The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-03

aoo sell government sustained and firmly established
the only sin involved in the passage Nebraska
&c. conshts In the fact Of having removed
from ron the statute book an act Of Congress, which
was by the constitution OF the United States
and void because passed without constitutional authority
anu constituted in lieu Of that great fundamental princi
people Of each SAFE and Territory 70 control their
domestic
will direct attention to the question involved in the first
citizen OF the United States. We are told by certain
political organization that that decision Is cruels nhu
man and Infamous and should be neither respected nor
obeyed. What is the objection 10 that decson Simply
that the negro s not citizen. What b the object Of
making him ctizenf OF COURSE to give him the rights,
privileges and immuntes OF cIzenlt being the great
las In government that under the law
citizens equal In their rights and privileges II Is
said to be inhuman-to be iniAmous-to deprive an
African negro Of these privileges OF zenship which
would put him on equality with the other citizens OF
the country Now, Let ask yeu, my fellow citizsns,
you prepared TO resist the constituted authorities
of this untr order citizenship and through
citizenship equality with the white man Voices, "Nol
nor oa are, yoa must reverse ,es wno'e Poacy %
carry out that principle OF negro citizenship and negro
equality unser the law you must not only reverse the
organic law IN State but OF every other State In
this Union. But you have not accomplished then-you
must make furious upn the sAveholdng States to
compel them 10 enancpae and set at liberty their three
million Of slaves When that shall be DONE before you
have secured that great principle OF equality TO the con OF
Africa, you must strike out Of the constitution OF Illinois
that provision which prevents negro. whether free or
slave from crossing the Ohio the Mississippi, and COM
pg into Illinois to reside When you shall have made that
cans that may choose 10 the slavehoding States
settle upon prairee and turn Illinois into negro
colony rather than into State Of white men still you have
on an eqaality With the white man You must
then strike the word "white" out Of the consti-
come to our polls and vote on an equality with yourselves
You must also change the constitution 10 that respect that
declares that gro shall not be eligible 70 ofoe and de-
clare that negro shall be eligible 10 your legislature TO
the bar, bench and gubernatoria chair. And still you
have not reached hat point 10 which we told must
TO- Of ne on n an o xa y
Law to marry white woman. And then you will have
secured nearly all the privileges that the decision OF the
Supreme Court has denied him. (Applause) submit TO
YOU fellow citizens, whether any pronounce the
decision nhumaI and infamous, without resopg to that
great principle which carrie out puts the negro on an
equality with other citizens But listen to the speeches Of
any Of those who mpathzs 80 much with the poor
African that they poi willing to allow him to occupy
inferior position, and you will find that they all adhere
to the petition of negro equality. For instance, did you
hear any OF them make q public speech In which
he did not quote the Declaration Of Independence,
that i've hold all men are born free and equal, ,"
and then appeal to you TO know whether slavery
could be justified pallated by any who believed
tha by this nsrume nj, negroes were declared to b
born equal to white men, that meant negroes well
white en- and hence any man who s opposed to carry
ing out that dear principle Of theirso negro equality
with the white man opposed to the Declaration of indie
pendence. Nov, my friends, permit me to reply to this
assumption the Declaration Of In epen fence declared
the negro to be equal with white men, historical
facts recorded in school books and familiar to
children By reference to the history of The United
States you will find that on the Fourth Of July, 1915,
when the Declaration Of Independence put forth, the
thirteen colonies them each and all Of Them slave
holding colonies Each signer Of the declaration with sut
exception represented slavehoding constituency.
