The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-06

The VoTE ON NEGRO SUFFRAGE To Day
To-day the citizens of the State of New York
will be called on to determine at the ballot
box, in pursuance of resolutions of our black
republican Legislature, whether negroes will be
permitted to vote or not at our elections in
future, without a property qualification as a
guarantee Of their character, their intelligence
and good conduct
AS the law now Stands, negro must own
real estate to the value of $3.50 before he can
vote. By the proposed Law all the black
thieves and paupers, rogues and rascals Of the
Five Points, Church street, West Broadway,
and the alleys throughout the city where crime
and the most degrading vice and igno-
rance prevail among the colored population,
would have the same right to vote as the best
white republican in the community, tor Massa
Seward, Massa Greeley or any other Massa
Liberty, fraternity, equality is their motto,
and they calculate that African amalgamation
with the fair daughters of the Anglo Saxon,
Celtic and Teutonic races will soon be their
portion under the millennium of republican rule
which will be inaugurated by the election Of
forward to his houris in Paradise, so do the ne
eroes of the Five Points long for the day when
they will be privileged to take to their arms
the pale faced beauties Of the Caucasian race
in the city of New York. Already the walters
and whitewashers and bootblacks have grown
impudent in anticipation Of the bright pros
pect before them.
The republican leaders have been for years
counting the negro vote by holding out the pro-
mise of giving the franchise to all the colored
bredren Of every hue, from Whitley brown to
ebony. But, on the other hand, they feared the
loes of white voters who do not like the prac-
tice of amalgamation, and abhor the idea of
having the blood Of their offspring tainted and
corrupted by mixture with that Of the African,
after the manner Of the miserable Central Anne
rican and South American republics. Accord
iDgly the republican leaders concealed the reso-
lutions to put the negro suffrage question to the
vote Of the people till it was toe late for the
Secretary of State to give the proper notice.
The resolutions were found where they ought
not to be, in the Executive mansion; and now
they are brought forward afresh, when the lead
ers think that they have manufactured sufficient
fanatcism to make the question 60 down with
the more conservative men Of their party in the
enthusiasm Of the Presidential election. The
design is to gain some nins thousand votes, In
order to turn the balance of power and make
the State permanently black republican. That
"the republicans have greater antpathy to the
black race than have the Southern people is
evident from the fact that In the Western anti
slavery States where they have majorities with
out the negroes, and don't need them they
either prohibit their voting or expel them from
the country. The Western republicans, in jus
tfcation Of their action, say that negroes are
not fit to be entrusted with the ballot, as they
are not equal to the white man, and the reason
why they oppose negro slavery is not on &C
count of It's being an injury to the black, but to
their own race.
What an element for bribery and corruption
will be introduced into our elections in future
II the black population are allowed to vote in
discriminatory in this State. Their votes will
be sold to the highest bidder by some darkey
dodger or white niger who may acquire inAu-
ence over them. But the question Is, will any
decent white man to-day vote himself down
to the level of the negro race? Vote against
Lincoln and negro suffrage. Vote early and
call your neighbor to vote early also but be
sure you vote early yourself
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