Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-16
VOTERS IN

Rock Borrow, is the not very tasteful name Of
n new paper started in Florence, Nebraska, W. C..
James, Editor. 1t seems to be the official organ OF
the territory. 1t raises the flag of 81 Douglas for
President and a c.. Dodge for Vice President.
From it we learn that the Nebraska election was
to come of on tho 18th inst. The Governors pro.
clamation for an election gives the following as the
legal qualifications for voters:
Every white male citizen of the United States,
over Il years of age, an actual resident OF sali
III ecinct, and foreign born citizens OF the same
precinct, who have been naturalzed, or who have
declared ON oath their intention to become citizens
of the United States. and have taken an cath to
support the Constitution of the United States and
the provisions of the act organizing the Territory
of Nebraska. shall be considered qualified voters
vt said election. excepting officers, soldiers. sea-
men, marines or other persons Of the United States
army or navy, or attached to troops in the service
of the United States.
Given under my hand at Belle
view, Nebraska Territory, this
Esd day of Nov, 1854.
7. b. Cunning,
Acting Governor Of Nebraska.
These conditions Of using the elective franchise
could not we'll have been made more UNANIMOUSLY
wicked. Thcydisrranchise every honest and intelli.
gent man as thoroughly MS they do every 'b ack and
mulatto person." Look at these qualifications, re-
memhcring that Nebraska is the model cmbodi-
mcnt of 'yopuidr sorcyeignty." An uninuitiatcd
stranger from China. Kamskatka or the moon.
would have supposed that all the people were Ia
have a voice in the formation and administration
Of the Government. That it was to be a vcritable
democracy. But such are not national American
ideas. The only people" whose ''soveseignty'
they recognise, are slave holders, slave catchers
and slave extensionists. These qualifications are
prescribed by not Governor Ginning, but by Pres
ident Pierce and the American Congress. But
what are they? First every voter must he .
male" Thus The third word in the documcn,
DISTINGUISHES one half of all the people-next they
must be 'white." To say nothing of the limita
tiuns in regard to foreigners, next comes the onti
to support the slave rendering Constitution. In
famous and wicked as is that test, then follows still
another one equally outrageous, but new and un
heard of before in our Government; namely "tl
=, support the provisions of the Nebraska Bill
special law Of Congress for the extension of Slave
ry. Such are "qUdllied rioters" in n braska Terri
tory. ~ q%"oliJied roter' is thercftre one who ha
before God ~solcmnly sworn to commit the creates
of human villainies, and who intends to do it, o
else has committed perjury and is according to on
laws n fit tenant for the pcnitenti1ry. Such ar
the 'popu}ar sorcIcigmS who alone have the right O
voting in Nebraska. They can he none oher, !.
the intended terms Of Congressional qualification
than SLAVE EXTENsIONIsT
OR rREJrRED MEN. That is it. That is the Ameri
can governments idea of the essential qualiticn
tions Of u voter. Their lastgimproved idea, in thi
age Of progress and reform. 4 rotcr must Le
uhic, masculine STARE sriensioniSt, or u uhie maScl
Inc ,ho has committed p",J"1y. This is just VIVA
our Ohio and New England colouists who hay
gone to Kansas and Nebraska to establish liberty
have done, or else they have lecome fanatical non
voters and voluntarily ranged themselves bcsid
the distranchiscd Foreigners, women and "niFers.
1t does seem TO us, that if there be any homes
anti-slavcry Kansas and Nebraska cmigrants, a
we can't doubt there are. that lisunio~. non-iuriu
views must commend themselves to such, with cs
nocia1 farm