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from their "llltc n:lSIlpofS, ana IL
clearly obnoxious to all that we hay
said upon that subject. The propos
ton is put ~plauSihly, but sophistically
End San be cu~nclusively answered.
In the first place, if the p%ropositio
were true rs stated (Which it i
not and if that constituted a RICH
to the colorcd vote, the e
feet would inevitably be that til
party bearing the name
"Republican," would be entitled t
that vote for oil time to come with
out the least regard to its sins of oml>
sion or commission and in despite G
intamicS, rohheries and peculation
which imperil Civilization itself All,
stink rank to heaven! Is this 9TH
collar of Gurtho-thc born thraI
of Ccdrick of Iotherw0od ~ |
so, the poor colorcd people ar
under mortgage and bound in Il bond
age worse than the slavery from whicI
they were cmancipatcd! Call yO'
this giving them freedom? The whit
people who pay the taxes arc to b.
forever excluded from all participation
in the government of their country
Call you this u republican govern
mrTt!
1t * ~un%enerous in tho party. who's
boast it is that they are the clIampion'
OF liberty, thus to cnslave the mind
of their poor victims, for if the cola
is nnlhing weakened in eight years, j
viii, last for u century,. If the vote
of the colorcd people only gave con
troll over themselves, they might be
pi.icd for such folly; bat when theiJ
| vote gives dominion over the lives an'
Iprourrtv of others, it seems mucl
worse than n folly! One would thinl
that eight wears of continuous sacl
and plumdcr would suffice to pay OF
old scores, and that if tn" interest o
the colorcd people demanded it, the.
might at last be permitted to exercise
their liberty and vote for 4 change!
HIS PREMISES FALSE.
But we utterly deny the premise:
upon which the proposition rests
We take issue upon The alleged fac
that the republican party exclusively
"confcrreA the great boon" The wa
was wagsd for the preservation o
the urion, and not for the abolition .
slavery. On the - July 1851, iaftr
the battle of Bull Rum Congress sol
cmuly declared.by resolution: +,
That this war is no wagcd on their part II
any spirit of oppression, or for amy purpose O
conqlicS, or SuhjIgation or purpose Of over
throwing or interfering with The rights or cS
tab!iShcd institution Of those States, hut t
defend and maintain the Supremacy Of tn
Constitution, and to preserve the Onion witt
all the dignity, equality and rights or TIL
several States Unimpa!rcd; and as soon n
these objects arc accomplished the war ough
To cease.
The Northern democrats aided i,
the war rs well as the republicans
and without their aid the republican,
could not have succeeded! Mr.. Til
den has been all his life as much OPP
posed to slavery as Mr.. Hayes. Tn,
General Government could not abol'
ish slavery-that could only he done
consiitutionally by The States. II,
was in the Convention of the State il
September, 1860. which adopted tn,
ordinance Of emancipation, ond a
that time there IRA not one Republican
in the state Of South Cnroiinu!
1t is true that this was caused by
the disastrous result OF the war, buI
the facts still remain, that South Caro-
lima did it, and that the war which
caused it was waged by democrats a:
we'll as republicans. Gen. Mcclellan
the greatest General the Union army
ever had was always Il democrat, anC
this day is making a great democratic
speech in Ohio! The truth is that
the abolition Of slavery was evolved
from Il concurrence of circumstances,
beyond the purposes of either of the
parties which waged the war, and was
the act of the great God of heaven,
who rules the universe and works out
his purposes by means which are only
instruments in his hands! This en-
elusive claim of'the party" by which
they would keep the colored people in
bondage to them forever, is not only
ungenerous and selfish, but it j. I'M
founded.
TIE RIGHTS OF TIE COLOtED PEOPLE
.SAFl: UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
But from whatever source these
boons may have come, we utterly deny
that they are safe only under the pro-
lection of the Republican party"
We repel this charge with the utmost
earneStness and Indignation. We say
cmpLatically that their rights will be
safer under the protection OF the dem
ocrats, than the party in South Caro-
lima called republican, for the simple
reason that the democratic party is All
honest party and will neither steal
rights nor money. Let the Freed
man'SBank declare what sort OF pro.
lection the partyn affords to poor col
orcd peop!c-thc protection which
the wolf gives the lamb or the kite
the dove.
Mr.. Chamberlain does not venture
to assert that they will not he safe
under the protection of the democrat.
ic party, but he says the colored peo'
pie have such "a conviction. whether
mistaken or not" How caIrh know
any such thing: We suppose the
wish was father to the thought, and
that his propose in his orationS over
the State, is t. create that ""protound
cpmvictinn.n When we look out upon
these red and yellow jack cts of colore'
clubs present here, we are inclined Il
the opinion that Mr.. Chamberlain is
"mislakenn not the coIorch people,
We will tell YOU why the rights d
the colorcd prou!e will be entirely safe
under the protection of the democrat
ic party.
|. The democratic platform Of tht
United States declarcs-"For The de
mo:racy Of the whole country we d'
here re-attirm III faith in the pcrma
nency Of the Federal union-Our de
votiom to the CONSTITUTION IF the Uni
ted States with its amendments uni
rersally accepted as Il final settlement
OF all the c0nverSarics that engender
ed the civil war, and do here rec0it
our stead!aSt confluence in tie rYuuiin
Of oil citizens before the just 'taus O
their O'cH cRUctnacnt."
II. The democratic platform Of thu
| state declares, that-"Wc discounte
nance all disturbances Of the peace o
the State and denruiicc all instigator:
and promoters thereof; and earnestly
call upon all Of our fellow-citiZenS il
respective of party lines to exercise
forbearancc and cultivate good will
and if the government Of the State j.
committed to our control, we pledg'
ourselves to protect the person, right
and property oj 0N it's people, aud t
speedily bring to summary justice an.
who dare violate them"
III. Mr.. Tilden in his letter Of nc
ceptance says as follows: "The noble
motives of humanity concur with tn
matarial interests of all in requiring
that every obstacle be removed. to
complete and durable reconciliation
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