The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-10
From the Memphis Appeal.

No man in the United States has
shown as much hatred for the negro
as John A. Logan. the republican
nominee for vice president. He has
pursued this unfortunate race with
beasty ferocity. In other days, when
the negroes were in slavery and needed
sympathy, Logan regarded the soil of
Illinois as too sacred to be polluted by
his communicating tread. If there is
a colored man IN the south so lost to
self respect as to vote for John A. Lo-
gan after reading the exposure we in
tend to make in this article, then he is
so debaSed and degraded as to vote
for the most cruel SlaVe-driver that
ever welded the lash. Ignorant of
the past record of Logan-his atroci-
Gus cruelty to the race when he pro-
posed to hunt them down as wild
beasts-the negroes are bowling for
his election. Can it be possible that
this is the same John A. Logan who,
in the Illinois Legislature, secured the
passage of a bill selling into slavery,
at public auction, all free negroes in
the state? When the constitution of
Illinois was framed in I848, there
| were two provisions in it which were
separately submitted to the people fol-
their adoption or rejection. One was
| that no negro or mullatto shall be per-
mitted to migrate or settle in the state.
On this the vote was 1896 to II ,306
being majority of 100,590 for the
provision against the admission of ne
groeS or mullattoeS into Illinois. John
A. Logan voted with the majority to
exclude the negroes from the state.
The other constitutional provision
submitted to the people was that the
negroes should not hold Office or have
the right of suffrage. On this ques-
ton the vote stood 211 1920 to 80 $40
being majority of 1921 against al
lowing the negroes or mullattoes tC
hold Office or to vote in Illinois. John
A. Logan, who was member of the
legislature and of the judiciary com
mittee, reported to the legislature Of
1858 and secured the passage of the
following bill:
} If negro or muilatto, bond or free
shall hereafter come into this stat,
and remain ten days with the eviden
intention of residing in the same, ev
! ery such negro or mullatto shall b.
deemed guilty of high misdemeano
and for the first offence shall be finet
, the sum of $50. IT such negro OF mu
latto shall be found guilty, and tn
, fine assessed be not paid forthwith t,
the Justice of the peace before whom
: the proceedings were had, it shall b
{ the duty of said justice to commit sal,
negro or mulatto to keep him, her o
: them in custody; and said justice shal
5 forthwith advertise said negro or mu
latto, and on the day and at the tim
e and place mentioned in said advertise
5 ment the said justice shall, at publ
auction, proceed to sell said negro Q
t mulatto to any person, or persons, VIII
r will pay such fine and costs for tn
t shortest time; and said purchase
e shall have the right to compel said III
o gro or mulatto to work for, and sery
s out said time. If said, negro or mula
Q to shall not within ten days after th
l expiration of his, her or cir time {
S service, as aforesaid, i;ss ~ stat
s he, she or they shall b. s;,le l., a Sc
q ond prosecution, in Which the penalt
u to be inflicted shall he S100 and so @
It for every subsequent ofense the pei
atty shall be increased $50 ovtr an
above the last penalty.
John A. Logan was the suthor an
e champion of this bill, which was n,
u repealed until 1865. Hedrafted it, ar
II the records of the Illinois legislatu
lie show that he carfully guarded Its S
l. we're and cruel provisions against q
amendments. The slave code VI