Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1859 — The Son of an Hon. not Allowed to Vote. [ARTICLE]

The Son of an Hon. not Allowed to Vote.

On Tuesday a colored man presented his vote at the first ward poll’when he was refused the privilege by the Board of Democratic Judges. He demanded to be sworn, when one of the Judges proceeded to question him to prove that lie was of African blood. 5 He inquired the complexion of his mother. “She is half white, her father being a white man.” replied the colored man. “Is your father of African desent!” “No, sir; my father is’a white man, and a Democratic member of the Legislature of North Carolina!” The Democratic Judges wilted at this amid the shouts of laughter, raised at their expense, and concluded that they would not question any further. Moral. —Democratic Election Judges should proceed cautiously to inquire into the pedigree of mulattoes, least they develope some unpleasant revalations in regard to the emalgamation propensities of Southern Democratic politicians.— Cleveland Leader.