman of Kentucky, Uinrt CLsy, ex
i.i i . ' u :
... f p . "I ,8,9
. 7tn oi feorusry, isoa ...
i "Sir, lam not in tbe habit of speaking
'lightly of the possibility of dissolving this
CLEARHELD, PA. WEDNESCA1," OCT. 17, I860.
happy Union. The Senat know tbat I
have depricated allusions, on ordinary oo
catioDi, to that direct erent. Tht court
try trill testify that, if there be anything
in the hiatorjr of any poblio career wor
they of recollection, it is the truth and
sincerity of tny ardent devotion to Its las
ting preservation. But we should be
raise In our allegiance if wo did not dis
criminate between the imaginary and real
dangers by which it may beatsailed. Aba
litionism should no longer be regarded as
ait imaginary danger. The abolitionists,
let ma suppose, succeed in their present
aim of uniting the inhabitants of the free
States, as one man, again. t the inhab
itant, of the slave States 4 Union
on one side will buret Union on
the other, and this process of recip
rocal consolidation will be attended
with all the violent prejudice, embittered
passions, and implacable animosities
which ever degraded or deformed human
nature. .
One section will stand in menacing and
hostile array against the other. Tho colli
sion of opinion will be quickly followed by
the clash of arms. I will not attempt to
ueauuue scenes wnicn now Happily lie
concealed from our view. Abolitionists
themselves would shrink back in dismay
and horror at the contemplation of deso
lated fields, conflsgrattd cities, murdered
inhabitants, and the overt I .row of the
fairest fabric of human govern
ment Hint ever rose to animate the hopes
of civilised man."
How sadly true, nay, how prophetic, al
so, are thee words of Mr. Clay. The tri
umph of 6ectionah.ru is the downfall of!
the Republic. To preserve the Union we
and crush out and exterminate this hy
dra-headed monster of abolitionism. The
man who casts his voto for Lincoln, in
t hut act, deliberately, solemnly, and know
ingly, votes for a dissolution of the Amer
ican Union 1 There is no dodging this
position. What are the principles of that
1 sectional party, and what the utterances
ot the men who form, lead, and con.
trol itf Behold tho record 1
Before proceeding to tha record, how
ever, lot us see how, in the speech from
which we hav already quoted, Mr.
Clay sums up the designs of the abolition
ists ;
"And tho third class are the roal ultra
abolitionists, who are resolved to perse
vere in the pursuit of their object at all
hazards. With this class the immediate
abolition of slavery in the District of col
J umbia, the prohibition of the removal of
slaves from Stato to State, and the refu
sal to admit any new State compiising
I within its limits the inulitation of domes
' tic slarery. are but so many means condu
cing to the accomplishment of the ulti
j mate but perilous end nt which they avow
edly and boldly aim, are but to many
biiui . Binci in moiuiig unii uuivuj ruau
to the distant goal at which they would
finally arrive. Their purpose is abolition
universal abolition peaceably if they
can, forcibly if they must."
How graphically descriptive of the
black republican party of the present day!
The picture is true to life. ,
Lincoln ami hit tupportert in favor of lh hid
eout doctrine of negro fvality I
On the 16th of October, 1854, Abraham
Lincoln delivered a speech at Teoria, II-'
linois, in which he used tho following lan
guige :
"What 1 do tay is, that no man is good
enough to govern another man iciMout an
other 'e consent. I sav this is the leading
principle, the SHEET ANCHOR of Anicr.
i traa rc)u6ii.'anirm. Our Declaration Ot In
denendenco says :
I .n't'.i. .'.i ii i n.. i. i.. ir
ii ej ii uiu mru iruiiio iu uw svii-oti
"dent that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights j that among
these are HTe, LIBEItTV, and the pursuit
of happiness. That to secure those rights
governments are instituted among men,
DERlViyo TUE1B JlST rOWSR fROM Till CON'
BEST Or THSOOVIRMD.'
"I have quoted so much at this time
merelv to show that accordini to our un-
eicnt faith, the powers of Government are from Maine, hold forth in this wise,
derived from tha con.ent of the governed. I "By tin laws of Maine, an i under tho
Now, tlio relation of master and slave is 'cor.stitution of the State of Maine, free
protando a total violation of this principle, negroes are citizens just as much citizen
Tho master not only governs the slave ( in the State of Maine as white men. It
without his consent, but ho governs him has been so solemnly decided by the high
by a set of rules altogether differont from est tribunal ofour State since the decision
what he prescribes for himself. Allow of the Dred Scott case. The Supreme
A T.I, Min fovnrnl an enual voice in the f!nnrl nf f !ns hn rliwiitiul that I how irn
Government ; and that, and that only, is
self-government." Howell's life of Lin.
coin, page 279.
