The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-23
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1t is well known fact that the SOL
diers, those who have been in the South
and seen the plantation negro at home;
are among the most determined oppo'
nents of negro suffrage Theprivates are
unanimous in their opposition to the
scheme and all the officers except those
who, from motives of personal interest,
cater to the prejudices of the radical par
!, deuounce the proposition with equal
vicor. General Cox of Ohio, sas right
when he said that their pride Of race"
forbids the soldiers from associating with
negroes at the polls or comforting upon
them the privilege of voting. In Iowa
the Republican conventian placed itself
ssuarely upon the issue which the party
in other States has sought to dodge, and
renomiuated Governor STONE upon .
plain and emphatic negro suffrage plat
form. The returned soldiers have &C
cordingly called convention to meet at
Des Moines on the 23d of august ITO pre-
sent a white mans ticket for the support
oft e soldiers aud other loyal citizens and
opposed to negro suffrage andI Governor
STONE" A committee of prominent OH
GERS has issued an address to the people
of the State in which they say:
The convention which nominated Stone
was emphatically q negro suffrage conven'
ton, and the ticket 10 . negro suffrage
ticket and yet with all these facts sta:
ring them in the face, soldiers and loyal
citizens opposed to negro suffrage are un.
hlushingly asked to support Governor
Stone!
Don't be deluded, soldiers and loyal
citizens, by the assertion that the qnes..
ton is not now before you, to be decided
virtually by the defeat or election OF
Stone. 1t has been forced upon the peo'
pie; it can't be postponed, but must be
settled by the result of the October cleo
ton.
The friends of negro suffrage, aud
Governor Stone, may squirm as they
please, and designate themselves by what
patriotic names they please; may heap
epithets of opprobrium upon their OPP
moments as they please, but they can't
escape from the odium which the fourth
plank in their platform has indelibly
axed upon them. They must face that
music They can't deceive old soldiers
Their candidate is the negro suffrage
caudldate, and they must abide that H.
sne Governor Stone means negro SUI
frace. and negro suffrage means Govern
o. Stone, and, for this campaign. they are
,oined together, and no man can put them
asunder.
Soldiers, we know you are all opposed
10 negro suffrage. With You 1t were a
waste of words and an insult to argue
this question further You are all op-
posed to negro equality IN all its shapes,
and heartily indorse the words OF your
lnvmcible commander, old Tecumseh
Sherman, that "tLe negroes are not ut
rrd for the exercise Of the elective fran
.hise. want them to got q fair price
for their labor, but do not think they
are fit to take part in the legislation OF
the country"
1t appears that some Of the Ohio sol.
diers also are not altogether satisfied
with General Cox's Oberlin letter, and
are calling upon him to say more distinct
" whether he would be in favor of
amending the constitution Of Ohio so as
to permit negroes to vote in that State.
This was one Of the questions of the
Oberlin committee which the General
evaded, and we have already seen sever
al letters signed by numbers Of returned
soldiers calling upon him to define bis
position in this regard, They will be
satisfied with nothing but an emphatic
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