The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-27
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tly uecldre0 IN ldVOE VI hcbtu ouhtobo-
The Cleveland Leader, the most prom.
inont Republican paperin Northern Ohio
thus defines ~ N
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM! "a
LIST. Tie rights Of suffrage should be
extended to the colored men OF the South.
I'd. The State Constitution must be 30
as to give equal suffrage 70
whites and blacks.
"The word "white' must be stricken
from the Constitution" and that doctrine
is endorsed by the leaders OF the Repub.
lican party generally. In his opening
speech in this campaign, as reported by
the Cincinnati Gazette, prominent Re-
publican paper, General Schenck declar-
ed, that thnre were three classes Of per.
sons in the South, the aristocratic plant
ers, the poor white people whom he calls
''white 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 no.
torious that the poor white people Of the
South were always loyal and yet, this
leader would take the vote
away from poor white men and give 1t to
negroes, because the white men are op-
posed to negro equality. Will the white
men Of Ohio endorse such policyg l
hold in my hands two campaign docu-
ments published by the political friehds
Of General Cox, and now circulated to
secure his election. The first is entitled
0Miscegenatiou that is amalgamation,
and is written by the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, an earnest advocate of the cleo
ton Of General Cox. This book. which
I now show you, was published in 1864.
and is still being circulated, care being
taken to whom it is given. l will now
read, or invite any person here present
to read for me, from page ls. 1t reads
thus:
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 not war for the negro
II is a war for the negro, not simply for
his personal rights ar physical freed M
IL is a war # you please o ofdnsalgamation
so called, a Uar looking as its final fruit
to the blending of the whites and
blacks"
Twill now read from pages 40 and SO
as follows:
"The only anomaly in our black army
is, that il has white officers. This will
disappear as time passes by, and the
black private and non commissioned off,
Ger shows bravery and skill enough to
lead not only men Of his own race, but OF
the white race. IL o,H be a sad mis-.
fortune if this Dar should end ,cittout q
battle being fought BY black General
in command Of a ohite OF nsired body q
troops.
should any one desire to obtain this
book, and if the Republican leaders will
give you copy, it can be had for twen-
ty.fve cents, by writing to H. Dexter,
Hamilton & Co., llS Nassau street New
York city.
If further proof be needed to show
more corclusively that General Cox and
the Republican leaders are in favor Of
negro equality, will now produce it
Here is another Republican campaign
document entitled
"UNIvERsAL SUFFRAGE, AND Complete
EQUALITY OF CITIZENSHIP"
This pamphlet is being circulated by
thousands, and is mainly composed of
speeches of Henry Ward Beecher and
Wendell Phillips. On page9 9 Mr.. Beech
er says: -
"I advocate the giving Of oil men,
black and white, the right Of suffrage"
You will observe that Mr.. Beecher
puts the black first, aud on page 10, in
speaking Of the negroes, he says "9hey
(ihe negroes are more faithful than phite
soldiers on guard duy." The bread of
the army under the bayonet Of the black
man is safer ttan under the bayonet ol
the white man. That is, says Mr.. Beech
er, the white soldier will steal, while the
black soldier is too honest to do SO. And
not vet satisfied with this wauton insult
to our soldiers, Mr.. Beecher goes on,
"And when coming from the plantation,
without having the advantages Of educa'
ton, they (the negroes) maintain them
selves side by side with the white mcu
that have been brought up In the Com
mon schools That is, says Mr.. Beech
or, the common field negro without edu-
cation, is equal to the educated white
man.
mineham, Wendell Phillips declared
that "Jn this war the palm Of virtue
gallantry and patriotism belongs to ths
negro"
eESERAG COX AT oBERLIR.
When General Cox was at Oberlin, he
had what Mr.. Beecher would dali a mis-.
cegenet tic audience--that is, black and
white ihterhixed. And to avoid the pos.
sibitity Of doing injustice TO Genecal Cox
| will read from the Cincinnati Gazette
and Ohio State Journal, both his ardent
supporters. =.
The Gazette reads thus: "The Gene,
raj alluded to the charges that he had
wayered from his earlier antislayery viiws
but claimed the right to brand with falls
ity any charges Of apostasy. He was
graduate Of Oberlin, and would not be O.
any other il he could"
The great dogma Of the abolition party
is the equality Of the races, and Genera,
Cox says that he brands with falsehoot
any one who charges him with having
changed his views.