Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-22

Qaes,lens fer IeHa Cappsrscsas

|. Since out of one thousand Towa
negroes seven hundred and Iifty vOlun-
teered for the war, and out of forty
thousand Iowa Coppcrheads only scyen-
teen volunteered, aud they not for tho
war, but for the bounty, which has tho
best right to vote In Iowa, anegio or n
| Cspperhead.
Z. If seven hundred and fifty Iowa
negroes went to the war, thereby en-
abling seven hundred and fifty Copper
heads to stay at home and vote, ought
not that price to pay for the right of the
two hundred and fifty negroes that re-
main behind because unable to fight, to
vote?
8. The seven hundred aud fifty ne
Ngroes who went to war in place of that
number OF Copperheads really bought
f}r the Copperhead party $50 votcs.--
| Now II that which purchases 'savcn
hundred and fifty Ooppcrhead Votes
will not purchase two hundred and
| fifty negro votes, is it because two
hundred and fifty negro votes are worth
more than seven hundred aud fifty
Copperhcad? .a..
4. If it is safe TO allow the Copper
heads of Iowa to vote, who are one in
three of tho population, can tho danger
| be great in allowing the negroes of 10
| red?
| 5. 1fit is safe TO allow ak millions
of rebels to vote, who were 40 ignorant,
SO degraded, 50 stepped In vice as to
vote and fight against the Union, is IT,
not safe to allow four millions ofnegroos
to vote who have been so wise patriotic
and virtuous as to fight for the Union,
and who will vote for II If allowedr
9. If, by the constitutions of tho
original thirteen States, none but South
! 4 "a ,o .,NYtnl,.l k1n,,Iy
voting, and If therefore, George Wash.
ington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin
Franklin, the Adameg, IND Andrew
jackson of Tennessee, could tote Mt the
same poll with negro, would not To-
wa be returning to the practice of tho
venerated Fathers of the Republic hy
allowing all free citizens to vote?
7. If you object to the negro voting
because he is ignorant will il not re-
move that objection to allow mono tn
vote but those who can read and writo?
the black man, ought II not to be pre-
scribed to the white man also?
s. If the negro has lived In this
country 300 years, under the rule of the
white man, and is not yet fit to vote,
does 1t not prove that the white race Ia
not tit tn he his teacher any longer? II
not how many hundred years more Of
failure must the white race enjoy Before
the black race be permitted to try tho
experiment of learning how To vote for
itself.
o. Ifyou were on sinking ship, and
the negroes of the crew should vote you
ipto the Lfe boat, while, the whites
should VOTE y.si overheard, would you
let the negroes vote 10 save your
selves?
10. IF thcncgro would elect the DEM
ocratic ticket every time wouldn't you
allow him to voter
IL. Are the Copperhcads of Iowa
Democrats or nnti-dcmocrats, according
to the true meaning of the word DEM
ocrat y as defined by tho standard au-
thority for the English langhags, Web
ster's Dictionary, vi2: emo who adj
heres t. 2 aGoyernmenthy the people, or
FAvoRS THE 'EXTENsION OF THE RIGHT
, OF suFFHG1ETO ALL CLASSES OF MEN p'
II. Are not the Republicans OF Iowa
truo "Democrats according 10 Wch~
, ster?--Chicdgo Tribune.