M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-10-04
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100000 Of Negroes 10 he Turn.
ed Loose upon the Free states by thC
Republican Leaders to Vote down Ger
nan and Irish Citizens.
Helpers Book endorsed by john
Sherman, and 67 Republican Con
gressmen, proclaims that slavery in
the Southern States shall be abolish.
cd at all hazards.
Oasaius M. Clay, whom the Repub.
licaA leaders of Tuscarawas paid $50
to come here and speak, declared at
Tiftin the other day that slavery shall
be abolished.
Brinkerhoif, a Republican Su-
preme Judge, has decided that the ne.
gro can vote in Ohio.
In New York they proclaim the
equality of the negro with the white
man, and Seward, who is Lincon's
brain piece, told Gov. Smith of Vir.
giDia that they were going to allow
negroes to vote as well as white men
in New York.
Here is the conversation as given
by Smith himself:
,"Mr. Smith, of Virginia, narrated
a conversation he had with Seward as
we'll as he could recolIect. The sub
stance oft was While he (Smith) was
Governor of Virginia, he was sitting
in the Council Chamber ore day,
when q stranger entered and announc.
ed himself as Mr.. Seward, Of New
York. A conversation ensued, in the
course of which Mr.. Seward remarked
that they were going to allow all to
vote in New York, negroes as well as
whites. To that he (Smith) had re.
piled, that if they had no objection to
free negroes in New York they would
send them a certain rumber in every
packet from Virginia. Mr.. Seward
said that he had no objection tO that
that they would receive them with
pleasure; that they had much trouble
with the lrishmen and the Irish vote;
that great deal Of money had to be
used at election times to secure them,
and that the rascals would take their
money and then vote against them,
but that they had no such trouble with
the colored people"
All the writings and speeches and
sayings of fhe Republican leaders
point to one result, the turning loose
upon the free States of the slave pop.
ulation in case Lincoln is elected, and
as soon as they get here, to have the
right to vote, for tie purpose of blot
ting ont the German and Irish voters
ofthe United States.
Now look at the practical effect of
an influx Of liberated negroes among
us. They number 100000 and the
white population say $4,000, ,O00.-
Distribute them equally over the
States and every community would be
One.seventh composed of negroes
rhns New Philadelphia with 5000
white inhabitants would have AS ne,
groes, and Tuscarawas county with
$4,000 white population would have
4 ,2S5 negroes to be taken care Of
One fifth, or about 1000 would com.
pete with white laborers and vote
them down at The polls, while the bal
ahce nust be supported either at the
poor house or by thieving around.
White men, are you ready for such
q cursel Ifso, vote the Republican
ticket. Ohio Democrat.
Threatening and Bribing Voters.
Section eleven OF the act of March
10th, 1S41, reads as follows:
Sec. II. "Any person who shall
by bribery attempt to influence any
elector of this State, in giving his
vote or ballot, or who shall use any
threat to procure any elector to vote
contrary to the inclination of such
elector, or to deter him from giving
his vote, or ballot, shall on conviction
thereof, be fined in any sum not ex.
ceeding FIVE hundred dollars, nor less
than one hundred dollars, and be i'm,
prisoned in the County. Jail of the
proper county, not more than six
months, nor less than one month"