Again, in a speech delivered in Chicago
during the last Presidential election,
which we find published in the Illinois
State Journal, the State organ of the
black-republican party of IIMnnis, on the
16th day of September, 185G, Mr. Lincoln
saidt
"That central idea, in our political op:
inion, was and until recently continued
to be the equality of men. And, although
it wa always submitted patiently to whatev
er inequality there seemed to bo as a mat
tcr of actual necessity, its constant work
ing hss been a steady progress toward the
PRACTICAL lyPALITT or all hen.
"Let past differences as nothing be ; and,
with steady eye on the real issue, let us re
inaugerste the good old central ulens of the
Republic. We can do it. Th human
heart is. with us; 0xl ifl with u. We
hU n!vvn lienbli nt to dc!ii that' all
tlif ;nte. n Sti'ei, rjrr eqnn', but renew
the broHiicr, brer ilrrbirntini, Including
both tlieir nd much more, that all men are
created equal." '
Yet, again, in his sjeech at Chicago on
the 20th day of July, 1858, Mr, Lincoln
said t . ... r '
"I should like to know.if, taking the
old Declaration of Independence, which
declares tbat all men are equal upon prin
ciple, and making exceptions to it, where
!. 1 r
wm lw stop r, . ir OS BAN SATS it does not
wax a Mftoao, war hot anotms sat it
BOM MOT MEAN SOUS OTMt MAN 7 If that
declaration it not the truth, let ns get the
statute book in which we find it and tear
it out. Vn ho is so bold as to do it T Ifit
is not true, let us tear it out 1 Cries of
"No" "No I'M "t Let us stick to It, then,
let as stacd firmly by it then.
Let us discard all this quibbling about
this man and the other man thia race
and that race and the other race being in
ferior, and therefc re they must be placed
in an inferior position discarding the
standard thai -we have lett it. Let us
discard all these things, and unite as one
people throughout this land until we shall
once moro declaring all men are crested
equal. " I leave you. hooine
that the lamp of liberty will burn in your
bosoms until rneai snsLLfo long -a be a
UOIBT TUAT, ALL MEN AXE CEEATEO 1(11
AND ElJl AL."
See the volume of the debates between
Lincoln and Douglas, which have been re
vised by Mr, Lincoln since hist nomination
for the ..'residency, pages 23, 24. Salmon
P. Chase twice elected Governor of Ohio,
and elected last winter United States Sen-
atoi from that State, was presented with
a silver pitcher by the negroes of Cincin
r.sttion the 6th ot May, 1845. In response
to the presentation he said :
"In what I have done I cannot claim to
have acted from any peculiar coniidera-
tion of tiio colorec people as a se poralo
and distinct class in the community, but
from the simple conviction that all the in
dividuals of that class art members of the
I community.' and, in virtue of their man'
hood, entitled to every trimrnJ right enioy
Wa f!tAi harafAfe
177 J .y. . ... v -" " ' ""v '.""
als of the same community, founded in
inn wi HwHwHWHuvn wincrn IIIUIVIUU
any such circumstances as color, origin
and the like, are hostile to the genius of
our msuiu.kons, anu incompatible witn
the true theory of American liberty.
Slavery and oppression must cease or Am
erican liberty must nerish.
"Iu Massachusetts, and in most, if not
all, the New England States, the colored
j.man and tho white are absolutely eqal be,
tore t.ne law.
"iniNew iork the colored mnn is res
tricted as to-the right of sutlVago by
property qualiScation. In other respects
ttie same equality prevails.
"I embrace with pleasuro this opportu
nity of declaring my diiapprobntiono'C that
clause of the constitution w bich denies to
a portion of the colored eople the right
ot sutirago.
"true uemocracy mauet no inquiry a'
bout the color of the skin or place of na
tivity, or any other similar circumstance
of condition. I regard therefore the ex
elutionot the colored peoplo as a body fro.Tt
the elective franchise at incompatible with
true democratic principles."
