The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-09-24

The three Articles OF the Congo
Creed according 10 the Leading
Professors.
Before Black Republican IS held Ct to run
for State Office he must hold the first Article
OF the Congo Greed. This is as follows;
Article THE isT-NEGRo SUFFRAGE AND
OFgfcE HOLDING, AND CONSEQUENT AnALGANA-
TIoN.
This being the corner stone of the Greed,
the Professors are very emphatic in its avor.-
Read their declarations:
''As FAR as the right Of suffrage or any other
right Of citizenship is concerned he (the negro)
should be placed on an equality with the rest OF
mankind"-O Ohio STATE journal
Having been denounced by ihe Statesman FOR
disseminating this doctrine, Tie Journal on the
9th day Of July, 1857, undertook to prove its
truth by the Bible and the Declaration Of In
dependence and charged the Statesman with
Fighting against God" in reSistingit:
"The negro is heavenly institution, and il
is GOd-like in man to elevate hun TO an equality
with the white. Joshua r. GidtliHgs speech
Republican State Coareatial, 1857.
"lf, because | stand up for the equality Of the
negro, socially and politically, with the white
man. they call me negro worShipper let them
do it. Shall persevere to the end."-Spee,h cf
Mr.. Waslbayn, at the Repabiican ratification
meeting IN Lorain county, Aug. % 1857.
81 know negroes in this town, black as the
ace of spades-but that is not so blsek-but
black as the heart Of the inventor Of this new
doctrine-who are as well qualified to vote as
ninc-tenths of the white meu who will deposit
their tickets in the ballot-box next October
q. B. Warden, dug 13, 1857, in speech to the
Delegates Of The Black Republican Convention, at
C0lua,5us.
Il embrace with pleasure this opportunity Of
declaring my disapprobation of that clause IN
the Constitution which denies to portion of
the Colored People the right of suffrage" =
Salmon p. Chase.
"The exclusion of colored children from the
schools is, in my Judgment clear infringement
Of the Constitution aud a palpable breach Of
trust"-S Salmon P. Chase.
al come here to announce no new Platform,
or other topics. rely on my past declarations
of opinion, from which have seen no cause to
swerve. .'-Salnson p. Chase, al Cotun,Jus dug.
l3, 1857.
| Il want it acknowledged that colored people
have rights and privileges which they do not
now enjoy"-Saimon p Chase, at Cincinnati,
| Aug. 20. 1857.
"'o so alter or amend the Constitution OF
| this State as to strike out the word white in
the first section of the fifth article
"To so alter or amend the first section of the
Tinth article of the Constitution as to strike
out the word white in that article.
| 'Also to repeal all laws, and all parts of laws
which make distinction on account of color."--
3leck Republican Petition to the last LEGISLATURE,
/ fr0n Butler county
| 81 loathe from the bottom of my soul, any
man who refuses to anything in human shape,
all the rights and privileges he claims for hul-
SELF know no high, no low, no black, no
Whitehall are created by one God, and all are
entitled to the same privileges. ."-BeD. L, Wade
at Colambns, dug. IL, 1857.
| "The Committee conclude their labors by
submitting two resolutions; one recommending
an amendment to the Constitution, by which
the elective franchise shall be extended to col
ored en."-Republican Senator's Canfe'd Byo,0n
and Iay'or, IN their report to the Senate.
ARTICLE THE 2ND.--'rnE NEGROES ARE IN
TELLECTUALI.Y sUPERIoR.To THE MAJORITY OF
THE WHITES!
"Soine nggers are far superior to some Dem
ocratS. Indeed, they are doubtless superior tG
the great mass of the Democratic party; while
some Democrats are superior to some niggerS
and perhaps to the greater portion of the Air
can race. Yet all Democrats however intel
lectually inferior they may be to the niggers
are entitled to live, and to enjoy their liberty
and the fruits CT their labor And while VIZ
are endeavoring to sustain these equal and uni
versal rights, we ought not to be drawn int,
any discussion OF the moral or social superiorit,
of the niggcrs over the Democrats" s."-Jos1tha Il
Gi&Hngs, in the ASbta5tla Sentinel Of Sept 81
1857.
ARTICLE THE 3D-THE NEGROES OF THl
SOUTHERN STATES TO BE ARMED AND INCITEl
TO RISE AGAINST THE WHITES, AND EXTERMI
NATE THEM WITH FIRE AND SWORD!
81 look forward to the day when there shall
be servile insurrecton in the South; when tn
r black man, armed with British bayonets, an
led on by British officers, shall assert his free
I'm, and wage a war Of determination agains
his master; when the torch of the incendiar
shall light up the towns and cities of the Soutl
B, and blot out the last vestige of slavery An
u though may not mock at their calamity, nc
= laugh when their fear cometh, yet | will hail
as the dawn of political millennium M
Gialings on the Ten Million BiA, an the House {
, Representatives.
81 want to see slavery overthrown and
It intend to help to overturn its power" !Salmo
p Chase, at Cincinnati dug 20, 1857.
"We have ourselves paid money to redeel
: Southern slaves until we have become disguise
s with the practice, and prefer that our future dc
, nations Shall be made in powder and ball, dt
= liytred to the slaves, to be used as they ma
deem proper. Joshua r. Gidlings ia the Asl
tabaea Sentinel, September 10h, 1851
1t will be seen that the first article of IL
h Congo Crecd," the equality of the negro
d held by all the leading men of the Black r.
! Ipublican party The Ohio State journal ca
res its fanaticism, on this point, to the verge
y blasphemy, and accuses its opponents OF f'figh
e. ing against God" We have not thought it n
le cessary to quote the organs of the party on Il
IT Reserve, because Joshua r. Ghldngs who
the Mahomet of the new Greed, and in favor
propagating it with fire and sword, represen
all that section. All the candidates OF the pa
ty, except Blckensderfer, believe in the fiji
OF article. We, hereby, challenge and defy the
n and the Ohio State Journal to deny that tn
do, at this instant. hold the first article viz: "
far as the right of suffrage or any other polite
p right is concerned, he (the negro) ought to
placed upon an equality with the rest of ma
is kind Statesman.
no SparrOw's RcpOrf--Ets want of a
7 rS curacy illustrated.
h The report Of Mr.. Sparrow and Audit
j : Wight, is the main and almost only relar
= Of the Republican leaders in discussing t
y Treasury deialcation. 10 illustrate the utt
I. Iunreliabty and inaccuracy of that reDort