Middletown transcript., 1871-09-30
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The verisss twaddla that ever fell under
sns-sssies. Il assumes TO have been writ
~ IL the interest Of the Democratic par
u. hnt it ~ little like Democracy As any
thiss sha. ever flowed from the pen Of
Wesdell Phillips. II will mislsad no
-, iss absurd and contradictory state
ssssss aud positions, stamp it ms coming
from ono Of less than ordirauy intelligence,
and no Intelligent Democrat will attach
aay weight or importance to such confused
aud iucoberent jargon. This leader hes
bssu stt t,ibu.cd to Mr.. John OByrne, bu,
10 should think il a libel on that gentle.
mas to attribute to his pen such consum-
mate stupidity. Fair criticism, perhaps,
would require us to publish the article we
have undertakes to notice; but it is be-
meath criticism, and therefore we will not
iniict il upon our readers. II anyone
should have the curiosity, he can procure
the paper aud read it for himself. The
siss OF II IL, that in order to defeat the
Republican party for the Presidency, mex,
year, the Democratic party must become
Rspublicanixcd. or mougrclized, go in for
the negro. and of course, uego equality,
mixed schools. juries, and whatever else
is comprehcnded in the broad platform of
mongrelism. And this. the Advertiser
tells US. Is Jciicrsonian Democracy i,
il gross libel upon Mr. Jefferson to at
tribute to him sentiments such as these,
and every 'yro in politics ought to know
Il. Mr.. Jefferson said, in our immortal
Declaration Of Independence. that 'all
mcn are created equal Bu, this oft
quoted aud much misunderstood sentence
was used only in n qualified sense. That
il was so used, is esiien; from the fact,
that McraRy. il i. untrue. The great
mind OF the author Of the Declaration cl
Independence could not do otherwise than
accept the fac, that men are created I'M
equal, mentally and physically. 1t is ev'
idant tina, the equality he referred to, was
equality before the law, Of all who were
then citizens, aud clothed with the imnu
mites and privileges Of citizenship. Only
crack drained fanatics could conceive th'
idea that Mr. Jefferson included in thu
''equaliiy" to which he referred his own
dawes, who were Of race inferior to th'
Caucasian race 10 which he himself be
longed. That there is this inequality be
tween the races, with the superiority oil
lhe sid4. of the white race, is a physiolog
isal fact sufficiently attestod to be beyon'
question by any ono With thimblefull Q
brains.
"Thc old principles and the old libcro
platform are good enough for u.s." say
this writer, and yet he is an advocate Q
the "new departure" Il is simply cas-,
Ing pearls before swine, to argue wit
such obtuscncss. The writer is not
Democrat, whatever his prctensions ma
h.; else the white Mans Party woul
not be his special aversion. Let him do
his lions hide. so that the length Of b
ears may be apparcn. to every beholde'
What gave To the Democratic party i
ssius In Congress. last Fall. but tho fa
that the contest was conducted upon Il
g white basis? Whas has defeated tho pa
" IN every contest this year, but III
abomination known as tho new dcpnr
.uss r. Yet this writer Gays '',hs Bou
,boss shsll not again lead us into defeat
I.ss him depart" aud 60 to bis owl
..siuce Il Il written that ",hc Ethiopian ca
not change kis skin" Il is clear ,ha.
10 out Of hM 4lcment in the Democrat
party. which hos no affinity for mongrel
The Adrerfia<v says that light
breaking in this State" and as an e.
dsucs Of II claims the Sussss journal US
Sonvert to this peculiar tenet Of Radic,
ian. We should rather deem ii tho blac
ness d darkness than light; darkne
0sss than cimmerisu. since il Is goiu
:. - u light isto darkness. This chan,
~ Abe Journal Affects only the polite
itlatUa u one usu, and il not the first ca
- nsstsl olliqsity. or Of faltering in we
doiag We cannot be persuaded that 4
Dsnsessey Of Sussex comfy viii pal,
I. III tlIs most obnoxious feature Of Ra,
), sul1bm. they know veil that the poll
y SssseoninR the enemy by subversi
snlhss shsn BY sosqasss. Is timid. dang
j - M eorrupsiag. They fought a
zntkly esaqssssd. last Fall. on the VII
- . ID =, rot nov prepared to ssr'
s A(6ls - march over 70 the camp
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