The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-09-02

The following we find in the Detroit
Free Press. 1t shows how much love the
black republicans have for the "down trod-
den sons of Africa" And it also shows
that their pretended abolition principles
are more for the sake of party gain than
anything else. 1t says:
"When some days since we contrasted
the treatment Of the Indian and African
by the recently fabricated constitution of
Kansas, we were under the impression that
the latter had been fully infranchised by
that instrument. That was a mistaken
impression. The fact is as we stated, that
the Wyandotte Indians of Kansas, who are
citizens of the United States, having been
made by such treaty between themselves
and the government, and who are describ-
ed as Il civilized and exceedingly worthy
race, containing great number of super
Tor men, are disfranchised by this recently
fabricated constitution. This is the fact,
but we are wrong in saying that negroes
are admitted to citizenship and to the
privileges of the elective franchise. They
are not. They are permitted to enter the
State and remain in it. The old Topeka
constitution excluded them from the State
But though, under the present instrument,
they may live in the State, they are not
citizens, in the full meaning of that term.
They cannot vote and hold office, They
are placed upon par with the Indians. If
they have any rights which white men are
bound to respect, they are not political
rights. They are treated as an inferior
and degraded race,
Such is the fate of the negro in Kansas
where the black republicans had two
thirds Of the constitutional convention. 1t
is in effect carrying ont the bred Scott de-
cision OF the Supreme Court Of the United
Strtes, and it is a practical enforcement of
the doctrine Of the decision of the Supreme
Court of Mich. gan in the case of Day VS..
O1gen. The one decision held that negroes
are not citizens of the United States; the
other that they are degraded race, unfit
for association, and not entitled to associ-
alton, even on public coDveyances with
whites.
We had looked to Kansas, especially
since we knew the black republicans had
the constitutional convention, for prac-
teal demonstration Of the chief doctrines
upon which the black republican party has
protested to stand We think we had a
right thus to look in that direction. The
black republicans had all along contended
that Kansas was the battle ground between
slavery and liberty, and that they were the
champions of liberty. They triumphed.
They triumphed because they induced the
belief that they we're really the champions
of liberty. And by liberty, they told us,
they meant equal political privileges to all
men black and white. We had right,
therefore, to look to Kansas for the COM
plete Acknowledgement of the negro.
We see now how much sincerity there
has been in all the cry about the equal
rights of the coored race. We see how
much integrity there is in black republican
principles. The cry has been humbug
from the beginning. It's purpose was
to bring to the support of black republic
anism all the negro fanaticism of the
country, and that purpose has been ac-
complished. The cry will not cease, of
course. 1t will still be heard, notwith-
standing this action in Kansas. We do
not comprehend just how this action will
be explained to the satisfaction of the 81
mon pure abolition element in the black
republican party, but probably it will be
eott,9n along with as easily as was the de-
cision ~ the case of Day vs.. Onon.
We are curious as to what WADE and
HALE and LovEIoY and all the members Of
Congress oftheir ilk will do with this Kan
sas constitution when it shall make its APP
bear snce in the capitol. They opposed the
admission of Oregan for the alleged reason
int her constitution was anti-negro.
They insisted lat Oregon ought to re-
~ ain ont 81 the Union until her people
were ready to recognize negroes as fellow
citizens. viii they insist upon re same
conditions in regard to Kansas! We con-
fess that we are glad of the opportunity to
test their righteousness. Oregon was
democratic State, aud we attributed the
opposition to her admission to tia. fact.