M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-09-07

land mas tho opportunity to obtain a
good English education. Why this
difference7 The United States and
Mexico were alike colonizel by Eu-
ropcans. In tho former the white
race preserved It's integrity; while
the Spaniards, on the other hand,
amalgamatcd with the Indian and
Negro, and q race Of wrelChcd Mon
grcls, doomed 10 state OF CLroaic
anarchy, is the result.
Some well meaning persons ask
"Might it not be better 10 give the
negro tho right Of suffrage, and have
done with the yeXcd question: Such
was the CRY FIR twenty-five years
prior to the rebellion Lot us Ub9i-
lsh slavery, and have done with the
veXed question
What has been the rC5uiE
Let those who think thus Uu not
deceived, for he who votes Tor Negro
Suffrage, votes 70, the Inauguration
Of the mos. cruel, metCilees aud de-
vastuting OF all wgr3---H war ot ruccs
war which spares neither aye, nor
sex nor condition, "a wal which can
know ne peace. until ono race oi the
other has been swept from tho Garth
war which you'd make tic West
and kulb 10 well a5 the South, a
scene of fearful blght gnd d.eu!a-
lion
Wccrc t,!d in O t0ucU rejoicing.
by certain d'atingnishQJ gentlemen,
that, in the South, the cJn0ic. OF
Iace9 has alicaly ba,nn. and that
our own race viii ho driven to the
wan--tba. iI, be oytllmiaatoIl And
that. in the now oular OF things, e.
Negro uris.o:raay viii Le created
and that nopr5c9 viI occ1uy seats
on tho Supreme bench, and in the
balls of the National Lorjsllturc,-
What ia thi1 prap5eitiou?
That aiy millions Of our own race,
men, women anI children, ohall be-
tralnplod into the oarll. N order that
an aristocyacy Of four nj mjllion ncgrooa
shall be cstahliahol upon tLcir
graves!
And can it be TINT o policy 60
moustrous in itself, 60 atrocious in
conception--n policy equally lnhu,
man, unconstitutional and unchristian.
can receive tho sanction Of tho On
ligitcnod citizens Of Ohio2 Can il
10 lruo that the people of Ohio dosiro
tho determination of our coun.
trymep OF the South, and that the
black mans homo shall 10 built up
on the white mans grayes Forbid
it Heaven! And in the name of onr
country; in the name of civil liberty.
in the name OF all wo hold most deaf
On earth, | invoke tho spirits of the
mighty tlead-of WASHINGTON and
Adams, OF Franklin and Of Jefferson,
of Hamilton and Of Madison, again st
the horrid PROCLAMATION against hu,
manity, against the Constitution.
against the Divine spirit of Chris.
tianity itself.
Although | commenced nv militia.
ry career at fifteen years Of ago. I
was taught from my earliest yo1i6 to
revere tho cause ofciyil liberty, and
view the continued SUSPENSION Of
the writ Of uaboas Corpus. and tho
trial OF citizens by military comnis-
slitntion md as ian"c,ona NJ, inf infrin0n n0n
nonnt If ihc Iihc,ty = f,O 1 ron,ia
TLe National dst, - d.Ii,po,oJ pIGp,1' .,
sonr tLnnaanI miiI;nn i ~ G"iinra |''o n,,I a.
Ger. Cnx nrouo,ca t6o nnycSaSn1 1 " Of Il
district of cnnntry con,air,irn ~ E' ", = .
million acres Of land in T]sr ~ ~
rrcafe p INeoro innrnJancv y am
,,LojIv onnosed N tbat ~ arv a,Inr
scheme caIcnIatcj tG ;ncrra3o Ma
Lr,,hcna of tho roomIo mi ~, IN ~
tavor IS on coni,aLldf LfT, ar,earn a oftorn 1:t ."
t,"n ,'' " onI W ~! nv raIMo;1 ~ 1'o,' ,j y, n, '"A"
ons a[ nr tIn EcJoraI "nI stoto I " 6Vn 5'n
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