The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-24
STEPHEN 4. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS.

nation OF the White race. . .-
STEPHEN 4. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS. &: -
Stephen a. Douglas, of Illinois, in the
canvass with Abraham Lincoln, said !"
believe this Government was made BY white
men for the: benefit of white men and their
poster;ty forever, and am; in favor OF con.
timing citizenship to white men-men of Ell
ropean birth and descent--insteado of con-
ferring it on negroes, Indians, or other infe-
rlor races."..a f 90. g.. ~, 20. - -''
.,., SENATOR MORTON, OF INDIANA.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, discussin g the
question OF negro suffrage, said ..,.., 1900.
"' "Tne immediate transfer Of more than
half a. million from the bonds Of slavery,
with all the ignorance and degradation upon
them which the slavery of generations upon
southern fields has produced, would be- q
declaration to the world that the exercise of
American suffrage involves no intellectual
or moral qualifications, and that there IS 20
difference between an American freeman and
an American slave which may not be made
By a mere act Of Congress-" 80, H. 4
.-s,", SENATOR WADE, OF OHIO; go ~
On the 7th of March; 1860, Senator Wade,
of Ohio,i one Of the most earnest ana, may
add, one Of the most honest fr1ehds OF the
negro race, said Oh the floor of the Senate OF
the United States: "This great Government
owes it to various pressing considerations to
nroyide g. means whereby the free negroes
NAV emigrate to some congeBtal cline where
they may be maintained to the mutual bene-
fit Of ali. This would insure a separation OF
the races. .1 -''ti ''.'''' .'@ y
GET THEM GO INTO THE TROPICS
"There are vast tracts ofmost fertile and in
wiling lands, in climate perfectly congenial
to that class of men, where the negro will
IKE predominant, where his nature seems to
be improved, and oil his faculties, both men,
tai and physical, are fully developed, and
where the white man degenerates in the
same proportion as the black man prospers.
Let them go there. ......,.'...., =.
LET THEM BE SEPARATED; SIS
it is easy to do it. :, They will be so far ro-
moved from us that they cannot form dis
turbing element in our political econony''
. And he added: ",After this |: done l hope
to hear no more about negro equality or
anythingof the kind. We Shall be. as glad
to, rid ourselves Of these people as anybody
else can" :. ,,.,,,.. .,., ~
And what were the opisiions Of ,..,,,
r, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, d ll.-;'.,14. h
the great apostle. of emancipation, and the
saafhnri of the emancipation! proclamation,
on this important subject? Fortunately, he
has left no room for doubt in regard TO
them. They were expressed fully and freely
on many occasions, ,in.public speeches. (which
have been Published, and in official pa.
pers. @t-yG. ift#%: - .:;s.f" i! ~ t2ifr"} =
~ In his celebrated canvass Of. the State of
Illinois, in opposition to Mr.. Douglas, hes said |:
: am not, andneyer; have been, In favor of
making voters or jurors Of negroes; nor of
qualifying them to hold office; nor1o inter-
marry with whites 8 and Twill say further,
in ,addition,to this, THAT there is physical
difference between the black and white races
which believe will forever forbid! tie t,co
races ,ltutng together on terms of social; and
political equality" :. 49,
d! Again, on 21st August, 1853, IN a speech in
Ottawa, H., Dir. Lincoln said: II ,hayenol
purpose TO Introduce political and social
equality between tho white and black races.
There Is a physical difference between the
two which. 10 my judgment, will probdbiy
.SoreUer forbid their ltrtn9 together on the
tnbtng of perfect equality ; and inasnIuch
asi becomes q necessity that there; must be :
q difference, I am in favor tofatbe race to /.
whichnI belong having the superior, posi-
In The same canvass vus'9 with Mr. Douglas,
he report OF which pnbiished 7uter bis
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