Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-11-22
Republican Work.

Republican Work.
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The great work yet to be accom-
plished 40 complete our National renO-
taiion Is the cOpviGeingO Of the masses I
shas State cannat afford 10 degrade
s. ogpsees. even the humblest and
most des5lsa4 IS Us people. Until
this end s aehi 5Ns8 oar feIumpl over
the Rebellion will be inlpe7fset and its
frnits liable to turn to ashes % our
lips. SoAOlg as the laws Of even one
State TINS Use disabilities on citizen
because Of she race whence he spraDg,
the color God has chosen to sIve him,
the victories Of the Union arms will
be ineomnlete, and the foundations OF
the Republic unsighely and insecure.
No proposition is logically more de-
monstrable than that wrong to any IS
injury and peril 70 all ; but when an
important truth comes in conflict with I
rooted prejudice patient, persistent, !
self-saeri6eing effort is Indispe nsabe.
The Republican party owes its late re-
verses il. some degree the corruptl0ns
Of those it has trusted with power in
part to popular imDatieDce with the
sl0W progress of reconstruction 10
UaEt ~ - U4AHVAA NACeNAANAg 81 Eft.A~
Ia l0cal fedds and aiEcOntents but
bicre than Ia any aEd All of these. to
popular prejudice against the Biacks
and indispositioh to see them impair
TALLY protected and regarded as Siti
zens By the laws of the land We
think this prejudice has cost us more
than all other adverse influences what
eyer. ...s
wounds whereof the true soldier is
proud while he suheFs-seaTs which be
does not seek to conceal. There are
Americans who were quite wiling
that the negro should march and
camp and fight for our common coun-
try. while they stayed at home in com
fort and ease. who, BOW that the peril
Is past Wonld like to deny to that ne
gro the common rights Of citizen.
They would gladly whistle him down
the wind until the time shall come, if
it ever does come, when they shall
need his body % stop bullets that
otherwise might dise0neert them then
they viii be ready to give another
Chance atoaba killed 10 their stead.
We prouoss 20 fight this tfeaehery
now and eveF--tO expose II, and hold
il up to the light, sill even baseness
At86AN SHAT UE q faAlGlA4A4AA u ANs "A OUkl-
perhead or Rebel, who hates the War
f the nSon and eepl ores its results
may 81 light % for W bite Man 3
GoreF eht." ~ he fought or prayed
I'll lie All but Republican or War
Demo rat who would put Ehs Blacks
under the feet of those whom they
helped US to overcome, Is inexpressibly
mcang and as asshort-sighted and foolish
as hn n nAam
There are those who indolently say,
90 let the Blacks have all ciVil rights
these should satisfy them Why,
you idiot they never will or can have
civil al ts Ruiess they have political
Aiehts VI back them. Take our City,
for illustration here a few of the
thTiftierrn neArees are allowed to vote;
vet ever these are Because of their
race deprived of precious civil rights.
A colored native Of this city who
owns his OWE house, earns an honest
livelihood. and is a respected mem
Der Of a Christian church, Is not allow
ed to drive his Own horse and cart
aud do herewith the cartiDg of such
snerchants as may choose 10 employ
him. We should like tOempl0y col
ored man to take US to and from a
railroad station or steamboat landing
s
Democratic City forbid it. A Black
man who should try to earn a living
BY driving his own coach and carrying
passengers In 1t would be beaten to a
Jelly for his impudeuee and then haul
ed before magistrate Tor violating
the ordinance aforesaid.
No there Is and can be no civil
rights securely epjoyed BY Blacks un-
til all the rights Of manhood are won
for and conceded to them. And we
would much rather be beaten trying
to secure them full justice than to sue
eeed By abandoning them to their
hateful oppressors.
But we can asiR by systematically
enlighteHing and educating the peo-
pie; and one such victory is worth
twenty gained by playing upon their
weaknesses, their ignorance and their
passions There have never yet been
two votes taken in a State on the ques-
ton of coneedingthe Right of Suffrage
to Blacks BheIefa The second vote in
the affirmative was not larger than
the former. And so ir will De, If
proper appeals are made to the reason
and eOnscIence. pf the- voters IN every
State, till the battle shah be wen.
We urge, then, the establishment.
in every township, RREd. and village.
OF s EIepublieau Club. whose sole oh
iect shall be the diffusion of light and
truth bearing upon the great issue of
Equality befoge the law w bile every
non-siaveholding country but ours
treats men Of all colors alike, let ans
never doubt that the disgraoeful an6m
ally here presented can and win be fully
overcome.
Friends . eyaTT Sfatef unite in
forming Clubs whose avOWed and con
trolling object shall be the securing of
kqra ats 20 every American citi-
zen BE can easily prove that there
is no man, but especially no laboring
man, whose personal good WiH not be
promoted BY such c0nsummatiOn /:
all We need is to induce the, masses. to
read and think. TWo-thinds of an
who habitually read and reflect are
now right on this point we are beat
en- by the votes of men who never
heard our side Of the question, and
never viii hear it unless we a5make
special effort to enligbten them There
are One M4llioh v6fers 81 the Union
who might be won over to the side of
Justice and humanity by the system
attic presentation of facts to their
minds. A victory gained By appeals
TO their better nature viii be subslan-
tial and enduring; and every voter
Won over from vice t0 eiTtu8 fFDHin-
z TEN p6rauee to sobFIety, Is thereby
rendered more accessible to our aTgu-
mente. and likely to promote and swell
our triumph. Nov is the time 10 pre-
pare the public mind for the next
aEre9ia aahklal eleatidn-.t8 SOW the seed