The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-30

this measure. There Il one which an aImoes
ashamed to speak or It u thas from negro sui.
frage social equality muss necessarily artsep ny
Democrats have coma to me with sssie1s - 81
cmn faoas and asked ne: "Ars - in4p4 ~
the sxtsasloa Of suffrage 70 the na1por 70
teri In marriage % oolorsd mas s. lLAq.J
"well," reply, "no;" Il wosAds'tbs ~
but would like to know vAst tAal - ts'Se
with the right Of sufrags7 fhsss sfs Rses
many Who vote, to whom would - giyeny
daughters in marriage BY any msaas Ieee sfs
members Of Congrsss; there arc mayors Of cities;
aovernors Of stsass; ssnesprs q ths ustfl Hats
Ter and shssrs) Yet have reason to exclude
tAsn dom IL baIlot box Do you think would
extend the right Of voting to only those who
would b sgfseabis TO me - my soss-f n-isvf
daughter and chcsrs) Do you not zoe how sb-
soIutsIy aboard Il 10 then 70 psetsnd that there ,
right Of votingi Why. how can man b 70
absolutelystupid ~ to believe that social life ga
be governed Ut I'll BY political laws? ! 10 t6sfs
arc ! number Of ladies here, and those ladies
most probably arc accompanied BY their husbands,
.cd viii ask these husbaads whether they don't
sossder fhef wives soctely their equals, md ~.
hsps cvsn their superior to . certain extent, aad
YET their wives cannot vote. On the other
hsnd, there Il in the city of New York 3
gambler, prise fighter, and Democratic
Congressman Han ghtsf and cheers --thres things
which 60 most magnincsntly together daughter
and cheers]; but believe there IL no, eentlenAa
here before me who would consider that gambler,
prize fighter and Democratic Conarsssnan ~
ciAlly his equal; AID Jet that man i allowed 70
vote, and you cannot deprive him - the right 70
vote. [ApplAuss.l How absolutely absurd Il +.
therefore, to suppose thsFs ID apy connection be-
tween the right Of voting and social equality.
Loud cheers.
frequently wonder Why my Democratic fol-
low citisens dos's become tired and disgusted
with the predictions gives 70 them By their Dem
ocratis isaders. Loot beck With ne TO the his
tory Of tho Democratic party. Wss II not pre-
dicted 70 you that II you liberated the slaves a.
soon ~ II was done they would taxa the torch In
one hand and the knife in the other, and set ere
TO their Dasters' roofs and cut the throats Of
their mAstsrs vives and children, for things done
TO them while they we're In the condition Of sia-
very; that We should have all the horrors Of San
Domingo spread through every part Of the South?
Now We have emancipated the slaves, and yet
there il not single case on record, not single
one, In which tho emsncipsted negro has taken
bloody revenge on his master for any thing that
was done 70 him daring his condition Of slavery,
and in the history Of all smsncipatory movements
there never was one where the awful ieap from
absolute slavery 70 sbsolutA ffssaom was tax on
with ruch sublime quiet - attended that per-
formed by the negroes 81 this country. foheers.1
There is the truth Of history, and here is the Dem
ocratio prediction. daughter Gempar. the
two. Did they not prohpeoy whom y. spianci-
pated the slaves that they would crowd through
into our border States BY Thousands and even
millions7 That they would crowd the working
men out Of their workshops and manufactures,
and thAt BY competition with other labor they
would so run down the wages Of white labor that
you could not longer ssstAin your vile aad chill
dreni Did they not prophecy that II Ne smss-
cipated tho negroes allthsss dark ealamities would
be brought aboutf There is Democratic propho-
cy, and here is the truth Of history. Compare
the two. I ask you again, Democratic friends
haven't you become . little tirsd Of the prophs-
cies and predictions Of your Democratic leaders,
Old Benjamfn Franklin was very wise naa,
and he sometimes INDUCED in very sharp sayings.
He said, ON one occasion, 'swhen man cheats me
once, that man 10 scoundrsl; bnt when permit
myself to Be cheated BY the sane man twice, then
am fool" daughter and chsers); and this very
wise saying Of old Benjamin Franklin I would
very reluctantly submit to my Democratic fellow
citizens here present Renewed laughter and
cheers.) Il it not - II the Democratic leaders
considered the people Of the United States As
mere babies, who could b. frightened through q
rat-hole, BY merely crying out to them, "Boo
The black man comssp tGreat laughter.)