The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-04-23

it is impossible for these advocates Of
negro equality, TO point to solitary
case in which the negro has adopted
our civilization, so, too, is it itnpos-
sible for them to show single instance
on the face of the globe, of his having
retained an enforced civilization, long
er than held as the slave or subject of
some superior race. If there is spot
in any country or climate, where the
free negro has not relapsed towards
barbarism, pray, sir, where is it? Do
you point to Jamaica? The snake
worship and idolatry and the Fetish
superstition Of this degraded race there,
is simply proof of what / assert. Do
you point to Hayti, let the debauched
and demoralized condition Of the ne
gro there, with his witch fearing and
Obi worship, answer, And, sir, come
nearer home. Look upon our own
soil, within the limits of our own c0un-
try, under the enlightening and civil
izing effects of military governments,
Freedman's Bureau, purified puritan
preachers, and Massachusetts SCHOOL
mans and see the negroes of the
South rapidly relapsing into the bar
barism and heathenish practices of
their African ancestors--snake-wo worship
-idolatry-child eating and witch
craft, and tell me how long it will be,
going back at the rate they have, since
abolitionism gave them freedom and
suffrage, until they will be worthy
followers of the skull scraping king of
Dahomey or the devil worshiping,
! man eating denizens of the Fans?
There is not, Mr.. Speaker, an instance
on record where negroes have had ayoicr
in the affairs of government in any
| country, at any time or under any cir
cumstances, were that government has
not gone to rune. 1t was the recog-
milton of the equality of the races, the
4 enfranchisement of these black pro-
teges of abolitionism, that brought
| ruin to Mexico-that devastated and
| destroyed San Domingo-that caused
/ the fall of the Republic of Central
America, and brought destruction to
the South American States. There
sir, are witnessed the result of negro
equality in that mass of civil and social
degradation, which is so rank aud foul
that humanity stops the nose at it,
Are we to follow in their Wake?-
Are we to go gown to death and de-
struction, sink into that seething, sick
ening pool of mongrelism, simply to
secure power and plunder for the negro
suffrage party! 1t seems so. 1t
looks so. / fear it is SO. Congress
has cracked its whip and the asses who
draw its loads have started at the snap,
and are now dragging US down, down,
down.
There are men upon this floor who
know and feel that this attempted
usurpation is wrong, outrageous, and
debasing, yet who are too cowardly to
vote against it, because, Congress and
king caucus, has ordered otherwise
Shame upon such freemen! A thous-
and shames upon such poltroonery!
In conclusion, Mr.. Speaker, let me
ask of the gentlemen who intend yo-
ting for this revolving measure, why it
must be forced upon the people? Is it
because the negro is your equal in in
telligence? You do not admit him to
be such. Is it because he carried
musket in your armies? Did not your
own sons under the age of twenty one,
and who are not allowed to vote, do
the same? Is it because he is taxed to
maintain the governments Are not
women and minors and foreigners
taxed also? Is it because you favor
"manhood suffrage?" Why then pre-
ventthe heintelligent white foreigner from
voting for five years? IL it because the
white race is unfit or unable to govern
itself? Where is the government that
has been benefited by negroes having
voice in its affairs? Is it because you
believe in "unive. sal suffrage" Why
then give the ballot to the ignorant
negro, the officiating Cinnamon and
the depraved digger Indian, as you
are now saaking to 10, and withhold
it from your Gwn sons, your wives,
daughters and sisters /? Sirs, it is for
none of these reasons, 1t is not be-
cause justice demands, Qf philanthropy
dictates it, but because a dire party
necessity requires it. It's to Rrolong
the reign of Radicalism to keep g3ur
thieves and usurpers in power, ana
YOUR villains oat of the penitentiary.
1t is TO place voting machines in the
hands of capital, to override and vote
down the interests of labor, and TO
degrade the toifing millions of this
country to the condition of the mon
grelized inhabitants of Mexico.
But thank God the Democracy of
New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware,
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Geor-
gia, aided by down trodden Vir-
ginia, despotism cursed Mississippi,
and outraged Texas, will stand like a
wall of fire between you and the con-
summation of your most infamous de-
signs, until the people-the white peo-
ple-the sovereign people of Pennsylva,
MIA, in their majesty and power, choose
at the ballot box, men who will nil your
places in this hall next winter, and
vote to rescind the resolution OF ratifi-
cation you are about to pass. From
this moment we start the cry of Repeal!
1t will ring through every valley,
through every village, and over every
hilltop in this Broad Commonwealth,
and he who will not pledge himself to
vote to repeal this most debasing reso-