Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-05-07
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Here the colored man votes here colored
children and the white chilrden 90 to the same
schools here the races are allowed 10 inter
marry, and, as we s.ve seen, they do not fail
TO avail themselves Of their privil egcs And
there is nothing in the laws OF the State 10 pre-
vent a colored mans serving on the jury, II the
subordinate functiOnaries on whom the duty OF
selecting iurymen is devolyed choose to put
him there. The black man here stands on a
perfect equality with the white man, except
that he cannot serve in the militia and for this
the United States are responsible and not the
State"
The white man, IL he be born in foreign
land, il Republcanism can have its way
cannot vote for two years after he s declared
TO be citizen-he cannot serve on the jury, but
if his adopted country demand his help. he
must shoulder his musket, the day he Is nstu
rallied, and peril his life and shed his blood in
h r defence.
The hatred TO foreigners exhibited openly in
Massachusetts is restrained only through mo.
tives Of policy by their brethren in the west
While the Republicans everywhere would ele.
vate the negro to n level with the white man
they would bemean the white man who was
not fortunately born OF. our soil. They do This
iohsTe they dare do Il. massachusetts is an ex.
ample, and her practice proves what we affirm.
Can any adopted citizen of ordinary intelli
gence fail to see through this fimsy humbug Of
"sorrow for the Republican move in Massachu-
sets ?"
II any thing more is wanting to show the
utter hollowness Of the farce TO which we al
luded, we will refer our readers TO the opposi
tion storm which swept over this country but
very few years ago. under the ostensible
management Of the Cayennes. Where were
these western "sympathizers" thenH In what
ranks were they foundH Were they not labor
ing side by side with the Know Nothings, 70
deprive the adopted citizen Of the right OF suf.
frage and other political rights, until they had
resided in this country for period Of twenty.
one yearsH Where then was their sympathy for
the foreign bornH-aud when did they before
the hopeless overthrow Of Natiyism, ever ex-
press regret that a period Of only noO years
should intervene before adopted citizens should
exercise all the rights Of freemeD in a sover.
eign stateH
The expression Of Republican sorrow at the
iniustice-ah, injustice. they whimper--medi,
tsted against adopted citizens by their Repub.
lican brethren Of Massachusetts, is positively
nau auSeating. Men with their antecedeuts
should be ashamed of such pitiful, begging
twaddle, TheirfAlse,heArted professions should
be received with ineffAble scorn and they
should be treated as they deserve by the class
they sre endeRyoring to !'sSpitiate but TO be.
tray. We hope that our readers--"adopted cit
iEens," and those "to the manor bornp-wil
study well this subject. They cannot have for.
gotten ''the recent past /" aud can Judge by
IL what they may expect in the future from
these miserable trcksters who shape their pol.
icy to the winds'of popular favor.
After all, we sFeinclIned to laugh at the op.
position for the fix IL which they have uneI.
Peetedly found themselves. 1t was iAti.er bad
for them just when they Aought they had the
"native" plank in their platfOfQ well concealed,
to have these Bay State felloSs poking one
end Of it out to public gael Ns mush has
been kicked over, and they have btAped their
fingers This Is the result We have beA0 long
expecting. Y !