Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-23
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

West, and picked up the Peoria Daily Statesman
of May Sth, and read with feelings of shame and
modification the enclosed article. How could /
help such feelings, when an American-'a man OF
talents, the leader of q great political party should
put forth such sentimentsH This man, Senator
Douglass, j%usti6es slavery, and the great mass OF
the Democratic party North and South, follow on,
like blind puppies, without looking to the good of
their country, or the principles Of humanity To
what are we hurryingH # the Comet comes with
fiery tail, and melts the earth into q liquid mass
thus discriminating the sin and the sinner, l shall
not wonder. Let it come.
CITIZEN SAMBo.
Said Senator Douglass, in his address to the
citizens of Gnlesburg, on the 2lst OF October last
81 hold that Illinois is a State of white people
governed by white people with laws made by
white people-ahd as such, should be kept insi0'
late"
Our Republican friends, by their loud outcries
respecting the late decision of the Supreme Court
in the bred Scott Case, seem to argue that 1t
should not be so. They argue that being physic-
ally, mentally and morally our equals, they ought
also to be acknowledged such in a political point OF
~vicw-that is, they should oe permitted TO vote,
hold Office, and exercise all other political priv
lied yes enjoyed by the free born American citizen
in fact, become las one of us"
Vel the decision Of the Supreme Court in the
bred Scott Case gives them 'nmple verge.and room
enough " to carry out their wishes with respect to
Citizen Sambu."-in the States. A Republican
Legislature Of New York, Ohio, or Illinois may de.
clare any ard all negroes residing within the State
limits capable of voting for State officers, and
otherwise enjoying all the privileges OF the
citizens of that State, while at the same time there
is no law to protect any of the said Legislators
from giving their daughters in marriage to Citizen
Sambo" or from permitting their sons or them
selves from taking /" for better for worse" Citizen
Samho's" sister: bat the Republican Legislatures
Of New York, Ohio or Illinois can not make
Citizen Sambo" a citizen Of these United States,
and this is what the decision of Judge fancy and
his associates states--this, and no more.
In the frs, Naturalization Law, which was
passed by Congress in 1890, and which OF course
was signed by George Washington the then pres
ident, may be found the following words:
ANY alien, being a free whic person, may be-
come a citizen by complying with the requirements
hereinafter named"
In the law of 1895. it is also declared that "a
free chite person may become a citizen and so on
throughout the whole series OF naturalization laws
down to the present date. Has the decision Of
Judge Tany and his colleagues. then, inaugurated
a new doctrine2 If the early fathers OF the ke'
public recognized the negro an in all respects,
socially, morally, physically, politically. the equal
of the white man, why should they have been so
particular in having the qualifying adjective
pAife, kept prominently in view IN the Eaturaliza-
tion laws AS now. at the time OF the adoption
of the constitution, there were indians, negroes
and whites-denominated in the constitution as
citizens" free persons" Indians" and "other
persons."-Now is it not perfectly apparent that
in this speciality Of designation the trainers OF the
constitution wished to cOntine the term Oh cflzeh
to n portion only Of the inhabitants OF the United
States. We think this is n conclusion to which
- -- -. ll.rlal lu nm rtsyn n IA .,
or Incorporate zeal would at once arrive.
REMARKS.
This is one side-now let US look q little at the
other. Senator Douglas IS evidently thinks it not
very nice or decent for white gentlemen OF the
North to marry Citizen Sambo. In this l agree
with him. But there is another thing l don't
like. There are thousands of SONS and daughters
born in the South, whose fathers ale Southern
gentlemen. These sons and daughters, the chill
dren of these Southern gentlemen, are not only
married to negroes, but are sold into Lifelong
slavery for money-for sheer gain. This is n com
mon thing, us the great number of white slaves III
the South clearly proves. Here these high
minded, honorable, chivalrous, Southern gem
tlemen kill two birds with one stone. They
unite pleasure with profit. "parkey Sally's"
progeny is worth money. These children of these
high.minded fathers, are whipped into lifelong
slavery to crafty the lowest passions of human
nature in short, to make beasts of burden Of
them for the sake of gain. What next? | trust
these honorable, high. minded, chivalrous Southern
gentlemen will turn out Fejecs and boget children
to eat. But why nut? If they DO the one, why
no. DO the other? I would quite as soon my sons
aud daughters were killed and eaten, as TO see
them sola into slavery. Oh my country is there
no way by which this foul blot can he washed
from thy garments? JUSTICE.