North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-09-13


longer mythical issue. but are part of the
vital, practical realities Of the present hour.
They are demanded of the black man F.; they
are advocated by white men in power in the
National Government, AND WE CHARGE E THAT
they are endorsed and sanctioned by large
majority Of the Republican party of the North,
including those who govern and control that
party in Pennsylvania. Let US examine some
Of the evidences upon which we found this
charge.
The States o: Maine, New Hampshire, YER
mont, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, by
constit utional provision, give to the black man
the unrestricted right of suffrage. These
States are all under Republican control, and
their politicians lead the van in the crusade
they hope is TO result in the degradation of
the white race to the level of the back.
The Senate of the United States, On the
3lst OF March. 1864 (see Congressional
Globe, p. 1861, had before it bill for the
cons truc'ion of the territory of Montana
Mr.. Wilkinson moved to strike from The sec
ond line Of the fifth section { VIII ch defined
the qualification of voter>) the worGs, "rhnr
male inhabitant." and insert the words, ''nale
citizen of the United Satos," &c. which was
agreed to "a follows:
YEAS: M.ssrs. Brown Chanller Clark Cola
mer, Conness D xon Fessenlen, FOt, F. tar,
Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris Howarn, Ho We, Nor
gan, Morrill,, Pomeroy, SunaeA, WAle, Wilkinson,
Wilson. %
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Wis, Harding Henderson, johnson, Lane, Nesn'ith,
Powell, Riddle, Salisbury, Sherman, Ten Eyck,
Trumbull Van Winkle, Wiley, II.
Those who thus voted To place the black
man on equality with the white in one of the
richest territories of the Ulon, will r7a lily
be recogn zed as the leaders of the Republi-
can party in the Senate.
1h's subject came up in the house Of Rep
resentativrs on the 18th April, 1864, (Con
g'essional GL,be, page lG52), hemotlon pen
ding being the appointment of Committee of
Conference on the Disagreement between the
Senate and House on striking out the word
"whlte." Mr.. Webster moved ''Ihat said
committee be instructed to agree to no report
that authorizes any other than free phIte
male cltlzcns TO vote" On the question oi
the adoption these instructions, the fellow
ing named Republican Congressman from
Pennsylva MA voted NAY: Messrs Broomall,
Kelley. Myers, O;NeiIl, Stevens Thayer, and
Williams. No Pennsylvania Republican vo
ted YEA.
The Republican State Convention of Maine,
lately in sesslor, in the Slh resolution de-
ciares in favor Of negro suffrage, as follows:
"That the emancipation proclamation of Pres
ident Line oln, the enlistment of over 100000
colored troops, the good faith of the colored
race amid treason, aud their being paid like
whites and placed in the most dangerous pIa-
ces, has pledged the national honor that these
people shall have in fact, as well as name,
conferred on them all the political rights of
freedmen. and that the people of the United
States will redeem this pledge"
The Republican Conventions Of the States
Of Iowa and Vermont have emphatically en-
dorsed the doctrines of negro equality and ne
gro suffrage, and placed their candidates
squarely upon that platform.
Ii. Winter Davis of Maryland, at Chicag o.
SAID:
I'VE need the cotes Of the colored people ii is
numbers moi intelligence, that counts at the ballot
bort IS the right intention, and not phitoSophic
judgment, that casts the rote.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. in the hide
pendent Of recent date, says:
We are pleading earnestly with the State to
abolish the distinction OF caste by universal suffrage
We see that this will inevitably lead not to the end
NNa
surrender of that country to the black man but to
the equality Of black lrhh the ,chac; the occupancy
Of 2tgsce uithou regard TO color the elerdtion Of
the negro to the gorernorship the SenatorShip. the
judgshtp by the side Of his uhiter kindred the
obt,teration of all marks of distinction and separa-
ton 6et1een men and men.
These are representative men of the Re-
publican party, and they have welded pow
erful influence in its ranks.
in our own State number Of Republ icar
county conventions have fully endorsed this
doctrine. Crawford county, at her convention
held at Meadville, June 27, 1865, resolved
that
Loyalty to the government should be the only
test of the right of srffrage-th0se who have fought
to preserve the Union the field of battle vh tber
white or bldck are certainly worthy and fit 10 pro.
tect it through the ballot -bor-itis unworthy the
sustain the government by their treasure and blood
The Republican County Conventions of
Northampton, Urion and Allegheny have aI.o
broadly endorsed these d"crrrnes.
The question of the right of the negro to
social equality was before the Legislature Of
Pennsylvania at its last session. On the 9Th
day of Feb 1865, the bill to prevent any pas
senger railway company from excluding COL
ored people from the cars came uD in the
Senate, and finally passed that body. Seven
teen Republicans Gall who vored) voted for
the bill, and fourteen Democrats against it,
1t was Sent 10 the House for concurrence -
and ON % March, 1865, it came up in the
House ON a motion to discharge the commit
tee. Forty six Republicans voted yea, and
twenty-eight Democrats voted nay. See Leg.