Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-05
NEnRn FQuAIITY

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of writer in the Democrat, in our
article, allow are the mighty fallen,
referred 10 10y the writer, we had no
thought of discussing the question of
NEGRO equality" par erccLlcnce. The
The quotation that 'all men are created
equal, was only incidental to tie main
proposition, as the correspondent knows.
However, we do not shrink from discuss,
ing the negro equality question.
Everybody knows that the familiar
quotation does not mean that sail men are
created equal" in mental erdowmcnts, in
physical strength, in comeliness of per-
son. In worldly wealth, a statement that
it does would be SANDER upon its author
Jefferson, the ''fatter of Democracy"
Republicans do not Put that construction
upon the familiar phrase-Te do not
Jefferson meant. Republicans mean, as
do intelligent Democrats, by the words,
"all mert are created equal, that they are
created equal in natural rights, among
which are The right 10 life, liberty, and
the pursuit. of happiness" Asiatics, Eu-
ropeans. americans, Africans, always did,
do, and ever will associate on such terms
of equality as their wants, necessities and
tastes require and no statute law will
ever make so called ''negro equality"
that is, will never cause white and color,
ed persons TO in.ermingle on terms OF
social equality. IL whites and blacks de>
sire to interminx, the mixture will be
made without regard 10 law, religion, and
we are tempted too add, without regard
TO politics. We confess to a prejudice
against associating on familiar terms with
persons or color, also with many white
persons, and for ought we know these
obnoxious persons have like prejudice
against us. Notwithstanding this we
would do nothing to deprive them.of any
of their natuaal rights, especially the
right ITO happiness. In this connection
we submit the question: can any Ameri-
can citizen, nc matter whether he be Of
Teutonic, Celtic, or African descent, or to
the manor born, can possibly have any
Happiness" unless he be politician, ia
full possession of his "inalienable right"
to run for congress? All Americans arc
in some degree, politicians. Deprive them
political rights and they languisb.
The writer for the Democrat tries 10
have us say that by the phrase "all men,
we mean everything that can vote. Then
he adds that MI. Fleming s!poodles can
VOTE" ergo, ''all men includes poodles.
Sapient! We arc aware tLat the poodles
mentioned are among the brightest demo,
cratic dogs in The State, and are highly
educated, that They can waltz, climb
ladders, turn summersaults, and perform
perhaps forty other like feais; but the
statement that they can vote is indeed
astounding. To vote is to choose by suf-
frage; TO enact, establish, grant or the
like, by vote. 4 voter is one who has
legal right to vote or give his suffrage.
But we thank thee, most noble Jew for
the poodle illustration Democratic oppo-
sition to comforting upon the negroes the
right of suffrage grows out of Tie fact
that ne groes are black. No Democrat
objects to white mans voting because
he is ignorant, has thick lips, a pug nose
or curly hair, 1t is only the black skin
he objects to. Republicans hold that
he's "man for a. that" One of the
poocles is jet black, and has very curly
char" the other is wlstc. The black
poodle is the more intelligent and bcEer
educated of the two. We have yet to
learn that the writer of the Democrat
objects % "poodles that can vote, though
one be white and the other black, having
equal rights before the law, or associating
together on terms OF perfect equality.