Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-05-25
Are White Men the Interiors Of Ne
grOeS

The leaders of the Black Republican party are
constantly boasting that their party is the great
advocate and defender of the rights of in
this country. They charge the Democracy with
being the advocates of slavery, and with endeav-
oring to deprive portion of their fellow beings
of the rights which the God of Nature intended
they should enjoy. They are constantly weeping
over the wrongs of the Negro, and never weary
of denouncng the Southern planter who holds him
in slavery. Their sympathy for the ''colored
gemmen" has gone so far in Massachusetts, the
hot bed of Black Republicanism, that they allow
him the right to vote. and it is nothing remar-
kable there too see Negro marching up by the
side of white man to the ballot box, for the
purpose of exercising the right Of suffrage. But
the richest part of the story remains to be told.
In this same State of Massachusetts,, an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State was recent
ly adopted by vote of the people which
declares that foreigner shall be allowed to vote
at any election in the aforesaid State of Massa-
shusetts until two years after he is naturalized
thus denying to those whom the Constitution and
laws Of the United States declare to be American
citizens, the sacred right of suffrage. Negroes are
allowed to vote, while the same privilege is de-
MED white citizens, because they happened to
draw their first breath in a foreign land! Who,
after this, will doubt that the Black Republicans
sre enlightened plIilanthropiSts, friends of hu-
manity and the rights of man! The adoption of
this amendment shows that the Black Repufli-
cans of Massachusetts, regard Negro as vastly
tine superior OF a naturalized citizen-certainly
very exalted compliment to the countrymen of
Tafo
We have said that Massachusetts is the hot-bed
Of Black Republicanism, and we think that our
readers will agree that we are right In saying
when we inform them, that the Black Republican
and know Nothing majority over the Democratic
party in that State il 1856 was 1886
Aad viii the American people endorse the
enonstrous doctrine that Negroes are better men.
better entitled to exercise the right of suffrage
than white men who chanccd to be born in a for
eign land, but who have strictly complied with
the provisions of the naturalization laws of the
United States, and are consequently American
citizens Will they allow party which is en-
deavorlng to crush white men and elevate Ne
groes, to control the destinies of the Nation 3
Are they willing that Abolitionism and Know
Aothingism shall reign triumphant at Washing
ton, and that patriotism and common sense shall
be ignored in the administration of the National
government These are questions which the
people must answer in 1860.
The Black Republicans are always ready
to court the foreign vote during the excite
ment of political campaign BY their talk
about ''freesoil for free men," they succeeded
in obtaining a majority of the German votes
in the Western States for Fremont in 1856.
We hope they will never again succeed in
deceiving the men of whom they are the
worst enemies.
The Black Republican party is nothing
but the Know Nothing organization under
new name. The leaders of the Know Moth
ing. party during its brief career, are now the
most prominent Black Republican leaders,
and if successful they would at once revive
and endeavor to carry out in the administra-
tion of the government the bigoted aud anti
republican doctrines of the midnight frater-
nifty. Henceforth it will be only necessary
to refer to Massachusetts in order to prove
that Know Nothingism and Black Republi-
canism travel hand in hand