The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-09-13
Tbo Nitxer 5hs Var.

The intelligent reader will find in the
followingexdActs rr5nfs peccAcs, and let
t a., of Chase, LincJln&d 1sard, the
formulation ana object eftilo ~ which is
nov btiSg wSged ON 10 sou,G I'VE COM
mend shese extracts TO Ne aAention and
constellation, Of such meutsas are still
holding out for "thc Union"
In 1915, the free negroes Of Cincinnati
presented Hon. s. Z. Chase, the present
Secretary of the Treasury in The lincoln
Cabinet n silver pitcher for his doctrine
of equality. The present was accompanied
by an. appropriate address blythe sbIaeI-'
rem'mcn," and TO which his Abolition
IIighness made the following reply:
rIn what have done ! cannot claim to
have acted from any peculiar consldera.
ton OF the colOred people us separate
and distinct class in the community, but
from the simple conviction that all the
individuals OF that class are members Of
the community, and, in virtue Of their
manhood, entitled TO every original right
enioyed by any other member. We feel,
therefore, that all legal distinction be-
tween individuals of the same community,
founded in any suclncircumstance as col
or, origin, and the like, are hostile to the
genius of our Institutions, and incompati-
Bile with the true theory of. American lib
erty. Slavery and oppression must cease,
or American liberty must perish. .t.4.
In Massachusetts,, and in most, if not
all, the New England States, the colored
man and the white man are absolutely
equal before the law. In New York the
colored man is restricted as to the right
of suiiiageby a. property qualification
In other respects the same equality pre-
walls.
] embrace with pleasure this opportu-
nifty Of declaring my disapprobation of
that clause Of the Constitution which de-
MES to portion of the colored people the
right of suffrage. True Democracy makes
no inquiry about the color OF the skin or
place of nativity. or any other similar Cir
cumstance or condition. regard there
fore the exclusion of the colored people
as body from the elective franchise as
incompatible with true Democratic prin-
ciples. "-,Slrer Pitcher letter, May GH, 1915.
Now read what Lincoln has said on the
subject Of negro equality: '"fs 70 ..i
"What do say is, that no man is good
enough 10 govern another without the
others consent. the master
not only governs the slave without ms
consent, but he governs him oy set OF
rules altogether different from those
which he prescribes for himself. Allow all
the governed an equal voice in the gov
ernment; and that, and that only, is self
So '1o'' :" ''''' - r.
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pusn ~ ,o IN ~ 't s"ii poSoo am
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now reaa what seward mas saia:
"All that is just and sound; but assum-
ing the same premises, to-wit: that all men
are equal by the law of nature and of ma
tions-the right of property in slaves falls
to the ground; Tor one who is equal to the
other cannot be the owner or property of
that other. But you answer that the
constitution recognizes property in slaves.
1t would be sufficient, then, to reply, that
the constitutional obligation must be void,
because 1t is repugnant to the. law of ma
tpre and nations!'''-Speech IN the United
'States. iSendte, March III, 1850. s-3.,T
theSupreme Court also can reverse it's
spurious Judgment in the bred Scott
case more easily than we can reconcile
the people TO the usurpation, *fgSo&g
The people OF the United States never
can, and they never will, accept princi-
pies so unconstitutional and SO abhorrent.
Never, never. Let the Court recede.-
whether 1t recedes or not, we shall reor-
game the Court, and thus reform its po-
iitlcal sentiments and practices, and bring
them INTO harmony with the Constitution
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and collision result Shall I I'll VOL WIZ :
fills collisions n,eans9 m ov W. ii,;nL H.
accidental unnecassorv tLe worL ~ IL.