The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-10-12
BEDFORD, Pa FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10. 1860


dence says:
''We hold these truths to be self evident
that all men are created equal that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain IN alien
able rights that among these are life, LIB Err
IY, and the pursuit of happiness. That ,o
secure these rights, governments are institut ed
among men, deriving their just powers lrow The
consent of the governed
81 have quoted so much at this tune merely
to show that according TO our ancient faith, the
/ powers OF Government are derived from the
! consent OF the governed. Now, the relation
OF master ahd slave is pro tanto total viola
/ tIon OF this principle The master net only
governs the slave without his consent. but he
governs him by a set OF rules altogether differ
rnt from those which he PrescrIbes for hirnset.
! Allow ALL the governed ain EQUAL VOICE
( ~ THE GOVERNMENT and lbat, and that
only, is seli-goveIDmen,.n .n-iiowell's Life of
Lincoln, page 276.
Again, 10 speech delivered in Chicago,
during the last presidential election, which we
find Publsned in the Illinois State Journal, the
State organ Of the back-republIcan party of
ILLINOIS, on the 10th Of September, 1896, Mr..
Lincoln said
"Ihat central idea, in our political opinion,
at the beginning was, and until recently con-
iinued TO BE-, the equality OF men. and, al
though ii was always submitted PATIENTLY 10
whatever inequality there seemed to be as a
matter OF actual necessity, its constant working
has been steady progress toward the PRACTI-
CAL equality OF all men,
''Lst past differences as nothing be and
with steady eye on the real issue, let US rein
augurate the good old central ideas OF the Re-
public. We can DO 1t. The human heat IS
with us God is with us. We shall again be
able not to declare that all the States as States,
are equal, nor yet that all citizens, as citizens,
are equal, but renew the broader, better
declaration, including both these and much
more, that all men ale GRATED equal"
Yet, again, in his speech al Chicago on the
10Th of July, 1855. Mr.. Lincoln SAID
'I should like TO know if, taking the old
Declaration OF Independence, which declares
that all men are equal upon principle, and ma
king exceptions to 1t, where will II stop? If
one man says 1t does not mean q negro, why
not another say itatioes not, mean ne other
man ? lfthat declaration IS net the truth, let
US get the statute book 10 Which We find It
and tear it out. VITO is SO bold as TO do il T.
''No, no ~ Let Us stuck TO it, then, let Us
stand firmly by It then.
Let US discard all this quibbIing about this man
and the other man-ths race and that race and
the other lace being inferior, and therefore
they must be placed IN an inferior position
dlsCaFdng the standard that we have left u.s.
let us discard all these things, aud unite as
one people throughout this land until We snail
once more stand up declaring tha, al! nen are
created equal. leave you. no.
ping that the lamp OF liberty will burn in your
bosoms uutl there shall no longer be a doubt
that ALL MEN ale CREATED free and equal.'
See the volume of The debates between Lin
coin and Douglas, which have been re-, is-d by
Mc. LinCoIn since biS nomination for the
presidency, pages %, 2+. Salmon ?. Chase,
twice elected governor Of Ono, and elected last
winter United States senator from that State,
~ the black republican Pauy, was presented
With silver pitcher by the negroes Of
Cincinnati ca The 9th of May, 1919. In
response to the presentation, he said
''In what | have done ! cannot clam to have
acted from any peculiar consideration oflhe
colorei people as a separate ami distinct class in
the community, bat from the SIMPLE conviction
that all the individuals OF that class are members
of the community, and, in virtue OF their man
hood, entitled 10 every orlgina. right enjoyed
by any other member. We feel, therefore,
that all lega! distinction between individuals of
the same community, founded IN any such
Circumstance as color, origin, and the like, are
hostile TO the genius OF our institution, and
incompatible with the true theory OF American
liberty. Slavery and oppression must Cease or
American liberty must perish.
''in Massachusetts, aud 10 most, il not all, the
white are absolutely equal before the law.
ain New York the colored man is restricted
as TO the right OF suffrage by a property
qualification. In other respects the same eqn al
ity prevails
81 embrace with pleasure this opportunity
OF declaring my dIsapProbation OF that clause
OF the constitution which denies 10 a portion OF
the coorcd people tbs right oisufrage.
"True democracy makes no inquiry about
the color OF the skin or place OF nativity, or any
other similar circumstances of condition. !
regard therefore the exclusion IF the colored
people as a body from the elective franchise as
incompatible with true democratic principles"
''By the laws OF Maine, and under the con-
stitution Of the State of Maine, free negroes are
citizens Just as much citizens in the State Of
Name az white men. 1t has been so Soemnly
decided by The highest tribuna! Of our State
since the decision OF the Dred Scott case. The
supreme court of Maine has decided that they
are entitled TO all the prIvlieges-that they
stand upon perfect equality with the white
meD-under the constitution and the laws OF
that State. They are voters, and recognised as
citizens under the terms Of the constitution,
which allows any, citizen to vote"
Here we have the black-repubcan supreme
court of Maine actually multiplying the decision
of the Supreme Court of the United States SO
intense Is their love for the negro Is this not