Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-18
Negro Voting.
From the Chicago Times and H,r,l,

Inc new iork 1'to"ne, the l6I
Republican journal of the United &,
thus discourses of.Negro Voting;
GA distant correspondent writes,,,
what is the fact as to Blacks VOTING !.
State. We answer-Ifa negro oTD
worth of real estate, free and cleor 4,
cumbrance he can vote the same Nc
man; if not, he has no right of ,ns
that white men are bound to respcc,'
aWe regard this discrimination =,
ply atrocious. lfa property ouoliSs
is right, it ought to be imposed y.
alike, not merely on those who bav,
least property and the worst chanc,
tain il if a negro has no soul, and n,
litical status but that of n thing his
ing pile of dirt cannot rig6tfnllr
him any, In any light, the pr9,sm
is wrong and indefensiblc.
awe shall have n chance thi, e.
vote down this anomaly, and we ono,
do it. Let us abolish the properly
fcation, and give the poor blacks an an
chance at the polls with their richer,
rem. They are but handful anybo,
cannot do much harm if they try"
If there is one thing more dcgradr
the American people than anotbcriti
fact that powerful party exits h
midst which, or a majority of Will
willing to sink the proud Anglo.Sayn
other European races into one or
level with the lowest races Of markh
|. seems absolutely wonderful that
sane man could advocate such upm.
logical and unnatural self abasemn
God has not ordered the distinct div
of the human family which now exist,
out some wise purpose. Races were
ifestly intended by Providence to re
separate and distinct, as were the $,
species of the brute creation. The
derful difference in physical and NJ
organization of the several races W..
IDENTIFY designed to prevent the cxi,ta
mongrcl stocks. Mongrcls are the +,
std of nature. No nation of ha fl,
ever has continued to exist or ever q
But what has all this to do with T.
voting! Simply this; If the cqua
the negro is acknowledged, and the,
ical rights of the white man are {,
with him, mongrel race must anil
follow. There are now some 5.Oa
of Africans and mixed breeds in the
ted States. These persons if free
soon distribute themselves over the
try, North and South. The pro,.
which would fall to the lot of Illinoi,
not fall far short Of 250,0O0. AT
est calculation this population wouH
one sic h Of Me whote cote Of The Nu
Now let any sane man imagine the,
of such state of things! Suppo,c
listed now, and the negro populato-
the command of thirty thousand ya
Illinois, what scenes would We be G.,
ed to witness Does any huma.
doubt that demagogucs would be hu
abundance, to court and smile up
noble African race, for the sake OF 3
votes in a single State? Does an.
fail to see the cringing and bowing
German vote, by the very same msn
five years ago denounced them a,
eating, flat,headed, Suabian but
And yet the negroes are more nu4.
than the Germans, or Irish cithc
would have more power in clcctoa'
either.
Can, we repeat, any sane man
the result Would we not see our
kid gloved gentry, who now draw
silk'stitched brimstones so heartilyn
, lager with the Tcuton bow low and
fully as he handed the accomplish
Dinah into the carriage Would
moderate our admiration for the ''cL
of the Rhine when We could g
votes to one, by singing peans to {.
tropical color and still richer PERU
the "children of the sun p Wol
. not see in our band wagons, on G
days, the soft flowing curls of c.
daughters, waving in the wind, IL
side with the flaxen locks of the maj
Scandinavia When we came 10
sent emblcmatically the States OF ii.
ion by our daughters in flowing