Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-10
Free NcgrOes-ShaIi the Chase
Policy be Carried Ont!

The subject of enticing free ncgroe,
into the State of Ohio, by offering them
as an inducement to come and settle
the political and social privileges o
whites, is attracting much attention
from the people, owing to the position
of Chase and his associates. The Ham
ilton Telegraph says:
1t is really becoming a question o
moment with the people fOhio wheth
err they will suffer their State to become
the asylum of the worn out and worth
less negroes of the South, now being
cast upon us by scores and hundreds
Why the beautiful valleys of the Miami
the Scioto, the Muskingum and the
Maumee, populated by thriving, indus.
trious white men, should be surrender
ed to this Southern horde, no good rea.
son can be given. Why the white citi.
zen who has enriched these garden spots
with the sweat of his brow should be
driven out, or forced to remain and toll
in ignoble competition with free negroes.
the advocates of this eruption alone may
satisfactorily answer. Whatever may
be the political difference among us, VIC
should all unite upon this one platform
Ito protect labor, and, instead of de-
grading, elevate those to whom we owe
the necessaries of life. This is not q
question which concerns alone the
South or the North in n political aspect,
but which is of vital Importance to the
whole white race of the free States.
But why should Ohio thus be singled
out AZ the refuge of this class of worth
less negroes? Is it because our coun-
try is less fair, her hills and %vallies less
productive, or her sons too few and fee
BILE? Is it because our bloodis less pure,
and our adherence of the amalgama-
ton of the race less apparent? No! no!
no! is the answer coming up from every
hillside and prairie, from every hamlet
and every city. Our hardy laborers and
farmers and artisans-the native born
and the adopted-all unite in the thun-
der, NO!
Let the responsibility rest where il
belongs. Let those who, by their doc.
trines and labors, invite to us this worse
than Egyptian plague, answer to tho
people for the result.
One of the olive issues" before oul
citizens now is this very question of nc,
gro emigration. Salmon P. Chase, The
standard-pearer and representative o
his party, is the open advocate of negro
equality. He has avowcd himself ia
vorable to the mingling of the races il
our schools, at the frcside and the bal
lot box, the removal of every barrieI
and distinction on account of color
He says to the negro, come to Ohio
here you will be free and happy-oul
equal, politically, our friend and GU
brother. Here you may compete will
the IONS of the soil, the Ceit and tn,
Teuton. Come, and you shall own on
lands, assist US in making our laws, an,
III sons and daughters shall be give
to you in marriage.
This is no idle invention of the imae
ination, no high colored picture to fright
en- the unwary, but aplain, unvarnishc
statement of the political creed of Sal
mon P. Chase, the Republican cand:
date for Governor. Farmers, can 20
vote for him? Mechanics and artisan.
can you? Will the German and tn
Hiberian take the bread out of til
mouths of their own children? Wi
fathers give their daughters to the SCOT,
disgusting embraces of the African?-
Make your answer at the ballot-box.