Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-16
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GEN. GEO. W. MORGAN,
Democratic Candidate for Governor
of Ohio, Delivered at EIyria, ~
LOrain County, Septem- W
bcr I3, 1865. ,- .ffj
| ~ [Conclusion.l ~
THE NEGRO. .. 30 .t..,,
No feeling Of personal unkindness, no,
vulgar prejudice, controls my action In op-
posing Negro Equality. Ihave ever regard,
ed, and now consider, the negro as an OBJ
ject of commiseratlon, and not Of hatred or
contempt. He is not responsible for being
a resident of America, but his misfortunes
neither give him sufficient intelligence to
become a citizen, nor do away with the in
surmountable obstacles against his being
placed upon an equality with the white
man. And, although General Cox declares.
in his Oberlin letter, that '''the white and
black races are from the antipodes of the
human family" yet he substantially says,
In the same letter, that If a majority of the
Republicans declare in favor of Negro Suf-
frage, that he will then declare1i In favor of
placing black and white men on the same
political level. o.. '., 100.
With two or three exceptions, all of the
Republican, hapapers have, since the nomina-
tion of General Cox, declared In favor of
Negro Suffrage, but, finding that the doc
trine was offensive to the soldiers, the me-
chanics, and laboring men of Ohio, the Re-
| publican leaders now seek to evade the is
sue, in certain localities, until after the cleo
ton; and then, II they carry the State, the
| first step will be taken toward negro equal
| In IN arf nf tuh har
the Republicans are united in favor of the
negro as against the white soldier and la
boring man, their county and district con-
ventions have explicitly declared in favor
Of Negro Suffrage. The Cleveland Leader,
the most prominent Republican paper in
Northern Ohio, thus defines
| rl. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
| /. 'The right of suffrage should be ex-
tended to the colored men of the South. l.
| 2. s'The State Constitution must be. so
amended as to give equal suffrage to whites
and blacks. The word white must be
stricken from the Constitution"
| And that doctrine is indorsed by the lead
ers Of the Republican party generally.
In his opening speech in this campaign,
as reported by the Cincinnati Commercial a
prominent Republican paper, General
| Schenck declared that there were three
classes of persons in the South, the aristo-
cratic planters, the poor white people, who
he calls ''wbite trash, and the negroes, and
that he would prefer giving the negroes the
| right TO vote to either of the other classes.
| And this, too, notwithstanding it is notori-
ous that the poor people of the South were
always loyal and yet, this Republican lead
er would take the vote away from poor
white men and give 1t to negroes, because
l. h o,.o on coI RI L
ity. .. De- ..rs. U..r-.. p
VIII the white men of Ohio indorse such
a policy? ,-.
/ hold in my hand two campaign docu-
ments, published by the political friends Of
General Cox, and now circulated to secure
his election. The first is entitled "Misce-
genation"-that is amalgamation-and is
written by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
an earnest advocate of the election of Gen.
eral Cox, This book which now show you,
was published in 1864, and is still being
circulated, care being taken as to whom it
is given. '-' 'tE'i'' -5''h wv
Twill now read, or invite any person
here present to read for me, from page eigh-
teen, 1t thus reads: g..r ..... .',I-,...r -.,..
at will be our noble prerogative to set
the example of this rich blending Of blood.
1t is idle to maintain that this present war
Is nob wal III biiHe1fB eSdtiy Nub einply ioI
his personal rights or physical freedom-it
is a war, If you please, Of amalgamation, so
called a war looking as its final fruit to-
the blending of the white and black OK.
l will now read from pages 40 and so:
"When the President proclaimed emanci-
patton he proclaimed, also, the minghng of
races. The one follows the other as surely
as MONDAY follows sunrise. The party, as a
whole, will not admit this yet. They de-
MED that they were Abolitionists. And
now behold 1.-THE great Republican party
has merged into the little Abolition party
The drop has colored the bucketfull. There
are only two parties now. the Abolition,
which III effect Is the party ofmiscegenation,
and behind them that contemplate crowd
who have no policy but expediency!n sa'
And page Sc reads as follows: .,...... .t,
tsThe only anomaly in our black army is,
that it has white officers. This will disap-
pear as time passes by, and the black pri-
vate and on-commssioned officer shows
bravery and skill enough to lead, not only
men of his own race, but men of the white
race. - It will be a sad misfortune if this
war should end without a battle being,
fought by q black general in command of a
white or mixed body of troops."'
Should any one desire to obtain this book,
it-can be had for twenty-five cents, by
writing to Fl. Dexter, Hamilton & Co., 113
Nassau street, New York City. ,.,..
If further proof be necessary to show
more conclusively that General Cox and
the Republican leaders are in Iavor of Ne
gro Equality, will now produce it. Here
Is sanother Republican campaign document
entitled, "Universal Suffrage, and Complete
Equality in Citizenship" This pamphlets
being circulated by thousands, and is MAIN
ly composed of speeches of Henry Ward
Beecher and Wendell Phillips, both warm
political friends Of General Cox. On page
0, Mr.. Beecher says: " "ri ' na n'nl
l"I advocate the giving to all men, black
and white, the right of suffrage"
And on page 10, in speaking of the ne
groes, Mr.. Beecher says:
HThey "(the negroes) are more faithful
than the white soldiers on guard duty. The
tread of the army under the bayonet oflthe
black man Is safer than under the bayonet
of the white man." That Is, says Mr.
Beecher, the negro is not only a better SOL
dier than the white man, but he is also more
honest. And not, yet satisfied with this
wanton insult to our white soldiers, Mr..
Reecher goes on. '"And when coming from
the plantation, without having had the ad-
vantages of education, they ilthe negroes)
are, able to maintain themselves side by side
with the white men that have been, brought
nj, in our common schools" That is Says
Mr.. 'Beecher, the common field-negro,
without education, Is equal to the educated
An And now, soldiers, and you citizens who
are their fathers and their brothers, will
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