The Hon. Henry Wilson, United States
senator from Massachusetts, in a speech
delivered in the Senate on the 5th day of
May, 1858 tniJ :
"Now, Mr. President, I live in a Com
monwealth thai recognize, tht absolute and
perfect equality of all pie of al! raeet. A mul
atto or negro in the State I represent is
not only a citizen of the State: he not on
ly has the right to vote, but, if the people
ciioose to ao it, iney may elect Mm to am of'
nlhctr 9f Globe,. 1st tess.
15th Congress, page 1900,
In 1856 Mr. Wilson said ;
"Sir, I am proud to live in a Common.
wealth where every man, black or white,
oi every cume or race, is recognizer, as a
a man, standing upon the terms of per-
fntfl tatn1 si Ksinl it A araialal IiaiV.ua t a 1 eaw '
avv-v istsvei psvtTvswav -s J W IVIO IIIQ Inn.
App. Cong, Globe, lstscss. 31th Cong.,
race 303
-
Senator Wilson made a mistake when
ho stated there was perfect equality in
' Massachusetts. Such is not the case. By
, the laws of that State a foreigner cannot
. vote in it for two years after he has been
naturalized and a citizen of the State,
whilo a negro, under the same law ac
quires a vote after one year's residence 1
Un the former occasion (page l'.04) Mr.
ressanden the black republican Senator
'entitled to a'.l the privileges-that they
stand upon perfect equality with white
men under the constitution and laws of
tho State. They are voters and recogniz
ed ai citizens under the terms of the con
stitution, which allows any citizen to
vote"
Here we hare the black-republican Su
preme court of Maine actually nullifying
tbe decision ot tho Supremo court or the
United Stales, so intense is their lore for
the negro I i Is this not enough to startle
and alarm every lover of his country 1
Now listen toCassius M. Clay, who was
the chif competitor agaiost Hamlin for
the nomination for the Vice Presidency in
he Chicago convention t
"Our Legislatures, State and Federal,
should raise the platform upon which our
free colored people stand ; they thou Id give
tolhrm the fuh political right tt hod office, to
vote t tit on juries, to give their testimony to
make no dittinetion between them and ourselves.
The instrument called the Constitution,
flier pronouncirg all men equal, and hav
ing e.msl rights, sutlers slaverv to exist, a
free colored persou to be denied all polit
ical rights, and after declaring that sfl per
sons shall enjoy a free Intercourse with
the States, suffers the free negro to be
driven out of oil, and excluded from such
rights. Deliver me from such an instru
ment thus partial, thus unjust; that can
be thus perverted, and made to sanction
prejudices and party feelings, and note
NEW
the accidental distinction of color."
This black-tepublican maniac ravos at
the Constitution because it does not guar
anty the equality of the necro with the
white man 1 .
Now, let ns hear from Horace Grenlev.
"the chief cook and bottlo'waahnr" in thn
Chicago convention, whose efforts there
Drought about the nomination of Lincoln.
Aa far back as the 17th of January, 1851,
Greeley thus spoke in his 7Vi'6w :
"We loathe and detest all laws which
give or withhold political rights on ac
count of color. 'A man's a man for a
that and ought to have the full rights of j
monnooa, wfcetnor ins ancestors were
Celts, Goths, or Hottentots, whether his
complexion be ebony or ivory.
All constitutional exclusions of
any class from the polls, tho jury-box ko.,
oecause ot eolot, are aristocratic, unjust,
and infamous."
Again, in 1855, we see him pronosins
and urging the nomination for Congress
of tbat notorious negro. Fred. Douelass.
Just listen to him;
Among the candidates put np bv the
convention of the liberty party at Utica,
on Wednesday, is Mr. Frederick Douglass,
of Monroe county, who is nominated for
the ollice or secretary orState. With ins
pect to ability, a better domination could
hardly be desired ; but we confess that
weshouli regret to see Mr. Douelass clec
ted. His proper placo is not a member of
the State administration at Albany, but
as a member of Congress at Washington.
for toe lormer omce be possesses no qcsl
ifications that might not be found in oth
r gentlemen, while for the duties of a
representative at Washington ha is par
ticularly gifted. As an orator and deba
ter he possesses both the force and the
grace of a v irgiuia gentleman of the old
school and one of the first families, to
which a great depth of conviction and a
resolution worthy of the best days of the
Republic and a persuasive and magnetic
charm not often telt in the federal (Japi
toi. we trust, men, that tlio mends of
Mr. Douglass will not persist in urging
his election to the office for which he is
nominated, but will make every prepara
tion to return him to Congress on the very
first vacancy in tho Monroe district."
