Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-17
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NegrOphO bia."
We were much amused at an article
in last weeks Register bearing the above
caption, in which the editor pitches in
to the Democracy generally, because
they will not come put and acknowledge
they believe the negroes as good and as
capable of managing State and National
affairs, as the whites. VIM. L. Garrison,
Wendell Phillips, the Parkers, Gerrit
Smith, Abby Kelley Foster, and all ye
strong-mined ones, be of good cheer,
for the great Republican party is coming
to join your motley crew. "Some of
them affect great fear that the negro
will have granted the right to vote. to
sit on juries, be elected to office, and
finally aspire to be President of the
United States. The reason for the fears
of these gentlemen is probably found in
the fact hat they consider the black
man superior in intellect to the white,
&C." says the Register man. Now don't
be egotistical, and because you consider
them your equal, suppose that we con-
slider them superior to Democrats gen
orally. We are not willing to be mea-
sured in any such way. We find it i'm
possible to rid ourselves of a repugnauce
! to an association with them on terms of
equality. We thoughtit u little .strahee
that the editor should come out so
abruptly with such sentiments, as though
the feeling he condemns were something
new in the history of parties. Massa-
chusetts while a colony in 1905, passed
an act providing "that nome of Her
Majcsty's English and Scottish subjects,
nor of any other Christian nation with
in the province, shall contract matri-
mony with any negro or mulatto," and
fixed the fine of any authorized to
solemnize marriages" at fifty pounds
should they violate the act. This was
done while the turf on the old pilgrims
graves was fresh. Maryland, twelve
years later, passed a similar actin
1922, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky,
declared they were not citizens of the
United States. Massachusetts,, in 1796,
passed a law similar to her colonial law
of 1905. Connecticut spoke plainly by
legislation, and in 1915, New Hamp-
shire refused to allow them to be en-
rolledin the MALTA of the State. Rhode
Island, in 1922, forbid intermarriagc
with the race, and the Secretary of the
United States has at least in one case,
refused to grant them passports as cit
liens Of the United States This is no
new feature of modern Democracy, as is
charged, but with the exception of a
few has always been the feeling of our
citizens. The editor further says, eve
earnestly hope that the day may soon
come in Ohio, when every man within
her borders will be a freeman, an up
right, Intelligent voter So do we, but
we don't think it necessary yet, to pro
claim the negroes equal, because We
hope the voters may become intelligent
and upright. We know, says the Regis
ter, that this cannot be the case for years
to come, but We also "know that the
intelligent public sentiment is drifting
We have to say, it is not the first time
that men possessing but few opinions of
their own, have been drifted. For u
own part we calculate to think freely
and independently without any subserv-
fence to the changing breath of popular
opinion. When we think popular opin-
ion right, we will be with it, but we
don't intend to drift at all. We hardly
think the party can long keep up, if it
continues to drift after such negro
wo~rshipping, Negro equality dema-
gogues as Chase, Giddings & Co. While
upon negro equality subject, We will
take the liberty to ask the opposition
candidate for Representative, whether
he is in favor of striking the word
"white from the Constitution of Ohio
and placing the NEGRO upon an
equality with the white man? Whether
he is in favor of a sub-Trcasury? What
are his views upon the maturoli=atio"
aacs? Come up, Mr.. Black Republican
candidate, and inform those whose
votes you ask, what your opinions are
upon the issues and questions which
will likely be brought before the Legis-
lature of Ohio, a its next session for
as we said in another article we intend
to call for them until the campaign is
opened, and the sooner you show your
hand the better.
MURRAY & LANMAN's FLORIDA WA
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countrywomen Lanman & Co. have GER