M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-03

Sessions. Expenses.
lS4S--49.......... ........... S53, 1861
lS49--5O. .................." 5l,S78, 10
lS5O--5l..................... 55,373,52
l85l.-52. ............ 60,74S OF
lS52--53........ ............. 60,567,76
lS53--54. 54............ 1922 ,68
l956--57. 7........ ....,,........l .l4l ,S43, ,45
Thus by the official records it will
be seen this economical Chase Legis-
lature cost the State FIFTY TuOU-
SAND DOLLARS more than any of
its predecessors.
The Gov. then gave a few lusty
shrieks for "bleeding Kansas" and
told what efforts the Missourians are
making to force slavery into that Ter
ritory, and then soon told the audience
that these same Missourians had just
elected an emancipationest Governor,
or else had come within an ace oft,
and that Missouri would be free
State in a few years. He said the
Democrats had changed on the slave
ry question, and to sustain this asser-
ton quoted a resolution passed at
the Democratic State convention of
AS which says the Democracy of Ohio
will use all constitutional means to
prevent the extension of slavery
They say the same yet; but they do
not usurp the functions of the U. S.
Supreme Court and decide what means
are constitutional--they prefer to
abide by the decisions of the Courts
what those constitutional means are
instead of such higher-Iaw men as
Chase, Giddings, &c.
AS Chase boasted that he stands
now where he always stood, we give
a few extracts from his former speech
es that the voters of Vinton county
may not be deceived in relation to the
standing ofthis noted Abolitionist.
On the 9th Of May, 1915, in the
Baker street church in Cincinnati, Mr..
Chase was presented, by the negroes
of that city, with silver pitcher for
a speech in behalfof one of their num-
ber. In aSpeech accepting it Chase
said:
81 embrace with pleasure, this op-
portunity of declaring my disapproba.
ton Of that clause in the Constitution
which denies to a portion of the color
ed people the right of suffrage. True
Democracy makes no enquiry about
the color Of the skin Or the place of
nativity, or any other similar circum-
stance of condition. Whenever it
sees man, it recognizes a being en-
dowed by his creator with original i'll
alienable rights. In communities of
men it recognizes no distinction foun-
ded on mere arbitrary will. Iregard,
therefore, the EXCLUSION of the color
ed people, as a body, from the elective
franchise, as incompatible with our
Democratic principles. l am aware
that this exclusion is effected by a
constitutional provision, and purpose
no action against the Constitution
But, whenever a convention shall be
called to revise that instrument, |
trust that this anti-suffrage restriction
will be expunged. 1t is in fact, already
as ridiculous and impracticable as it is
wrong in theory"
Again:
"The exclusion of colored children
from the schools is, in my Judgment.
a clear infringement Of the Constitu.
tion and palpable breach of trust"
Again:
We feel, therefore, that all legal dis
tinctions between individuals of the
same community, founded on any such
circumstances as COLOR, origin, and
the like, are hostile to the genius of
our institutions, and incompatible