Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-09-09
Gen. Cox at yarFsn.

Our candidate for Governor made an
able speechat Warren, Trumb6ll Country,
on the l6lb. at what is called the opening
meeting ofthe campaign il Ohio. A large
audience was addr, ssed hy e. re AL by Hor.
John Hutcbins. and Elk Governor Davld
Tod. The latter, in his speech, came oul
decidedly against negro suffrage. No new
light was thrown upon. General Cox's
views ns to the pending question Of negro
suffroge; but his testimony as TO the ser
vices Of The men, aud their claim to the
enjoyment of substantial freedom, was
full aud explicit.
rHE coLoRED PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
The eolored population of the Sou,b,
which has been freed by the success OF
eur armies, is an element whose interest
care. whose rights we are bound to protect
With scrupulous justice. Although iguo
rant and degraded by very long suLiecliou
in slavery. they instnctively knew that the
only hope Of freedom for them, or advarce
nent in happiness and prosperity, was to be
found in the success of the Federal Govern
pent, They had learned that the war
had been began for the purpose OF rivelng
their chains. They knew that the estab.
lishment of the southern confederacy was
the establishment of their bondage, and
they never hesitated or faltercd in their
attachment to our cause, or in their faith
in its ultimate triumph 1t was with them
religious belief. Their ignorance pre-.
vented them from knowing precisely how it
it would result in blessings TO them, but
L. l. =.
some way Gods providence was bringing
good to them out of the struggle between
their masters and the Governments. Hence
they have been loyal. To have been dis
= loyal! would have been to prefer chains aud
slavery to freedom.
OUR DUTY TO THE FREEDMEN.
Our obligation to them grows not merely
out of The fact that We have libera ed hem.
but out Of the other fact that we have
used their services as soldiers in the 6eld,
and that they have there borne arms under
the same flag which onr white eolders have
fought for, aud by their fidelity aud bravery
have established their claim to our graft
tude. We. therefore, must recongu' re our
duty to make their freedom a thing valua
BILE 10 them. The freedom which We give
them must not be freedom in name simply.
but in deed and 10 uuth--a fre d jm which
shall give them the fullest opportunity TO
make such advancement in civilization and
enlightment as they are capable of, which
shall open for them a future in which the
only limit TO their progress shall be such as
they themselves, 10 Their own notions, shal
impose. These rights are he tights of al
men. Humanity must be recognized, aud
its need ofjustice awarded as completely
and sincerely in their case as in the case
of any other human beings. How this shall
be dene--in what way the truest philan
thropy and the purest reverence for righi
and justice may mark ont their futnre
career. is one of the great questions which
the successful end of the war is bringing
spon. us. / recognize as fully as any one
can the fact that revolutions do not go
backward. The question is in what di
reeiIos Is the truest progress for both races
and by what course can the. greatest dc
gree of happiness ultimately be secured for
all