Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-05-17
ApOtbeOsis of the Freedman.

a time IS coming, we are LOIQs WIen
''seven women shall lay hold of one
man."
-(Our recollection is not entirely
clear on that point it may be that
seven men are to lay hold of one wo-
man. But be that as it may,)
The time has has already arrived
when seven parties (be the same more
or less) are laying hold of the Freed
man.
OF these, the dear old master seems
to be the most energetic and spirite
in his affection. He is not content to
simply recognize the negro as a man
and brother (Under the old arrange
ment he was only half brother. But
this is retrospect. We are to look for
Ward) The dear old master, we say,
wants to be the whole family and all
his Wife's relations to the cOloTed per-
son. He wants 70 be "iRtertG0iaed,
in the gushing language Of a pious
Doctor of Divinity, who recently ad-
dressed mass meeting Of the newly
made voters. The same divine not
long before strictly enjOiued obedience
20 masters, and the same masters not
long ago sold the voters at the auction
block, when it pleased them. This
only shows the fexibility of religious
and other principles in the South.
The ebOn-skin is now considered the
true line of beauty And the cOunte-
nance of the lovely African is cOnsid-
cred the best sharpener of the oounte-
nance Of his friend, the dear old mas
ter.
All this is delightful to the soul of
the lover Of human kind. That the
! ballot-that little wad of paper which
/ executes the freedmau's will as light
ming executes the will of God-shOuld
have effected all this humanizing and
harmOnizing of adverse elements, even
by anticipation, is not only wonderful,
/ but supremely gratifying. The sub
! ieet race has been lifted from the dust
aud darkness, and placed in the seats
/ of delegates in Conservative COnven-
tions. Men who, only two years ago,
refused the right of education to the
/ subject race, do not now disdaiu to
/ listen with complaisance to the orators
! whose genius refused to be smOthered
/ by penal laws, and who stole the rudi-
ments of learning as other law break
! ers steal filthy lucre. The late Occu-
pant Of the farthest back and most in
commOdious seat of the gallery is in
vited TO a seat on the platform, and
placed on the list of Vice Presidents
/ of the meeting He IS treated with
] more consideration than Vallandigham
at the Philadelphia Convention, al
/ though the latter had rendered as
/ faithful service, to the extent of his
ability, as the most Obedieut Of his CO.
servitors in the South, This is an Un-
| Just discrimination against race, found
ed upon the relative importance Of the
two In the mind of the Southern poll
/ ticians, which VIC trust will not con
/ tinue. We hold that Vallandigham
is as much entitled to a seat in q South
ern Democratic Convention as any ne
gro. What he las lacked in capacity
has been more than made up in ser
Witty.
The Radical party in the South can
not compete with the dear old massa,
in prOffers Ofaifeotion. The members
of that party have very feR "old mann.
mics" and no half brothers among the
freed people. They are forced to rely
upon their exertions for the freedom
aud enfranchisement of the race, as
/ their only claim to consideration
| These are small matters, in the view
of their rivals What are justice and
humanity and right by comparison
with the ties ofirieudship and cOnsan-
guinity p Columbus ,JOUNG.
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