Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-11-17
THE TENDENCY OF BLACK REPUB
LICAN Legislation AND THE
CONSEQU ENCES OF BLACK RE

PUBLICAN TEACHINGS.
i. ali me ) alcs in which the black Re-
pub.i..ans have the power shall imi.a;e the
cx.i. ale o. Massachusetts viii respect to
,..nyr, ,nr Inc black population iato ma
li,ia force, SOM, future pid J"'" Brow"
VIII have splendid facilii~S Tor C'@""'''@'"5
an expedi ION against The soutnern Si'''es
Tor the promo Ion ot a scrNie insurrcc.ipn.
How cer.;iniy do ali the PREPARATIONS of
i5oii,ionism point towards Mr.. Stewards
"lrreprcs4iblc conflict" Massachusetts
has disbandoned all the military compa
Mes composed Of adopted citizens. Who ale
proverbi.iy faithful LEA the coHstiiu. ion aud
avs and olhern isc degraded them III ey
cry possible way, and organize mill AIRY
companies composed of negroes. who are
not and cannot be citizens IF the United
States, aud who owe no allegiance To- the
constitution an; laws. The black Repnb
lican State Convention of New York ul hast
year proposed the diolranchisement Of
adopted citizens for certain period after
naturalization, witch may be regarded as
preliminary. in Massachusetts. to The ele
,aliun OF ne.ro,'s AID he making of them
II power IN the Sac In Connectitut the
Proposition WIS seriously entertained by
the black Republicans of Tie last LegIsla
tare toetiramcnise negroes and make them
power in that Stale. Amd such is The
tendency OF black Republican Legislation
everywheIe. / Is To disfranchise aud de-
grade adapted citizens. than whom there
aie No. more loyal citizens. and to elevate
and eatrauchi>e negroes. who. rs we have
said are not aud cannot b. citiz.ns of he
United States and ~ h" will be ready, when
the ''irrcpre5sble conflict" shall come. to
follow any Old John Blown who may arise
Is the leader of the conflict against the
South.
L. is no answer to ali this that the ma
lHl Y III he men who. rs members Of the
legislatures of Northern States. vote FIR
laws euiran"hi-in, Tie blacks do not con-
template military expedi IONS against the
South. bat are animated solely by consid
eiations of principle involving the political
equality oil tie races. This Is 10 answer
The inevitable tendency If such LAWS is To
bring on an ''irrcpre-sbIe conflict be-
tween the slave AMI free States. aud the le.
.'imale fr~ Of them is mil AIRY expedi-
diIinns organized on the very plan of that
If Brown, but having ramiica. Ions SO ex-
retsive HAT they cannot be suppressed
save by the expenditure OF rivers ri blood.
We be. "f good men. no matter to WHIT
political organize ion they may belong, I'a'
lhey will dispas>ionately survey the whole
ground upon which the black Republican
parry stands. and answer us it he affair at
Harper's Ferry. even though it should not
appear that a'y prominent black Repubh-
can was privy To- il. not the legi innate
consequence. Of black Republican doctrines
or Of black Republican teachings. We
ask good men 10 answer that. 1t is said
that John Brown holds that he was enga-
god la the performance of "a religious duty.
Who taught him thus to believe? What
CT may be sail Of Gerrl smith. il will
10; be said Of Joshua r. Gi ldings that he
is not a leader in the black Republican par
ty. He is one of its chosen lea iers He
Vas member Of the last black Repubi
can State convention &C Ohio. and welded
more power in that body than any other
man in IT, He is n member of the black
Republican Committee. Who taught
John Brown 10 believe that he was engag-
ed in the performance IF religious duty?
Let Us see John Brown was at the great
black Republican mass meeting at Cleve-
land last summer on the occasion Of the
trial Of the Oberlin resruers Giddings
male speech. To whirh John Brown lis
tened. and the following was his Ian
guagc:
In disrsgarding this law, the prisoners