The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-09-20

once by chance, they happened to
get control of the Government
The writer of that quotation will
place us under great obligation if
he will say when that once was. 1t
is not within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant. 1t nerer was =!
The Democrats have never had con-
troll ofthe Government of Massa-
chusetts. They have on one ortwo
occasions elected their Governor
'by chance" but both branches of
the Legislature have always been
overwhelmingly against the Dem
ocratic party. Again, "In our own
State the Democracy" have very
lately made q new Constitution.
which confers upon persons of less
than one half negro blood theright
to vote" ....fa o.G
The charge made against the
Democratic party in relation to the
State of Massachusetts might per-
haps be excused on the grounds of
q want of knowledge on the sub
ject, but in reference to the State Of
Ohio, we cannot conceive how an
ordinarily intelligent man could be
SO grossly ignorant of the constitu-
ton and laws Of his own State, as
to make that charge withoutknow-
ing it to be utterly false. 1t is GER
tainly without foundation in truth
1t is true that under the old Con.
stitution it had been held by thu
Supreme Court ofthe State of Ohic
that a man more than half white
was entitled to q vote. The Ian
guage of the old Constitution un
der which this decision was made
was this. "In all elections all whit,
male inhabitants above the age o
twenty one years having resided il
the State one year next preceding
the election shall enjoy the right o
an elector. When the Constitu
tional convention met at Columbu
in 1851, % majority of which con
vention, were democrats) for tn
purpose offorming a new Constl
tuition for the State of Ohio, thi
question of the qualification G
electors was presented, there wa
not a democrat in the Convention
who was not in favor of excludin!
all negroes from voting.
The Supreme Court ofthe Unite
States, the highest judicial tribun
al known to our laws, had he'll
that no man with negro blood j
This veins was, or could be a citize
of the United States. If this deciI
g ion were regarded as it should b.
the word "citizcn" used in the Coz
stitution would prevent a negr
e from voting, but when the Conver
O ton came to determine upon VIII
. should and who should not vot'
they put it in even stronger Ian
Z guage than was necessary unde
! the decision Of the Supreme Coul
of the United States, and Art. S
the Constitution provides that "E'
cry white male citizen of the Unite
a States of the age Of twenty OF
g years &c. shall have the qualifc'
y tons Of an elector."
vi The Supreme Court ofthe. Uni
ed States have held and still no
r that q man with negro blood in h
veins is not q citizen of the Unit,
States.
NJ Notwithstanding these fac
o when the question was brought b
l. fore the Republican Supreme Cou
d of the State of Ohio, it was deci
t, ed in favor of the negro of less tn
o half blood voting. How or by VIII
means that Supreme Court, havil
s. sworn to support the Constitute
Of the United States, the SUPPER
d Court of the United States bel
% the true constructionists and e
=. FOUNDERS of that Constitution, a,
d having decided that a man wi
t, any negro bloodin his veins is Il
e. a citizen of the United States, J
l. say that how or by what means t
Supreme Court ofthe State Of Oh