The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-10-07
The Congo Creed!

Article the st.-NEGRo SUFFRAGE
AND OFFIcE HOLDING, AND CONSEQUENT
AUTHORIZATION.
"As far as The right Of Suffrage or any
other right Of citizenship as concerned
lie tile negro) should be placed on an
equality qoitb the rest Of n~ankind."-
Ohio State Journal, July 6, 1857.
"7Ae negro is a hearenly institution,
and it as God IKE an Ia to elevate him
to an equality qcith the aohite."-Josh-
ia r. Giddings' speech, Republican
State Convention, 1857.
"J, because I stand mp for tile equal
iity of the negro, socially and politically,
aeitk the achite man, they cali me a ne
gro-qro,s slipper, let them do 1t. L shall
persvere to the end."-Spcech of Mr..
Washburn, at the Republican ratiica-
tion meeting in Loraiu county, August
%, 1857.
81 Lno7c negroes ia this toacn, black
as the ace of SpadcS-6ut that as not Sc
Gack--51t GIack as Tie Heart Of tie an
relator Of this nev doctrine-uho are as
ucH qualified to rote as nine tcathS Of
tie qchite men qchO qciX deposit Mei,
tickets IN Tie ballot boz neat Ccto5er."-
r. Is. Warden, August Is, 1857, in a
sreech to the delegates of the Black Re.
publican Convention, at Columbus.
81 embrace qcith pleasure thas oppor,
tunity Of declaring my disop7orshatfon
Of that clause in tie Constitution qchicA
denies to a portion Of the CoIorcd Poo
pie the right Of sugragc."-Salmon p.
Chase.
"IAe exclusion Ct co1ored children
from tic schools rs to ny judgment, a
clear infringement IF tie Constitution
and q paLpaGIe breach Of t,ust."-Sal.
mon p. Chase.
"I come to announce no ncz0 Plat
form, or other topics. Irely on mig pas
declarations Of opinion, from achich j
haze seen no cause to sWer0e."-Salmor
P. Chase, at Columbus, Aug. 10, 1857.
81 ,sant ct acknowledged that colorco
people have rights and privileges achicA
they do mot nOc enloy."-Salmon p,
Chase, at Cincinnati, August 20, 1857.
"To so alter or amend the Cons'atu.
[tON " tSCCO OCSSCS- 10 ~ .. UH CCcFt
'qohite' IN the first section Of the Gt1h ar.
tacZe.
"Io SO ahcr'or amend the first section
OF the ninth article Of The Constitution
as 10 strake out Tie qrord 'qcAitc' III that
article.
also to repeal all Macs, and all part.
of Idscs, achich MAKE distinction on &C
count Of color."-Black Republican pc
titiou to the last Legislature, from But.
Ter county.
~ foathe from the bottom Of nay sou1
any man qrAo refuses to onything IN
human shape, all tie rights AMI priU.
ihegcs lie claims far hin1seJ. LkRoa9 nc
high, no lo,0, NJ MacA, no arAife-0H arr
created by one God, and ell are entitAo
to the saDse pririfegeS."-Berj F. Wade
at Columbus, August Is, 1857.
"Ihe Committcc conclude tAelr Mb0r!
by submitting taeo resolutions; one rec
on1naending an amendment to tile Con
stitution, by which tile e~lcctare franchise
shall be eE5cnded to c0l0red men Re.
publican Senators Cai field, Brown aud
Taylor, in their report to the Senate.
"Rcsolred, That the Committee on
the Judiciary be instructed to report tc
the Senate a BIZ qchich shall proviae fo1
Submitting to the Qaohyfed electors oftht
State, at the neat election for Senators
and Representatives,, an amendment 10
tie Constitution, by qchich tile electric
franchise sic fU be eatendeI to CoIorcd
men as1der the same restrictions, ana
subject to The same conditions as are I'M
posed uoon uhite citi7cRS."-Report ct
the Republican Committee in tie Sen
ate of Ohio, at the last session.