Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-02
The Result OfIhe Abolition
POLICY,

kOhICys
1t requires no great foresight to see the
result Of the present Government policy, il
it be prosecuted to final success. 1t can
result 10 nothing else than the destruction
of our present form Of government and the
emancipation os the slaves and their eleva
ton to an equality with white citizens in
all respects.
1t has been remarked with truth that
when William II. Seward, about two years
ago, gave passports to negroes ss "Ameris
can citizens" when, at the instance of
Mr., Sumner, negro was recognized as
Minister from Hayti. and diplomatic inter-
eourse was, for the first time opened with
those who committed the St. Domingo
massacre-When the Emancipation ProcIa-
nation was issued under the plea of anil
itary necessity" and negroes were enlist>
ed and placed on an equality with white
soldiers, and when they were styled by the
| President american citizens of African
descent"-successiV steps were taken TO-
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the AbolitiOnists relative to the negro, tc-
wit: negro suffrage and negro equality.
That this is one of the primary objects
| for which the war has teen prolonged, and
all Overtures for compromise or peace re-
iected, is obvious.
Negro freedom and negro equality is one
of the planks in the Republican platform.
In Massachusetts,, and other states where
Abolitionism has unlimited sway, negroes
and white men are absolutely equal before
the law.
If the freedom and enfranchsement of
the negroes lie not the ulterior oil iect Of
Abraham lincoln and his adherents, why
do they adopt every measure calculated to
bring this about? Why do they declare
that she Union can never be restore with
slavery2 And Why is it that they are try
ing to lice the negro in q position where
equality and suffrage cannot consistently
be denied him.
President Lincoln declared 10 his mes
sage bis inability to decide whether white
men or negroes were superior as Tiers.
And some Of the more fanatical Of his ful-
lowers have had the temerity to declare the
gross falsehood that the fall of Vicksbu
and Port Hudson were the6ruits Of negro
herOism, thus discarding the services and
bravery Of white soldiers altogether.
WhO dues not see the infect of this p
The next argument 10 the Republican pro-
gramme will be those who fight shall 70
assuming that negro troops are more
than the equals Of white soldiers. and that
negro voters are the equals Of white free
men.
That this is tho real designs of those in
power, is as certain as tbatthe sun shines
at nCOaday. They have declared this pol
icy o. negro equality time and again, and
they ere now, by the aid of Government
and the armies, carrying out their pro-
ject.
This question of negro equality ERE
ssnts itself to the people of this country in
a two.fold aspect. To the people of the
| North it says, "You must strike down all
laws which erect barrier between you
aud the black man be is your equal, en-
titled to vote, hold Office, set at the same
table with you. and marry your daughters.
You must give him the same political and
social rights you enjoy, for be is your
equal, and entitled to them"
To the people IF the South negro equals
ity says: You must free your negroes
and give them all the rights you now en-
joy, for they are your equals, and entitled
to their freedom and the political and so
cial privileges enjnyed by you"
Upon this issue hangs the future destiny
of our country. If the people are in favor
: of the proposition as stated above. they
will endorse at the ballJt-box the Admits
; istratiOn of Abraham Lincoln. But if they
! be opposed to the negro equality and ne
gro suffrage p Icy of the Abolition Repub
lican party, they will elect General Nc
I Clellsn, or some other true friend of the
! constitution and the Union to the Presiden