Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-13
NEeRoFHoBEIIsaFE ANswnRED.

There il = bad case of colorphobia ia.
the Herald once. Last week il broke
out in the form of an editorial article
which for coarssness ana rufRanIsm ia
fully equal TO NaRby's most approved
style or Brick P0moroyiG5 happiest In
spiratioa d we have diagnosed this
ease aud have concluded to treat It on
The wsll-apProEed principle Of fighting.
the DeRiIaRifhs hrey sor, II the Feader
please upou5thS homeopathic b that
sipsdia m5a&eara9t0Ts We therefore
pubIishsths following reply written By
q CoIored man, and3sdbmit to any cam
did Judgement whether it does not com
tain more sound logic than any edi-
rOFial which has appeGfed in the Her
aid during the past three months. II
the Editor Of that paper proposes to
answer it he VIII have to spread him
SELF DE- ~so 1e -iEa zf
"NEaRo sUFFRAeR-wHkT DOES a I
MAN. Herald Asg.5 5.
Nh. EprroR: As one who weara9ne
lshadoWed livery ofthe Furnished sunei
peal from Caesar dTuaktp CaesarsobeF.
Tbs old1iqBoroltens reiterated by the
Democratic &c martyr Of Ohio that the
negro Is naturally, morally, socially
and intellectually interior 80 the white
race is, I perceive revived inuthe above
brainless attack upon humanitEzt The
fgnoramus wants light impaired to- his
sBrllenY mind as to WhatnegrOsufraQs
means. He ReHume an answer to his
BaRRei0us question by inviting aus in
10 b street that he may then aud there
tsslecE some sullen-eYed lOW-broWed
HA-nT "a N-E121r hnEzwr Kim nnA 4Es9E -
ERiak, but for the sake Of harmony u
The Democratic family be cAEefaln Ot5to
see any imprints Of Immortality upon
THAT "IoW-broWed one.n Yes, think, but
let not your thoughts revert to- that
glorious old document which Jefferson
penned for 2 world declaEinE "these
truths to be s~elf-evident, that all men
are creGtedequal, and are endowed with
certain inalienable rights, among which
are life liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness.1
The HeTdEdman probably replies that
those words cannot refer to you mig
gera1 because, to use his own choice
Language, you are but one remove
fromthe beasts Of your GuiRe8 forest,
You 'niggers5 have no rights that we
l~iEht-skinned gentlemen are bound to
rgpacf, therefore We viii not allow you
TO be endowed with q share in oar EoY-
] eFnmsnt equal to our oWn.n
at Is not enough that In the hour of
per 1ous drah you stood between usand
death. It's true you negroes pay as
much taxes upon the dollar valuation
as any other class of the population yea
we, by chance the superior race, cannot
have q votes neRatiYed by him of the
Swallowed livery In fact, to endorse
begro suffrage, I place in the hands OF
this ignorant negro the keeping OF my
prosperity, my personal safety my
domestic happiness and my social re-
Iations. Am I willing to do this2"
l. Such is Democracy from the HerGLQ
mans standpoint Oh consistency.
1 thou art a Jewell Here we have an in
stance OF rare sagacity presented to MS
This man, b -RVOwed advocate OF 3
/ class of politicians who have for nearly
Ia generation persiRtently pursued en
/ t~nofanaiVe race robbed them of the1T
| prosperity robbed them more savagely
Than Rlnaldo Rinaldini ever hlched
life or liberty from his victims, prates
20 the public Of the danger of negro sui
fEage to htmi This model young scion
Of Democracy fears for the. stability of
hia happiness and social relatiOnsi
LIDO not propose to discuss the ques-
ton of moral character, as between the
most Ignorant negro IN the plantation
u 3 saRacious writer Of the ttshad-
lowed livery" article. When we come
10 that question it necessarily involves
the principles Of b visible admtxturt
law OF OHIO. Has the day at last come
that 9 child asking bread of Its parents,
receives 2 Stone3 Let rs hear no more
of "mOrRl. character or we NAV be
compelled TO Investigate the paternity
Of these visible admixtuFes'' and such
Investigations might lsRd toa slight nm
fpleasantnesS in the sOciHlAnd domestic
circles OF onr Democratic friends and
Eatners' z4aHi .r-z4-s r. AFR4gANus.
I Er E#ra e.