Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-09

larged Is to make it universal, thus put |
tug the negro o. IN Slual foot,sg With /
The white man, (Q.es Of ev,"
s'neveep Such 4js 10 plain mAa1bg
OF MAFSevwd's peeck This is6ot rs
fret time that that distinguished Seua-
tor has avowed the doctrine Of negro
equality With the white man. do not
question his sincerity in this svoval.-I
So far as know be has been consistent
10 the advocacy Of this doctrine, and be
is little more honest than tho smaller
politicians Of his party, who deny negro
equality while supporting principles that
Iced d reo,ly and inevitably 70 thas re-
suit. Cheers.
Following IN the lead Of VI. Lincoln
two years ago, M. Seward, in his
speech 10 this city. gu ties the Declare
ton Of Iadspendenca that all men vsre
created equal and endowed BY their
Creator With certain iual,enable rights,
among which are life, liberty, and the
pursuit. Of happiness" He makes that
q lotation in order to show that the
Declaration Of Independence puts ne
groes on an equal footing with white
men. lie insists, ~ Mr.. Lincoln doe,
and so f.r as know the whole ltepub-
licsn party DO, that 10 the Dsclaratio"
negroes are asserted TO have beeni laced
by the Creator 90 an equal footing with
white men. deny that proposition
[tries Of $50 do IL The Declaration
Of Independence bad no refe'en 10 ne
groes when it spoke Of all men being
created equal. 1t had reference TO the
white man-the meo Of European blood
and Eu" pe.n descent. l, was speaking
OF the An erican color il III respect t"
their comparative rights With the British
subjects in England, when it declared
that all men we're cr.atel equal. Any
man who asserts that the siguers 1T the
Dec aration Of Independence intended
to place negroes on an equal footing
~ith white meo muat be guilty Of cha'g-
ing those s'gners with being hypocri.es.
If Jefferson, when be d. atted that instru-
mcnt, and all the great heroes who
signed il, had meant to include negroes
10 it, they were bound as honest men TO
have emancipated every slave they bad
that very d%y. Cr'es OF 'good" and
applause. They did not thus emanci
pate. George Washington held his to
he day of his death, aud so did Thoma
Jefferson and each Of the other sig"er-
the Declaration Of Independence, SO
Far as We know from history. Thes
facts show that that Declaration never
Intended to assert that regro slaves were
the equals Of white men. Loud and
long confined applause"
But the Republican party now plants
itself ,mmoveably upon this doctrine
Mr.. Seward, in his speech, declares that
this is the grand central idea Of the Re-
publican party. The rights Of the ne
gro the equality OF the negro with the
white man, universal suffrage, extending
10 negroes as well as to white uen, IS
he grand central idea Of the Repab:i
can organization. He also asserts that
the old Democratic party is unsound on
this question, and that the old Wing
party was treacherou. to principle
| lauy liter, thus showing that he repu
dates the doctrine Of the Democratic
rarty and the doctrine of the v big par
ty-the doctrine Of Clay and Webster,
and Jackson and Cass, and raises in its
stead q new creed OF modern creation.
,ud Aa.y2s put torn III: sstcre se PsF
IS based, he states that eve'y great and
virtuous principle necessarily has its d.
rect antagonism, aud in direct opposition
to the Republican creed stands the prin-
clple Of our government, OF inequality
Of rights, ineq uslity of representation
and inequality OF tie right Of suff. age.
Nov, what does Mr.. Seward mean ty
this charge of inequality Of rights. and
ineqnalit Of representation aud the To-
equality of tie right Of suff'age2 We
all know his meaning. 1t is, first, that
there now exists an inequality between
the white man and the negro in NEARLY
every Safe in this Union, and second,
that there IS an inequality of represen
only equal to three free negroes.
The five slave are only equal to three
fee negroes, lsngbter for if the five
slaves should be emancipa,ed the,
would then represent five persons, aud
be equal to five trecmeo.
| Mr.. Seward tells US that this Unequal.
itv betweeo the white man and the ne
gro, this inequality in the representation
If the States, this Unequal ty IN
the rights Of sniff age, ere directly
hostile to the Republican creed. Where
did he find the ev dences of these ine-
qualities? They are all found in the
Contribution of the United States.
"Hear, hear" and loud cheers Ev-
cry one of them is Constitutional pro-
vision, which every honest man is bound
carry out. When Mr.. Sesard and
myself entered the Senate of the United
States. we each of US vent to the clerks
desk and put our hands upon the Bihl-,
and there, appealing to Almighty God
tor the nce'ity OF our purpose, in the
presence OF the Senate, took IN cath to
sustain the Constitution OF the United
States, including the inequality Of righs
between whites and negroes, including
the meg 'ality Of representation, and in
GLIDING the inequality Of suffrage,
great applaure, and yet, after taking
that oath, be, as the leader Of his party,
now informs the Deonle If Tllinnia fha,