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ed il. Tharston says; that the esolse ohjssi
Of this ls2 tss, to allow thsr descendeae
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country to vote; ftbis Hss bad enough; } b
then asserted positively % il hen knew 5shs
mind and intention Of every member cftAe
Provisional Legislature Who voted fog IL.
and the Governor who approved II, that "ik
never was meant to include free negr0es
land mulattoess, aud such was the pades.
standing of its trainers, and such the Prse-
ticsl construction put it." NpYs Thurstoa
has either asserted fact 70 exist - Of bis
own knowledge, that, be knew nothing Q.
bout, or has, BY the assertion, plseea The
Provisional Legislature of Oregsh il .
strange predicament; that is, hete j. > body
OF men, having the subject in their mind &c
the time, who mean and intend. to cpt OF
free negroes and mulattoes from the right
of voting aud holding Office. Yet they %
not pnt down that meaning and inteption in
the law, but exactly .he Teyefse, that j.,
that all free male citizens Who had descend.
ed, through how many generationsso 80 -syss
from white man, were given under that
10th section the right to vote and bold ct6ee.
Any person ofany sense, dho Fasnqt Qyef-
resciled or made . fool Of, would know
that il the Eegislathfe meant and isfendeate
cut of free negroes and muIsttoes from The
right ofvoting and holding once, they would
have so said and so put il down IN the Law.
Hale and Benton knew what it meant stthe
time they gave the vote they knew i
meant the opposite Of what Thnrstoh nov
says it means. ...r =.
But the truth is, that Benton, after BE-
joined the Abolitionists and Free Soilers Of
the North, was determined that Hale should
get no advantage Of him-bs was detefmin-
ed to keep up with him, and if possible out
Hale Hale himself; hence this outrageous
votes vote that no other man in this State
would give, or dare endorse-snd which, II
either Of the other members had given, hs
could not have got corporaps guard 70
sustain or follow him, and would be kicked
out of society, If not drummed out Of The
States vote that no other Southern Sem
ator, Wing or Democrat, cohld have given,
without running great risk in meeting ar
Outraged and betrayed eoIsstituency-and s
vote so outrageous in It's character, that be
and Hale could get but FIVE others to Join
them in it. Yes, It is smpatically vote to
give free negro Suffrage, according TO the
common acceptstion Of that term, which
includes all who have negro blood in them,
provided they are descendants of white men,
and not only that, but to allow free negroes
to hold Office, from the highest to the low:
Iest-from Governor to. Constable-snd NOT
only that, but it is . vote to allow every hue
and color-blsck, yellow, brown, red Indi:
ans and Creols, and every sort Of colored
race, the full-blooded black African Only
excepted, the right to. vote and hold ofics.
Nhat . sn.aN.olo e. Ca q CnnkhsSS S.a,.
giving such volel What spectacle Q.
gain to find any man snPpofting bin after
giving such votel And what specta-
Gle again would the territorial government
of Oregon have presented to the world, If
BENTON and HALE had succeeded in getting
this measure through Congress-what .
heterogeneous mass -evety hue and colot
voting and holding Office. But, thank Heev.
en-, Congress rectifod this matter, they said
what they meant and meant what they said;
they did not say one thing and mesn anoth.
Ter, as Thurston would have the Oregon
Legislature to have done-they passed
law almost unanimously 10 both Houses cut.
ting out all these colored faces-nsgroes,
mulattoes, Indians, Creoles, and all-from
the right Of voting and holding Office. But
for that, and Hals's and Benton's plsR had
succeeded, for ought we know, sufficient
number of negroes and mdlattoes BY thit
time would have gone 10 Oregon, being
joined by the colored persons there, to con-
troll the elections, and themselves 6llsd all
the Offices, for the latter clause or prsviso
of this 10th section says: 5e7a
"That all persons Of the description emit:
tied to vote BY the provisions Of this see-
ti0n, who shall smigrate to this territory. af-
ter the emigration, shah be entitled to the
rights of citizens, having rs5idsd six monthf
in the territory"
But Thurston says that negroes and muls.
ttnes were not allowed 10 vote under this
10th section, and close by, he says there
were very few Of them there, and tsnone Of
them evervoted, or thought Of il, or any one
for them" (How wise this man, 70 know
the mind and thoughts, NOT only Of these
negroes and mufattoes, but of every other
person in Oregonl) With alf his wisdom,
however, and withlthe aid ofthe great Idid
in fixing up this matter, 10 suit Benton, stilf
he presents himself TO the world, as kooE