Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-09-26

, a proceeding SO peculiarly peniocratic.
{ Let them read their shame in the dispatc
, OF Lord Lyons to Earl Russell, date
Washington, November IL, 1862, and ceas
talking about such men being superior L
anybody, oranylhfng having the scmblanc
of na1hGod.
But you have one other specimen of thi
superior Democratic race in Ohio, who's
! record ought not to be overlooked.
1 L quote two letters from the pen of LOui
Schaefcr, late Democratic candidate 70
Congress in The Canton District, and now
candidate ON the Democratic ticket for al
important Office in Stark County. This h
wrote under date of May l6, 1850, viz;
"In conclusion | would add, that hay,
never voluntary contributed one farthing
nor over spoken word, nor ever though
IL thought in favor of either Of our two lat,
abolition rehelli0ns-one headed by IOhI
Brown, and the other by Abraham Lin
i coin.
And again under date of April -, 1861
! Il viii not contribute one sous by my
vote in or out of our city council to com
pensate any one for his services, bs he 1
volunteer or veteran. who, either for wan
of brains, or want of honor, went into tho
military service during our late civil war
Now, defy Judge Thurman, either in
! Hayti, Jamaica, Mexico, or even in Africa
itself, to find a negro equal in mea'lGcS'
and unfi,ncss for self government TO thls
Stark county brother Of his.
Bat why multiply instances such a.
these, when it ia known to all that during
the entire rebellion, after thc reorganizt.
ton of the Democratic party by Vallandig-
ham, Voorhcese & Co, its political litcrs-
turc was in tire ,,Ai,, rnat,v W Of just such
treasouable utterahces as | have quoted;
and where an appearance Of loyalty was
assumed, il was only to deceive.
Benjamin G. Harris a representative in
the 39th Congress, from Maryland, who in
| the presence of the assembled representa-
! tives OF the nation prayed Tor the success
Of the rebellion, and whose PRAYER Mr..
! Pendleton endorsed by voting against his
censure, has recently turned States eyi-
denco and made some ugly revelations
concerning his Democratic colleagues
! tending still farther tOshow the superiority
Of the Democratic race and their gent
! for self government. Thus lie writes oi
! his brethren, viz:
While in their hearts they did not wish
the success or the North in their no fdrj0u>
and Hi,jHstiE0bJe war upon the South
| they yet discovered wonderful policy in
] pretending 10 wish it. They shricked
for the Union, made the strongest speech
es while they whispered to the knowing
ones of their party that deception was ilie
sureSt means OF getting power, and wher
power was obtained then they would &c
/ tho expedient.''
/ benjamin was one of the knowing ones
and therefore knows whereof he affirms
BY their fruits We slfall know them, is
rule applicable TO all men in every relation
of life.
Think YOU community OF black mer
could be found any where i'm the ration
who would if they had the power take ;
man from the prize ring or from the gam
bling hclls of the metropolis and transfer
him TO the halls of Congress? And yet thC
Democratic race can do this without hsy-
ing its superiority questioned or its pre-
eminent capacity for self government sas
pccted.
In the light OF these examples, and will
the conduct of the organized Democrac,
during the rebellion before you, and Will
the history of the colorsd people OF tn,
United States during the same period frcsl
in your recollection, | ask YOU whether i
becomes the Nallandigham Democracy tC
! thank God that they are superior To Othe
men, even if those men should have bacl
compilations? 4 more becoming praye
for them would be, God be mercilul to u.
miserable rebels.
1t is rretendcd, however, that IL impair
tial rights ale accorded to all men in Ohio
I or. 4 g.. Il:
and that if impartial rights are established
in the South, that region TOO will be Afri
canized.
Now if four millions of citizens of Arri
cln descent, recently emancipated from
slavery with little of the Property of tn,
country in their hands, can do all this il
the presence of twenty-eight millions o
white people, then we had better cease
forever to talk about the superiority of oul
race.
Ii the five hundred thousand white vc
tiers of Ohio cannot accord to the seven ol
eight thousand colCred men who will be-
come voters under the proposed amend
meRt to your constitution, equal rights
and still take care of the interests of tn,
white race, they had better Immediately
enact political bankrupt law, and take
| INC pcucui oi III WITHOUT delay.
The pretcnce that Ohio can be Overrur
by the colored race, is too bald TO deceive
any except those who want to be deceived
and the Authorization of any portion q
the country is equally absurb. Sevei.
eighths of the entire population of tn,
country is now white and one eighth o.
African descent; and this disparity in num-
bers is continually augmenting in an in
creasing ratio, not only by reason of natu
raj increase, but by the stream. of white
immigration that is constantly flowing in
to the country from abroad without an,
corresponding accession to the co,oret
population.
| If the African race is so inferior as it.
enemies represent, the question is not
whether il can or will take Ohio or any
other State, but whether with equal rights
and impartial justice guaranteed to every
one or its members, il must not gradually
pass away and give place to the dominant
race. Ii We restore TO these people, so long
the victims of oppression, their rights a.
linen, and treat them according to the re-
quirements Of the Golden Rule, We will
not be responsible for the consequences il
it shall turn out they cannot sustain them
selves in the presence OF the superior num-
bers, superior culture, and superior adyan-
tares possessed by our race