Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-15
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Emancipation and It's Results---Is Ohio
.Sf,.5 to be Africanizsd?
/, .s5 SPEECH OF 1
HON, s. s. cox, OF OHIO.
Delivered IN tie House of Representatives.,
10 hi's'fl'oi June 8, 1869. r.1f5s
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II further testimony is needed 90 TO the feel.
ing Of tho people OF OHIO and the northwest az
TO the blaeks, lIefer you 70 the spgech of an
Ohio senator Me. Sherman Speaking In Ia
vor Of emancipation 10 this DlstrIoS, be balanced
himself on the slackEire after ihis f4sbion:G
This Is good place 20 he II smsnoIpatIop for an.
tthsf reason TstS 70 q Ce1y Paradise for JTSs ne
gT0ss hsge thsg epiy more Social equality than they
ao any"hes else. In the 1tpe where live we do not
IKE Legroes We DO not dis uise our DISLIKE. As my
fiiend from Indiana Mr.. Wright said yeserday, q .
WHO'S people Of Ihe northwestern states ere, for reasons
whether correct OF not opposed to having many negroes
emol nen, and that prime pie or prejudice has besn
States. IA : - -
IL Is fine thing, the Senator thinks, to free
the negroes berej not 90 good 10 Ohio. Here
they have Paradise; In Ohio, Its opposite,
suppose. If the Senator could visit Creams
Row, within the shadow Of this Capitol, hence
forth "Tophet and black Gehenna called, the
type OF hell" and note the squslor, deetitution,
lsslness, crime, and degradation there beginning
TO fester; If he could visit the alleys In whose
miserable novels the blacks conReegate, he
would hardly be reminded OF the paradise which
Milton sang, with its smsrAntbine flowers,
Laughter its blooming trees Of life, i,s golden
fruitage, its amber rivers rolling Ger elysian
aower0, Ito hills and fountains and fresh shades,
ite dreams Of love, and its alteration OF God.
Alas! be would find nothing here 10 remind him
OF that high estate in Eden, save the fragrance
OF the spot and the naksdnets Of its inhabitants.
Laughter
II the rush of free negroes to this Paradise
continues, it would he blessing II Providence
should eend Satan here In the form of serpent,
and an angel to drive the descendants Of Adam
and Eve into the outer world. II IL continues,
you will have no Que here but Congressmen and
negroes, and that will he punishment enough.
Laughter You will have to enact fugitive
law, TO bring the whites to their capital. Laugh.
teri -
The condition of the negroes here 10 not IN.
like their condition in Ohio Perhaps 1t is worse
here than In Ohio, for their numbers are so
much more here In proportion to the popnla-
tion. '..-
This population already on our hapda in Ohio
We eau take care Of; but II We cannos stop more
from coming into Ohio, there is no sense Ia be-
ginning to colonize the free blacks which We
have on hand. ! make no proposition as TO
them now. They do not; except ln certain To-
csli.ies, interfere greatly either with our law.
or our labor. Bat the question of allowing
more to come in, is the question discuss, not
as to what We shall do wish what we haze. This
10 question as gigantic as the schemeo OF eman-
cipation. I'ia practical question, as the war
10 already throwing ;hem within our borders in
| great numbers. .i '~.t-'. l- o.
Slavery msJ be an evil, II may be wrong fol
southern men 70 use unpaid labor, but v hat will
DO the condition Of the people Of Ohio when the
tree jubilee shall have come In its ripe and ROT
ten maturity! II elavery 10 bad. the condition
Of the ssate Of Ohio, With an unrcarsinet
black population, only double whst We nov hsve
partly eubservtent, partly elothful, partly cTfml
nal, and all dissdVsntageous and ruinous, will
be far worse. n. cl'-- .i
do not speak OF these things out of any an.
kindness 10 lhe negro. II is no, for the inter.
est Of the free negroes of my State that tha,
class Of the population should be increased.
speak ss their friend when oppose such immi.
| grafton. ~ s''--.h -'
Neither do ! blame the negro altogether for
his crime, improvidence and slo.h. He 10 under
q sore calamity II this country. He 10 inferior
distinctsnd separate, and he has, perhaps, sense
enough to perceive it. The advantages and
equality of the white man can never be his
As DR.. Fuller expresses II:
He and knows that It Is his color only that colo,
given him b. God which excludes him and hi poste III
from this noole and ennOhiing competition and now
what must the effect upon his chlrat ter? It 10 mpoS
Sble but that the worst feelings envy hatred vipdio
ness, viii eeorsty work In his boom rendering him un
happy in hinse and dangerou the COUNTY, AlJeadS
have we had fearful pTe@oDiiOns flashing up hero ahd
here and lest assured nothing bat fear The
utsaGce, deep and loud passions which are only hs
more dsTee because a. ye they can have no vent. Ii
the free Ario N is to remain 10 tbs country, he mus
either sIjoy social equality and lRamate with ths
white race. which 10 mposble or he will be discomfort
ed unhappy and will Oe ultimately exterminaIed. Ht
would not be at for freedom, he would not be man,
| he could be satiAasd with his position. +.
II history teachts anything, it is that Il il al
hard 10 make servile people free, as a free
people slaves, and that conflict of races, which
must result from this policy Of emancipation
will only end in the destruction of the weaker
Rome, Greece, West India, all point to ths
| great mistake Of breaking rudely the socIs
eystem Of the people. II was only the other de-,
that the news from Jamaica told us OF the in
surrection Of slaves, and their attack on prin
cipal city. A year or 90 ago, II We are TO credit
i Andrew Johnson, the iDsurrectlon Of negroes In
East Tennessee was caused BY fear that the
whites would extefminate the negro population
en- masSs, from 9 Jealousy OF negro labor. II
this city, at any moment, we may look for ar
emeute occasioned BY the croWdiDg cut of white
labor by black conlrabsnds. Toe Government
ls nov psyiDg, 20 support negroes, thousands q
dollars weekly, out OF the hasd.earnsd money
OF the people, raisedto put down ihe rebellion
90 at Fortress Monroe; 90 al Pore Royal. Wher
effsred resOlu lion Of iGquIty as 70 the amount
thus tivertsd, on motion OF the member rom
Illinois Nc. koVejoJ ], 1t wac voted down.
Les ne heed the Lesson which history has piy
en- In other times, as 20 what 10 convenient snJ
advantageous under similar Uircumstarcss.
Franco broke the f0tlerA from the HSytiar
blacks, under the Iced of JAcObinS like tbe mem
Der from Illinois. In less than halt ceatury
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