Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-16
MORNING. SEPTEMBER 16, 1865. Q.

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he had lwavered from his earlier anti-slavery
views, but claimed the right to brand with
falsity any charges of apostacy. He was a
! graduate of Oberlin, and would not be Of
anyother, If he could."iJ ' .I 2thN ''s TO.
The great dogma of the Abolitionrparty
| is the equality OF races; and General Cox
says that he brands with falsehood any one
who charges him with having changed his
opinions. And so anxious was the General
to be understood, that he did not stop here,
but declared; -..lp ..,I.. .... ..--,.y 90. sr
"I have seen black troops fight nobly
and say of all, y that they who were good
enough. to, fight with us, are good enough
to stand on the Union platform with me-"
| The Ohio State Journal says: ...I.I 4 Z
"The General took his seat in the midst of
a storm Of applause, which had scarcely
quietede down when Mr.. Hale, a negro, rais-
| ed in his seat and asked permission to ask
| General Cox a question. Permission was
granted, and he proceeded: Il want to
ask Mr.. Cox, If he Is elected Governor
of Ohio, If he will be in favor of bestOw-
ing upon the colored men of the State
saying. nothing about what he would do
| for those in the South-the right of suf-
| frage y w .'inn... 5C.' ,.'a..1u 5E
"General Cox replied That If the ques-
| ton had to be determined byeach State for
| itself fand the North for itself his determine
ton would be here Tor the full application
of the rights of man which he had describ-
ed.' The reply was received with .enthusi-
astic applause, and with some announce
ments, the meeting adjourned" ff
Such is the report of the Republican State
organ, which goes on to say that, "when the
General moved toward the door, the color
ed men pressed forward eagerly, and as
they took his hand, were earnest in their
congratulations" .s'." rH. Jf aL
| Now, why 'the enthusiastic applause" at
Oberlin? Why did the negroes eagerly
press forward, seize Gen. Cox by the hand,
and earnestly congratulate him?
Simply, because General Cox had declar-
ed in favor of Negro Suffrage in. Ohio
| Applause. .n'. |.at.
It'has been said by some persons that the
distinguished candidate of the Republican
party "tries to ride two horses at the same
time, and that he will probably break his
neck in the dangerous experiment" i
make no such charge. Far be it from meto
accuse General Cox of duplicity. On the
contrary, | give him full credit for meaning
what his words clearly eXpress-that he is
in favor of Negro Suffrage in Ohio, and
that the negroes acted upon instinct when
they grasped his hand and earnestly con-
graduated him.
But this will say, that however skillful
an equestrian person may be, it is not easy
to ride two horses at the same time, and
more especially when one horse is on full
gallop toward the Ohio river and the other
on brisk canter for Lake Erie. APP
plause.l ..-..e.. &. -.. Ia
No, sir, it will not do. Our people will
not be satisfied with the double tongue of a
Delphian Oracle, and looking twice one
way, and then twice the other way, will not
satisfy the intelligent freemen Of Ohio. 1t
will not satisfy 1.-THE boys in hlue," nor the
sturdy farmer at his plow, nor the skillful
mechanic in his workshop. s,.,H
Ours is a brave and manly race, and
Americans like a square, open fight, or no
fight at all. [Applause.l ... ..... . %. ''.ar'
.f r. 5J CAPITAL AND LABOR. a1. il
The attempt to place the white man upon
level with the negro, is but another
scheme of capital to control labor. The
man of wealth does not dread negro equal
ity, because his riches may help him be-
yond its influence, though it may effect the
destiny of his children after him; for in this
country wealth takes wings and flies away.
And if the negroes of the South continue
to come into Ohio in large numbers, the
effect will be to reduce the wages of labor,
and thus prejudice the interests of the
white mechanic, artisan and laboring man.
| 1t has been asked why the repeal of the
black laws have that effect |? The answer
| is plain one: The negroes were then
slaves; now they are free. Then there was
a law to arrest every fugitive slave; now
there ism such law upon the statute book,
and the negro can come into Ohio as easily
as the white man. -..7 .ii.''G ''2' l5r.r 5,.r
Instead of degrading labor, our true pol
icy is to dignity and elevate it; for laboris
the life-bood of the nation. [Applause.l ~
The struggle between capital and laboris
as old as civilization, and, unfortunately for
mankind, capital is almost invariably tri-
umphant Capital is entitled to a fair profit
and recompense for the risk of invest
ment. but labor should be well and honest
| ly reuuitted for its skill and its toll. "o
In Great Britain, with a population of
thirty million souls, there are only thirty
| thousand landowners, and about one tif-
teenth Of the entire population are paupers,
or are lowering upon the verge ofpauper-
| ism. And thatweare Fastening toward the
same end, there is too much reason to be-
| lieve, but the remedy rests with the peo-
pie, if it be applied in time. ...rrq
| Fel. " Q" DEBT AND TAXATION.
General Cox and politicians of his school
claim that national debt is a national
blessing This we deny. A nation
is but combination of individuals, and
il, it be blessing for the whole COM
munity to be in debt, then the same
must be true of every member of the COM
munity, and, according to that doctrine, he
is most blessed who owes most money; and
the most fortunate man is he who pays the
heaviest taxes. Applause.l .ni +. mW
But whether the theory be true or false,
the debt exists, and the taxes have to be
paid, and the more property there is to be
taxed, the less will be the burden on each
individual. '..'s5,.' N q
In 1860 the South produced one thousand
million pounds of cotton, and as soon as the,
Southern States are restored to the Union,
and right and order are re-established, the
same amount can be again produced annu-
ally.p And that amount OF. cotton at fifty
cents per pound would produce All Income,
subject to taxation, of five hundred million
dollars, and to that extent relieve the peo-
pie ofthe West and North; [Applause,l 1p
Aside from patriotism, then, it is our in
Union, as proposed by President johnson, !,
ing Republicans in Congress. = Y .1I-
THE NEGRO DEPENDENCY. ,rry
Forgetfil of the mammoth debt of four
thousand million dollars, which rests with
crushihgweight upon the industry of the1
people, General Cox proposes to make a I,
present to the negroes of territory embrac-
ing about thirty million acres of land,
which would cost six hundred million doll
lars to purchase. To do this, would require
a tax of about onerhundredp and fifty dol-
lars to be levied on every voter in the
United States, North and South. ~ a'ia '..