Now, hear tbe old apostle of black-republicanism,
Joshua R. Giddings. In his
speech in the Houbo, December 18, 1855,
Mr. Giddings sai l :
"This Government was founded for the
purpose, design, and end of 'securing all
men under its jurisdiction in tho enjoy
ment of life, liberty, and happiness.' It is
now placed in our hands. On this rock
the republican church was founded, nnd
I speak reverently when 1 say "the gates
oi hell siiBU not prevail against it.'
When we say 'all men are thus en
dowed,' we mean what we say. We do
not refer particularly to the high or the
low, tbe rich or the poor, the negro, the
mulatto, or the white, but all men who
bear the image ofGodandare endowed
with certain inalieneblo rights; that a
mong tbeso are life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness."
When questioned in the House of Kept
rcientatives, the Hon. N. T. Banks, after
wards elected Speaker of the House, and
governor of Massachusetts, by the black
lepublieans, declared his inability to de
cide whether the white or tbe black was
the superior race, but leave the question
to bo dec! Jed by absorbtion or amalgamation t
"io for as ho had studied the subject of
races, he bad adapted tho idea that when
thero is h weaker race in existence, it
will succumb to, and be absorbed in, the
stronger race. This was the universal law
as regarded the races of men in the world.
In regard to the question, whether the
white or the black race was superior, he
proposed to wait until time should de
velop whether the while race should ab
sorb the black, or the black absorb th white."
In this country tho doctrine of negro
equality presents itself in a two-fold as
pect. To the people of tho North it says,
"You must strike down all laws which
erect a barrier between yott and the black
man, he is hour equal, entitled to vote,
hold ollice, sit at the same table with you,
and marry your daughters. You must
giva him the tamo political and social
rightsyou enjoy, for ho is your equal and
entitled to ttiem!" Arn the people of
the North prepared for thisT If yea, vote
for Abraham Lincoln; hois committed
to the odious doctrine.
To tho people of tbe South negro equal
ity says: "You must free your negroes ' state has ever refused to become the prop
and give them all the rights you now en-1 erty of his brother. To call men proper-
joy, for they are your equals and entitled
to their freedom and the political and so
cial privilege! enioyed by you. Negro
equality means the abolition of slavery ; it1
canbavsno other meaning. If the re
publican leadera are aincereln their c-pin-1
..a- .. .,"'
uom, as nonesi men, wnen incy genn
puw or, (UOJ V III ll ITO IV IV
frtodom. If they are sincere
lunions thai the oecro is entitle
m-iiiu swim
ana poiiucai cqu.ii.yw.iu win wn .e , nan
" 1 .. !iL al t-la- .
as honest men when ih.y are .ns.ai ea in ,ftims .ey msiy hkv tr uihoritr. in ten
pwer, they will strive to give him that , d lQ recJgni8 0T authoriM or gu.ran
equality. ty any such system of outrago and rio-
In regard to the Declaration of Inde- jence upon humsn rights has the loaster
pender.ee giving any color to this hideous (jMCJ, to bind the conscience or control
doctrine of negro equality, it is a sufficient tho action of the citizen ofaoy govern
answertosav that when it was drafted n,ent under Heaven. Ii is o'.ear usurpa
every State in this Union but One wore tion and Tyranny, and not law. Itatands,
slave-holding States, and it is arrant hum- j iaT wholly upon the law of force. By
bug to say that these Statf s would have ,nj by, some Annus or Spartacus will riso
thus made declaration amounting to a Up jn their midst, and contest with th
virtual emancipation of their slaves. In- masters thii question of superior force."
deed lest this idea should receive any , (CW,W, in our next.)
countenance, the word "free" which was V '
in the original draft of the Declarat:on Tut Nciinxa or Bdif Folnd. The to
teas stricken out. The "all men" in it is of tal number of dead bodies recovered from
a piece with We, the people" in tho the Lady Elgin disaster on Lake Miehig
Constitut ion of the United States, and re- n, now reached one hondrtd and fifty.
fers alone to white men. Nobody con- The ro are doubtless yet a hundred mor"
tends that the Constitution gives black yet to be recovered, many of which, will
"people" therig'nt of suffrage, of holding probably never be reclaimld.
SERIES VOL. 1. NO. 14.
office, and of social and politicul equality.
