The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-09-05
Progress of Freedom.

Scene al Hamilton Village, ". Y
Mr. Cyrus Clarke, brother of the well
known Milton and Lewis Clarke, Gall of
whom, till within short time since, for
some rs years were the slaves of Mr..
Logan, of Kentucky,) mildly but firmly
presented his ballot at the town meeting
board. Be it known that said Cyrus, as
well as brothers, are aohlte, only a sprink,
ling of the African Just enough to maks
them bright, quick and intelligent and
scarcely observable in coler except by
The keen and seeming Shareholder. Mr.
Clarke had all the neccessty qualifica-
tions OF white men to vote.
Sjare. Gentlemen, here is my ballot,
| wish to vote, Board and bystanders,
well knowing hun, all were aghast - the
waters were troubled the slave legions
{ up in their might,
Judge r. You can't vote! Are you
and have you not been slave?
&ove. | shall not lie to vote. l am
and have been slave so called but |
wish TO vote, and | believe it my right
and duty
Judge E. Slaves can't vote?
SI0re. Wlll you just show me in your
books, constitution, or whatever you call
them, where it says slave can't vote.
Judge E. Pretending to look over
law, &C., well knowing he was used
up.o Well, well, you are a colored man,
and can't vote without you are worth
$3.50.
Stare. am as white as you and
don't you cote?
MIR E. is well known to be very dark
indeed, as dark or darker than Clarke
SO much SO that black man might have
very much frightened his mother.-The
current began to set against Mr. E by
murmurs, sneers, laughs, and many
other demonstration of dislike
Judge e. Are you not coLored man?
and is not your hair curly2
SIave. We are both colored men
and all we differ is, that your have not
the handsome wavy curl; you raise
goats aooOt and come, as you see, a
little nearer Sax0ny.
AT this time the fire and fun was at
its height. was fast consuming the Judge
with public opprobrum.
Judge e. | challenge this mans vote,
he being a colored man, not worth $3.50.
Friends and foes warmly contested
what constituted colored man by the
New York statute. The board finally
came to the honorable conclusion that to
be c,lored man, he must be at least
e-halfblood African. MIR Clrke, the
SLAVE, then voted, he being nearly full
white. / have the history oil this tran
sacton from Mr. Clarke, in person In
substance it is as told me, but varying
more or less from his language used
J. Thompson
Paris, March 18th, 1874
Daring Outrage.-The Susquehannah
Register says it learns by hand bill
published by W r. Clymer and S May
lett, Esq, that on the morning ofthe Cd
instant, while lodging at the house of
VIM Cooper, in Springfield, Radford
county, their room was forcibly entered
by dozen or fifteen men in disguise,
who seized and carried away their carpet
bags containing the title papers and con-
tracts of the Bingham estate 10 lands in.
that part ofthe county. They offer $500
reward for the detection Of the thieves
and recovery of the property: but it is
said that the community of settlers
that region have combined to resist the
titles to the lands, and although the
trunks and their contents, (eXcepting the
papers, which were doubtless burned)
have been recovered, and several persons
arrested as probably concerned, it is i'm
possible to find witnesses or attorneys
willing to appear against them A pref
ty state Of affairs.
Ii is stated in a Cincinnati paper that