Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-24

discharge Of any functions as biiicers o
this State, must take and subscribe th'
following oath or afiirmation 81, -
do solemnly svear Tor affirm
that I recognise and accept the civil snt
political equality Of all men befors ths
Law, etc, etc, etc. So help me God.
Mar Constitution, Art III, Sec o..
- LOUISIANA.
Members of the General Assembly,
| and oil other officers before they entel
upon the duties Of their officers, shall
take the following oath or affirmation:
u "a B) do solsmnly swear Tor afiirm
that accept the civil and political equal
ity Of Al men. and agree not 10 attempt
to deprive any person, or persons, on
account Of race, color, or previous con-
dition, of any political OF civil right,
privilege or immunity enjoyed BY any
other class OF men, etc, So help me
'God."-New Cbnsf., Tile VI, Art 100
Before leaving this subject We cannot
help reminding the makers and sup
portcrs Of such constitutions, of the
words Of Abraham Lincoln, who said in
his debate with Mr.. Douglas:
81 Am not, nor never have been, in
favor of making voters or jurors Of me-
'groes, nor qualifying them 70 hold Office.
or intermarrying them with the white
people. will say, 10 addition to this,
that there is a physical difference be-
tween the white and black race. which !
believe will ever forbid the two races
living together on terms Of social and po-
litical equality, and, inasmuch as they
cannot live on those terms, while they do
remain together, there must be position
Of superior and inferior, and ], as much
as any other man. an in favor Of having
the superior position assigned to the
white race"
Just what Congress proposes is to com
pei, by law, the States cfthe South to ac-'
cept the principle Of negro equality in
community where the majority in FIVE
States are negroes, and in five other
States where they form very large por-
ion of the population. This is justly
sailed an ofense against civilization and
against the laws of nature, for civiliza-
ion, truth and justice forbid it, and it
should not be sanctioned by the Ameri.
IAN people.
The author Of the Declaration Of Inde-
which declaration the Chi
ago Convention forced into their plat
orm, said: aE- ,sia i-Pf- n -
Nothing is more certainly written in
he book Of fate than that these people |
the negroes) are to be free. Nor is it
ess certain that the two races-equally |
ree-cannot live in the same govern
nent. Nature, habit, opinion, have
rawn indehble lines of distinction be-
ween them lez
This is from Mr.. Jefferson. a
Senator Trumbull, United States Sen.
tor from Illinois, also says: ga /
"When we say that all men are created |
quail, We do not mean that every man
n organized society has the same rights. |
We do not tolerate that in Illinois. / |
now that there is distinction between
he two races, because the Almighty
as marked it upon their very faces, and,
. my Judgment, men cannot. by legisla-
ION or otherwise, produce perfect equal
y between those races so that they viii
We happily together. . rs
here is distinction between the white
nd black races made by Omnipotence
imself. / do not believe these two races
an live happily together and enjoy equal
ights without one domineering over the
Their, and therefore, / advocate the pol
" of separating these races by system
'hich shall rid the country of the black
ace as it becomes free" ~
There is no logic that can escape these
onclusious, and no politics that can
verthrow their truth. n. dse6s n,