No more docs the "all men" in the Doc
laration give them these privileges. This
s essentially a government of white men,
made for white men, and ruled by white
men, all of w hom are "equal."
Lineotitnd his supporters deny the right of
property in slaves.
In addition to the extracts we have al
ready given from Mr. Lincoln's speeches,
wherein ho contends that the negro is the
equal of the whito man, and is entitled to
his liberty, and, as a necessary conse
quence, cannot righttully or legally be
held as a slave, we tind him, in a letter to
the republicans of Boston, under da to of
April 13, 1859, again denying the right of
property in a slave :
"The democracy of to day hold the lib
erty of one man to be absolutely nothing
when in conflict with another man s riht
of property. Republicans on the contra
ry, are for both the man and the dollar,
but, in case of conflict, the (negio) Hum be
fore the dollar.
"J his is a world of compensations j anil
he who would be no slave must consent
to hav no slave. Those who deny free
dom to others deserve it not for them
selves, and, under a just God, cannot long
retain it."
u Senator Seward, in a speech delivered!
Buffalo, N. Y. October, 1855, used this
pcided language .
"If all men are created eaual. no one
can rightfully hold dominion over, orproperty
m,anemcr man, wiiuou. nis consent. II all
men are created equal, one man cannot
rightfully exact the service or the labor
of another man without his consent. The'
subjugaliou of one man to another by
force, to as to compel involuntary labor
or service, subverts that equality between'
tbe parties which the Creator established."'
Hon. Charles Sumner, senator froru
Massachusetts, whom the black republi
cans have almost doitied, in his rocont
speech in the Senate, June 4, 1800, scouts
the idea that "man can hold property in
man ." Hear him s
"It is only when slavery is exhibited in'
its truly hateful character that we can ful
ly appreciate the absurdity ot tho assump
tion which, in defiance of tho Constitu-'
tion, yet foists into this blameless text
the barborous idea that man' can hold
property in man. Fore
most, of course, in these elements is the
impossible pretension, where barbarism is
lost in impiety, by which man claims prop
erty in man. Against suoh arrogance thee
argument is brief. There
is no sanction for such pretension ; no or
dinance fot it, or title."
Now, hear tho Hon. Mark Trafton, of
Massachusetts, in the House of Represen
tative., August 6, 1856:
"What right have their owners to prop
erty in man ? Who 'gave you this right T
Show a bill of aula fiom your Maker, and',
we will admit it to bd authoritative ; un
til that time, we demur. No, sir ; in tho
eternal principles (if right ont man evnnof
own another."
Hon. Owen Lovcjpy, of Illinois., said in
his speech, in the House, April 5; fBGO:'
"As I remarked, Mr. Chairman, thi
brings us to confront si a vet y, and ask
what light this Caliban has on earth?
say no right My honest conviction ie tha"
all these ilaveholding laws have the same,
moral power and force that rules among'
pirates have for the distribution' of their
booty, that regulations among robber
have for the division'of their spoils.
I insist that any laws for enslaving men
have just the same force as the arrange
ment among robbers and pirates have for
distributing their spoils."
The Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hamp
shirn, in a speech delivered In tbe SnaU
February 20, I860, not only denios foi
himself, but for a large portion of the re
publican party, the doctrine that man can.
hold property in man. He said :
"Let it be understood, also, that vas'C
numbers of those who comprise the re
publican party, and of those who sympa
thize with it, deny the right of any tnaiv
or hody of men to hold or establish' prop
erty in man."
In this same vein spoke the old' Apoitlrs
of black-republicanism, Joshua R. Gid
dings, in the House' ot Representatives,
May, IG, 1854 :
"He who bestowed on us his own image;
demands that we should maintain the
dignity of tho race. Man in his rudest
ty is a libel upon ourselves." Appeudix
Cong. Uiobe, 1st .ess. iM Ung., page vnn.
We quote next from the speech of lion,
rj, p,. SeJgwick, of New York, delivered
m lhe Uou.e, March 20, 18G0 :
,Undi whoy upon th law of
V ML violence ana superior loroe. ii nnus nr
1 Y fJ. tL? upport in equality, in right, in Christian
re bi n that , ' , , 1 .peak deliberately, Mr.
?, Chairman, when I say, for myself, that nr.
violence and superior foroe. It tinds m
in equality, in right, in Christian.
r i. 1,
, a-rd UDO or whatever hieh
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