Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-10-01

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all over the continent, the mongrel de-
scendants of the degenerate Spaniard,
the Indian and the Negro. it marches
on the broad path of Empire, reaching
from shore to shore of both Oceans,
with laundering tread. To keep this
great superior race unlnixed with the
African in Ohio, is an imperative duty
YOU owe to mankind at large, as well as
to yourselves and your immediate de-
scendcnts.
Ohio, in the centre of the confedera-
cy and upon the borders of the two
slave States cannot trife with this grave
question. as the States of the remote
North and East may do. The negro
element is and must be larger in your
State than in Maine or Massachusetts,.
Its increase from abroad should be dis
couraged rather than invited. The his
tory of the South American Republics,
of Mexico and the Empire of Brazil,
holds ont fair impressive warning of the
abject degradation which never fails to
overtake the white race tolerating ANAL
gamation with the negro. Nor docs the
history of the world furnish 4 single in
stance in which the political equality of
large negro element was established
with the whites, but there followed
amalgamation on the heels of it with
untold evils in its train. The barriers
of organized public sentiment once bro
ken down by the political enfranchise
mcnt of the negro, the gradual dacay
of individual pride and self-respect en-
sues the public sentiment is more and
more debauched as the relations of the
races become more intimate; and the
social intercourse between them, which
was, at first, confined to the vicious and
degraded, at last obtains throughout the
community.
The repeatedly declared sentiments
of the chiefs and leaders of the Repub-
lican party in this State, the avowed de-
termination of its candidates for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor and Su-
preme Judge, and the recorded and re-
| iterated publication of its leading jour
nails, III favor of establishing the equal
ity of the negro with yourselves, justify
the Committee in cautioning you to in
terpose against their iusidious designs,
which, if accomplished must surely re-
result in ''striking" Ohio out of the
great brotherhood of white communi-
ties. 1t is your duty to frustrate their
mOnstrous purpose.
The Committee point with pride to
the firm and statesmanlike attitude of
the President and the Administration
in reference to the affairs of Kansas
The determination of Mr.. Buchanan to
use all his constitutional power, to Sc
cure to the people of the Territory the
free exercise of their suffraGes upon the
adoption of the State Constitutional
meets the unqualified approval of the
whole National Democracy. North and
South. In the North it could demand
no more; in the South it could claim
no less. The position taken by Virgin
la at this juncturc, is sufficient to arouse
the exultation of her sons, wherever
they may be found within the limits of
! the Union, and should be enough to
excite the cmulation"of Ohio to take a
stand of equal patriotism. In the elo-
qucnt language of one Of her Democra-
tic organs, Virginia will pray that the
| Union, as its affairs are now admins
tered, may, in duration, exceed that of
the Egyptian Pyrac-ids, which, after
the lapse of forty centuries, still stand
erect and unshaken above the floods of
the Nile The obstacles intcrposed to
prevent a pcaccablc settlement of the
affairs of Territory, by the people at
! the ballot box, in order to create capi-
tai for the tottcring Republican factions
in Ohio and New York, cannot be too
severely rcprehended.
The almost daily failure Of banks to
meet their engagements, furnishes a
! oonnlyci,-a r. f,y-nr Of he
! Democratic measure of an Independent
Treasury. Had such an act been in
existence heretofore, the enormous de-
falcations in that department could new
er had occurred. Locking the door
after the stecd is stolen" is all that is
urged against the measure. IF Ohio
were never expected to have money any
more, there would be some force in the
saying, as it Is, it only serves to exhibit
the childish fallacies resortcd to by the
adycrsarics of the Independent Treasu-
ry, for want of sound arguments, with
which to resist it. The Democratic
party stands before you, the advocate of
a measure sure to prevent losses by
malfeasance, or default of bank deposi-
tories hereafter If not able to obtain
complete indemnity for the past, it is
resolved to exact adequate security for
the future. The Republican party, in
stigatcd and governed by bankers and
money changers, insists upon the con
, tinuance of the system under which all
losses have occurred. That guilty par
ty, even in the hour of its detection
and while endcavoring to obtain a re-
mission of the punishment. due to It's
crimes, impcnitently refuses to say dead
us not into temptation If as the Re-
publicans. say, there was no lack of Wig
ilance in guarding the Treasury; it eff:
5 fectually disposes of their case, against
; the measure VIC advocate. No vigilance
of the kind they exercised will suffice
1t is like that of their Governor, who
, according to his own account, locked uI
/ the empty vault, after Gibson's resigna
ton, and sat up all night watching tho
key hole. Their vigilance prevented
: nothing AID detected nothing; and theil
; own averment of it cuts them up roo
and branch. upon the chief State issue: