Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-15
Lieutenant Governor Anderscn
has Pronounced Against Negro

Lieutenant Governor Anderson
has Pronounced Against Negro
Suffrage.
Last Saturday at Dayton, on the occasion
of the election of Delegates by the Aboli-
tionists to their State Convention, In this
city on the 2lst inst, Lieut.. Gov. ANDER-
SON addressed the Convention, taking
ground against Negro Suffrage, and then
offered the following resolutions, with sun
dry whereases prefixed:
"ResolUed, BY the linton citizens Of Mont
gomefy county, That we do respectfully and
earnestly protest against such an usurpa-
tion of power and revolution, either by our
authorities as q Government or our people
as a section.
'That we are utterly opposed to such en-
franchisement of this class, neither because
they are black, nor because they have been
slaves merely, but solely because that, hav-
ing been so recently slaves, we know that
as mass and upon the average they are
not capable and worthy of this exalted
function; that this is not question of COM
parison between the deserts of rebels and
negroes, but between the whole nation
ourselves-and class incapable OF duty
so difficult: That it Is an effort to African
ize-yes, worse still-to Mexicanize our
people and our institutions, which would,
In consequence, soon pass through widest
anarchy into settled despotism; and that
we do therefore respectfully but tirmly re-
quest the forthcoming Union Convention
at Columbus, in some judicious and etiica-
cious way, to put an end TO this exciting
agitation, which must surely, If not arrest
ed, ruin not only the Union Party "a tenn
porary but serious eviD, but the Union it
self-an incalculable and endless calamity.
'James Boyle seconded the resolutions,
when, on motion of Colonel Parrott the res
olutions were tabled.
"E. S. oung offered the following which,
after brief debate, was disposed of by ad-
journment sine die, viz: L.
"Resolred, That in the opinion of this
meeting, it is both unnecessary and mex
pedient that the State Convention shall take
any action or make any platform upon the
question of negro suffrage.
"There were but fifty persons in the Con-
vention-nOt more than halt dozen from
the townships" .., ...
The Delegates elected are favorable to
the denomination of Gov. BRoUGH. These
proceedings disclose two things In regard
to the Abolition party in Montgomery.
They disclose, first, that the people in Mont
gomery county outside of Dayton are
somewhat lukewarm in the Abolition
movement. Second, the managers of the
Abolition party in Dayton are in favor of
Negro Suffrage. We are, however, sur
prised that Lieutenant Governor ANDER-
SON did not have influence enough to have
his anti-Negro Suffrage resolutions adopt
ed. If a gentleman of his prominence in
the Administration party cannot secure
adoption for such resolutions in city of
the understood conservatism of Dayton, it
may be taken for granted that the opposi-
tion in the Administration ranks in Ohio
to President JoHNsoN's policy of recon-
struction is likely to prove formidable. The
Lieutenant Governor, we think, must have
felt somewhat chagrined that he could not
secure practical Endorsement of President
JoHNsoN's policy in his party in his own
city. ~, ....