Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-06-07
apo3!fcOsis of f.,e Freedman.

The following from the New Orleans Re
l,HtHcgn. contains some good hits at the
Democracy. The reference 60 he treat
meDt OF Nallandigham at Philadelphia and
the negro in the Conventions Of the party
South, is decided hit, US every Democrat
who can relish a good thing at his own
expense will admit Read
\ time is coming. we are told. when
seven women shah lay hold OF one man.
-(Our recollection is not entirely clear on
that point il may be that seven men are to
lay hold of one woman. BE that as it
may.)
The time has already arrived when sew
en- parties (be the same more or less arc
laying hold of the freedman.
OF these. the dear old master seems to
be the most energetic and spirling in his
affection. He is not conteat to simply rec
ognizc the negro as man and brother
under The old arrangement he was only a
half brother. But this is retrospect. We
are to look lorwarl.) The dear old mas
ter, we say, wants to I've the whole family
and all lis wilc's relations to the cOlored
person. He wants to be "infelfWincd. "
in the gushing language of piouS Doctor
oil Divinity, whO recently addressed mass
meeting of the newly made voters. The
same divine not long before strictly eDjoin-
eel obedience ~ masters, and the same
masters not long ago sold the voters at the
auction block when it pleased them This
only shows the fleXibility OF religious and
other principles in the South.
The ebOe-shin is now considered the
true line of beauty. And the cOuntenance
OF the lovely African is considered the besl
sbarpener of the countenance of his friend
the dear old MASTER.
All this is delightful to the soul of the
! lover Of human kind. That the ballot
that little wad of paper which executes the
freedman's win as lightning executes the
will of God-should have effected all thi:
humanizing and harmonizing of adverse
elements, even by anticipation, is not only
wonderful, but supremely gratifying. Tht
subject race has been lifted from dust anC
darkness, and placed in the seats Of dele
gates in Conservative conventions. Mer
who, only two years ago, refused the righ
of education to the subject race do no
now disdain to listen with complaisance tc
the orators whose genius refused 10 b'
smothered by the penal laws, and VIII,
stole the rudiments of learning as othe
breakers steal filthy lucre. The lat,
occupant of the farthest back and mos
iincommodious seat of the gallery is invited
to scat on the platform, and placed ol
the list of vice presidents of the meeting
He is treated with more consideration thai
Vallandigham at the Philadelphia conven
vention, although the latter had rendere,
as faithful service, 10 the extent ofhis abil
ity, as the most obedient of his coservitor
in the South. This is an unjust discrimi
nation against race, founded upon the rela
tive importance of the two in the mind O
the Southern politicians, which we trus
will not continue We hold that Vallan
digham is as much entitled TO a seat in
Southern Democratic convention as an,
negro. What he has lacked in capacity
) he has more than made up in servility.
The Radical party in the South canno
compete with the dear old master in prof
fers OF affection. The members of thatpar
ty have very few "old manlmies' and m
half-brothers among the freed people
They are forced to RELY on their exertion
for the freedom and enfranchisement ofth
race, as their only claim to consideration
These are small matters, in the view O
their opponents. What are Justice an,
humanity and right by comparison witt
the ties of friendship ..rd consanguinity