American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-03-21

of answer, aud demanding an answer,
shall standing army be maintained at
great expense 10 keep the peace between
the rebels lately dominant, and their 10y
alist neighbors, white and black, or will
YOU eafranchise with the suffrage the
black loyalist with the white allow them
their Just share Of political power, and
thus enable them to defend themselves
and us. IF you do not thus enfranchise
r.asa them YOU leave them to be oppressed by
the knavish. the brutal and unscrupulous
a. heretofore, and in some respects, all
the more, because their value as property
has ceased By the act of emancipation,
and those increased wrongs impose addi-
tional burthens in the administration OF
jnsticc upon the government OF all
% times in the history Of our Government
los he ballot is now most needed 10 their
hands. We need it, in their interest and
th ours alike, as counterpoise to that vast
70 disloyal political power that is destined
5 to furnish Congressman and Senators to
our national council chambers to sit by
the side of the Representatives of Penn.
sykauia, and her loyal sister States, and
help to make laws not for their own com.
munities only, but for you and me, and
che whole country. do not, therefore,
hesitate to say that this general enfran-
chisementin the South would be eminent
ly wise for our own defence for those In
vested with it, and for the security of
the lust interests of the nation at large.
Now those who oppose this enlarged
suffrage upon this floor speak to us IN
the name of Democracy. They say this
is "a white mans government" meaning
in it the black man has no share and
vet they claim to be Democrats. Sir,
love Democracy. Its doctrines are the
doctrines of the rights of man. l find
a Democrat defined by Webster thus:
Democrat, one who adheres to gov
ernment By the people, or favors the sx-
tension of the right of suffrage to all
classes of men" According TO the def
milton, where are the Democrats upon
this Aoor2 Are they the Senators on
the other side of this chamber Have
thew spoken in favor of q" the extension
of the right of suffrage to all classes of
.. men ?" No, sir; they have opposed
the Fundamental doctrine of Democracy.
They call themselves Democrats but
were thev Democrats when Webster COM
piled his dictionary.
u
modern times One who spells, speaks
the word negro with two gs-or else pro-
nounces it nigur, ne,the dread of whose
life is negro equality, and who, to'prevent
that catastrophe would have all laws that
prevent advancement and progress of the
colored race continued in force and new
legislation of the same character enacted,
lest the negro should distance him in the
race of improvement one who believes
in athe divine right" of white men to
govern, and especially the divine right
Of the acknowledging mobiles Of the
United States Indeed, so radical is his
conviction of this, that since these oil
garchs have withdrawn from participa-
tion in the Government, he does not hesi
. tate to declare-Democratic senators have
asserted in this de6ate--that the present
Congress of the United States is simply
ga cabal" French Directory" a
"Rump Congress" But if these aristo-
crats could only occupy their former
places in Congress aud other departments
the legitimate government, which has
been suspended since their secession
would be restored as in the hslycou days
of their former Democratic majorities.-
Saxon rule. A Senator the other day
called this an Anglo-Saxon government.
If so, how does he come to be here Sir,
it is government of men, by men, in
tended By our forefathers and ordained Of
God to be the asylum of the oppressed of
oil landslide immortal principles Of said
government contained in their Declara-
tion of Independence looming up and
shedding forth their light like beacon
fro to the enslaved of all nations of the
earth. And l am bold to say that, if
the gentlemen who Calm to be Democrats
wish to carry these issues before the peo-
pie, we will meet them in debates in the
school houses and at the cross roads, in
tise villages and in the cities, and tear
the lion skin from their lank limbs, ex-
pose their long ears and let the public
hear their--roar, and the country shall
know il it is the voice Of Democracy or
not. Even in this chamber they have
appealed to the lowest and basest passions
regarding the negro. When this appeal
was renewed last night, voice from the
galleries exclaimed, That's played out"
and that voice they will hear whenever
similar appeals are made through the 10y
al districts of the loyal North. The
hobgoblin, clumsily made, has served his
purpose; i stands exposed and cannot
frighten even chiluren any more. Our
children 90 to school the people read
the newspapers they go to church upon
the Sabbath day and hear the gospel
pereachsd of our Lord and Saviour, and
cannot be affected by appealing to preju-
dices SO mean as these. They will repu-
edate the men who make them. So have
they done before. The nation has listen
ed ad nauseans and spewed them out.
I understand the Senator from
Berks(Mr. Clymer) to express the
hope, that should this resolution, fa-
voring extended suffrage, be adopted
by the Legislature, the Governor
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