The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-07-09
Plain talk % the Deoocrary-EMasclPa-
tien and SeSrs Equality as viewed by
Gel. Roraey.

PLAIN talk @ che Oeaocrary-euaasclpa-
tien and SeSrs Equality as viewed by
We commend the following to those Demo.
crats Who are eternAlly howhng abou, "Aboi
douista" "Niggcrism," and Negro Equality.
Il viii be recouected these words are spokeu by
one OF their own kith and kin, who voted with
them in lSt0, and who knows enough To sec tho
truth without party prejudice, aud hoaest
enough to speak it without circamlocution.
Read il Democrats. Asd see il il is no: truth.
II il is, stop yosr stupid carpiug at Republicans
q Abolitionsts:
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Press.
In tie campaign that is about to be opened
against the Administration and the war, po~er-
full emphasis IL to be laid upon the empty accu-
sation that the friends OF Mr.. Lincola favor No.
conditional emancipation anu negro equ Atty.
Contemplate this accusation is, IL is fscQaeat.
ly repeated by men who, in their heated parti.
sanship forget that they are intelligent and rea.
sooable beings. As usual the name Of ''Dcm.
ocracy" 10 to be invoked = cover % this srrans
denagoguism. la other days, before the people
si the Uuited States were educated by Q great
var, which overturned old expectations and de-
suoyed old theories such a "divertissement (" p
eur masses are indeed suuken into the deepest
sleugn Of ignorance, this attempt 10 seduce them
into wrong paths will be fesifally avenged. 1
have very low estimate Of the leaders who bul
lied and coaxed the majority OF the Democrats
Of Pennsylvania into the support of Brecken-
ridge in 1860, aud who, With the treacheries aud
corruptions to Bachanan revealed 10 their eyes
and ears, refused to denounce these crimes.
The bloody harvest VI the seed thus sown should
admonish them against another experiment. up.
on the supposed cruelty of the American peo-
pie.
The men in the tree States who advoc ate uu-
conditional emancipation are Very few in mum.
| bers. In the Republican party they do not mum.
Der one in Eve hundred. There il not srsiser
any where Who does not know this 10 DO true.
even % he repeats the reverse. As TO negro
equality, still more conclusive reply might be
made TO this silly talsehcod. The practical anal.
ganatiouists are not in the free States. The
most infatuated Abolition fanatic rarely carries
his free thought into free love- IL is only in the
atmosphere Of rebellion that negro equality. in
its worst phase, has been accepted aud illustra.
ted. The social distinction between the races of
| white and black, in the tree States, 10 as broad
asd clear a. il is in England aud France, where,
l in the face Of laws that make distinction as
to political right the preserves its relations
wholly independent Of the other. r -t
But Why continue to reply TO IN argument not
even believed by those who make il,
This war is productive OF great and new i.
sues. While it adds to tho responsibilities Of
the Executive, il reduces the reliance of tho
denagogue upon popular iSnorane, and to this
extent reduces the weight Of these responsible.
ties 1t would have been worse for slavery il
treason had taken up arms against Democratic
instead Of q Republican administration. Then
the ingratitude OF the Shareholders would have
been more keenly felt, and more mercilessly pun.
ished The Democrats, who clamor for compro-
mise now, aud are blind to the atrocities of the
rebels, in that event w0uld have discarded every.
thing but the sword, and believed anything but
rebel humanity. Mr.. Lncoln's Administration
is doing what that Of Mr.. Douglas would have
done, and less, had Douglas been chosen Presi.
dent Results have sadly proved that il Breck.
snridge had been elected, four years would have
, found the free States without a country save
that which was controlled by the Institution of
slavery. The rebellion of lsGl62 Is the voice
of the devil proclaiming that. in the event Of
the election Of Breckenridge in 1860, four years
more would have found US q slave monarchyi
.. These are plain lessons. They need no rheto.
& ric to adorn and no witness 10 confirm them.
They are facts, and facts are better than history.