The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-25

"a" VI .ho o'acesi a oiVa.l '''ic Soi,Pi oilVii
si'e uVctrH,e Oh ciV'zensh,p, which, I,l regard
70 natlonaiity OF compression, mas been
auopeeu. m
~ may not pe oei,leu, however, tlat we
ccLeprate tnc Triumph oi tnat democracy
w,lcll, WINE ~ iGlse.s poel t1e liiihgs .lae
pelons 70 l.sei. - none INC less soiici.ous
70 preserve anu aeifhd tliose lungs tilaC
peio,S Vi fSho 70 al oehersT7a ueinocracy
WHICH Is no less J'st u US oelalius tiiai
equal ana lmparual n l's CONCESSIONS
lhouu appiause'l
,, oeeP ey s.ep; wleh ihoeef ~ anu WIS
aohl, .hs slana iesui. may DC III
I ~ management ~ ii'ssloP iia1 pectl u'heh'
NO. VAIN o' sasaelsy, ~ uIspiay ol We'af-
ness liarhs !. as see,' .D-uay III nls.opy. ~
Is lhlerSssnlS " racc ''ic pfosieiss vi us ac-
col R a.r 49, o. .a,ai
\ WI LaiiSSst on ehei proceecea 10 queue
from tiie einalicipatloii uct Oh april loIn,
lo62 tne proclamation OF september 22d,
ISoz the OPINION oil Accomplishment
Bates OF november 2yth, lSo2, on the
question, rs man legally meaPacltated to
| be a cltlzen oil the United States by the sole
tact that ne is a colored and not white
man z. the proclamation OF July ISL, 1858,
peferrlnS IN TINS connection TO the Gccep-
lance OF colored troops, and the organiza-
tlonof the freedmenss Bufeaa,) and alter
quoting the thirteenth, fourteenth and fif-
teenth amendments to the Federal eonstitu-
ton continued as follows:
Thus step by step from the position OF
things, we have been advanced by legal en-
actment-first TO the position OF men sec
ond to the position OF cltlzens third, to
the position oflvoters, with. all the respon-
sibilites and duties, the privileges and lnl-
munities attaching to these several charac-
ters; and all this has been accomplished
since the 22d OF September, 1852. On that
day the first step was taken, and to-day we
celebrate the completion OF the grandest
moral, political, and legal reformation that
the world ever knew. Nine years ago to-
day we were without country or govern
ment, legally and politically outcasts and
nondescrlpts to-day we are the legal peers
and political equals OF any and all OF our tel
low-cltlZens; While all avenues 10 Official
place, whether IN the state OF nation, at
home or abroad, are open 70 US, and posi-
tons IN courts as judges, lawyers, Jurors
and witnesses, upon complete equality with
all others, are not only not denied to US,
put IN very many cases are accepted ana
filled by persons OF negro blood. a.,!A,,ti z.
On Inc Avn Oh sialcll' p pooi aoi ae ~
Lincoln was ill'.uguiaeeu r.eslucne vi se
unlteu SIalesi DIS hunlll',saia.lon Vas a.
sustained by the Republican party, and to
ths parry ocoiiSs .he iloioi VI ili'au VI ae
anu peliectne ue'g sre's iileasuies nor ui -
there any o.el Poii;o'i oi2 hia u, .l.o
col'i.ry q. olitS wni" ''''V ''o'o ~
anu llail'i an li1lil. ;.y.l. 80,
flfst. Oonsld ,e VI sratlluae, coiie
sueiaons .. y s n,So u
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voIe thls stea. pisl.y =, ;al ,,,d ;d' 'no
same colspenat ~ WIZ wou ','l,t
nun 70 support ''ie i.epuo my palty JuSlat
70 in9uce nm ~ Oppose am seen ~ ue,ea'
ny al @ ,.da 49, Low GUY
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