Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-02-22
The Dark Side ofshe Picture.

ooi AN'iihS HIGH III TIC Soh ohcilliiicilt
seem to be entirely engrossed with the
dark side of the picture i'll these old States.
lhe American citizens Of African descent
have engaged almost the entire attention
OF the leading men of the majority in
Congress and also in our own Legisla-
ture. Sumner and Stevens and Wade,
have turned their sole attention to the ele-
walton of this race, regardless of the de-
gredation they are continually heaping
upon their own race and color. Charles
Sumner brought into the United states
Court colored lawyer from Massachu-
setts and had him admitted to practice be-
fore Chief Justice Chase and the Supreme
Court OF the United States. This negro
John S Rock, the colored gentleman, we
suppose behaved very well, and whether
the matter is right in itself or not, we
don't wish to say, but we do say the shod
dyites are making a great deal of fuss
about 1t. Particularly, the special cor
respondent of the New York Tribune.
He takes more pains in giving descrip
ton Of it than he would do at the corona
tIon of the Prince of Wales He describes
II as the funeral of the Dred Scott deci-
sion, and Charles Sumner and Rock the
Pail bearers. 1t describes the LAWYER as
jet black, hair of an extra twist. of an
agravating kink, unqualified and defiantly
"nigger with no paliiation of COM
PlcXion no let down in lip, no compromise
in nose, no abatement in any facial cram
ial or astrological particular.
If Charles Sumner has buried the Dred
Scott decision, be il SO, but If he and his
tanatical compeers, have buried their
country beyond the hope of resurrection.
then they may have been benefactors to
the negro race, but they are malefactors
to the human race besides
While these things are transpiring in
Washington city our own abol;tionists are
busy in Harrisburg. Morrow B. Lowry
seems to have taken principal charge of
the colored branch of the concern. They
have been legislating with regard to street
cars for some time, but we have lost
sight of it, and don't know where they have
left it.
y State conI ention OF coIored gentle
men was held at Harrisburg the other
day. They invited the members of the
Legislature to attend. Senator Lowry
we believe did attend. This convention
met for the purpose Of securing equal
rights to the colUrcd population of Penn
sylvania- Education, the right Of sui-
tragc etc, were discussed The LegisIa-
ture will hardly attempt to amend the
Constitution this session, the abolition
amendment in Congress may satisfy them
for the present.
They have had already large portion
OF the time of Congress and our own leg-
Islature devoted TO them this winter. 1t
IS not the mission of the democratic party
to crush the negro or the white man
either The greatest good to the great
est number was always their motto
And whenever it could be made manifest
that the abolition of slavery would have
that tendency, then would the democracy
adopt 1t as a principle by giving com
pensation to the owners of slaves The
democratic party never blamed the South
tor having slaves, it was not their fault it
was the fault of England, who saddled it
on the country first, and New England
afterwards who saddled it on the South
when it conld be no longer profitable to
themselves.