Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-10-26

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nonsense and falsehood backed up with the
weight of their namesg We trust not Then
let them publicly repudiate it.
We had hoped that this contest would be
carried on with some regard to decency and
truth. On our part we have endeavored to
rest upon principle and argument and to ap'
peal TO the reason and consciences of men.
Up TO the publication of this bill, the contest
had been marked with singular good feel
ing, and with disposition to differ as men,
to canvass as men, and to fight the whole
battle as men. We call upon our Demo
cratic opponents to know whether they mean
TO continue this Appoquinimink style of ar
gumenti
The following is the best reply to this
hand-bill; voters read it and say who are the
"Nigger Pdrtg"!
DEMOCRACY AND THE Niger.
Tile Shorter Catecdism cf Negro Equality.
Who said all men are created equal?
Thomas Jefferson, Tie FATHER ef Demo.
crdcg.
Who gave the negroes the right of suffrage
in New York?
The Democratic party.
Who presided over the convention which
gave this privilege to negroes?
Martin Van Buren, Democrat.
Who afterwards elected Martin Van Buren,
President of the United States?
The Democratic party.
Who married negro wench and by her
had mulatto children?
Richard W. J0has0n, a Democrat.
Who elected Richard NJ. johnson Vice
President of the United States?
Tie Democratic party.
If President Van Buren had died and
Richard NJ johnson had become President,
who would have become the Democratic
mistress of the White House?
THIS same negro ,oeaeh.
Who made the negro citizen of the State
of Maineg
An ocerndelming Democratic mqjoriy
Who enacted similar law in NIassachr.
sets?
An ocernhelmia9 Dem0crdtic mqjoHty.
Who gave the negro the right 10 vote in
New Hampshire?
The Democratic party.
Who permitted every colored person own
ing two hundred and fifty dollars in New
York, TO become n citizen?
A General Assembly purely Democratic.
Who repealed the laws of Ohio :, hicb re-
quired the negroes 10 give bond and security
before settling in the State?
The Democratic party.
Who passed law, by which, in Ohio, the
negro Is placed on the witness stand along.
side of the white man?
The Democratic partg.
Who voted for bill in the Ohio Legisla.
ture repeating all laws making distinction
on account OF color in that State?
George y. PUgd
Who afterwards elected George L. Purh
TO the United States Senate?
THE Democratic purity.
Who voted in the Constitutional Conyen.
lion ot Ohio against provision TO prevent
negroes coming into that State?
Rgfus p. RdaHey.
Who voted in the same Convention to per.
init negro children to so To the same school
with white children.
RpJas P. Raaaeg
Who supported Rufus P. Ranney for GOV.
ernor OF Ohio in 1882
The Democratic party,
Who decided, in the Supreme Court of
Ohio, that mulattos had the right to yoteY
Reuben Wood, good Democrat.
Who after the decision elected Reuben
Wood Governor of Ohio?
Tile Democratic party.
Who refused in the State Convention of
1850, to remedy the evil established by this
decision:
Ihe Democratic party,
Who, with the above facts and many Others
staring them in the face, are continually
yelping and hypocritically whining about
"nigger suffrage" and "nigger equalityy'
The Democratic party