Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-09-27
Address of the Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee.

cratic StdIe O6tllrdl COiiiiiiltGe'
To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA:
The Democratic party in its platform
of principles, adopted at Harrisburg, OF
the 9th day of March, 1866, resolved.
l. That the States whereof the people
were lately in rebellion are integral parts
of the Union, and are entitled to repre-
sentation in Congress, by men duly elect
ed, who bear true faith to the Constitution
and laws, and in order to vindicate the
maxim that taxation without representa-
ton is tyranny, such representatives
should be forthwith admitted.
2. That the faith of the republic is
pledged to the payment of the national
debt, and Congress should pass all laws
necessary for that purpose.
3. That the white race alone is entitled
10 the control of the government of the
republic, and we arc unwilling to grant to
negroes the right to vote.
Upon this platform we placed our can
ciples we confidentia!ly look for success in
this contest
Our opponents in their Convention,
held at Harrisburg on the Tth day of
March, 1866, also adopted platform,
and nominated candidate. The princi-
pies they enunciated appeared to be lost
sight of, and the proposed constitutional
amendment takes their place as the rule
of Radical orthodoxy, and to it their can
didate gives his unhesitating support.
Negro equality and negro suffrage are
the essential elements in that amendment.
by it the negro is made the equal of the
white man in ell his privileges and i'm
muniies." The right of Pennsylvania to
make laws to regulate the migration of
negroes into the State is denied and she is
deprived of her just share of representation
in Congress unless her Constitution be
amended and the negro allowed to vote.
The Radical candidates for Governor
ana for United States Senator !; their
leaders of public sentiment their speak
ers and their newspapers are open advo-
Gates of this amendment, and their prac-
flee accords with their profession, for they
mlngle with the negro in social intercourse,
in political conventions, and in public
procc ssions.
We hold that the negro is not the equal
of the white man, and, whilst we accord
10 him freedom and protection of person,
with the right to enjoyment Of the fruits
IL, lah CiI IN ipta nl
vancement, we affirm that our own race
il entitled to control the entire machinery
of the government.
Sustain this amendpert, and you give
the negro the right to aid in governing
you defeat it, and you maintain your
own right of sovereignty.
Every man who votes for Geary or for
"A Radical candidate for Congress, votes
as distinctly for negro suffrage and negro
equality as if they were printed on his
ballot.
DEMOCRATS OF PENNSYLVANIA
Power is no longer against you, but
ran ges itself upon your side. Opportuni-
ties for fraud do not exist. Aid comes
20 you from the ranks of the enemy. No
Democrat who voted for Mcclellan votes
against you now; your brcthern are
aroused from the Lakes to the Delaware.
A change of five per cent, upon the vote
of 1864 will sweep your opponents out Of
existence. You can count it IN every
election district in the Commonwealth
and if you will but execute the details of
your organization, success is certain.
Faith in your principles, courage for
the contest, and determination to poll
every Conservative vote, are the only re-
quisities to an assured victory.
BY order of the Democrat ic State Com
mittee.
WILLIAM 4. WALLACE, Chairman.