The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-10-05
iBRiBilI LlACOLN'S RGCGRG.
His Aboiitionism Proved-EE IS IN
FAVOR OF NEGRO EQUALITY.


The doctrine OF negro equality lies at To.
foundation of all A boiitloniSm Tor when tha
doctrine is fniv acknowledged and carried out
and the Eegrn Is pot upon an equality with the
white man, OF course slavery would be abolish.
ed-there would be no slaveS-aI would BE-
placed upon an equality. The reason The Re.
puhIicanS Ias>t So strenuousv dpon that doc
trlne Is hrCausa il is sure 10 dcive to abolition
everywhere; and no man insist more strenuous.
" upon II than Mr.. Lincoln lor in his cepbra-
led Chicago speech he uses the following extra.
ordinary language:
81 should Ike to know if, taking this old
Declaration Of Independence, which declares
tbat all men are equal upon principle, AID ma
king EXCEPTIONS to it. WHERE WILL
iTSTOP? If ONE MAN SAYS II DOES
NOT MEAN A NEGRO, why not another
say II does mean some other man ?''-(S-esLp-
coin ond Douglas Debates, p. 22-Lincoln's
ediion.)
Here is a pointed declaration mode by Mr..
Lincoln that He BELIEVES ia The docfrine
of NEGRO EQUALITY without qualifca-
ton.
And to show his vim in expressing his firm
belief 10 the doctrine, he adds
iii .hat decIatatIon is not The truth. Jet US
get The statute book AND TEAR IT OUT If IS
not true, let US TEAR TT OUT, fCrles Of
no. no,l Let Us stick TO it then: -t us stand
frmIv by lt"-tDe5ates, page 43 Linco!n's
ediion.)
Al Gal-sburg he aftirms The declarations in
hs,i LieffliPe1 wRzsis,
world from the date OF 'hp Declaration Of Inde-
pendence up 10 within three years ago, NAV o.
4
ONE SINGLE MAN. THAT THE NEGRO
WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE DECLA-
RATION OF INDEPENDENCE.-{See De-
5aGes, Lrncou's edition, p 1888
Whicn Smply means hat When orr fathers
who were most Of them shareholders, declared
THEMSELVES free. thew were declaring The Ne
GROES FREE ALSO
Agaia MIR. Llncoio not only declares that the
Declaral ion of Independence includes The negro
as crea ed equal, but he adds that ihey are Gre
ated Tree AMI equal, in the following codcil to
| his 3enediction at Chicago
! "My friends, could not without launching
| of upon some new topic, which would detan
you TOO long, continue tonight. | thank YOU
| for this most extensive audience you have !ur-
rlshed me tonight. leave you, hoping that
fhe lamp of liberty Will burn IN your bosoHs un-
I'll there shall b. no longer dou5t that all men
are created FREE AND EQUAL F-iS-e
Lincoln's edition OF Deba'es, page 2+.)
Thus Intprpolatiog be Declaration OF lnde
pendence, 10 order 10 carry oul bis Abolition
doctrines.
That Mr Lincoln desires 10 reduce this doc
lrrnp to praruce rs proved by tornlog 10 tht
Illinois Journal of September TO, 1896, where
in we we fnd him reported as declaring at
banquet at Chicago
s:rhal c-nlral idea, IN our political opinion
a. the beginning was, and until recently con
tnued 70 bp, the EQUALITY OF MEN. And al
though it was su5miilet patiently, 10 whateve
inequality there seemed to BE- as matter OF ne
cesslty, lis constant working has been a stead
progress towards the PRACTICAL EqUALIT
OF ALL MEN.
nLet past differences as nothing be; and wit
steady eve on the real issues, let us ioeugurat
The good old central IDEAS OF the Republic
We can DO IT, The human heart Is with us
. God is with us. We shall again be able not
n declare that all the States, as States, are equa
nor vet that all her ciiizrns as citizens are
DUAL, but renew the broader, better declaration
h including both senses aud much more, that a
0 men are created equal"
NNen puAieu ny JhuSS bouSlds a. " Il
meaning when be declared that SIT (slaver.
should be placed where the public mil
sh luld rest in the belief that it was IN Il
:. course of ultimate extinction," he derlar
> that
IL did no, even say that desired that 81
:, very should be put in course OF ultimate g
tIpction. [ 20 SAY so NOW, however,
there need be no longer any difficulty abo
that 1t may be written down 10 the gre
8 speech"
J. Webster says the word extinction means
put out" or 'lheeact OF putting OUT ''deslrI
10 tion," or, in other words, ''ABoLlsH."
= At Charleston, H., Mr.. Lincoln says
'.An elderly gentleman called upon me
- know whether was really IN favor OF PL
Feet equality between the negroes and
ly white people. ."-tDeba p 1867
ty And then he goes on to say that he IS not,
- ever has been 10 favor of The perfect social
cd political equality Of the whites and blacks
by But truly adds
2. 81 have never seen, to my knowledge,