The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-28
Gree Suffrage.

$3.50 80 :" WY Ae''s e"fOOotetn VT I'aTty war;
cry, but when it is understood that it is used
simply to invite negro emigration for the ur-
pose of experimenting on the new political
theory Of making white men out Of black ones
it los;s its charms most decidedly. GEarEr
SMITH rcr orts adversely to the doctrine that
black men can be placed upon farms or in me-
chnnc shops and learned 10 provide for and pro-
tcct themselves rs whites do He says, out Of
300 to whom he had given lands in N. Y, but
.tfy retain the soil and wo:k it, the others hav.
ing sqraldercd their ALL away, and returned
to the mcnial h,b:ts SO natural to them. Mr..
Smith thinks that a general recognition Of equal
i'y de-. dc. would stimulate the black race to
cycr:ion. and perhaps elevate them to the stand
ard Of industry and sclf.dcpendcnce attained by
Other colors; but the experience Of the world,
Row in its six Or seven tl,ousandth year does not
authorize any such presumption.
In orr late election in this state. the sre, i,l
negro clarsc is scarcely heard OF, n,twithst,nd.
ing the fact that no Republican pnl er in the
STATE had respect enough for it's white readers
to decline chasing them politically with negro 8.
The Republican ooters to be sure, very rarely
| followed the lead Of their instructors, but we
usually get at patty sentiment by canyassng
| the course Of party journals and if the Iowa
leaders of our opponents have all done viol, nee
to the views entertained by the masses of the
party. they ought to be expelled, and other w,i-
tiers employed who can properly represent the
position of the Iowa Republicans. We DO not
believe that many men in Iowa Of any party,
arc favorable to an abrogation Of the word
"wliite, but there are two facts before us which
shoy at once who is responsible for the auempt
mot a Republican paper in the state has con,
dcmned ton the contrary, all have advocated
iteither in general OF special trrn g.. and not a
vote has been given for it except bya member
OF that party! This in ordinary cases would be
pretty good proof that ''the attempt, and not
the deed confounds' our OPT onents Through
ont Wisconsin, not Republican PAL cr opposes
| it-in Minnesota we can hear OF but one that
has failed to record itself in its favor. ia Wis
consin it is stated that an orator has been EN-.
ployed to advocate the doctrine prior to the Fall
elections when the question comes up while a
leading paper Of that state urges its adoption in
the following st;lc. E
/ We shall not be surprised to hear a large
number Of influential Republicans in the No I'll
West deny the binding efficacy of any such ar
rangemcnt as the programme of Seward, Gid.
dings and Fred Douglass, have marked out.
The Portage City (Wis,) Commonw y,ltl
says: ts @ @ $50
There is every indication that til,
Hunkers Of this State, bereft of ever,
available issue upon which elections
usually turn, will, impelled by that mad
ness. which foreshadows destruction
open a. crusade upon the black man t.
scar the hearts. and warp the judgmen
!, OF all those who still have a prelude,
! against color to that extent they lack tn.
moral courage to stand up for e1ua
. rights. Democracy, misnamcd, viii
practically forswear every principle Oh
which the equality of all men before tn,
law, is based, and attempt to elect !.
state ticket even though in so doing
their hypocrisy will be plain to all dis
corning men. ss
Let the issue come. The Republica,
: that dare not meet it has not heart t
! meet It, has but poorly learned his less
on in the principles he has professedl,
sespoused.