New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-03

We aSsweS, Nsvsr, and by no one The Grst Co,us
fo:ioDsl C0s7sbtipn ever held in this State s,ssuha
a: Ki,gs;on in l777. and then and there suu,ts,..
o''y wnh the vim 'iea ion Of American liberty bv q.
cattle OF Saratoga, accorded the RICH. of Saa,a..
"hho1s dstiDcon or resricn on account Of cdr !.
I"e' Since then, two Constitutional Coaysn,ioua
wave ben held, both Of tbom strongly suocra,i..
~. n Der Of them fl 10 deprive negroes Of IL
~, E,n nln age On the contrary, while they soue-
"oeI united, each Convention exnyessIv resfs,rsI
soa. rgn'; by the Wings of the Revolution. ,hsrs.
LIZ o." " me Deuocra,s of later day Il has hse,
ueIinsrs.eiy esabhsd that bIack skin doe, not AZ.
~ YEA 'os exercino the Right Of Suffrage
Be- ssid IN 81 spation 81 And this Is all that ned
gro equality" NEGRO nyss - q To- sSo's
An agsnaIiop" etc, etc, which ~ e esry. Du
. NtgrO Snhr' r peo' ssitaies AmaIqams-
Ismity evSry year since l777. A ~. ;. 70 va -
damage hss not been perc. ptibe we ma. yenns
fup that the country can withstand the ~, -
years lorg ger. ~''N
III Tn. negro elemen, in the population AZ 49,. o..
has borne steadily decreasing ratio 10 he WIZ.
ula'i0D ever tioce this State aoolishtd Slavery ~
WIS when not less than onetwentieth OF the inh.ht
nts OF our State were OF African birth or race. no-
Ire proportion is hardly than one-,i1tieti. II a.
much. Can be ssary from dresd or hss Of ,Sis
iDspn fcapt fracticI 10 violate and defy great ana
au'aIy prrciple-tbat dictate Of equality and natural
ustice Which prescrbss that all who contribute bv
heir Isbor 10 the wealth and strength Of the Sse and
are b.. Id folly areDahle to It's lars and their psnaee
rs ratiops rec or sibls beirgs shall have voice in
making aud modifying the laws whereby hsy are
udg ard electiDg the officers by whom they are 70
be Tubd2
ILL., The colored people of our S,sse are generally
poor are p'sc icaly excluded from all but the kambs
and lees, profitable vocations, ngorously declared
from pr bic ploymeDt and from nearly every aysnce
10 social cons Iteration honorable distinction. Their
children early spd keenly realize tba, they must pas
through life with brand tn r brows ard THAI, 10,
hem DO their very best the peanest white oucast o.
col will look down on them with wiberiog contempt
In fact the treatment CT blacks in the Free Soeety Of
onr Northern States is subject of general and ju 70
bike throughout the South We propose 10 unda
some portion of this sgrant, crying njusiee aud re-
lev, orr STATE fom reproach, by the concession Of
kqDal Suffrage.
Nv. But we are adzonshed that our words, at this
late bou must b. few. Believing that Equal Suffrage
il jus-hst it will mitigate in come degree, the prss
ure Of the sOcsl burden borne by the smallest and MOI
deeply wropQ.d class of peoplethat it will inci<
tbos. whom il avors 20 earnest efforts 10 deserve The
Rights thus accorded them-thst, in protecting then
fir, u rueb uDu eTt-d sbuse ard contumey, IL viii IN
cite them 10 energy, effort, and selfrespectths
it III vpd Gaze our State from deep and jus: repro.ch
and I'd strel 9Th to the brosd bass Of her political fabric
we sex you not only to vote but TO join "a In solicit
ing others 10 vote, for the proposed change.