Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-07
run it better than that sweet boon, Andrew

run it better than that sweet boon, Andrew
johnson, was doing. "a "A
How else could the slaves Of the South
be the brother of the whites than through
amalgamation? 1t might be well TO con-
slider the question Of color. How came.
we white and the negroes black The
Democracy hold that Ham was white,
and that the curse of Noah changed him
at once; that it was not the effect of color,
climate, or any natural law. II this was
so it was probable that Noah gave
him this color that, being intended for a
slave, he might not show dirt made his
nose fiat that it should not turn up in
scOrn of his MASTER and Elnade his hair
woody that he might not spend too much
time-in- dressing it, and that il might
furnish a good hold for his masters hand,
Where men found. a living ready made
they had too much time to be good. Had
South Carolina three months Of sleighing
in year she would not have originated
secession, or had Mississippi a cold winter
she would not have been hot enough to
have given birth to jeff Davis. The fact
was the Africans were not descendants Of
Ham, upon whom the curse fell Seldom
and Gonorrah, in which, the CanaaniteS
lived, came to sudden end, and the Cana
ANTS never went to Africa at all. The
curse did not stick to them at3whom it
was leyeled, and the. Africans were not
Canaanites. The Democracy believed
that God directed Columbus to this New
World that the curse might be revived
and fixed on them. The settlers of Caro-
lima were men to whom labor was as dis
tasteful as it was to their descendants,
and they wanted . the African to
do their work. They were willing to
divide the edict given to Adam and " eat
their bread" and let the Africans have the
@sweat of the brow" Virginia was cele-
enough to be hospitable with hundred
men to work for them for nothing. These
happy men had black slaves at the South
to work and white serfs at the North to
vote for them. They were well pleased at
being selected to cause the fulhllment Of
the curse upon the black man. But as
soon as this convenient and profitable
cause got into working order it was killed.
Abraham Lincoln smote il under the fifth
rib, and it died. .t9w yjia7g mia e99s4
On the field Of battle the black men
demonstrated that they were men. When
the bayonet was put into their hands it
was Greek against Greek brother against
brother; then blood told. Bravely they
fought and grandly they died. They
showed courage and devotion never sur
passed. The battle might have been won
if they had not stepped into the breach,
but it would have been harder won.
Many mother would have mourned her
son, who, by their aid, came home laurel
crowned. FIN ..es..e .s....... fss,r..s
The lecturer advocated impartial suf-
frage for the negro, saying in conclusion
that he would do for the negro no more
than the white man, but he would throw
no obstacles, in the way of his advance
ment. There was no reason why the ne
gro should not have the ballot. In the
name of Justice and the name of
humanity and of true democracy he de-
manded it, whatever might come, as q
right which he had from the Almighty,
and which we had taken from him by force /;
because the ballot is the weak mans only
protection because we cannot afford to
/ do by one man what we will not by an
other. Let us. dare to do right. Let US
build an alter whose top stone should be
Justice Let us demonstrate our power,
not by trampling under loot those who are
weaker, but by lifting them up. re-
Thus should we raise monument on
which we could inscribe: 1--WE hold these
truths to be selfevident that all men are
created free and equal" ..H