Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-22

Nebraska bill in 1854, to save this guilty
land from the calamites which her owr
crimes have brought upon her, and which
simple righteousness would surely have
averted
In the thirty years that have been en-
titled TO vote, | never yet missed n State
Election and | have generally--almos
always--giveu the day to cXertion in bring
ing up voters and giving out ballots at the
poll l think if all would do so-had done
at the recent eleciions-some public mis-
fortunes might have been obviated OF
modified. Yet attendance at tie polls
as matters CO. is not always calculated to
strengthen confidence in onr republican in.
stitutions You eau hardly fail there to
observe that educated, intelligent conscieu-
tiOus persons are far less certain TO vote
lban the ignorant, the brutal the besotted
that lie who rarely or never reads, always
knows Just how to vote, and always votes
the whole regular ticket : while his neigh.
Dor, who takes dozen newspapers, and is
familiar with his COuntry'S past and cur.
rent history, is apt to hesitate, and doubt +,
and discriminate. and perhaps withhold his
ohh' hSO tl''ENNlltlt NDl'Ath bJ oOAiN
scruple that Stupidity and Brutality can.
not even comprehend. Every depraving
interest, every venal cabal, are sure TO
make themselves felt at the ballot-b box the
gambler, the ram seller the brothe.keeper
the dishonest lawyer, the corrupt judge, are
sure to be on hand, bringing mp all their
dependents and exerting all possible iuflu.
cnce ; while the clergyman, the scholar,
the phiIanthropist, the cherisher Of dainty
conscience, either stay away altogether, or
steal up TO vote and vanish as if they had
been doing something whereof they were
heartily ashamed Must this be ever
thus ? If, so, appeals from the ballot to
the bullet will hardly end with the Slave.
holders Rebellion.
At the polls, many drop masks which
they have worn pretty steadily for months
The worse side of human nature is there
diSagreeably prolruded. The poor wretch
whose vices have degraded him below the
brutes, there proclains aud votes his pro.
test against being made the eqnal of n mig
ger; apparently unsuspicious that his lOath
some appetites have already sunk him far
below any sober, vi;tuouS Sclf.respecting
icllew creature. Black is an unseemIy col.
or for human being in our climate; but to
he born black is only misfortune ; while
to have been born white and gradually
painted ones visage all imperfect mAhog
any or boiled lobster color by imbibing
fiery l,qndS is 10 have warreI against
Gods Gei.iicence and incurred the brand of
His dispcasure. One may well regret
that Caiu's or Hams sin should have de.
volvtd on him an epidermis that gives the
hue of charcoal {; yet he can ardly be re-
quired to repent of that ance strul trans
greSsion but he who has painted his owl
visage rum color ought 10 blush for his. de
pavity, if bushes u'e net forbidden hin
10y his rubicund aud immoble aspect.
Reader resolve to spend next election
day the polls Of your district, leaving i
only TO induce your friends aud neighbor
to accompany you thither and do free
mans duty you keep your eyes opc
and your temper obslinutey sweet, it vi
be one Of the most profitable days of you
whole life, and you will &C home resolve
to waste no more Of the precions opportu
mites for studying hGman nature utfoldc
by each sharply contested election.