The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1860-10-17
Greeley in Favor Of Fred Douglass 70,
Congress.

Congroos.
The Black Republicans are very anr;o,
to relieve themselves Of the odium (as som
: Of them profess TO regard it) Of being In I,
vor o: negro equality, though the svdenes
: that the most trusted leaders or the psrt
favor that doctrine is becoming mers |. \
B more lncootessiOle. II not, why their frequeu
} Quotation Of and reference to that clause Q
the Declaration Of Indepe ndencs which sst
out that ''aIl men are crested equal" I,
clause, ~ the way, which they frequen IA ii,
{. earble % % to make 1t read, "aIl men -,
created free and equaI") snd the forced con
slruction they place upon Il for the purpose
o. including negroes! WHY, in Msssachu.
setts. have they placed negroes on "a ecue 4.
y with native born white men, and ebovs
foreign born whitesi Why did tho lsst Re.
publican Legislature OF New York submit "a
The people the question OF admitting negroes
70 vote the same as whites. when there was
no ne ecessity for 80 doing!
But Il 10 unnecessary 10 proceed. MOI
only are the leaders OF the party in favor Of
negro equality. but some OF them are in r..
vor OF eIevatlng negroes to the high Offices
ci trust 10 the government. ss we shall show.
10 September 1856. the radical Abb oli,ionists
OF New York assembled At Utics, and nomi.
mated . State ticket-smong the rest beinc
Fred. Douglass. the niger. for Secretary ofI
State. This nomination did not suit Horace
Greeley Of the New York Tribune. Hell
thought Fred. ought 70 be sent 10 Congress
anybody would do for secretary Of state,
but the niger Douglass had peculiar oualifi.
cations for the Office Of member Of Congress.
and he was IN favor Of bis (D's) nominatio
Ind election. We quote from Grseley's Tri.
'une Of September 1855:
Among the candidates put up by The Con. /
yention Of he Liberty party at Utica. on
Wednesday, is Mr.. Frederick Douglass ofl
Monroe county. who 10 nominated for the
'ficc Of secretary OF state. With respect
Q ability better nomination could not be K
'esIred; but yet we confess that we should
sgTet 70 see Mr.. Douglsss elected. His
roper place 10 not a. member Of the state !
administration q Albany, but o. . member oil
congress st Washington. K
For the former Office he possesses mol
ualih cations that might not be 70 ound ia !.
ther gentlemen, while for the duties Of .
representative At w sshinRton he 10 partic-
larly gifted. Az an orator and debstor he lp
assesses both the force and grace Of vir- III
Inis gentleman Of the old school. and one ii
the hrst families, to which depth Of con y
lction and resolution worthy the best
ays OF the Republic. add persuasive and n
sgnetic chsrm not often felt in the Fcde- II
y capital We trust, then. the friends ofe
=. Douglass will not persist 10 urging his !,
ection 30 the Office for which he is now
ominsted. but make every effort to return y
IN 70 Congress on the very first vacsn- L
! from Monroe county" IA,
SO Z appears that Horace Greeley, not y,
sished with negro equality. was anxious = "
elevate the impudent negro Fred. Doug =
g above the heads Of the fifteen or twenty A
oussnd white voters in the Rochester Dis. lG
ct' oy making him their Represe NATIVE :,
Congress. IN. A. Ledger.