Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-09-02

10y PoNuOSs Shdit nave q Il8HS W give
his vote for the Senators for the District
of which he is an inhabitant." &c.
The Constitution of New York, adop-
ted September 1777, provided.
''That every male'inhabitaut of full
age who shall have personally resided
in n of the counties of this State for
six months next proceeding the day OF
election, shall at such election be enti-
tied to vote for representatives in said
county in assembly,"if he have a certain
property qualification.
In all ;he above quoted constitutions
we find proof Of the Historical fact,
that free colored men had rights equal
TO those Of white men.
Again: Chancellor Kent. in his com
mentaries says "citizens under our con
stitution and laws, means free Inhabitants
born within the United States, or natural
lied under the laws of Congress-"
In the negotiation with Great Britain
in relation to taking the seamen from the
frigate Chesapeake, by the British ship
of war Leopard in 1877, which was the
beginning of the difficulty that lead to
the wal of 1879, it was insisted by both
Mr. dferson, then President, and Mr..
Madison, Secretary of State, that three
of the persons so taken were citizens Of
tie United States, taOo of whom we've COL
cred men. In his letter to Mr.. Monroe,
minister to England, Madison dwells up
on the fact that the men were citizens Of
the United States, and Mr.. Monroe (af-
forwards President) in his formal de-
mand upon the British Government said
''Ihave the honor to transmit TO you doc
uments which will, l presume, satisfy you
that they were American Citizens We
have here the combined testimony Of
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, whom
the Democratic party claim as the great
originators Of Democracy, that in 1907
colored men we're citizens Of lie United
States. In 1857 fancy and his slave
holding brethren deny the right of cii-
zensbip, and have the elfontery to de-
clare that such was the doctrine of the
Revolutionary fathers! They impute it
to Jefferson, when they know that in his
draft OF the Declaration Of In
dependence, Jefferson charged it upon
George 5rd, that she has waged cruel
war against human nature itself, violat
ing its most sacred rights Of life ant lib
erty in the persons of a distant people
who never offended him, capturing and
carrying them into slavery in another
hemisphere, or TO incur miserable death
tneir transportation lhiLher,' and that
be was determined to keep open a mar
zet where MEN should b. boush and
When Jackson was addressing the COL
ored soldiers who were about TO serve
n the glorious defence of New Orleans
1914, he said TO them, "as sons of
Freedom, you are called upon to defend
,ur most inestimable blessing; as Amori-
ans your country looks with confidence
or a valorous support" and after the
his recognition of their citizenship
5 as ample as possible. When on the
'anks of the Mobile" lie says. 81 call
d you to to take up arms, inviting you
0 partake the perils and glories of your
,hae Jsltow citizens, L expected much
rom you" &c.
We might easily double the list of
ur quotations ali tending TO demonstrate
ne truth hat all the statesmen and pat
lots of our country believed that color
d men were citizens and had rights
-hich they were ''bound 10 respect"
ut u space forbids to give more than
quotation.
At a meeting in Daien, GEORGIA, in :
rs, the following resolutions was put
"To show the wor d that we are
OF influenced by any contracted or in
crested motives. but BY a general phil
n%throphy for all mankind. of whatever
language or complexion. we
ereby declare u disaprobaIion and alb
orlence of the unnl,ural practice of
avery, a practice founded in UaSG e
nd cruelty" &c. F,
Did they believe the colored race had :
no rights which the white man was
ound to respect" when they declared
avery to be founded in injustice and :
-uelty? Injustice is trampling upon
noun rights, and the Shamocrats of
357 SANDER the Democrats of l7.6,
hen they or their wicked judges impute !
them such doctrines as Tan,y's {
We claim therefore 10 have redeemed
II promise 10 show up our nelghbor's {
historical and indisputable fact" We
lall mex show that aftel asserting the
falsehood concerning the :
ghts of men in 1776, the sIa~veholling
idges of the U. S. Court m lde it their j.,
yn doctrine, and declared it to be the !,
law Of the land that TIE colored
an ''has no rights which the white man
bound to respect"
The Western Reserve Bank. .
The MahOning Register OF last week :
ated, from what authority we are at a h
SIS to guess, that the Western Reserve I
ank had suffered by the failure of the a
hiO Life & Trust Company. to the tune
$3.50, 600. How Col. Dumars could !
I've been SO gulled is somewhat strange, :
r he ought TO have know that it would {
, absolutely impossible that an Ohio il
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