The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-10-06

Additional evidence that the Republican
Party is for Negro Suffrage and Ne
gro Equality.
The Nsir York Tribune, in a leading editJ1i-
al of March 10th. 1891, said:
'sThere is, no doubt . great prejudice a
gainst the black race IN the United States, but
It IS impossible 70 say that this is not the result
os a cruel ard systematic degraa ton, and il
wiII continue 10 De impossible 70 say this with
thc least logical accuracy until ali traces Of the
bondage in which the blacks have for neatly
two centuries been held have disappeared. Such
prejudice Is by no means Z novelty Gor has it
been ar all confined to blacks. All Christians
in the middle age supposed that Jews exhaled
Il bad oior from their bodies, aud the marriage
Of Jew and Christian at that period would have
been far more likely to provoke mob in any
civilized cI.y then the marriage Of a white C.an
and black woman would be now. There Is
The sim, la fact il IS impossible 10 get around
IT, or under If, 0r over il, with the whole Cop
perhead power Of wriggle. Now the white la
tred of the black IN this country IS precisely Of
this character. Delicate people say that it
IS natural We answer that 1t IS impossible
10 prove tLat it IS natural. OF course it is
easy to classify It's different sources A man
Of great refinem nt may dislike 10 associate
WITH an ignorant urgo as he would with
an ignorant man Of whatever tribe. i man
Systematically acquCsCeui in The wrongs and
cruelties Of society may shun a negro as he
would any unpopular white. / n1au vino has
himself been under-estlmated, may be jealous
of any a tempt to do Justice 10 others But we
must insist hat all ms settles nothing except
our human inhumamty-eXcept that IN spite
of our religious professions, we do not dwell to-
getker as brytIren-except that we do not, il
spite of our Bibles, believe that God has made
all men Of one blood. For the opinion of 4
Jealous, ilterate, coarse-ininded creature upon
this or any other topic, the most refined hateT
of the African would probably have DO respect
and vet the iInatured prejudice of this brutal
lied being il just precisely tie prejudice of the
learned and accomplished. You. ask the one
why he hates the Black, and he viii answer
bocausasl.e hates him. IUu will ask the other
why he I.ates the Black aud he viii answer
because be hates him. Fer the life Of us we
cannot see why the philosopher OF The. shahty
does net-fnake out quite as good a case as the
philosopher Of the study. The reason why they
cannot tell, but this they know, and know full
well-they do not like the blacks.
Il is hard to decide how long this prejudice
may continue TO influence society; and 1t VIII
probably continue to be felt long after all tracks
of il have disappeared from the Statute-b books
of all the states. Bot this thing IS certainly
clear-that under the Constitution in It's most
liberal Interpretation, and admitting our cher
ished American doctrine Of equal human rights
if white man pleases to marry black wo-
men, the mere fact that she Is black gives no
one a righ; 20 interfere to prevent Or set aside
such marriage ia man can so far conquer his
repugnance 10 a Black woman as to make her
the t0oller Of his children, we ask, IN the name
Of the divine law and OF decency, why he
should not marry her
Next to the Tribune, in influence and circu- !
lation in the Republican party Is Tie LtdPsa-
dent, edited by HENRY WARD BEECHEE.
It's leading editorial of the 2jth Of February
1864, thus spcaks:-
"Leaying out Of view our native born A
mericans of English descent ihere are enough OF
other stocks on this soil 10 make three other ma
tious-nameiy, the Irish, the Germans and the
Negroes. Even the Negroes number one mill
lion more than the whole population of the
United States at the adoption Of the Consttu-
ton. But these three stocks have rot come
hither 10 establish themselves as distinct pco-
geher shall be built up into the monumental
nation Of the earth.
Read this again, Irishmen and Germans
the article continues:
fWe believe the whole human race are
ong flnil ily--6orn, every individual, with com .
mon prerogatire TO do the best he can for his
welfare; that in political societies all men, OF
whatever various race or color, should stand
whites and blacks should intermarry Ii they
wish and should not unless they wish; that the
p.orois not to be allowed 10 remain III this coun-
trv. but Is TO remain without being allowed
a.Lirr pohoIy's permission but his own; that
wa shall have 10 permanent settlement OF the ne
oronnastion till our haughter white blood, lock
iog at the face of the negro, shall forget that ne
i black. and remember only that he Is a cl'lZ1H'
The article concludes:
Whether or not the universal complexion OF
the human family at the millennium VIII NOT
be white or black, but brown or coloFea' we
certainly believe that the African tinted mem
bers of our community will in the inture graz
ually bleach out their blackness. The facts OF
to dav prove that beyond denial Already
three sfourths Of the co,ored people Of the UnI-
ted States have white blood IN their vieii8 ne
two hoods have been gradually lnterminghh5
ever since there were whites and blacks among
our population. This Intern cling VIII con-
tnue. Under slavery it has been forced ana
frarn4nt. under freedom it viii Le voluntary
and unfreouent But by-and-Gy counting the
years not by Presidential campaigns bnt 10y cen
turies. the negro of the South, growing paieL
with every generation, will at last completely
hide his face under the snow