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Editorial
August 5, 1865
Sioux City Register
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
What is this article about?
An editorial addressed to Iowa Civil War veterans opposes negro suffrage, criticizing Wendell Phillips and Massachusetts abolitionists for praising black soldiers as superior heroes to white volunteers, whom they claim were motivated by patriotism rather than bounties.
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Soldiers: Heads Up!: Eyes Front!!! NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
This is the question to be submitted to you on your return from the fields of blood and carnage through which you have so manfully waded in crushing the rebellion.
At the radical convention recently held in Massachusetts, Wendell Phillips, their great orator, let off the following:
"Now comes the crisis, what is the negro! Well, I say, in the face of all prejudice, that amid the gallantry, the patience, the heroism of this war, the Negro bears the palm." [Great applause.]
What do our Iowa Veterans think of this.
Massachusetts abolitionists after buying by large bounties, negroes to fill its quota of soldiers, now seeks to exalt them above the white volunteers, who entered the service from patriotic motives. They are the "Heroes" of the war.
It is about time that these negro worshippers were taught that white men have some rights that fanatics will be obliged to respect, and that our returned soldiers are not to be insulted with impunity.
This is the question to be submitted to you on your return from the fields of blood and carnage through which you have so manfully waded in crushing the rebellion.
At the radical convention recently held in Massachusetts, Wendell Phillips, their great orator, let off the following:
"Now comes the crisis, what is the negro! Well, I say, in the face of all prejudice, that amid the gallantry, the patience, the heroism of this war, the Negro bears the palm." [Great applause.]
What do our Iowa Veterans think of this.
Massachusetts abolitionists after buying by large bounties, negroes to fill its quota of soldiers, now seeks to exalt them above the white volunteers, who entered the service from patriotic motives. They are the "Heroes" of the war.
It is about time that these negro worshippers were taught that white men have some rights that fanatics will be obliged to respect, and that our returned soldiers are not to be insulted with impunity.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Negro Suffrage
Wendell Phillips
Iowa Veterans
Abolitionists
Civil War Heroes
White Volunteers
What entities or persons were involved?
Wendell Phillips
Massachusetts Abolitionists
Iowa Veterans
Negro Soldiers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Negro Suffrage
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Negro Suffrage And Anti Abolitionist
Key Figures
Wendell Phillips
Massachusetts Abolitionists
Iowa Veterans
Negro Soldiers
Key Arguments
Negro Suffrage Is The Key Issue For Returning Soldiers
Wendell Phillips Claims Negroes Are The True Heroes Of The War
Massachusetts Bought Negroes With Bounties While White Volunteers Served Patriotically
Abolitionists Wrongly Exalt Negroes Above White Soldiers
White Men Have Rights That Fanatics Must Respect
Returned Soldiers Should Not Tolerate Insults