M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
Negro Equnlity--not an Issue, Is Iti

ASS -Ss N-N "NNS' A'A F~A Ae"he N"'N 20 "
choose men who hold to principles and
advocate measures precisely similar
| to those to which it holds and advo-
Gates. This is the invariable rule and
no party dare depart from it unless it
seek its own destruction. To ascer-
tain, therefore, the principles of a po-
litical organization, we have but to
look at the men who represent it as
leaders and candidates.
Our Republican opponents declare
that NEGRO EQUALITY is not now an
issue before the people. To DO sure,
they have not openly expressed them
selves in favor of negro equality in
their party platform, but they have
taken great care that their candidates
for the three highest offices in the gift
of the people of Ohio, should be in ia.
vor of that abhorrent doctrine. Sal.
mon p. Chase, ever since his Silver
Pitcher speech, extracts from which
We have published, las been avowedly
in favor Of negro-equality. lie has
reiterated his faith time and again, and
when re.nominated for Governor, a
month ago, for fear that the people
might suppose he had changed, he re-,
ferred them to his former opinions up
on political questions and declared
that he still stood by them. In his
first speech Of the campaign, at Gin.
cinnati, he expressed the desire to see
the NEGROES HAVE RIGHTS AND PRIV
lLEGEs WHICH THEY DO NOT NOW POS
sEss There can be no doubt OF his
opinions upon this subject, and not d
man ofthe opposition, nor Gov. Chase
himself has dared to declare that he il
not in favor Of negro equality.
Martin Welker, the Abolition can
didate Tor Lieutenant Governor, is
also known to be in favor Of negro
equality. Milton Sutlif, the Abo!i'
tion candidate for Supreme Judge, is
one of the loudest brawlers for negro
equality, and the higher law doctrines
Of the ultra abolitionists.
Now, how stands the case 2 The
J Abolition candidates tor the THRhI
HIGHEST OFFICES OF sTATE,-the mer
who are now the EMBODIMENT Of Black
Republicanism in Ohio-ARE OPEN
ADVOCATES OF NEGRO EQUALITY. Il
these men shall be elected, there is moi
an abolitionist in Ohio who will not
claim it as an expression Of tho peo-
pie in favor of striking the word
" white from the Constitution, and
the Legislature, if Black Republican,
will be bound, under the penalty OF
ruin to the party, to put that question
to the people. Then, under whip and
spur from Chase, Giddings, Wade,
Welker, Sutliff, and the whole aboli.
ton phalanx, the so-called Republi-
can party, will attempt to carry the
question direct at the ballct.box!
To vote for Chase now, is only help
ing him and his junto to carry that
question, for which, to them, all other
questions pertaining to the blacks
have been made-the question of ne
gro equality, both socially and polti-
cally ! That question, is therefore, in.
directly in issue before the people
and you who favor it-who would
like to see the black man your equal
at the polls, in the Jury box, and on
the bench. who are anxious to have
the black children in your schools
grow up on an equality with your
own--who want your sons and daugh-
terS to intermarry with the negro and
polute the blood Of your families =
you who favor all this, vote for Salmon
p. Chase, and the balance ofthe Black
Republican ticket! If you are not in
favor of negro equality, in Gods
name vote for Payne and Lytlel 1t
is high time that this evident scheme
of the abolitionists to make this a
Black Republic by practically abol-
ishing the distinction which nature has
made between the races, should be
defeated.
'~~>'|>N0"'~~~"~-> ~->~'>~~~~~">>~~~~-~~~~->~~~-~~~>