New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-07-25
Democratic InnuendO.

The New York Tribune of the 10th inst. in
an article elsewhere printed, takes issue with
us for our criticism on the false pretense of
the Democratic party in Baltimore, in adopt
ing as plank in its platform the pretense of
that party to recognize the equality Of all
men. We asserted that this plank was a
pretense and a sham, and that the equal
rights of black men are now, and have ever
been, looked upon by the party that nomi-
gro supremacy" Ex-senator Doolittle, in
his speech on taking the chair as President
of the Baltimore Convention said as to the
meaning and intention of the coalition Of
Liberal republicans and Democrats: sin
stead Of negro supremacy upheld by proscrip-
ton and the bayonet, it means equal rights
to all men, rhite as well as black" This re-
mark was followed by loud shouts of approval
from the unterrifed Ku-Klux Democracy.
Instead Of negro supremacy" What does
Mr.. Doolittle mean by negro supremacy
Where is there anything that bears the
slightest resemblance to the supremacy of
five million colored people over thirty-five
million white people in this country? The
white people have the schools, the learning,
and the wealth and numbers; the black
people have the inheritance of two hundred
and fifty years Of oppression and outrage i'm
posed upon them by the whites. The condi-
ton Of slavery Is not one Of supremacy, and
if negroes have become supreme. the SUI
premacy must have come from their being
now free. We are therefore of tho opinion
that an examination of that which the negro
has gained by his freedom will give an idea
Of what Mr.. Doolittle means by negro SUI
premacy, since in his condition of slave he
had no supremacy, but was wholly subservi-
ent to the will of the whites. The only SUI
premacy the negro has gained is supremacy
over his former condition as slave; In that
condition he was subject to oil the degrade
ton Of leveling with brutes, he had no
rights, his wife and children had no rights,
he could be murdered, his family could be
outraged In every conceivable manner, and
the negro had no redress. With freedom
came the rights belonging to that condition,
which can be summed up In the words of tho
Declaration of Independence, viz: "the
right Of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness" This, and no more, came to the ne
gro by his emancipation. Has the black
man attempted any supremacy over the
white race other than comes from the eyer.
else Of these rights as freemen? We chal-
lenge the New York Tribune to point out an
instance Of such an attempt. There being
no such attempt what is meant by Mr.. Doc
little when he says: "INsTEAD-or in place
of negro supremacy upheld by prescription
and the bayonet, it means equal rights to all
men, sra1e as seeH as black? Mr.. Doolittle's
language implies change in the condition
Of the negro, and what is there to change
from? The colored man is now putting
forth every effort to acquire knowledge and
wealth, and is meeting with fair success; Is
this to be changed, and are his efforts to be
checked? Look in what direction We may
we can see nothing that can be construed
into negro supremacy, save the successful ex-
ertions Of the negro to be man instead Of the