Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-09-20
Abolition. Negro Equality. &c.

One OF the taVorIte humbugs OF lUcofo-
coism is the above cry, than which more
senseless one could not well be imagined,
but having heretofore succeeded in quilting
/ some we'll meaning men, we propose brief
y to examine it, and for this purpose will
give a few choice quotations from last
weeks Lewistown Democrat;
This country is nor owned, enjoyed, and
; raed by wIie men, and hence those who
think It tcas made f1r 3citife men have no cause
to complain. But the Black Republicans are
not satisfied with this condition Of things,
and hence are striving to effect q ctange.
They want TO place ntggcrs upon an erGct
equality with white men,"
. In several Of the Black Repub:iaan States,
al the present time. negroes are permitted TO
vote, hod Office, sit on iuries. and otherwise
t. stand upon an equality with white men,
and in New York the Republicans are now
agitating the question Of altering the State
Constitution, so as TO make niger at GRy
time and uAUcheFs "ds good as 4 white Eian."
The great ruling idea Of Blnck RepubE-
canisin, therefore, Is u place the negro upon
an equality with the whites Il It we're IN
their mower they would set free all the slaves
to eaigrate, not only to the territories but
also to all the Northern States. Thus We
would soon have thousands OF niger carpcn-
ters, niger blacksmiths, niger wheelrights,
uEgcr shoemakers, &c., oyerruuning the
North, seeking employment, at the same
shops, where white j0urneymen are employ
ed >
We submit it to the cando, OF our read
e.5 whether the above are not magnificent
specimens Of argument and logic, as in
truth is the whole article If this country
i now owned and ruled by white men, why
does the Democrat want niggers in all our
territories? Every FIVE slaves are good for
three votes, 50 that the man who owns that
number in reality exercises the same rrc-
rogatiyo as four white men do here and
this is what the Democrat considers demo
cratic equality. Besides, wherever slavery
goes, polygany goes with it, for we suppose
the Democrat knows or ought to know that
there IS not now and never was Christian
marriage among slaves.
But in some States it appears negroes 7
are allowed to vote, hold Office sc. In /.
most States where this privilege is given it /
Is property qualification, and thus far we
have never heard that it injured society.
Up to 1888 the negro race in this State
was allowed to vote the same as white men,
could have held Office, sat on juries, &c,
yet We never heard Of one elected to Office,
and Of but one who was drawn as Juror.
and that was in the democratic county Of
York, commissioner or sheriff having put
old Sam Hays into the box, Sam having
always been a sound democrat
In the South the very state Of things ex-
lists which the Democrat wants to make its
readers believe Republicans are in favor of
here. There blacks do the mechanical
work to the exclusion Of white men.
The Republicans say they do not want this
system in the territories, alleging that those
territories are for the benefit of free white
men. On the other hand, the Democrat
says they are for niggcrs as well as white
-1cA
That paper it seems is unable to com
7rchend the difference between Justice and
equality, \ Republican says it is wrong
% spread slavery, because it is contrary to
natural law, IS oppressive and anti demo
cratic, but in doing so he no more makes
the negro race his =sociate than does the
editor Of the Democrat should he employ
irccntop or Jude to do some work. There
Is Z vast difference between doing Justice
towards our fellow beings and depressing
them. If negroes are mere brutes, the
Democrats logic might do, but if they have
souls they are men and women, response
Die for their actions, and consequently en-
tilted to our sympathie5 In giving them
hese, no one makes them either EQUALS or
superior We give the same thing to the
Unfortunate drunkard, to the thief. to the
allen woman, all Of whom enjoy equal
lights, yet who but the editor of the Dem
'cTat ever dreamt that in doing so he was
making these outoasts OF society either
heir equal or superior?
There are other Niggerisms in the Dem
'crats article, but really 50 triAing as not
o be worth notice