The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-10-24
The Republican Party and Negro
Suffrage.

quivocally, and the party has endorsed
he Court by re-electing Brihkerhoff
Democrats, Republicans, look at it.
What would you have said q few years |
'inee. II you had been asked to favor mu.
alto suffrage in OhioS This day mulat- |
.oes have the right to vote and hold Office !
10 this State. At the November election, !
your vote, if for Douglas or Bell, will be
killed by mslatto vote for. Lincoln, on
the Reserve.
What is the next stepP Undoubtedly
1t will be to give the right of suffrage to
the foil blooded negro. The mulatto suf.
frage question vas in direct issue. aud the
Republican party endorsed it with the
greatest unanimity. This was an exper-
iment to feel the sentiment of the party
The party swallowed it, and now blacker
dose is preparing.
We insert below such extracts from
exchanges as are Immediately at hand:
A NIGaER IN THE CONVENTION -
Among the Boston delegates representing
ward Six in the Black Republican Con-
vention which nominated Anson p. Bur.
lingame for Congress. and Mr.. P. w.
Chandler for Lincoln Presidential elsctor,
was j. Sella Martin, colored Y.
Herald.
Hon. VIM. II. Seward, the great leader
of the Republican party. iu his late speech
at Chicago, made the following declara-
tionss
"Fellow citizens, that Republican creed
nevertheless is no partisan creed. 1t is
national faith. because it is the embodi-
ment of the one life.sustaining. life ex.
panding idea of the American republic
What is the idea more or1tss than simply
this: That civilization is to be maintained
and carried on upon this contipent by
Federal States, based upon the principle
of free soil, free labor, free speech, equal
rights and un;usrsal s.frage' Loud
applaase.' 3
The Boston Atlas and Bee, the leading
Republican paper 10 Massachusetts, OF
the lth instant. after the Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Ohio elections, announced
the result thus: Ms
'THE HEAVENS ARE TELLINal"
".Sun, Moon and Stars proclaim to-
day the triumph of Republican principles,
and UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE"
Universal suffrage" of course includes,
and is intended to include, tho suffrage oil
negroes.
The Georgetown Drown County, Ar-
gus says that ga negro of that place, fear
ing that public sentiment would not allow
him to vote ct the polls there. started Of
for Ripley on the morning Of the election
where he knew his Abolition friends
would allow his vote. and he returned in
the evening, BOOSTING that he had voted
together with twenty zone other mulattoes
Mr.. Lewis Friedly, one of the judges o
election at kipley, said he saw some ter
mulattoes vote there, and he objected t
their voting. but was overruled by th'
other two Judges he M aas le
| The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
| I'VE think it probable that more ne
groes voted 10 Ohio for Judge 3rinker
hof than he has majority over Smith
| We hear more. or less of their voting il
almost every poll White men are rapidl
losing the government Of Ohioi
! The Boston, Courier of the 5lh ins,
says: 81
i The Republican torch procession las
night was q brilliant affair Among IT,
torch bearers were the white Wike Awake
of Ward Eleven. commander G o Ro
gers, numbering 1872 and the cOlored Wid
Asoakes of Ward Six. commander Smith
Numbering 100 The Two bodies marche
to Chelsea to ratify the Republican nom
inatious. gg 1855 s 3t ~
il We 6nd the following in the Mariett
j (O.) Republican:
y "CoNaREss --Jewett's official majorit
lin Washington county is "a. and it is re
ported that he has 422 majority in Mus
kingum. 1t is reported that Cutler ha
), $40 majority in Morgan. If these igure
are &C errect, Cutler has 81 majority in th
district. His election may he contested
J as I negroes voted the Republican ticke
in Harmar, 10 in Barlow. and it is said
q large number in Wesley and Decatur
! What say the white men of the district t
thisl" e..alo d-sei so-
The following was one Of the notices
the Pittsburgh papers previous to III
!. election. The blacks took q deep intel
!, est in the election:
4 tE COLORED MEN OF PITTS
BURGH AND VICINITY: You al
requested to meet and form yourselves il
!, to WIDE AWAKE CLUBS immediat,
ly, for the purpose Of furlhering the intel
est of the friend of The human rac
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Our colore
z brethren had tremendous demonstrate
in Boston recently. Already New Yor
has spoken in favor of universal suarag'