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the Cincinnati Gazette, he declared II have
seen black troops fight nobly, and / say Of all,
that they who were good enough to fight with
US, are good enough to stand on the Union
platform with me-" This frank and explicit,
declaration Of General Cox in favor of negro
equality in Ohio, clears away the doubts which
existed as to the true Interpretation Of certain
gassages Of his letter; and as l recognise the
right of the people to be informed of tie opin-
ions Of a candidate upon all public issues sub
mitted to their consideration, here declare
that am opposed to conferliag the right of
suffrage on negroes in Ohio or in the South
now or at any future time, or under any cir
cumstances
in Ohio and it is believed ta the ph nhiniBieea niBiea'fas Gas
/ been increased fourfold from that time Are
We to confer the right Of suffrage on negro
/ population Of l00 600, and thereby convert cur
! State into a negro colony? For, grant citizen
ship to negroes in Ohio, and tie African depen.
doncY proposed TO he established by Gen. Cox
would become depopulated. The waits and
strays would be the only inhabitants Of the de-
pendency, and the great body IF negroes would
migrate 10 Ohio and other States where they
could enjoy social and political equality with
the white yace Is this the reward which our
brave sol liers are to receive for ali their peris
in hundred battles, and ali their tolls ia score
of campaigns2
Now that tile war IS over, shall we say to
the soldiers, Gas q reward for your valor we
will reduce you to the level of the negroes ?"
And our laborng men, they to be brought
into competition with negroes with halt wages
and be forced to take negroes prices or starvea
No, sirs, 1t must not he dene. The whole
scheme Of negro equality is ch.mcrical and
fraught with danger We have npen This con-
tiHent examples Of the total iHcapacity Of mon
grei races for self-government. 1t the ou.-.
break OF the American Revolution the popola-.
tion Of the United States and that Of Mex
leo were abynt equal-three millions each. In
either country there were three racas-tLe
white, red, and, black In the States of the
Union, free as well as slave, ihe negroes have
! been kept in condition of Submission to the
/ white race, and from comparatively small
number they have increased to four million
souls; while on the other hand the savage spirit
of the Indians spurned CONTROL and conflict
eusued, which viii only cease with the exis-
tence Of the red man. And what Is the rela-
! tive condition OF Mexico and the United States.
The former has but five millions inhabitants;
nearly ono-half Of her territory has been alb
sorbed by the United States; and she Is desti-.
tute OF commerce, manufactures; ana schools,
while our ships cover the water of every sea,
our manufactures are 10 be found in every part
of the globe, and every child in 0ur land has
an opportunity 10 obtain an English education.
Why this difference The United States and
Mexico were alike colonized by Europeans. In
! the former the white race preserved its integri-
/ ty; while the Spaniards on the other hand, "a
mal1amated with the Indian and the negro.
and race of wretched mongrels, doomed to ?
state Of chronic anarchy, is the result. Some
well-meanIng persons ass. Might it not be
better to give the negro the right Of Suffrage,
and have done with the vexed question 2 Such
was the cry for twenty-five years prior to the
rebellion. Let us abolish slavery, and have
done with the vexed question. What has been
the result Let those who think thus be net de-,
ceived. for ne who votes for negro suffrage, voes
ior the Inauguration Of the most cruel, merciless,
and devastating of ali wars-a war Of races
| a war which spares Ieither age, nor sex, nor
condition a war which would make the West
and North, as well as the South, scene of fear,
ful blight and desolation. We are told in
tone of rejoicing by certain distinguished gentle
men that in the South the conflict of races has .
already begun, and that our own race will be
driven to the wall-that Is, be exterminated;
and that in the new order Of things, negro
aristocra5y viii be created, and that negroes will
occupy seats in the Supreme Court, and in the
halls of national legislature That is the prop
ostion. Six millions of your own race-mep,
women, and children-shall be tramped into
the earth, in order that an aristocracy of four.
millions of negroes shall be established upon
their graves Can it ho that policy so mon
strous in itself, so atrocous in It's conception;
policy equally inhuman, unconstitutional, and
ane9rtdaJn eaB r55fsy2 Sc @ 4an be trua that
the people of Ohio desire the determination of
our countrymen OF the South, and that the black
mans home shall be built upon the white mans
grave? Forbid it, heayenl And in the nar.e of
our country, in the name Of civil liberty, in the
name Of all we hold most dear or earth. and
invoke the spirits of the mighty dead--of Wash
ln3ton and OF Adams, of Franklin and OF JEFF
terson, Of Hamilton, and of Madison. against
the horrld PROCLAMATION against humanity, against
the constitution. against the divine spirit of
Christianity itself.
From EVERY QUARTER Of the State the politi-
cal news is. of the most gratifying character.
The Democracy are thoroughly aroused to the
Importance of success in the pending contest
In every county. from which intelligence has
been received, there is such organization as
must produce the most beneficial results But
much bard work is yet to be done The con-
test for United States Senator will cause the
Republicans to make desperate efforts to carry
the Legislative tickets. To counteract this in
fiuence, the Democracy must poll every legal
vote within their r,aach Thera must he no