The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-12-01

The Flag ed other subniaSion jossna's
are ondc.voeing 20 represent AoFs""n
lincoln asla very conservative sos' Oh
man. 1t scctas tina, he is not hall SO p'n
as he has been represented, or As we h''
reason to expect, arb after all the hn'A""
lon that has been raised about hun N inc
late canvass, be will make " '"'ef'o'!
lair President. equal at least 10 B"eh"n'
an. Our wos,ty eotenporary qn''seA
tracts. irons his speeches, evidently torn /
from their corteri 10 order 10 satisfy MS
SOUTHERN readers that there ~ no reason
able ,s.-c Tor complaint, much less alarm.
There happens TO be another and true
side e. this picture, which we sbAh give
in order that II may be seen what the
South may expect from Black kepno'f
can rule.
Ia 1854 the Black Republican party
was organized a, Auburn New YORK,
aud at the Convention which brought 1t
INTO CNl*tn'c "S'"t''h "N'
declaring thai the new organization would
Hpr-sns the friends OF Freedom, in oPpc~'-
ton to slavery extension, and N iavot OF employ
ing all constitutional mean. 10 ripping aud orer
ii,ovog slavery ptsrs II "ov sfi'''
Mr.. Seward ia his Rochester speech de
clarcd Of the Republican party that
The secret of is assured success hes in the
fact TIM, it is a party OF ons idea, the idea OF
equality ---ths equality Of MI men before human
tribunals and hmnan laws, ~ they are all equals
teforc thu Divine tribnnx and the Divine laws
/ The Illinois State journal publishes,
the following extract from one OF Mr.
/ l.incolns speeches
! The central idea. 10 our political system
/ at the beginning was aud until recently codsn-
ued to be. the sqaniny Of oil men. And although
we Away. submitted patiently to Thatser
I inequality there seemed To he ~ matter VI ac
| ,ua necsss,iy, its constant working has been a
steady progress towards The rKACll'A
rssAhfry or ALI MN.
! " IL, pas, differences be AZ nothing and with
.sady cy, on the real ,.s-,ic let US re Iusugurate
/ the good old central ideas OF the Republic. We
can do il The human heart is with US We
1 shalI again b. able not 10 declare that oil the
States. as states. are equal, bu, renew the broad.
er. better declaration, including both these and
much more, that al men are created equal
There is wonderful coincidence 81
o,;,i,n he,wce, Seward and Lincoln as
will be seen from the foregoing extract
H.. ara h,,,b c,r centr,l,,ing the gov.
ernmeut. and with j. the " central idea
If fine c,n.li,v q, the races.
! A,,,;n q, the 10Th Of ,Inlv 1855 Mr.
It,,,b, in a sn,ech a, Chicago. said
! Il .b,ald LIKE. to know it. taking the Old Dec
lanitioo d Independence which declares 'ha' al
,',,,,,o,. ~ :, where shall /, s,op7 If one man
SAYS II docs not mean negro. why mol another
/ say il Joe. not mean some other man, II that
declaration IS not the truth. bet nsgct the statute
book IN which we lind ,tasi tear It out. Nhpis
So bold ~ TO do it, II II !. not rao lei Us tear
I it out Cries OF No. ~! Let us suck " H.
| then L., US stand firmly by It then
| let Is discard all this qaibbling about THIS man
and the other uAu-this race and MAI rae" anu
the other race being inferior, and thef' lA,r thef
mus, be placed in An interior positi discard
ing the standard thu' n have len US. i@t Us
I
stand nm derari,o that an men are q eq,ef sgnei
= leave yon. hopinc that,br Lf,tg Of
,,.,y,y will bnrn in ynnr bosom, ,nid hers hail
M longer be d1uti that aH rlsi cre cfell,d flee
anil e4ipd"
The subjpjucd ~ what Lincoln said ull
the 9Th Of My, is45 when body IT ne
grocs presented ) 2. Chase, Of Ohio. II
silver pitcher. AZ token Of their per.
soual regard Chase believes Ia the
eau lily Of ,he races. and hate, slavery
So does Lincoln. Hear this conservative
President. whom we axe told il would be-
,. ..;.,.
''"''' w ''S''''
" We heel, therefore, that all ieg'u distinction
between individuals d the same community,
Ioandcd ~ any such circumstances as color on
gin nnd the Ike. are hostile To the genius OF onI
institutions and Incompatible with 'hs true the
"! " . n "s'. or aric,n ii.r, a" pr'.b
embrace with pleasure this opportunity OF
declaring my u1app,oo"' On o. 'na' cA''s u ''e
ored people the rivh, Of Suffrage
True Democracy na.se' no inquiry about color
;,r ~" cir ,@ r or condition rearl here
fore, the exclusion OF the ceored people az
ooIy ron, ,he elective iraheh,se as '"eo"'l"''o'e
A. I'll a;, 80 h.o ,oo, H..
o., MON ,h., anno,,coa tho l,c,.;a. .,
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