East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-04-18

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for topic by way Of introduction to
my speech, but ] have been relieved
from that embarrassment by an in
PRODUCTION which the OHIO Statesman
newspaper gave me this morning. In
this paper l have read an article in
which, among other statements, ]
find the following: I'm debating
with Senator Douglas during the
memorable contest Of last fall, Mr..
Lincoln declared in favor Of negro
suffrage, and attempted TO defend that
vile conception against the Little Giant.
"Imention this now, at the opening
Of my remarks, for the purpose OF
making three comments upon it,
'The first have already announced
it furnished me an Introductory topic.
The second is TO show the gentleman
is mistaken. Thirdly, to.give him an
opportunity To correct it. t.,i \
''In the first place, in regard to this
matter being a mistake, / have found
chat it is not entirely safe, whom one
is misrepresented under his very nose,
to allow the misrepresentation to go
uncontrolled. /, therefore, propose
here, at the outset, not only TO say
that this is n Misrepresentation, but
to show conclusively that it is so; aud
YOU will bear with me while l read a
couple of extracts from that very
memorable debate with Judge Douglas
last year, to which this paper refers.
In the first pitched battle which Sen
ator Douglas and myself had, at the
town of Ottawa, / used the language
which | will now read. Having been
previously reading an extract, i con-
! tinued as follows:
"Now gentlemen, 1 don't want to
read at any greater length, but this is
the true complexion Of all that l have
ever said in regard to the institution
of slavery and the black race. This
is the whole of it, and anything that
argues me into his idea of perfect So
cial and political equality with the ne
gro, is but specious and fantastic
arrangement of words, by which a
man can prove a horse-chestnut to DO
q chestnut-h horse. l will say here,
while upon this subject, that I have
no purpose, directly or indirectly, to
interfere with the institution Of slavery
in the States where it exists. l be-
lieve l have no lawful right to do SO,
and have no inclination to do So
/ have no purpose to introduce politi-
cal and social equality between the
white and black races. There IS a
phySieal difference Jetcetn tie t,eo, ,chich,
az my judgement, wW probably forbid
their ere hriaq together upOa the footing
Of perfect equality; md, iaasn'ach as IL be-
comes necessity that there mast be DIFF
ftrtace, I, as wsH as Jadge DorgIas, an
IN fdror of tie race TO whith 4 belong har-
ing the superior position. / have never
said anything to the contrary, but l
hold that Notwithstanding all this,
there is no reason in the world why
the the negro is not entitled to all the
natural rights enumerated in the Dec
laration of Independence - the right
of life, liberty, and the pursuit OF
happines / hold that he is as much
entitled to these as the white man. /
agree with Judge Douglas, he is not
my equal In many certainly
not in color, perhaps not in moral aud
intellectual endowmonts But in the
right TO eat the bread, without leave
of any body else, which his own hand,
earn, lie rs my eqaaL and the eqaai q
Jadge Douglas, aud the equal Of erery de-
ing man.
Upon a subsequent occasion, when
the reason for making statement
like this required, j said:
awhile l was at the hotel to-day
an elderly gentleman called on me "a
know whether was really in favor o.
producing perfect equality between
the negroes and white people While
| had not proposed to myself on thi'
occasion, to say much on that subject
yet, as the question was asked me,
thought / would occupy perhaps five
minutes in saying something in re
gard to it. i will say then, that i an
not, nor never have been, in favor O
bringing about in ang 'cay, the socia
and political equality of the white ant
black races, that / am not, or erer har
been, IN farOr of making rioters or juror
of negroes, nor Of qualifying them TO hoL'
flee, or mtermdJry Nth the phite peophc
and | will say, in addition to this, tina
there is physical difference between
the white and black races which,
believe, will forever forbid the TIVE
races living together on terms of socia
and political equality. And, mas
, much as they cannot so live, Will,
! they do remain together there mus
be the position of superior and inferi
or, and |, as much as any other man
am in favor of having the superio
position assigned to the white race
l say, upon this occasion, 1 do no
perceive that, because the white maj
is to have the superior position tn
negro should be denied everything
/ do not understand that because
do not want negro woman for |
slave L must necessarily want her 70
, a wife. My understanding is that
can Just let her alone. ! am now il
my fiftieth year, and 1 certainly neve
had black woman for either SLAVE
or a wife. So it seems to me quit
possible for us to get along withou
/ making either slaves or wives of ne
groes | viii add to this that l hav,
, never seen, to my knowledge, man
: woman or child, who was in favor o
producing perfect equality, social ant
political, between negroes and whit
, men. | recolect Of but one distin
guished instance that l ever heard O
so frequently as to be satisfied of it
correctness, and that is the case o
, Judge Douglas old friend, Colone
Richard M Inhncon I ,,;u 90 =, Il