The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-30
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Senator Wilsou-who has spoken effec
lively for the Union cause and ticket il
New 4ork-closed the CANVASS on Saturtla,
at Little Fails, where he thus elucidated tht
chief qopperhcad bugaboo:
Our country" said that iIlustriou.
statesman, John Quincy Adams, began liz
existence by the universal emancipation .;
man from tue thraldom of man. Amid the
daLNlliig storms of revolution, America pro-
Chained As Its living faith the sublime creed
OF human equality From out the rolling
clouds OF battle the new republic, as it took
lis place III the family of nations. proclaim
IN the ear OF all Humanity that the poor, the
humble, the sous of toll whose hands were
hardened by honest labor, were the EQUALS,
the peers, before the law of kings and princes
and nboies
= ms NJ declaration of the rising Republic in
the New World was all inspiration to tue
champions of popular rights in the Old
"orid' and hope to the people in whose
hearts still fingered the diInly remembered
accents OF liberty. To men crushed IN
struggling for the rights Of humanity. the
proclamation of the 8 f-evident truth that
an men are created equal aud have an in
aiienable right to life, liberty, and the pur-
SUIT OF happiness, has been for two geuera-
lions living faith, that would illu,ne their
law. ,.as .l d =. = ~, - -
tghty nine years after the proclamation
OF the sublime creed of human equality
winch has been an inspiration to humanity
the wide world over, our ears are panied
and our souls made sick here in our own
America with the brutal and vulgar outcrv
OF mgger equality. Here in Christian and
republican America, every effort of patriot
ISM liberty, Justice and humanity to lift the
burdens imposed upon poor race by Cen.
turtles OF slavery-every effort to instruct
the intellect darkened by years of oppres
sioi--is stiginatizcd by the brutal and vuI-
gar demsgogulsnl of America asa uIgger
equality 'Nigger equality! Whenever /
hear a man, born in this land, educated in
these free schools, taught in these Christian
Churches, instructed in these varied in Ius.
tries, pirate about 'niggsr equality Iaccept
1t as confession that he instinctively feels
that the negro is his superior. and demands
legislation to make him his inferior. Mig
ger equality = IL is the language of brutal
ty and vulgarity. No gentleman in Ameri-
Ga pirates about nlgger equality The crea-
ture thar Is so b;lse as to do SO must be, and
IL a vulgar fellow. He may live in tne
house; he may dress in the garb Of d gen
tlenan bnt a noble or manly sentiment
never dWelt in his bosom. sr.a
Irenembar on one occasion when a SEN
ator was addressing the Senate and iudulg.
4, l,sliIt.kr
Seward turned to me aud said, that man
will never be President; the people Away
mean to elect gentleman for President ;
and tue man vino spells negro with two ga
can never be President He is vulgar fell
low who raises al outcry about uigger
equality A.fii he is poor pitiabr creature
VINO Tears it. Under Just, humane aud
equal lAwe,, no mau should look up to l5nlsy
one as MS superior, nor down to any ort, az
his inferior. The poorest man iii the land
il entitled To equality before the law with
the wtaithiest citizen Of his country. His
cabin may be humble; but it is as sacred
as the palace of the rich man His wife
may be clothed IA rags but size is shielded
by the same equal law that protects tbs
Fjcwe!ed bride Of the Richest man in all the
land. = .sh ..n ..-ia... ...
j lis &tiid may be little barefoot boy, bat
he is taeperr Of the son of wealth aud pride.
Away with the brutal? vulgar, wicked out,
cry about ,,higger equality e" 1t was boru
OF tue pit. Send 1t back to its native depths
/ Remember those other words that come to
us from the heavens; ''iuasinuch AS We ind
it unto the least Of these, ys did it unto
Yme. Walk the earth with your forehead
to the skies IN the conscious dignity of tile
equality of humanlty-that You are men
whom God made aud for whom Christ died
land that it degrades not hut enuobes him
who lifts up the SOUS and daughters Of toll,
misfortune aud sorrow, OF all the races and
kindred of men. "a+