Every battle OF the revolutionary war, from Lexington
ae The treaty. OF VITA
Great Britain, which ackno vledged our Independence
made the OF Great Britain on the one sde and the
thirteen original saveholdng Staes on the other Pass
ng from that to the formation Of the constitution Of the
United States, you will find that instrument fra med,
D'S sSn sa.
and free STATE, or one Slate about to become FREQ
In view Of these facts submit TO whether any
man car assert that the founder, Of our institutions in
tended to put the negro and the white equality
IN the aystsm o. government which they adoPedS II the
gro equal to the white man, would not they on that very
day have abolished slavery In every Of the States OF
the Union In order to have confomed to that nf
any Of these States had thus understood the Declare
ton Of Indepene ence would not that State then immed
s.ey have sessnsd slavery and put the negro on an
no one Of those States abolished slavery during whole
and calepee contradiction that 70 this day them
have put ,he negro on An equality 9Th the white m in
all the laws touching on the relations Of NE And yet
meant negroes "a well as whe men, they were bound TO
advocate every Law go as 70 cary out their principle
Their position this subject would charge the sgners Of
hat Declaration with by pocrsy in making 10 the world
aud going 10 fight battles the principle thus asserted.
who drafted and signed and proclaimed to the world
the Declaration q Independence. They did what they
proesed they had reference 10 the white man and to him
ouly when they declared all were created equal
They were IN a struggle with Great Britain Tue princi-
pie they were asserting was that British subject BON on
American soil equal 10 British subject born In Eng
iand-tha a British subject here was entitled to all the
rights privileges and immunues under the British const
futon that Br sh subject in England enjoyed; that their
rights inR enable and hence that Parliament whose
power omnipoient, had power TO ALLEVIATE them.
They did rot the negroes and Iniians-they did not
say white and negroes born equal but they
OF the OF people who colonlzed America
who ruled America ana who were declaring the liberties
Of Americans when they proclaimed The se evident truth
that those men were born free aud equal And you will
examine the jsuTnal Of The Continental Congress- will
find this grea, principle carried out No one Of the colo
ncs would then 10 the Declaration OF Independence
until they had placed the record the express
ton lha, each colony reserved and retained 10 itself the
cole and exclusive right OF regulating is own domestic
concerns aud police regulations. II made funds-
mental condition OF the Declaration that this right should
be for reserved beyond the poser OF Congress
other confederation power earth, except the free
win Of their people The articles OF Confederation
barSd upon the great fundamental principle,
end the constitution Of TIE used s,es vas adopted for
es; principle that made US one people for one speciiei
object bit reserved 20 each State and each locality tho
cole and exclusive privilege OF managing v own domes
tic concerns At that day tue negro looked upoa
berg OF inferior All history had proved that Ia
no part Of the world Of the worlds hsorJ had the
men and DOT the intention OF the founsers OF this
government 70 violate that great law OF God whih made
distinction plain and papable and II has been the rule or
civilization and OF Christianity the world over, ha, WHEN
any man, set OF men, incapable or taxi
ing Of they should consent 10 be governed
by thoee who capable OF managing their Affairs FOR
them II Is hat principle hat your courts OF justice
srpont guardians TO take charge OF the IDIOT the luDauc,
the nfsne, blind, dumb, the unfortunate, whatever may
be bis condition And history had proved that the negro
race az n race, Incapable OF sefgovern ment Il
only the right but the duty OF those who
bio provide for them II did not necessarily follow
that they 10 be reduced 10 slavery The true pfinc
pie that The inferior sho1ld be allowed 10 enjoy all
bcr rights which their nature Is capable Of exercising
and enjoying consistently with the good OF society would
that the negro sho AID be treated harshly
unkipdly. Far from H. I would extend and secure 10
him every right, privilege and immunity he capable
of enjoying consistent with the highest welfare OF
cety The constitution Ia founded that great principle,
ind leaves 10 each Ssie the articles OF confederation
did each colony the right 70 Determine for Itself what
these principles WERE and the extent OF them In order
they mis- ht adopt their laws 10 thoir actual coDdu.n
Under that great provision Illinois has chosen 10 say ha
the negro shnl not here 10 resdehA negr, shall
not volc-sha hold oicesha no, In the jiry
bor-lha not marry white wonderland think that the
iluon OF Illinois Is wisely framed 70 this provision
On the other hand Kentucky goes further and deprves
biz foat ovo Kent1 md