M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-10-08
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"AS FAX AS TIE RkGHTl OF
SUFFRAGE, OR ANY OTHER
RIGHT OF CITIZENSHIP is CON
CERNED, he, (THE NEGRO)
SHOULD BE PLACED ON AN
EQUALITY WITH THE REST OF
MANKlND."-OhiO State journal.
D The negro is a heavenly institu-
tiOn, and it is like in, man to ell,
evate him to an equality with the
white Joshua r. GiddingS speech,
Republican State Convention, 1851.
"If because stand up for the
equality ofthe negro, socially and po-
litically, with the whitc man, they
call me negro.worshipper, let them
do it, | shall persevere to the end."-
[Speech of Mr.. Washburp, at the Re-
publican ratification meeting in Lo-
rain county, Aug. %, 1857. 2''
"Iknow negroes in this town, black
as the ace Of spades--but that ris not
so black-but black as the heart Of
the inventor of this new doctrine
who are as well qualified to vote as
nine.t .tenths Of the white menwho will
deposit their tickets in the ballot,box
next October."- A. Warden, Aug.
13, 1857, in speech tothe Delegates
Of the Black Republican Convention,
Columbus. v al go g.rnnu all
81 embrace with pleasure, this op.
portunity of declaring my disapproba'
ton Of that clause in the Constitution
which denies to a portion Of the color
ed people the right ofsufirage. ."-[ Sal
mon p. Chase. 9' . '' .''
"The exclusion Of colored children
from the schools is, in my Judgment,
a clear infringement Of the Constitu-
ton and q palpable- breach Of trust"
[Salmon p. Chase. 10Th, r.a ..l
+ Z" come here to announce no aeW
PLATFORM, or other topics. re-
ly on my PAST DECLARATIONS OF oPIN-
ION, from which l hare seen no cause
TO SlEER VE,"-[Salmon P. Chase,
at Columbus, Aug, 13, 1851.
Z" I scant 1t acknowledged that COL,
ored people hare rights and privileges
10hiCh theg haze not no,o,"-[ Salmon
p. Chase, at Cincinnati, Aug, 20, 81.
"To SO alter or amend the Consti-
tuition otthis State rs to strike out the
word white in the first section of the
fifth article. h.. l
p" To 80 alter or amend the first sec.
tion of the ninth article of the consti-
tuition as to strike out the word white
in that article. .
" Also to repeal all laws, and all
parts Of laws, which make distinction
IN account Of color. "-[ Black Repub-
ican Petition to the last Legislature
rom Butler county.
81 loathe from the bottom of my |
'onl, any man, who refuses to any.
hing in human shape, all the rights
Ind privileges he claims for himself. |
know no high, no low, no black, no |
Whitehall are created by one God, !
md all are entitled to the same priv. |
leges. p Benz. f. Wade, at Colum.
ous, Aug. 13, 1857. a
"The committee conclude their Ia.
oorS by submitting two resolutions ;
me recommending an amendment to
he constitution, by which the elec-
i've franchise shall be extended to
,olored - Republican Senators
Janfeld, Brown and Taylor, in their
eport to the Senate.
ARTICLE THE 2ND.--THE NEGROES
IRE INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR TO THE
IAJoRITY OF THE WHITES
"Some niggers are far superior to
ome democrats. Indeed, they are
doubtless superior to the great mass
If the democratic party ; while some
democrats are superior to some, Mig
,ers, and perhaps, to the greater por-
ion of the African race. Yet all
democrats, however intellectually in
erior they may be to the niggers, are
entitled to live and enjoy their liber-
y, and the fruits Of their labor. And /
While we are endeavoring to sustain
hese equal and universal rights, we
,ught not to be drawn into any dis
.uSsion of the moral or social superb
,rity OF the niggers over the demo-
rats. p Joshua Il. Giddings, in the
Ashtabula Sentinel Of Sept. Sd, 1857.
Article the 3rd The NEGROES OF
HE SOUTHERN STATES TO BE ARMED
IND INoITED TO RISE AGAINST THE
WHITES AND ExTERMIYATE THEM WITH
HE swoRD . .''''' '''''
81 look forward to the day when
here shall be serVile insurection in
he South when the black man,
lrmed with British Oayonets, and led
IN by British officers, shall assert his
reedoni, and wage war of extermi-
lation against bis master; when the
orch ofthe incendiary shall light up
he towns and cities Of the South, and
'lot out the last vestige of slavery.
And though | may not mock at their