Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-12-05
From the Political Abolitionist.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

| We find that there are those in the country,
who say they are opposed to slavery, and who go
so far to profess a boil onism, ye. hold that
the man of African descent should not enjoy the
elective franchise. We do not wish to say that
such men politically dishonest but we do
say that they are politically inconsistent. We
admit that the right of suffrage is not Il natural
| right that wo may be deprived of this, and yet
retain our personal Liberty but we can see no
renson why the colOred man should be deprived
of his right any more than the white man. 1t
certainly is not politically right, to deprive any
man. Tor woman), o: the privilege Of the elective
franchise; for the very good reason, that if one
shall exercise it, then, as u natural consequence
all shall exercise, otherwise there will be no
political equality, but an evideAt partiality that
will not exist under well organized government
BY going back to first principles, find that there
was no political distinction made account Of
color but that all, Of whatever kindred, nation,
or people, stood upon an equality. This same
principle was acted out by the fathers, in the
early organization of our own Government Then
colored men fought the battles of the country,
were extOlled for their patriotism and bravery by
! their commanding officers. shed their blood freely
! Tor the achievement of that liberty which white
men now enjoy--the brave Crspus Attucks,
| highly respected col0red man of the city Of Bos
! ton was the first Inartyr to the cause Of Liberty
! in An, Iica-they voted side-by-side with their
white brethren and even now they vote in several
Of the slave States, and what to US, is the most
astonishing thing in the world, they generally
vote the so.calied Democratic ticket. Men have
been elected to Congress from :he Southern
States, by Negro votes, and Democrats at that (;
and for aught that we know, President Buchanan
more familiarly known as 'ten cent Jimmy" now
holds his Office by virtue OF such votes This
do know, that he received many such votes
which shows an evident weakness of mind on the
part Of these voters. lie would now, had he the
power, reduce every one of those men to slavery.
He says that slavery exists in Kansas, by virtue
Of the Federal Constitutional greater uutrutb
was never uttered.
1t is astonishing how Democrats "worship" Ne
groes IN one condition, and course" them in an
other, They are the most dev0ut and constant
worshippers at the shrine Of negro slavery but
when negro happens to vote, Oh then their
devotion is at once turned into oursing, and they
become his most malignant enemy. Senator Pugh
calls American slavery democratic Institu-
uon," and abuses the free negro most unmerciful,
Why is this? Why is the colored man any the
worse for being free?
Because few-perhaps 500, all told-coored
men voted for Governor Chase at the recent elec'
ton, (they should be severely reprmanGe ed for do
lug so foolish and wicked taing) some of these
same negro slave worshppers, have gone into
"conniptionst about it. Are not many of the
colored population just as competent to vote as
ony other class of men? If so, by what rule of
justice, OF law, properly constructed, are they
deprived? We confess that we are unabla to see
the justice, In thus depriving them. We are in
favor OF universal suffrage that old and cherished
doctrine OF what caS the Democratic party; but,
Oh how the great has fallen
New ENGLAND CoNGREGATIoNAIIsTs 1t appears
from the published statistics of the New England
Congregational churches thatIthe number Of church
members is of late years annually decreasing,
Thus, in Come ctcut, the whole number of church
members which in 1919 was 1900, had sunk in
1857 to 37,O29, while the baptisms of children re-
ported in these eight years, average less than three
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