Equal Political Rights

The ■ coloréd citizens of this State are endeavoring to obtain from their Democratie (!!) government, a practical acknowledgement of one of the first principies of Democracy. We hope the papers of all parties will speak their minds on the subject, and let the question of the extensión of suffrage without limitation of color, be discussed candidly and fairly. - There is no necessity ofany bittei'ncss uu lliis ïnuttor. It ia question of interest to every citizen, and should be attentivey considered. The Michigan State Gazette, Whig, refers to the circular of the colored people thus: Oppression. - We recently noticed a cali for a convention of the free colorod people of this State to take into consideration the oppressive feature in our State Constitution, placed there by the professed friends of Liberty to the greatest number, the arrogant andself-sufficient yclept democratie party, which denies to that class of our fellow citizens the right of exercising the elective franchise. Knowing of no Law found in the oracles of God, or written upon the imperishable tablets of the human conscience, that justifies a limit of the powers of a class of the community on account of their color, and well assured by our limited observation and acquaintance with the colored population of ouv State, that they are competent to perform all of the duties of an American Citizen, we look upon the restriction placed upon them as oppressive and unjust, and decidedly anti-democratic and do not hesitate to become the advocate of its repeal. Our attention is now called to the subject by the cali of the convention to which we have alluded, and we regret our inability at this time to give the matter the attention it deserves.fJTr The following item shows ti horrible mortality ïn New Orlean?, and would seem to indícate some great mismanagemeot in .he trcatment of the pntients, or great nefficacy i the medical art. In spite of medical and other aid, it secrns one half the patients are sure to die. The New Örlcans Picnyntte otates tliat in 1839, there were 1,030 yellow fever patients admitted to the Charity hospital, 6S4discharged, and 452 deaths. ín ] S40, there were no admissions, 1 discharged, and 1 death. In 1841, there were l,118admilted, 520discharg ed and 690 dcaths. In 18,42, there were 410 ndmirted, 214 discharged, and 216 deaths. - In 1843, up to the 25th ultimo, there were 1,090 admitted,475 dismis9ed, and 467 deaths. {tThe DetroitAdver tiser requests us to give the names of the tvo Whig slaveholders who have been mentioned in Whig papers as candidates for Speaker of the next House of Representatives. - As our exchanges have not been preserved we are unable to re[er to them to ascertain their names, or whether we read the article erroneously, which is not itti possible. Had we süpposed the Advertiser would have had any special interest in the matter, we would have been careful to preserve the papers.