Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-08-13
A BLACK

~ tho STdcS VI UOu creaV0u free ana
equal they m~eantnegroes as we'll as white
men, and consequently this party arc
o engaged in the laudible work OF
eyudtL=tng blacks and whites in regard
to political rights and social privileges.
These Black Republicans condemn and
set at nought the late decision of the SUI
premc Court, which declares that a ne
gro is not recognized by the Declaration
of Independence or the Constitution as
a white man, and in the Federal Courts
cannot sue or be sued as such. IF those
great and good men who framed said
Declaration and fought the battles of
the Revolution meant to include slaves,
why did they not act as they preached,
and set their colored brethren, then in
bondage, free, I? IF they looked upon the
negroes as their equal, their precept
and their example very strangely cor
respond. 1t is strange too, that their
hypocrisy has never been discerned till
now. They have always been account
cd a pretty clever, straightforward set
of fellows, who had nothing but liberty
to gain if they succeeded, and the hal
ter if they did not. They were old
fashioned Republicans and pledged their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor, in a cause which their modern
namcsakes now claim was a piece of
duplicity.
The Democratic party take issue with
these latter-day Republicans on the orig
inal intent and meaning of this phrase
"all men," and contend that the fran
ers of the Declaration, the Fathers of
the Republic, and the Heroes of the
Revolution, were sincere and content
men, and that the late decision of the
Supreme Court is in conformity with
their views and with the Constitution.
The equality of the negro as contend
ed for by the present Fusion party, will,
if carried out, amalgamate the races and
make this a government of minks and
monkeys. Its legitimate fruits are well
illustrated by a case in point which we
take from the Chicago Times:
GREELY SUSTAINED BY FACTS.
1t has been but n few weeks since
that Horace Greedy in a burst of indig-
mani rage, declared, that in Illinois, no
person entertained any social or politi-
cal prejudices against negroes except
Douglas and his brother Democrats. He
further asserted that whenever white
men in Illinois chose to marry black
men, the laws of this State would prove
no barrier to such amalgation. We, as
far as we felt authorized to do so, denied
that Republican ladies in Illinois would
seek negro husbands in defiance of law,
but the Republican papers will not unite
with us in the denial.
Be hat as it may, Knox County,
Illinois, or at least all that part of it
lying about Galesburg has lately been
thrown into a high state of excitement
by a veriication of Greely's prediction.
1t seems that during the campaign of
last year, when Banks, Burlingame,
Grover, Hale, General Nye, and other
Abolitionists visited this region, the ne
gro equality faith, always very strong,
got intensely heated at Galcsburg, and
u most respectfully and wealthy farmer
of that vicinity, the head of a large fam
lily, by way of showing his sincerity in
the doctrine, took a negro into his house,
treating him as an equal and fit associ-
ate for members of his family.
Time, which develops all things, has
developed even to the abolitionist of
Gelosburg the practicle effects of the
teachings of Burlingamc and Banks
One of the daughters, a young and
blooming girls now a mother, and
the mother of a black mans child =
Abolition ladies, mothers, and maidcns
who cheered General Nye and John p.
Hale, when they asserted that negroes
were the equals of white men, now turn
away from the poor victim of that sys-
TEN of teaching. Galcsburg has long
been celebrated for its Abolitionism.-
1t is fit that its practicle manifestations
should have occurred there.
The child has no name. We have
a suggestion to make. a few months
ago an illegitimatc child was born in this
city. A Republican meeting was held
and it was resolved:
l. That the child should be taken to
the Mayors Office on the following Sun
day, and after the ceremony of the
Lords supper, should be christened.
2. That the child's name should be
John Wentworth.
Our suggestion is, that a Republican
meeting be held at Galcsburg; that
President Blanchard or the Rev. Owen
Loveioy preach; and that the child be
christened Nathaniel p. Banks, DR.
The child being all native and half
black, the name of Banks is the most
appropriate We can suggest.