A writer in "Liberty," published
quarterly in Washington, D. C, under
the caption, "The Inalianable Rights
of Man," presents some incontrovert
able facts, viz "Governments were
ordained to protect the natural rights
of men and not to deprive any man
of his rights. *An upright,
honest citizen should enjoy equal
rights with every other citizen, irre
spective of numbers, creed, or color,
before the law of the land. Equality
of rights is the first of rights, and in
the sight of the law there should be
no respecter of persons, whether he
be king or pope, nobleman or peasant,
rich or poor, Christian, Jew, or infidel,
red white or black. The right of
choice is divine, and every man should
be protected in its free exercise so
long as the exercise of his choice does
not interfere with the equal rights of
his neighbor." If all the people
thought as does the writer of the ar
ticle and lived up to his ideals then
this might to be justly called the
"Land of the Free."
A remarkable event took place in
the Illinois Senate recently. The bill
prohibiting the intermarriage of white
and colored people, introduced by Sen
ator Coleman a Southern Illinois
statesman had been referred to the
committee of the whole and was about
to be discussed. Rev. A. J. Carey,
pastor of the Institutional Church, Chi
cago, was in Springfield on business
and Senator Dailey of Peoria, ar
ranged to. have him address the Sen
ate on the bill, which he did with so
much logic and eloquence that when
the roll was called it was found that
not a single vote had been registered
in its favor. After Rev. Carey's ad
dress no one had the temerity to de
fend the bill and before the vote was
taken the author of the infamous leg
islative proposition slipped out of the
Senate Chamber loosing like a whip
ped dog.,*^
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THE NEW ABOLITION.
