Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-08-22

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The Reserve Republicans endorse Mr.
Craighead we publish the fact, and because
thereof we are charged as descending to the
lowest and meanest and most despicable
blackguardism Empire.
This is just as untrue as your other state
ments You did the unspeakable meanness
of CHASING Mr.. Craghead, with the negroes
Langston and Fred Douglas II was for this
that you we're charged with descending TO
"the lowest and meanest and most despicabe
blackguardism" And Il is the proper and
truthful way to speak of the act-JoUrndL
We did not class Mr. CRAIGHEAD with FRED.
DouGLAss The sentence to which the Jour
nal alludes in the above is as follows sour
contemporary knows this, and despises the
thing in his heart and yet blows and votes
with LASGsToN, CLAY GDDMos, CRAIGHEAD
a Co" As for LANosroN he is one of the
"Reserve Republicans She votes and labors
for the election of the same candidates, sus-
tains the same platform, that the Journal and
Mr.. CRAlGHEAD both sustain.
Let the voters of this District remember
that the Journal calls LASesToN a NEGRO"
This is Just what he is, and what the Demo-
cratic party calls him. The Republican Su-
preme Court Of this State however, have de-
cided otherwise They declare that LASosToS
is not negro" but ''vhite male citizen of
the United States" and entitled to the privi-
leges of an elector.
The Jorundi in its anxiety to make capital
for the Republican nominee, takes position
an opposition TO the Supreme Court Of Ohio,
composed entirely of Republican Judges
takes position in opposition to the Republi-
can State Convention-in opposition to the
very Convention which nominated Mr.. CRAIG-
cides that LANGsToS is not negro, but q
''lohite male citizen Of the United States" the
Republican State Convention endorsed that de-
cision by renominating Judge BRNKERHoFF
the Germantown Convention endorsed both
the platform and nominations of the State
Convention; the Journal defends the actions
of these Conventions and labors for the re-
election Of Mr.. BRNKERHoFF, and, by so doing,
declares that the decision of the Supreme Court
was correct Now, if Mr.. BRINKERhoFF and
Ms aoSOIlulco NtIC AlBnb III uNCluAuk lnht
LANGsTON is whits man, the Journul
must be wrong in CHASING him as a negro
and there should be no cause for offence
or, if the Journal be right, the Supreme
Court was wrong in its decision. Which
position will the Journal assumeH LANG
sToN cannot be at the same time me
gro and "White male citizen of the United
States nor can he be a white man on the
day of election, iohen has pote is lOdnted, and
negro the balance of the year. This is i'm.
possible. If he is a Thite man, and entitled
to the privileges of an elector there can be no
insult in chasing him with other white elec.
tors if he is a negro, the Supreme Court com.
mitted an outrage upon the white people OF
Ohio in deciding that he was their equal
There is no way Of dodging this.
The Journal snapped at the bait, and was
caught upon the hook BY the paragraph
which we copy above, it places itself in oppo-
sition to its own party candidates If the
Journal does not sustain the decision of the
Supreme Court why has it not the msnliness
TO tell its readers SOP If Mr.. CRAIGHEAD be.
lieves that LAEGsToS is NEGRO" and not a
white male citizen of the United States" as
BRINKEaHoFF 4 Co, have decided, why does
he not tell the people so2 Gentlemen, either
come out boldly, openly, in denunciation Of
the late decision of your Supreme Court, which
places LANosToN and his negro associates up
on equality with the Vhite race, or else cease
to grumble when we place them where your
own Court has decided that they belong.