Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-14

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Report Of the I0qjority Of the J0dseiqr
Committee Of tie 1ssem5zg on ,SoAai
Bill 10: 81, eat:tled "A 6:H ffos an AZ
TO e.rte'eaMe.fight Of suffrage.
The undersigned, members Of said com
,nittee, to which Che bin was referred, De
leave 10 propose an mendment 10, sectio
ID, of said bill, and It's importance will jus
stlfy theis giving their reasons at. length il
support Of the amendment. They propos
10 strike out section ! of said bill, ane
Insert the following section instead there
Of:
81 skcsiox1. Every person Of Tie age Of q years, 0
EDWARDS wllG sh. Pave resided in tie STATE OF Wiscor
BIZ Tor year next preceding any eiection shall b
eeemed qualified eIector at such election suejee; Il
The same 'gttieii9 na qaliea,ion5 rs appT 10 faaI
he otlsf restrictions OF Qualifications.
Such an extension Of the right Of sui
nage would be al TIC most liberal Demo
cfals could desire. 1t avoids all inquiry
sorceraine the balba: Gus and ynnanly dog
M that human rights are qualities OF col
.or, to be aualyzed and determined by Tx
Prism of prejudice OF hereditary hatred
Tic Constitution has restricted the right
Zcf voting to white males, buthas furnished
Be rule 10 determine who is a white per-
>son. Some courts have decided that a
.pelson having three fodrthsEarepean blood
s white person. The Holy Bible tells
aus the diversity Of tongues, in the early
ages, repelied the tribes Of mankind from
Zach other, and snapped he frateinal bond
oil unity; but the steamship, verifying the
orange prediction t!ia. there shall ''be no
raorc sea- the raiitoa,I train, traversing
fhe giidle Of the earth like new formed
81 elites; tic submarine telegraph, that
ala the deep with the consciousness Of hu-
maj thought; The Developments OF sci
elce, trade, manufactures, commerce; the
cspacity to supply human wants keeping
Ince with their muiiiplicat ton; all these,
I'D the whole panorama Of modern civil
zation, prove that tie period Of clapnish
pfeudice, of national auiIlosl!ies, of relg,
ii0Rls bigotrv, OF cutaneous aristocracy, Is
Dassing away. There may be fossil men
Einong the active, living. masses of the
resent time, Stubborn eong'omeratcs Of
oksolete ideas, dristet and rolled like 'lost
zones in tha parkway Of human, nra0raSN
IA; !; is a blunder of destiny that some
flen arc bern in an age to which theH ma
ts,scs are not adapted Eagle-eyed science
DDS not recognise the distinatlonof color.
III her temple, the swaythy Euclid staileFs
s. the side Of he pale-broNed Newton
~ go, e,,..,e fhesa distinctions.
IS her Pantheon, the black Teqiss';nt
al SOS the hilt Of his sword by tiia-'ite OF
the immortal Washington. w Art does not
I1eeoo,ize these distinctions. She alinifes
ia Cunning intellect ard skiiiful hand,
a8d does not care whether it is white or
Lac. Let h;tl whose manhood has run
Into a crop Of hair, agoid The BARRIERS scis-
Sors; and Keep out Of the lap Of Daiilah. =
Lea lin who glories in the fairness OF bis
lido. Quarrel with lallow candle as to
uh;ch is the whiter, and therefore the most
noble. The present earnest aud active age
IA 10 time TO settle the magnificent con
4est. But, who is excluded on account OF
eo,or, By our Constitution Is the CHI
ne nese, the Spaniard, the Moor, the Iimdoo,
SIC Turk, or all Of them excluded In
f6rcourse has hrougLtj and will continue to
.brinc, in increasing numbers, eml9rlnts
ron all these countries to our shores. II
LIS the African blood We prescribe, does
Constitution apply to enigrauts from
~ nations of Africa. If the negro. Is lil1
knelek OF our antipatly, who shall tell qqs
Ian tnucb of the. accused hood IS suifi-
cen to expel him, hike the per, from the
6ody petite?
lhc extension of the right Of suffrage
iii nothing to do with any mans SOFA
eloices. He NAV refuse to associate wilE
oil man because he is a native American
YIN another because he IS Datehn1an
or on account Of any other wEiri. bul
s6cial affinities have nothing to do viii
n6litieal rights; and we may, aud sheaif
Low these rights 10 individuals with whom Of
81 SHOULD not form relations OF kiatifeds Q
'sSsen Of friendship. Those who favor
<6lor fest. openly avow = hostility and con
s1errpt for the prescribed race. Woal'
no. such men exclude The lrishhlan, or tn
sGerman, or any other iefei@neF,ii tlisy ID
"a him us sincerely aud ferociensiy a
Ihev hate the, African Has not the pro
layepy Know Nothing as good a right I
,oseflbe and haze whom lie regards as hi
pemies. as The scientific negro hater ha
prescribe and hate a race whom he ca
Eample or with impunity: The coioFe
IAN has no vote wherewith TO moderat
avenge the insoiepce OF the demagoga
no has lio standard for human rights, eA
pt the vulgar prejaJiees to @iiich ne al
als. If it's right to desp;se The eolose
hn, or any Other caste; II nature Ia
pmptea Us so 10 do, then the more cor
lenuou,ly and fefeeIy We hate, the BET
We ca.Iy cut the law Of nstAfe. An
bal lass shall We hate and prescribe =
'an We all agree upon that point. n
o-slavery Know Nothing who woal
lrn and destroy the hane OF foreign Dor
iizens in Louisville, New Orleans or s
cais, would s,leo the lrishman or Ge
IAN for the obiecl Of his maleyelence.-
{ would not disgrace ihe African b
assing him with the objects of his vel