Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-02-28
The Legislature of Delaware ON Polit.
ical Euuality.

Among the measures pending and which
we cannot but regard as tending to prolong
the period OF bitter strife and to be traught
with tie constituents Of misrne and discard.
Is the Bill which has passed the House of
representatives, creating universalhegro suf-
irage in. the District of Columbia. II as O.
party erperimcnfupon the rights ef' tie legal
coterS Of the District: Thee have, with
great unanimity, and with, we believe, but
sixteen dissen'ients, expressed their conyic-
tions tbroue b the ballot box against the ex-
pedency and wisdom Of conterripg upon the
colored race the elective franchise, and ad.
mitting them to the exercise of the highest
and most sacred of political rights. Their
equality as TO civil rights is not disputed. In
this avowal the citizens of the Distric. have
but followed the example of Connecticut.
Minnesota, Colorado and other States of the
North. These had repudiatcd negro suffrage.
These who, under the Constitution, were the
only legal voters, expressed their within the
same way and by virtue of the same power.
and their utterances should have been as DO
tent In the full light of this protest and in
the face Of this proclamation of public senli-
ment, one branch of the legislative DEPART
ment las by large majority, declared yari-
ant races political equala.
The Legislature OF Delaware, now in ses-
sion, Las spoken on this subject in no uncer-
tain tones. Its Houseo Of Representatives has
adopted tie following resolutions:
Resolcea, By the. Senate apd House of
Representatives of the State of Delaware in
General Assembly met That we, the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of Delaware. do
hereby express our unqualified disapproba-
ton of the B II lately passed by the lower
House Of Congress, now pending before the
Senate, conferriug upon tto negroes of the
District Of Columbia the right of suffrage.
and consider that the passage of such a law
would be lasting stigma ard disgrace to the
free white men ofthis country, anda sad COM
mentary upon their intelligence
Rcsoired, tiyther, That the immutab!e laws
Of God have affixed upon the brow of the
white races the inefaceable stamp of superb
ority, and that oil attempts to elevate the
negro to social or political equality With the
white man is futile and subversivs of the ends
and aims for which the Ameri an Govern
nent was established, and contrary to the
doctrines and teachings Of the fathers of the
Republic.
Resolcva, .fanher, That in our opinion the
passage Of such INV BY Congress is but the
ley noIe of other wrongs and outrages to be
hereafter ihaicted upon the white people of
he States.
Resolved, further, That we tender to the
White people Of the District of Columbia our
eep and sincere sympathy for them in their
istress, and denounce the act rs violation
{ their popular rights recently manifested
y On election.
These resolutions speak for themselves. If
ais power be conceded. then Congress may
alarge or abridge the suffrage. AS was said
y Mr.. Kerr, of Indiana, cit may impose
roperty qualification; it may give suffrage
, black mon, and take it from white men
hen j, p!eases. 1t can annulprovsisns on
le subject of suffrage at its own pleasure"
II does not fellow, because there is iuris-
cticn in legislation, that therefore. there is
Dsolute and illiuitable power. The riews
the President on this point we win here
ter allude to. In the meantime, we would
,mmend to all who are really in favor of q
stored Republic, the following al. peal made
! President Johnson in speach delivered
: him in the Senate of The United States,
, the 18th of December, 1859: The time
.s arrived when encroachments should cease.
II we ask is that as brothers oil the same
eat Oonfederacy, you viii understand and
r7y ont the Constitution as it is. Let,us
ase agitation andstand upon tie Constitution
the common altar, and inaintaip allits
larantecs, and swear by our fatbersand the
cd who made us, that the Constitution and
guarantees shall be preserved, and in do.
6 SOW shall preserve the Union, and in
eserving, the Union, weshall have peace
ID harmony, and unezampled prosperity
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