The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-08-09
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A CALI Yol A NATIONAL CONVENTION.
PosY 0vvtcR. cosvspRrf K RoADs,
(Wieh 10 In the Stait nv kentueky)S
luly r. 1877

N SALL fOk NAEboNAk SoH's"S"'
Posr 0vvicR. corssDRrI RoAps,
(wieh 10 In The stait nv ksntueky)S
July u, 1857
In castin my eye carelesly over tho po-
litikle field, wich Seward aud ine do every
sixty days, think / kin spy into tho hori-
zon bud wich 10 swellin into most hope.
ful flower. Il 10 spredin itself into hum.
cane, wich threatens TO sweep away the
fabric Of Ablishnism and purify the politi-
kle atmosfere. The ltadikle party hcv ben
at last forced 10 adopt tho legitimit endin
Nv their sooicidIe principles, nigger suff.
rage. and from this the Democrisy, ef tia
ara wise, viii snatch a triumph literally
from the jaws Of death. We hev EN- now
in Ohio that question Is to he voted onto
this Gall, In Moo York and Mishigin It's risin
q breeze In ther Conversations, and in Pen.
sylvany, Illinoy and lnieannal', 1t cannot
long he put oil. Ez rernarkt, we've got
'em. What the Di,nocrisy wants now is
to handle this delikit suljick so es to make
the most NV u.
The greatest trouble with the party is
that there Is no uniform alyle Of meetin
this question. On the main question we
ah all agreed. We all oppose niggur suff'
rage. Its part and parcel Of DINER.
Gratis nacher to oppose niggar suffrage.
The leaders Of the party opposed i at the
be ginnin, for seein how The ballot wuz
abused by their followers they trrmhlcd for
the Republic ef Il WIZ intrusted the hands
of eny more Of ekal capacity, and the mass
es Nv the organization opposed givin II the
niger, becoz that one privilege md color
was all that distinguished EN-. lisa pa
cooliarity OF unregenented human nacher
that Il must alluz beat down on somebudy.
The poet SEE
Even the lice have smaller ones To- bite en-.
And they still other ones, al inhntum.
Fortunately, the Dimocrucy have the
Niger for their smaller lice. The sturdy
yeomnnry felt II to bo sootl'in thing to find
wunst each yeer, that in ono thing at least
he wtz sooperioor TO sumboddy and 30 1t
will be 30 long es ther ez Dimocricy.
The troo Dimercrat promotes hisself, not
nv Iiflin hisself above the level onto wich
he finds hisself, but by shown sum one
down to a lower level, and CT thcr wuznt
enybody else on this Continent wich they
could get hold NV, tho niger wiis, long ago
selected for that purpose.
The great trouble is we oppose niggar
suffrage now from too many stand.pinis.
Some oppose on the skore Nv the Inferior
ity of tho Afrikin, but that never wuz o
popular idce with our people. They may
bey assented to il o,Itwarlly, but in their
own minds they objected. 'Ef.' SCI a re.
liable Dimokrat to hissclf 'cf that's tho rool
wat in thunder Is to become NV me !
Likewise the idee NV outlines wich 9th.
crs Nv our appossels advance. .Tbcy can't
reed nor rite = shrceks nn injoodislus cuss,
speakin to an audience, two. thirds Of wich
70 to him regularly for him to reed their
ballots to 'em, and when, they sign promis.
sorry notes put an x atwccn ther first and
last names.
Anuther speeker quotes Noah to EN-,
and bodily asserts that the niger is tho de-
scendant NV Ham, and that be is tho iden.
iikle ndiviiile wich wuz Gust by Noah.
But he runs agin the fact that the rest Nv
EN-, wich liz in hfrika yet. hev managed to
dodge the c,iss, ez they aint scrvin their
white brethren, and them wiclI WIZ brot
here TO be chrischinized have busted their
bonds and are Jest about ez free, SO far as
seryitOOd goes, eZ anybody.
Ther IL, as hcv showed, nil these cum
flictin idears that w,lrk ngin us. Thcrior,
I want Nushundl COnvcnshun. want a
conyocntion Nv the lights ov the party, to
set forth authoritively WHY we oppose mig.
gnh suffinge-to Civ reason for II, that all
our people may act together and ishOo our
manifesto, that we may know prccisly the
perticklcr line of argument to pursoe.
shel be at That convenshoon, and ] hcv
made up my mind wat platform to lay down
! shel 20 bak to Ham, Hagnr and Onessi.
mus. I shal turn from the inferoity idce
and take the brod ground that the nigger Is
a beas,-that he lain't a man at all, and
konscken,ly ho has no more rites than any
other aninel, put my foo, onto hym by
authority Of the decree that onto man was
given dominion over the beasts-ihat we
arc men and they are beasis. Ef they nd
NIT the first proposition, they will the last.
shal assert boldly and brodly his unfit.
ness to mingle with us becuz his fizzickle
str,icshur, his muccls, nerves, fbres, i'cin
difircnt, 20 to show that he wnz Nv did.
erent origin, NV lower origin. she'
plant myself onto The stoopenius yet simle
proposishun that the Almighty made him,
probably, hut at different time and for
different p,irpus, wich | shel show by citln
the color Nv his skin, the length Nv his foot
and sicll other matters ez kin get together
in time f6r the convenshcn.
Orcoarse this doctrin will meet with OBJ
jectors. We hev n few t,in.skined peres.
sens ofreligion, whose p'eiy servis In our
ranks hezen'. quite ol,lilerated, who will sa
that these dogrnas undernincs the Chris.
tian religion, ez II destroys the doctrine OF
the unity Of the races onto wich orthodoxy
is built. To this slial nnser that sposin
il duz, what then? OfwlIat comparison j.
eny reliren orthodox Dimocrat l'rz, to a
,riilmf OF the party What hcz Dimocra-
cy to do with religion eny how u hez
never purmitted il to mix IN iis polytiI.
Dimocracy l'leevcs IN keepin Church und
State as Gar apart MS possible.
Shood the Al,lishnists pint to n'ggrrs
wich reed and rite, shoOd say TO wnnst
that il,cr is different degrees Of ins,inkt-|
that ez one dorg hcs mora inslinkt tl'an nm.
other, That 80 ono niggrr hc1 noar 'l'an an
other. and then ] shood wind this nrser up
by askin him. Sir, wood You iorco your
dawter to marry niggrr. ever, II he COOL
reed and rite 7 This hcz always done
good seryis, p,irtikerly ir you walk hurrid.
" AWAY before there is time 10 anscr.
Ther is wun pint which is a stnmpcr
and only wrn. One man to whom IN.
folded this theory. asked me sncerinsly wni
was goin to do with the mnlatter, which
was hall black und half white, halt nan
anI half beusi, half ins,inkt, which dies
with him. and half sole, wich was to
l,e saved and fied Tor the skies, or lost.
When mulaiicr die. what then7 Does
The half sole Of tho half man drag tho in.
stinkt Of the.beas, behind il in limpin, lop.
sided fashion into heaven, or dug tho IN
ptinkt drag the sole into the limbo for ami.
mails 7 IL this latter idear be correct, said
he, how much Southern sole 70 hoafin
ato,r held In solooshen In animal ins''nsG
An old friend Of uine in Kentucky Is'
come indignant when propoundch 'he
beast theory to him, and be thrc.tenci ie