North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-09-16

SO bold as to do it2 Ii it is not true, let us
tear it out [Cries of No ! no y Let US
stick to ii then let as stand by 1t then.
Let US discard all this clubbing
about this man and the other man-this race
and that race and the other race being infe-
rior, and theaefore they must be placed in
an inferior Notwithstanding the standard
that we have left us. Let as discard all
these things, and unite as one people hro-
ont thts land, until zoe shall once more stand
up declaring ihatALL MEN are created equal
leave you, hoping that the
lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms
UNTIL THERE SHALL NO LONGER BE DOUBT
THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"
See the volume of the debates between
Lincoln end Douglas, which have been re,
vised by Mr.. Lincoln since his nomination
for the Presidency, pages q, "a. Salmon P.
Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, twice elect
ed Governor OF Ohio, and elected Uuted
States Senator from that State, by the Black
Repu ublican party, was presented with sill
yer pitcher by the negroes Of CINCINNATI on
the 9th of May, 1845. In response to the
presentation. he said:
"In what have done I cannot claim to
have acted from any peculiar consideration of
the colored people as a 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 ENJOYED BY ANY
that all LEGAL DISTINCTION between
| ip,1 ls nf ha 1aA
in any such circumstances as color, origin,
and the like, are hostile to the genius Of eur
institutions, and Incompatible with the true
theory of American liberty, SLAVERY and
oppression must CEASE, or american hb-
erty must perish.
lii Massachusetts, and in most, if not all,
the Few England States, the colored man
and the white are absolutely equal before
| the law.
- In New York the colored man is restrict
ed as to the right Of suffrage by a property
qualification. In other respects the same
equality prevails.
embrace with pleasure this opportuni-
~ of declaring MY DISAPPROBAIIONo ot
that clause of the Constitution lrhich denies
TO q portion of the coiored people the right
OF suffrage. True Democracy makes no
Inquiry about the color Of the skin or place
Of Maturity, or any other similar circumstance
Of condition. | regard, therefore, the Ex-
cLUsIoN Of tie coEored people as a body
from the eiectire franchise as INCOMPAT
lBLE Nth true Democratic principles. g
The Hon. Henry Wilson United States
Senator from Massachusetts, in a speech de
iyered In the Senate on the 5th of May, 1858
| said: H-zs.-5 e. 8. .rs-.sss. e#. -...s.e
Now, Mr. President, I live in Common
wealth hat recognizes the ABSOLUTE AND
PERFECT EQUALITY of all men of all races
"A mulatto or negro in the State / represent
is not only citzen of the State be not en-
ly has the rigat to Uote, but, if the people
ch oose to do it they may elect hilO TO any Of
flee IN their glh."-Cong. Globe, lst Sess.
35h Cong, page 1866. .....-..
In 1856, Senator Wilson said:
g. Sir, am proud to live in Common
wealth where every man, black or white, of
every cline and race, is recognized as a man,
standing upon the terms of PERFECT AND
ABSOLUTE EQUALITY before the Iaws."-App.
Cong. Globe, lst. Sess. 34th Cong page 1893,
Senator Wilson made a mistake when he
stated that there was perfect equality in
Massachusetts,. Such is not the case. By
the laws of,that State, A FOREIGNER CANNOT
VOTE IN IT FOR TWO YEARS AFTER HE HAS
BEEN NATURALIZED AND A CITIZEN OF THE
STATE, WHILE NEGRO, UNDER THE SAME
LAW, ACQUIRES VOTE IN ONE YEAR and
what they have done In Massachusetts, they
will do in Pennsylvania, if they have the
power
On former occasion, (page 1864 Mr..
Frssscndon the Black Republican Senator
rom Mayne, held forth in this wise : ..t
"By the laws of Maine, and under the
Constitution of the State of Mayne, free ne
groes are ctizens-juSt as nluch citizens in
Re State of Dfdire as aDhite men. 1t has
been so solemnly decided by the highest
tribunal of our State since the decision of
The Dred Scott case. The Supreme Court OF
Maine has decided that they are 4entuie led TO
all the privileges that they stand upon
PERFECT Equality Nth phite men-under
the Constitution and laws of that State
under the terms of the Constitution, which
allows any citizen to vote"
Here we have the Black Republican su-
preme Court Of Maine actually multiplying the
decision of the Supreme Court Of the United
States, so intense is their love for the negro
Is this not enough to startle and alarm every
lover of his country2 ar as*t as
Now, listen to Casslus M. Clay, who was
the chief competitor against Hamlin for the
nomination for the Vice Presidency in the
Chicago Convention, and now Minister to
Russia
"Our Legislatures, State and Federal,
should raise the platform upon which onr
free colored people stand they sh uid gire
to them full political rights to hold office, to
vote, to sit on Juries, to g,re their tesinso% q,
and to make no d istinctio betueen them
and oursetUes. The INSTRUMENT called the
Constitution, after pronouncing all men equal,
and having equal rights, suffers slavery to
exist, free colored person to be denied all
pol tical rights, and after declaring that all
persons shall enjoya free intercourse with
the States, suffers the free negro to be driven
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